page_title: Lahn Valley Railway
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Lahn Valley Railway / Route
caption_attribution_description: Einen herrlichen Ausblick auf die vielbepaddelte Lahn konnten die Reisenden der RB 22431 am 12.08.2003 genießen, als 218 398 den Zug nach dem Halt in Runkel wieder lautstark beschleunigte (de:Lahntalbahn)
context_page_description: The Lahn Valley Railway is a railway line between Niederlahnstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to Wetzlar in Hesse. Its western terminus was originally in Oberlahnstein. Trains now mostly operate between Koblenz and Gießen. The line was opened by the Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company and the Nassau State Railway between 1858 and 1863 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.
context_section_description: The railway follows the largely winding course of the Lahn valley. It is only a few metres above the river’s surface and is characterised by numerous bridges and tunnels. It is therefore extremely scenic. As the line has never been fundamentally modernised, its numerous engineering structures, semaphore signals and accompanying telegraph lines have been preserved. The Hessian section of the line is a listed monument under the Hessian Heritage Act. The signalling of the section in Rhineland-Palatinate was modernised in 2015. The line is listed by Deutsche Bahn as timetable route number 625 and track route number 3710.
caption: Regionalbahn service in Runkel (August 2003)
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