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Neukirchen–Weiden Railway
The Neukirchen–Weiden railway is a 51-kilometre-long main line in Bavaria, Germany. It branches off the Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway at Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg station and runs via Vilseck to Weiden in der Oberpfalz. History The impetus for the construction of the line was a memorandum of 20 July 1869 from the Nuremberg Railway Committee to the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (''Bayerischen Ostbahnen''). It argued that this route would be the shortest and most economical connection between Nuremberg and Weiden and that the line would also be important for freight traffic to and from Bohemia and central Germany. Construction began in December 1873 after the route planning was completed in August 1872. The rails were supplied by ''Hammerwerk Hellziechen''. The line was officially opened on 15 October 1875. In 1973, the line, which had been built to branch line standards, was upgraded with extensive work to main line standards. Route description The line branc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the list of German states by population, second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its large land area, its population density is list of German states by population density, below the German average. Major cities include Munich (its capital and List of cities in Bavaria by population, largest city, which is also the list of cities in Germany by population, third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celts, Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |