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The Drachenfels Railway (German: Drachenfelsbahn) is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter , on the east bank of the Rhine , to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altitude of 289 m (948 ft).
Drachenfels (Siebengebirge) D. Drachenfels Railway; S. Schloss Drachenburg This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 22:00 (UTC). Text is ...
Rail accident of Drachenfels [65] 14 September 1958 18 112 Faulty braking of a descending train on the Drachenfels Railway, a rack railway, resulted in excessive speed and derailment. Lauffen bus crash: 20 June 1959 45 25 After the barrier of a level crossing was not closed properly, a train hit a bus. Rail accident of Leipzig [66] 15 May 1960 ...
Drachenfels, view from Mehlem. The Drachenfels ("Dragon's Rock", German pronunciation: [ˈdʁaxənˌfɛls]) is a hill (321 metres (1,053 ft)) in the Siebengebirge uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid underneath.
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The Drachenfels, crowned by the ruins of a castle built in the early 12th century by the archbishop of Cologne, rises behind the town. From the summit, which can be accessed by the Drachenfels Railway, there is a view celebrated by Lord Byron in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. [3]
The railway was officially closed on 17 August 1959 and work began immediately on lifting the track. The railway company (St. Andreasberger Eisenbahn GmbH) operated a bus service until 30 May 1965 when the service was taken over by the DB. [3] The surviving station building was a resort administrative office and then, until 2005, an artist's ...