The West Rhine railway (German: Linke Rheinstrecke, literally 'left (bank of the) Rhine route') is a famously picturesque, double-track electrified railway line running for 185 km from Cologne via Bonn, Koblenz, and Bingen to Mainz. It is situated close to the western (left) bank of the river Rhine and mostly aligned to allow 160 km/h operation between Cologne and Koblenz and between Bingen and Mainz. Line speed between Koblenz and Bingen is restricted by the meandering nature of the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Quick Facts: Overview, Other name(s) ... History 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. It was extended on 21 January 1856, south to Rolandseck station and in 1859 north to the Cologne central station. After the takeover by the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft, RhE) on 1 January 1857 the line was extended in 1858 through Remagen and Andernach and crossed the Moselle to Koblenz via the Moselle railway bridge, opened on 11 November 1858. The particularly beautiful section of the line between Koblenz and Bingerbrück (now called Bingen Hbf), which runs close to the river through this winding section of the Rhine Valley was opened on 15 December 1859. Bingerbrück station was at the time on the border of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Here it connected with the Rhine-Main line of the Hessian Ludwig Railway (Hessische Ludwigsbahn), opened on 17 October 1859, from Mainz and the Nahe Valley Railway to Saarbrücken. In Koblenz, the Pfaffendorf Bridge over the Rhine was completed in 1864 to connect to the Right Rhine line to Niederlahnstein and Wiesbaden. With the construction of the Horchheim Bridge south of Koblenz, opened in 1879, and the Urmitz Bridge north of Koblenz, opened in 1918, this bridge was progressively given over to pedestrian, vehicular and, eventually, tram traffic and the last train used it at the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. From 1861 the Nassau State Railways established a train ferry between Bingen and Rüdesheim am Rhein; this was converted to a passenger ferry in 1900. From 1870 to 1914 another train ferry operated between Bonn and Oberkassel to transfer trains between the West Rhine line and the East Rhine railway. During the First World War three strategic Rhine crossings were built at the request of the German generals in order to bring troops and war materials to the Western Front. The Bingen–Rüdesheim ferry was replaced by the Hindenburg Bridge, built between 1913 and 1915 and connecting the East Rhine line with the West Rhine railway and the Nahe Valley Railway. From 1916 to 1918, the Neuwied–Koblenz line, including the Crown Prince Wilhelm Bridge, was built between Urmitz and Neuwied-Engers. The Ludendorff Bridge between Erpel and Remagen was built from 1916 to 1919. It connected the East and West Rhine railway lines and the strategically important Ahr Valley Railway. The Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Kronprinz-Wilhelm Bridges were destroyed in World War II. Only the Crown Prince Wilhelm Bridge was rebuilt, as the Urmitz bridge, in 1954. The line was electrified in 1959. Current operations[when?] Until the opening of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, the line was one of the busiest in Germany. The fastest trains connecting the Rhineland and southern Germany ran on the line. The importance of the line for long distance travel has diminished since the opening of the high-speed line. The line is now generally used by one InterCity or Intercity-Express service (stopping at Bonn, Koblenz and Mainz) each hour, the Hamburg-Köln-Express (certain days, stops at Bingen instead of Mainz), one Regional-Express train each hour (the Rhein-Express to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof and one RegionalBahn (stopping) train each hour in each direction, as well as by many freight trains. Before the opening of the high-speed line, freight trains were largely restricted to the Right Rhine line, but with the increased availability of train paths on the Left Rhine line many of them are now routed over it. This route includes a lot of trains that run on there: ICE To Br411 RRX Br462 MRB Br460 Br146 & Br425 Br442 Br185 Br155 Br152 And much more... This route is something for everyone, because you can drive regionals trains and stop at every stations, go via Intercity from A to B without stopping as much the train or enjoying the Cargo rise between Cologne and Koblenz, the special view of the landscape is very enjoyable to watch while going through the Westside of the Hauptstrecke Köln Koblenz, I hope that you all support this suggestion so that we could have this route very soon in the route Map.
BR189 fits here because it's the route that Rotterdam Dillengen Heavy Iron Ore Trains after the Köln Kalk Yard and the Duisburg Hbf yard seen on HRR. Iron ore train cross-border segment is the Oberhausen Arnhem Railway which is what I proposed to The Forums.
Köln-Koblenz was one of my favourite routes in Train Simulator. It's also one of the first I ever bought and the one which got me addicted to the hobby. I'd love to see it in TSW as well.
I agree and if when Steam locomotives Comes the Iron Ore Trains can either be modern Class 189s with Faals 152s or a Class 43 Double Formation with Ootz 1950s-1970s Iron Ore Wagons. Provided Dovetail games gets an actual Deutsche Bundesbahn pre 1994 Deutsche Bahn documentation iron ore trains in the area. In addition to a model Railway provided theres a Railway Museum in the area of the route that uses Z Scale Marklin Model Railway Ootz 1950s-1970s Iron Ore Wagons with Class 043 Steam locomotives. That assumes that the class 43 steam locomotive comes in layered another route that has German Steam locomotives complete with Vintage Ootz 1950s-1970s Iron Ore Wagons. Remember this route is a classic train simulator 21 route that needs to be in train simulator world. If players are bored operating Modern Electric locomotives for iron ore trains then a class 043 Ootz 1950s-1970s Iron Ore Wagons. Assuming Dovetail games wants German steam locomotives doing PZB Mode U freight. This will be timed to a steam locomotive updateSource for the Ootz 1950s-1970s Iron Ore Wagons is Marklin.com
The fact that the length is about 90 km between Cologne and Koblenz, they've done routewise reasearch for TS and already built Cologne Main Station in TSW makes this very likely. Please, DTG. This is a perfect route for TSW!
