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Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route

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Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route

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Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route

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Location: Blankenheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Martin & Sabine neben der Spur

July 4, 2020

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The old Ahrbahntrasse is a particularly beautiful section, partly deeply cut, partly on an imposing high dam, from which you can discover some beautiful hidden ponds.

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R.Bungartz

January 2, 2021

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The Upper Ahr Valley Railway was a 25 km long railway line. Between Blankenheim (forest) and Ahrdorf, it established part of the connection between the Eifel route and the Rhine …

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

June 24, 2019

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This section was inaugurated in 1913 and was a cross-link between the then existing routes Remagen - Adenau (1885) and the route Cologne - Trier (1869). Work on this primarily strategic railway had begun on 1 April 1910. On March 3, 1961, the last official freight train ride on the route Blankenheim (forest) and Ahrdorf took place.

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Motte Zehnbachhaus – Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route loop from Blankenheim (Wald)

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Altenburger Kopf and Altenburg – Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route loop from Blankenheim (Wald)

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Distance 756 m

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Blankenheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route

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Motte Zehnbachhaus – Upper Ahr Valley Railway Route loop from Blankenheim (Wald)

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