page_title: Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry
section_title: Construction of the train ferry
hierarchical_section_title: Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry / Construction of the train ferry
caption_attribution_description: Bonn–Oberkassel. Ponte "Sieg" der Rheinischen Eisenbahn nahe Oberkasseler Ufer (1870 - 1914). Train ferry
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The building of the train ferry began immediately.  The right bank railway was extended north to Neuwied in 1869 and on 27 October 1869 to Oberkassel and the train ferry wharf.
  The train ferry was similar to the two established train ferries of the Rhenish Railway, between Spyck and Welle (near Emmerich and Kleve) and between Rheinhausen and Hochfeld (in Duisburg), which went into service in 1865 and 1866 respectively.  The Bonn–Oberkassel ferries similarly crossed the river using their own engines, guided by two wire cables, although they operated at an angle of 45° against the river toward Oberkassel.  The three routes were finished in 1868, 1870 and 1873. The ramps from the riverbank stations to the water were inclined at 1:38. The three ferry pontoons on each side were 70 meters long and 9.5 m wide.  Each could carry as many as ten freight wagons, seven passenger carriages or one locomotive.
  The train ferry line turned to the left after Oberkassel station to reach the bank. On the Bonn side, the Bonn train ferry station was near the bank and it still served industry there until the Second World War. The line reached the main line near Kessenich and from 1870 had its own track into Bonn Hauptbahnhof.  Part of this track still exists, but it is no longer fit for operations; it lies beside the Bad Godesberg-Bonn railway near Bereich Straßburger Weg and Kaiserstraße for a short section before the Hauptbahnhof.
caption: Ferry "Sieg" near the Oberkassel bank, in the background are the Siebengebirge mountains
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