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on 1 June 1984, it continued to operate services on the Lower
Westerwald Railway. Since 12 December 2004, services have been operated by
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station to supply the concrete sleepers. After the restoration of the line, services were resumed on 19 October 2011.
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government took control of the RhE on 1 January 1886.
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1150:"Güterzüge werden über Altenkirchen umgeleitet"
974:The Lower Westerwald Railway connected to the
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967:had taken over operations of the RhE. The
184:Holzbach Valley Railway from Altenkirchen
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779:Upper Westerwald Railway from Westerburg
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131:50 km/h (31.1 mph) (maximum)
1182:Railway lines in Rhineland-Palatinate
1035:Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway
1022:every hour or every two hours using
1130:(in German). Museumseisenbahn Hanau
874:Upper Westerwald Railway to Limburg
548:Westerwaldquer Railway to Wallmerod
24:
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1014:ceased passenger services on the
961:Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
917:Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway
233:Brexbach Valley Railway to Engers
33:Siershahn–Limburg-Staffel railway
18:Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn Railway
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901:Source: German railway atlas
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1156:(in German). 13 October 2011
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1128:"Schwellenzug mit Dampf"
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980:Brexbach Valley Railway
965:Prussian state railways
957:Rhenish Railway Company
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678:Steinefrenz siding
27:German railway line
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988:East Rhine Railway
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289:Dernbach (Westerw)
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1083:978-3-89494-139-0
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71:Route number
1054:Steinefrenz
1029:The modern
654:Dreikirchen
624:Steinefrenz
93:Track gauge
84:Line length
43:Line number
1192:Westerwald
1176:Categories
1010:While the
998:Operations
933:Westerwald
574:Goldhausen
929:Siershahn
925:Montabaur
426:Montabaur
210:Siershahn
141:Route map
79:Technical
61:, Germany
969:Prussian
116: in
38:Overview
1160:17 June
1134:17 June
1112:17 June
951:History
931:in the
851:Staffel
756:Elz Süd
629:(268 m)
111:⁄
66:Service
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1050:Taunus
264:Wirges
156:Legend
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51:Locale
1060:Notes
1042:Girod
945:Hesse
729:Hesse
599:Girod
59:Hesse
1162:2013
1136:2013
1114:2013
1078:ISBN
1024:LINT
955:The
943:and
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