32-611: The Cross Eifel Railway (German: Eifelquerbahn ) is a non-electrified railway line between Andernach and Gerolstein in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . From Andernach to Mayen Ost (East), it is classified as main line and it has two tracks as far as Mendig . Services on the Cross Eifel Railway currently operate about every 30 minutes between Andernach and Mayen Ost and continue to Kaisersesch hourly as part of
64-489: A dig undertaken in 1986 by the Trier Rhenish State Museum . The trapezoidal wall that once bounded the hallowed grounds, whose greatest length is 65 m and whose greatest breadth is 42 m, was built of limestone . Inside is a Gallo-Roman temple with a cella and a passageway in which a limestone tablet was found as early as 1833 inscribed with a dedication to the goddess Caiva. The tablet mentions that
96-602: A quinarius minted in Africa in 47 or 46 BC to various coins struck about AD 400. One find, a fibula , dates from early La Tène times . In the Middle Ages , the village was held by the House of Kasselburg, whose castle seat was in the village. It gave the noble family its name, and is still known today as the Kasselburg . On 18 May 1897, Pelm was the site of a railway disaster when
128-417: A few months after trans regio had taken over the operation between Andernach and Mayen, the line was reopened for passenger traffic from Mayen West to Kaisersesch. The section from Gerolstein to Kaisersesch was used for tourist traffic in the season from May to October from 2 June 2001. Services ran at two-hour intervals on Sundays and holidays only; later the excursions also ran on Saturdays. Because of
160-501: A man named Marcus Victorius Polentius granted an endowment of 100,000 sestertii for the temple to Caiva to be built. This inscription has been dated to AD 124. There were two other temples on the grounds. At one, a fragmentary red sandstone club, likely from a statue of Hercules , was found in 1986. A torso from such a statue was unearthed in 1834, but has since been lost. Other statuary has been found representing Mercury and Venus , for instance. Coins, too, have been found, from
192-473: A troop train crashed into some uncoupled rolling stock causing seven of the train's coaches to derail . In the accident, ensuing chaos and fire, ten men – nine military personnel and one civilian – were killed. Many more were wounded. The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded
224-534: A truck-trailer combination. The crowded train derailed and fell down a slope. In all, there were 26 injured, five people were severely injured and the train driver and guard were seriously injured. In the course of the pre-planning for the Rhineland-Palatinate regular interval timetable to be introduced in 2015, several options were investigated to reactivate the Kaisersesch–Gerolstein section, which
256-450: A wall flanked by two towers all embattled Or, gate and windows sable, and argent a fess wavy abased conjoined as one to the other azure issuant from which a processional cross gules. The 1988 Vulkaneifel Yearbook shows different arms for Pelm with the tower-flanked gatehouse as the only charge , issuant from base. The field tinctures was different, too, the gatehouse still being in Or (gold), but
288-685: Is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde , a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gerolstein , whose seat is in the like-named town . The municipality lies on the river Kyll in the Vulkaneifel , a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from
320-427: Is not currently served by regular rail passenger transport. This study showed that the reactivation of part of the route would not to be useful in macroeconomic terms. Only the start-up of the entire route had a benefit-cost ratio above one and could thus be supported by the state. In this case, the journey time between Andernach and Gerolstein would be around two hours and patronage of up to 1900 passengers per day
352-508: Is the terminus of the Cross Eifel Railway ( Eifelquerbahn ). In addition to passenger operations, the station has container and freight operations to the east of the station, particularly serving the tin plate manufacturer, Rasselstein. In the station forecourt, there is a bus station, served by all city buses and regional bus services to Mayen , Neuwied and Ochtendung . The regional bus service to Maria Laach stops 50 metres from
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#1732927570409384-490: Is the transportation hub of the city of Andernach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is a mid-sized station with thousands of passengers each day. It is currently classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station . It has four passenger platforms (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 24), three with a length of more than 280 m, and sidings and freight tracks. It is on the Left Rhine line ( German : Linke Rheinstrecke ) and
416-574: The Lahn-Eifel-Bahn service. The rail service between Andernach and Kaisersesch operated for a long time under the name of Pellenz-Eifel-Bahn (the Pellenz is a hilly area between Andernach and Mayen) and the section between Kaisersesch and Gerolstein was for a time operated as the Vulkan Eifel-Bahn . This service was discontinued in 2013. The Cross Eifel Railway was opened in several stages, with
448-645: The Prussian state railways . At the end of the Second World War, the line from Andernach to Mayen Ost was reopened by 8 April 1945. The part from Mayen Ost to Gerolstein did not follow until 29 August 1946. On 13 January 1991, passenger traffic from Gerolstein to Mayen West was discontinued. Freight transport was initially continued between Ulmen und Kaisersesch; it was abandoned on 1 January 1998 between Gerolstein and Ulmen and on 28 May 2000 between Mayen and Kaisersesch. On 6 August 2000,
480-531: The accessibility of the Koblenz inner city from the stations of the Cross Eifel Railway. At the same time the class 628 cars, which had been used since 2008, were replaced by class 643 ( Bombardier Talent ), class 648 ( Alstom Coradia LINT 41 ) and class 640 ( LINT 27 ) railcars. The Vulkan-Eifel-Bahn (VEB) operated the section of line from Kaisersesch to Pelm from 2000 and operated a two-hour cycle on weekends and public holidays from May to October using railbuses . In
512-541: The bus station. Andernach received a rail extension of the Rhenish Railway Company ’s Left Rhine line from Oberwinter to Weißenthurm on 15 August 1858. On 11 November 1858 the first train ran on the Left Rhine line to Koblenz . A year later, the line was extended to Bingerbrück . The Eifelquer line from Andernach to Niedermendig was opened for freight on 1 April 1878 and for passengers on 15 May. This line
544-430: The central platform was raised for its entire length to 76 centimetres, the platform roof was modernised, provided with barrier-free access using lifts, the environment was improved, including the bus station, bike-and-ride and park-and-ride facilities were installed, and new access was provides to the main platform. Deutsche Bahn sold the station building to a private investor in 2019. The only facility available at
576-586: The cost-benefit analysis, which meant that the reactivation of the overall route was no longer economically viable. On the basis of the new figures, the municipality of Daun expressed its opposition to the reactivation of the Gerolstein–Daun–Kaisersesch section of the Cross Eifel Railway in December 2012. The previous operator announced shortly afterwards that it had not requested an extension of its operating license after 2013. Since 1 January 2013,
608-566: The disused Kaisersesch–Gerolstein section was to be carried out on a basis that will allow local authorities and districts to decide on the future of the line. In this case, the estimated rehabilitation costs of €24 million (of which €6 million alone was for the necessary construction of the Pelm bridge) are likely to play a decisive role. The Cross Eifel Railway follows the Eifel Railway from Gerolstein to Pelm closely, then branches off to
640-416: The earth. Pelm's neighbours are Gerolstein , Rockeskyll , Berlingen , Dohm-Lammersdorf and Hohenfels-Essingen . Pelm is notable for its connection with ancient history. Unearthed to the west of the village was a Gallo-Roman sanctuary. It had already been widely destroyed by graverobbers by the time a systematic investigation was done in 1928. More recently, newer information was brought to light by
672-504: The first section opening from Andernach to Niedermendig on 1 April 1878. The second section opened from Niedermendig to Mayen Ost on 29 May 1880 and the third section opened from Mayen Ost to Gerolstein on 15 May 1895. The building of a connection to Karden between Mayen West and Monreal was considered. From about 1880 the Cross Eifel Railway was administered by the Eisenbahndirektion ( railway division of) Cologne of
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#1732927570409704-481: The following results: Pelm's mayor is Leo Meeth. The German blazon reads: Gespalten von Grün und Silber, über einem von Silber und Blau gespaltenen Wellenbalken zwei goldene Zinnentürme, eine goldene Zinnenmauer flankierend, Tor und Fenster betagleuchtet, hinten ein rotes Vortragkreuz. The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale vert a fess wavy abased argent above which
736-468: The infrastructure of the Cross Eifel Railway has been partly closed to traffic, because train operations are not possible without a new bridge at Pelm . This also eliminates the steam trains operated by Lokschuppen Gerolstein ; the associated Anheizparty ("heating party") was replaced by the Lokschuppen-Sommer ("locomotive shed summer"). In the autumn of 2016, a separate cost-benefit analysis for
768-451: The line, including the reactivated section between Mayen and Kaisersesch, with Regio-Shuttles from 28 May 2000 to about 13 December 2008. Since 14 December 2008, it has been operated by DB Regio with class 628.3 (double-deck) sets at hourly intervals. The trains cross in Mayen Ost, although the symmetry minute of the line is about four minutes earlier than usual. Since
800-597: The line. At the end of March 2013, it became known that the state of Rhineland-Palatinate would provide €13 million for the repair of the infrastructure to enable the tourist excursions to run again. Two further stations are to be built up to the middle of the 2020s: Andernach Süd (in the Straße Leibnizhof area) and Mayen-Brückentor (at the level crossing on Straße Auf der Eich). The SPNV Nord assumes daily patronage of 700 (Andernach Süd) and 500 (Mayen-Brückentor). Andernach station Andernach station
832-569: The north-east and runs via Daun , Ulmen . Kaisersesch to Mayen . From there, it runs through several curves to Andernach , where it runs to the north to connect with the Left Rhine line . The whole line is owned by DB Netz . The Ulmen–Kaisersesch section was finally returned to traffic after a comprehensive refurbishment in April 2008 for a railway station festival in Ulmen, but it is currently out of operation. Trans regio operated passenger services on
864-407: The poor state of the line, services were terminated in Ulmen. A daily tourist service ran in the summer from Gerolstein to Daun from 18 July 2005. After restoring and securing the section between Ulmen and Kaisersesch, the Cross Eifel Railway was once again open to traffic from 26 April 2008. In an accident on 6 June 2009 at an open level crossing near Hohenfels, a railbus collided with
896-686: The station is a Deutsche Bahn (DB) ticket office, which has two counters. The former station restaurant is used as a hackerspace , the former station bookstore is now a kiosk. The former taxi base is empty. There is also an ATM and seating. Trains stop on four platforms at Andernach station. Long-distance services stopping at the station consist of Intercity-Express and Intercity trains. Regional services consist of Regional-Express (RE) and Regionalbahn (RB) trains to cities within 200 kilometres, running towards Cologne/Emmerich, Koblenz, Mainz and Mayen/Kaisersesch. ICE 35 The town of Andernach has other stations in two suburbs: Pelm Pelm
928-494: The summer months services were also operated between Gerolstein and Ulmen during the week. In addition, during the summer holidays on Wednesdays, a steam train, consisting of a class 52 steam locomotive and historical passenger cars, ran between Gerolstein and Ulmen. At the end of 2012, the political committees rejected the investment in the rail infrastructure, so the VEB announced that from 2013 no excursions would run on this section of
960-422: The timetable change in December 2014, the service operated by DB Regio continues to operate as the Lahn-Eifel-Bahn hourly from Kaisersesch via Mayen to Andernach (RB 38) as well as from Mayen via Andernach to Koblenz and continues to Limburg an der Lahn (as RB 23). This gives an approximately 30-minute cycle in both directions on the section between Mayen and Andernach, as well as significantly improving
992-615: Was also owned by the Rhenish Railway Company. On 20 September 1879, the 2.33 km long freight line to Rheinwerft was opened. All regional and some express trains stopped in Andernach, while most higher-quality passenger trains went by without stopping. During the Second World War , Andernach station was completely destroyed. It was rebuilt after the war. The station was extensively modernised between 2010 and 2023. The height of
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1024-466: Was estimated. The costs were then estimated to be about €20 million. On 9 June 2009, the SPNV Nord/Rheinland-Pfalz (north Rhineland-Palatinate municipal association for rail transport) approved the complete reactivation of the Cross Eifel Railway for local public transport by December 2014. However, the cost estimate had to be corrected to €40 million in 2011 after a revision of
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