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Talstation der Drachenfelsbahn

53639 Königswinter, Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Address Drachenfelsstraße 53
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition

Opening times
Januar + Februar + November: Mo. – Fr.: 12 – 17 Uhr; Sa., So. und Feiertag: 11 – 18 Uhr
März + Oktober: Mo. – So.: 10 -18 Uhr
April: Mo. – So.: 10 -19 Uhr
Mai – September: Mo. – So.: 9 - 19 Uhr

Admission
Status from 09/2017
 Free entry.
Contact
Tel.:+49-22 23-92 090  Fax:+49-22 23-47 34  
eMail:info drachenfelsbahn.de   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.drachenfelsbahn-koenigswinter.de/index.php/de/informationen/der-drachenfels/12-der-drachenfels-tourismus-bahnhof
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Location / Directions
N50.674193° E7.198423°N50°40.45158' E7°11.90538'N50°40'27.0948" E7°11'54.3228"
Königswinter is a city and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The town is served by Königswinter and Niederdollendorf stations on the Rhine East Bank Railway between Cologne and Wiesbaden, as well as by several stops on line 66 of the Bonn Stadtbahn, which takes a different route through the town. The tourist-oriented Drachenfels Railway does not connect direct with either of these lines but instead relies on a steam-outline road train for connection to the town centre and stations
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Drachenfels Railway

The Drachenfels Railway (German: Drachenfelsbahn) is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altitude of 289 m (948 ft). Besides the two terminal stations, an intermediate station serves the Schloss Drachenburg.

The line is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long and is single track. There are two terminal stations, Königswinter Drachenfelsbahn and Drachenfels, and a single intermediate station, Drachenburg, which also has a passing loop. The line has a track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) and uses the Riggenbach rack design to overcome a height difference of 220 m (722 ft) and a maximum gradient of 20%. The line is electrified, with overhead supply at 750 V DC

The service is operated with a fleet of four four-wheel electric railcars, built in Rastatt between 1955 and 1960, plus a fifth identical railcar built by the railway itself in 1979. Although double-ended, the railcars are unusual in that they have doors only on one side, as all platforms are on the same side of the track. They can operate either singly or in pairs.

History

The line opened, with trains propelled by steam locomotives, on July 13, 1883.
The Drachenfels Railway was converted to electric traction in 1953, with steam trains retained for use in times of peak traffic. On September 14, 1958 the railway suffered a serious accident when a steam train derailed, resulting in 17 deaths and ending the use of steam on the line. One of the line's former steam locomotives is displayed outside the lower station

Between 1998 and 1999, the line's railcars were modernised by SLM. Between 2004 and 2005, the lower station was rebuilt, in conjunction with the city of Königswinter, as a combined railway station, tourist information centre and exhibition centre

 
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