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Drachenfels Railway

Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)Metre gauge railways in GermanyMountain railwaysPrivate railway companies of GermanyRack railways in Germany
Railway lines in North Rhine-WestphaliaRailway lines opened in 1883
Drachenfelsbahn Bergstation
Drachenfelsbahn Bergstation

The Drachenfels Railway (German: Drachenfelsbahn) is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter, on the east bank of the Rhine, to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altitude of 289 m (948 ft). Besides the two terminal stations, an intermediate station serves the Schloss Drachenburg.The Drachenfels Railway is one of only four rack railways still operational in Germany, along with the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway, the Stuttgart Rack Railway and the Wendelstein Railway.

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Königswinter Drachenfelsbahn

Drachenfelsstraße 53
53639
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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