Strategic Railway Embankment
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The Strategic Railway Embankment is a railway line between the Ruhr and the south-western border of Germany, which was never finished. This name is derived from the section of this line that runs over
Strategic Railway Embankment towards the north-west behind Hülchrath.
The strategic railway in Rhein-Kreis Neuss between Hülchrath (left) and Neukirchen (right). The L 142 intersects the strategic railway to the north-east.
Road bridge over the strategic railway.
Underpass near Münchrath.
The Hürth-Kalscheuren–Ehrang railway is a non-electrified line in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate running from Hürth-Kalscheuren via Euskirchen and Gerolstein to T
Strategic Railway Embankment
…Neuss via Rommerskirchen, Niederaußem, Horrem, Liblar and Rheinbach to Rech in the Ahr valley. Trains would then run via the Ahr Valley Railway and the Eifel Railway to the Saarland and Lorraine. In 1915, it was also decided that the "Ruhr–Moselle relief line" would connect in a southerly direction over the Ringen–Bad…
Kierberg station, known as Kaiserbahnhof (Emperor Station)
Auw an der Kyll station
Speicher station
Class 628 operating as Eifel-Express (RE12) in Kall (2011)