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1701:(now Oberkassel) and completed on 16 December 1852. Passenger services opened a month later on 17 January 1853. After completion of the line to the Belgian border at Aachen on 16 October 1854, freight traffic ran on the entire line. At the same time, Rhine station (
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military opposed the building of fixed bridges across the Rhine for military reasons, except in fortified cities such as
Cologne,
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was opened and the line from Mönchengladbach was realigned to run to it. The line from Neuss to
Oberkassel was closed in 1996.
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was opened over the Rhine, connecting to the BME’s
Rheinknie station in Düsseldorf and bypassing the
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government guarantees and from 1850, it came under the management of the government-controlled
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It is planned to establish a new station at Neuss
Stadtwald between Neuss Hbf and
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is a 24 km long main line on the left (western) bank of the
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1809:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)
1668:Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company
1962:
1638:, AND) was founded to build a railway line from
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1986:1853 establishments in the German Confederation
1811:. Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 50, 140–41.
1636:Aachen-Neuß-Düsseldorfer Eisenbahngesellschaft
2001:Buildings and structures in Rhein-Kreis Neuss
1801:
1991:Buildings and structures in Mönchengladbach
1939:(in German). City of Neuss. Archived from
1718:Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
1710:Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company
1660:Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company
1616:Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company
1877:
1851:
1825:
1971:Railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia
1963:
1697:. The line was built from Gladbach to
1632:Aachen-Neuß-Düsseldorf Railway Company
1779:(both between Düsseldorf and Neuss).
1672:Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach line
1664:Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrorter Eisenbahn
1256:Düren–Neuss railway to Bedburg (Erft)
1759:The route is served (as of 2018) by
1739:
1744:Following the establishment of the
13:
1714:Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company
1596:Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway
22:Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway
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1976:Railway lines opened in 1853
1705:) in Obercassel was opened.
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157:140 km/h (87 mph)
10:
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1720:, BME). In July 1870, the
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1911:"Obercassel Rheinstation"
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1917:(in German). André Joost
1891:(in German). André Joost
1865:(in German). André Joost
1839:(in German). André Joost
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311:S-Bahn to Duisburg/Essen
1996:Transport in Düsseldorf
1937:"3.4.3 Schienenangebot"
1734:Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
1730:Prussian state railways
1620:oldest lines in Germany
917:Obercassel Rheinstation
113:24 km (15 mi)
16:Railway line in Germany
1763:trains on lines RE 4 (
1612:North Rhine-Westphalia
1429:Mönchengladbach-Lürrip
1399:Mönchengladbach Stadt
269:Trunk line to Duisburg
72:North Rhine-Westphalia
814:Neuss Rheinparkcenter
1712:was acquired by the
1769:Maas-Wupper-Express
1732:. In 1891, the new
1722:Hamm Railway Bridge
1679:Austro-Prussian War
1670:, which opened the
1642:via Gladbach (now
1511:Mönchengladbach Hbf
1088:Erftkanal junction
781:Hamm Railway Bridge
1726:Neuss Hauptbahnhof
1674:in 1849 and 1851.
1666:), along with the
1618:and is one of the
1604:Lower Rhine region
610:Düsseldorf-Bilk Hp
495:S-Bahn to Cologne
379:Düsseldorf Airport
1885:"Aachen - Kassel"
1859:"Aachen - Kassel"
1833:"Aachen - Kassel"
1818:978-3-89494-139-0
1746:Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
1740:Current situation
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837:
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745:Düsseldorf-Hamm
741:
736:
729:
714:
708:
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626:
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48:(long distance)
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1817:
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1755:Rail services
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1895:24 January
1869:24 January
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1699:Obercassel
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167:Route map
105:Technical
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