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Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry

1919 disestablishments in GermanyHistory of BonnRailway lines in North Rhine-WestphaliaTrain ferries

The Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry was a German train ferry operated by the Rhenish Railway Company from 1870 to connect its right and left Rhine railways. It was the last of six train ferries to begin operations across the Rhine in Germany and the second to last to close.

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Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry
Heimkehrerweg, Bonn Bad Godesberg (Stadtbezirk Bonn)

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Heimkehrerweg

Heimkehrerweg
53113 Bonn, Bad Godesberg (Stadtbezirk Bonn)
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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