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Oberkassel Nord (SWB)
Oberkassel Nord is a station served by line 66 of the Bonn Stadtbahn and line 62 of Bonn's tram system. This station consists of two tracks with two side platforms. The Bonn-Oberkassel station Bonn-Oberkassel station is on the East Rhine Railway (german: Rechte Rheinstrecke) in the suburb of Oberkassel in the Bonn district of Beuel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. History The station was opened on 11 July 1870 in the co ... is about 450 meters away. References External links {{commons category-inline, Stadtbahnhaltestelle Oberkassel Nord Cologne-Bonn Stadtbahn stations Bonn Straßenbahn stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonn Stadtbahn
The Bonn Stadtbahn ('' en, city rail'') is a part of the local public transit system in Bonn and the surrounding Rhein-Sieg area, that also includes the Bonn Straßenbahn. Although with six actual Stadtbahn lines (as well as three tram lines) the network is relatively small, two of Bonn's Stadtbahn lines connect to the much larger Cologne Stadtbahn (and are numbered according to that system, not Bonn's). The Stadtbahn network comprises of route. There are 64 stations and stops in the city of Bonn proper, and another 17 in Siegburg and Bad Honnef. Additionally, of the Stadtbahn is located underground, as are 12 of the Stadtbahn stations. History In the middle of the 1960s Bonn lay at the heart of five different railway enterprises. Besides the Deutsche Bundesbahn (the West German national railway company) there was the independent Cologne-Bonn railway (KBE) and three separate tram concerns: *The tram network operated by the city of Bonn (SWB), which had declined in the 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (''Rhine-Sieg Transport Association''; VRS) is the public transport association covering the area of the Cologne/Bonn Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded on 1 September 1987, and covers an area of some 5.111 km² with some 3.3 million inhabitants. For the year 2009 nearly 494 million passengers were carried through the network of VRS.Ministerium f. Wirtschaft, Energie, Bauen, Wohnen und Verkehr des Landes NRW: Mobilität in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Daten und Fakten 2010 Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg is named after the rivers Rhine (Rhein) and Sieg The Sieg is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine. The river is named after the Sicambri. It is in length. The source is located in the Rothaargebirge mountains. From h .... Associated transport companies Selected cities and parishes in the VRS area References External links vrsinfo.de- official site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Bonn
The Bonn tramway network (german: Straßenbahn Bonn) forms part of the public transport system in the city Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, along with the Bonn Stadtbahn with which the tramlines are heavily integrated. The tram network consists of three tram lines which makes Bonn's tramway relatively small, as it comprises only of route. The tramway is operated by 24 low-floor tramcars. The system is operated by SWB Bus und Bahn, a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Bonn, and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS). Operations Lines In addition to the Stadtbahn, Bonn is served by three Stra ßenbahn ('' en, tram or streetcar'') lines, covering of route, that remain in service. Two of the tram lines (Lines 61 and 62) are regular routes, while the third line (Line 65) is a ''limited service'' route: History Horse trams The first trams in Bonn were opened on 19 April 1891 as horsecar tramlines. The tramway was built by the Havestadt, Contag. & Cie. company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonn-Oberkassel Station
Bonn-Oberkassel station is on the East Rhine Railway (german: Rechte Rheinstrecke) in the suburb of Oberkassel in the Bonn district of Beuel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. History The station was opened on 11 July 1870 in the course of extending the East Rhine line from Neuwied to Oberkassel and at the same time as the establishment of the Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry. After the closure of the train ferry in 1919, the station retained its function, since it continued to handle the freight of a cement factory. In addition, it was used by a shipyard newly established in the train ferry precinct. With the decline and final closing down of the cement factory in 1987, the station's freight facilities (several sidings and loading ramps) also lost their importance. Today, of the formerly large field of railway tracks at the station only the two tracks on the East Rhine line are used for freight and commuter trains. The remaining tracks were removed in 2008 along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
