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Wieslauterbahn
The Wieslauterbahn - more rarely called the Wasgaubahn, Wieslautertalbahn or Lauterbahn - is a branch line in Rhineland-Palatinate. It branches off from the Landau-Rohrbach line at Hinterweidenthal Ost station and runs via Dahn to Bundenthal-Rumbach. It gained its greatest significance in excursion traffic. The line was opened in 1911 as one of the last within the Palatinate (region), Palatinate. In 1966, in response to competing private transport, passenger services were discontinued, with the exception of the "Bundenthaler" excursion train starting in Ludwigshafen. This train also came to an end in 1976. Freight services continued until 1995. In 1997, passenger services were reintroduced on Sundays and public holidays, the continuation of which was temporarily at risk after the turn of the millennium, but has since been secured for the medium term. In the following years, the service was extended to Wednesdays and Saturdays. Residents of the region repeatedly resisted plans to cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinterweidenthal Ost Station
Hinterweidenthal Ost station (originally called Kaltenbach Ost and later called Hinterweidenthal until 1970) is one of a total of three stations in the municipality of Hinterweidenthal in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a German railway station categories, category 6 station and it has two platform tracks. The station is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar transport association, VRN) and belongs to fare zone 998. It was opened in 1911 as a junction station for the newly built Wieslauter Railway to Bundenthal. Its importance has always been as an interchange station between the latter and the Landau–Rohrbach railway, which has existed in its present form since 1895. After passenger services were abandoned at the station, it functioned exclusively as a depot for railway operations and as a freight yard. After traffic on the Wieslauter line was reactivated on weekends in 1997, it has again been served by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
