Siegburg–Olpe Railway
The Siegburg–Olpe railway or Agger Valley Railway (german: Bahnstrecke Siegburg–Olpe or ''Aggertalbahn'') is a single-tracked, non-electrified branch line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Part of a direct link Cologne-Kalk–Overath railway, from Cologne, only the section from Overath to Gummersbach-Dieringhausen station, Gummersbach-Dieringhausen is still in operation. The section of line from Siegburg to Overath and from Dieringhausen to Olpe, Germany, Olpe are closed. The line is named after the River Agger (river), Agger, which it follows for a long way and crosses several times. Significance Although the line as always been considered by its operator as a branch line, it is central to the railway network of the Oberbergischer Kreis, Oberbergisches Land and it has been called a "secret" main line. Like the other lines in the region it primarily served local industry (mainly the textile and metal industries). Unlike, for example, the Wiehl Valley Railway ( ...
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the h ...
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