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West Rhine railway, near Remagen Map of railway lines in the Koblenz area Ludendorff Bridge on 17 March 1945 four hours before the collapse. The first section of the line opened on 15 February 1844, by the Bonn–Cologne Railway Company (Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) between the former station of Cologne St. Pantaleon Cologne and Bonn.
The station was designed by the architect Heinrich Velde of Diez and built in the years 1854–1856, and was opened on 11 August 1856 as the first terminus of the Nassau Rhine Railway (Nassauische Rheinbahn) from Wiesbaden to Rüdesheim.
The RE-8 serves the Cologne/Bonn Airport station and extends south of Koblenz on the Horchheimer Bridge. It uses Series-425 electric locomotives and a maximum speed of 140 km/h. The RB 27 operates between Porz and Koblenz, crossing from the north via the Urmitz Bridge. It operates non-stop from Koblenz to Cochem twice daily.
The first New York-Chicago route was provided on January 24, 1853 with the completion of the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad to Grafton, Ohio on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. The route later became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, owned by the New York Central Railroad. [1]
Built in the 15th century, boat owners used the Drosselgasse to move items from the river to homes in the town. St. Jakobus, the parish church from the 15th century, rebuilt after World War II; Burg Ehrenfels, a ruined castle in the vineyards; Brömserburg, the oldest castle in the Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site.
This brought a new economic boom to the Middle Rhine area, which continued well into the 20th century. The only paddle steamer still remaining on the Rhine is the Goethe, running between Koblenz and Rudesheim. German and foreign tourists never quite lost interest in the Middle Rhine. Interest, however, decreased noticeably since the 1980s.
The shipping channels pass on opposite sides of Neebish Island in the St Marys River. The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of 2,340 miles (3,770 km) and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at 2,250 miles (3,620 km). [3]
At one time forming a border of France, in the 19th century the valley became part of Prussia and its landscape became the quintessential image of Germany. This part of the Rhine features strongly in folklore , such as a legendary castle on the Rhine being the setting for the opera Götterdämmerung .