page_title: Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway / Operations
caption_attribution_description: Montabaur, Alter Bahnhof
context_page_description: The Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway is a railway line between Limburg-Staffel, Montabaur and Siershahn in the Westerwald. The line, which is also known as the Unterwesterwaldbahn, runs through the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.
context_section_description: While the Deutsche Bundesbahn ceased passenger services on the Holzbach Valley Railway on 1 June 1984, it continued to operate services on the Lower Westerwald Railway. Since 12 December 2004, services have been operated by Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft every hour or every two hours using LINT diesel multiple units.
  The modern Montabaur station was opened in 2002 to provide interchange with the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway.
  Due to an accident at a level crossing near Girod on 30 September 2011, the line was severely damaged over a length of 7 km to Montabaur. During the period required for its repair, a steam-hauled freight train of the Hanau railway museum (Museumseisenbahn Hanau) railway ran over the Taunus to Steinefrenz station to supply the concrete sleepers. After the restoration of the line, services were resumed on 19 October 2011.
caption: Old Montabaur station (2005)
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