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Neuwied–Koblenz Railway
The Koblenz–Neuwied railway is a two-track, electrified main line railway in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It connects the Neuwied station on the East Rhine Railway, Right (east) Rhine line to the major railway junction at Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (central station) and to the West Rhine Railway, Left (west) Rhine and Koblenz–Trier railway, Moselle lines. History The railway line and the Urmitz railway bridge, Crown Prince William Bridge were built during the First World War, for Strategic railway, military and strategic reasons, by the Prussian state railways and opened on 15 August 1918. Also built at the same time were the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, together with a connection to the Ahr Valley Railway and the Hindenburg Bridge at Rüdesheim am Rhein, Rudesheim, together with a connection to the Nahe Valley Railway. On 15 September 1935, Urmitz Rheinbrücke halt was opened. The line was put out of service on 9 March 1945, late in the Second World War, by the demoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification systems using at are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications but extensions of the existing networks are not completely unlikely. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) still uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one third that of the present devices. History The first electrified railways used series-wound DC motors, first at 600 V and then 1,500 V. Areas with 3 kV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koblenz-Stadtmitte Station
Koblenz Stadtmitte station (german: Haltepunkt Koblenz Stadtmitte, freely translated as "Koblenz City Centre station") was opened on 14 April 2011 on the West Rhine Railway (german: Linke Rheinstrecke) in central Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate. The main purpose of this station is to improve public transport access to central Koblenz because it is more convenient than Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (main station). In addition, it played an essential role as the station serving the Federal Horticultural Show 2011 in Koblenz. Location Koblenz Stadtmitte is classified as a ''Haltepunkt'', which means a station that is not a rail junction and has no sets of points. It is centrally located in the Koblenz city centre, right behind the Löhr-Center shopping centre, and near the pedestrian zone. There is also a bus station in the same shopping centre near the station, with a direct bus connection to almost every district of Koblenz. In the second half of the 19th century the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahe Valley Railway
The Nahe Valley Railway (german: Nahetalbahn) is a two-track, partially electrified main line railway in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, which runs for almost 100 kilometres along the Nahe (Rhine), Nahe. It was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway Company and connects Bingen Central Station, Bingen am Rhein on the West Rhine Railway, Left Rhine line with Saarbrücken Central Station, Saarbrücken. It was opened between 1858 and 1860 and is List of the first German railways to 1870, one of the oldest railways in Germany. The section south of Bad Kreuznach is part of the regionally important transport corridor between the two major cities of Mainz and Saarbrücken. History First initiatives and the opening of the Neunkirchen–Saarbrücken section As early as 1839, there were plans to build a railway connection between the Saar (river), Saar and the Middle Rhine, which could not be realised due to high construction costs. The first section between Neunkirchen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rüdesheim Am Rhein
Rüdesheim am Rhein is a German winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in this region. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt, Hessen. Known as Rüdesheim, it is officially Rüdesheim am Rhein, to distinguish it from Rüdesheim an der Nahe. It is a major tourist attraction, especially for foreign visitors. Geography Location Rüdesheim lies at the foot of the Niederwald on the Rhine's right bank in the Rheingau wine region. The town belongs to the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region and to the World Heritage Site Rhine Gorge. It has a picturesque Old Town, located in the Rheingau landscape celebrated in Rhine romanticism. Territorial structure Rüdesheim am Rhein as a municipality consists of five quarters: * Rüdesheim am Rhein (initial part and center) * Eibingen including Windeck, Eibingen Abbey and Nothgottes * Assmannshausen * Aulhausen including the former and * Presberg Assmannshau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindenburg Bridge
The Hindenburg Bridge (german: Hindenburgbrücke) was a railway bridge over the Rhine between Rüdesheim am Rhein, Rüdesheim in the German state of Hesse and Bingen am Rhein, Bingen-Kempten state of Rhineland-Palatinate, named in 1918 after Generalfeldmarschall, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, later President of Germany (1919–1945), German President. The bridge was put in service in 1915, destroyed in the Second World War and never rebuilt. Since 2002 the remains of the Hindenburg bridge has been the easternmost point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rhine Gorge, Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Bingerbrück–Rüdesheim train ferry The bridge was preceded by the Bingerbrück–Rüdesheim train ferry, opened in November 1861, making the first connection between the Nassau Rhine Railway of the Nassau State Railway (german: Nassauische Staatsbahn) and the Nahe Valley Railway of the ''Rhine-Nahe Railway Company'' (''Rhein-Nahe-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). This created a freight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahr Valley Railway
The Ahr Valley Railway (german: Ahrtalbahn), Remagen–Ahrbrück, is currently a 29 km-long, partly single-track and non-electrified branch line, which runs through the Ahr valley from Remagen via Ahrweiler and Dernau to Ahrbrück in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is served by Regionalbahn services on lines RB 30 and RB 39 ( Deutsche Bahn timetable route number 477). History The history of the Ahr Valley Railway begins as a branch line of the West Rhine Railway (''Linke Rheinstrecke''). This line was built up the Rhine from Cologne to Rolandseck via Bonn by the Bonn–Cologne Railway Company (''Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') between 1844 and 1856; it was extended to Bingerbrück via Remagen and Koblenz by the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') in 1858/59. On 23 September 1879, a ministerial decree was issued to authorise the building of the Ahr Valley Railway. Less than a year later, the Rhenish Railway opened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remagen
Remagen ( ) is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West German capital. It is situated on the left (western) bank of the river Rhine. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer. Remagen has many notable and well-maintained buildings, churches, castles and monuments. It also has a sizeable pedestrian zone with plenty of shops. Overlooking the west bank of the Rhine just north of the city centre is the Apollinariskirche. It has an observation deck that is only open to parishioners on Sundays. Pedestrians reach the church via a dirt trail that passes a series of roadside monuments representing each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. The church grounds contain an outdoor crypt and an abbey. Further down the river is one of the many castles along the Rhine, perched even higher than the Apollinariskirche. History The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
