Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
As this thread seems to have a lot of former railways or closed lines, here's one I found at Vogelsheim in France:
This was supposed to be part of an international link between Paris and Vienna, planned in one of those brief windows of the 19th century where these two countries were not trying to kill each other. Of course that didn't last long which is one reason why this is now one end of a preserved railway and not a through station.
On the other hand it does come complete with its own post van:
On the other side of the river, the line is now a part of the revitalised local transport network, with these shiny new trains:
The black and yellow is the colour of our state, who are paying for the trains...
I still preferred the line as it was pre-electrification, when they had single railcars, some of which seem to still be running:
On the other hand it's nice to see rural lines being updated and getting a better service...
There are some interesting stations here as well; I will return to this subject.
This was supposed to be part of an international link between Paris and Vienna, planned in one of those brief windows of the 19th century where these two countries were not trying to kill each other. Of course that didn't last long which is one reason why this is now one end of a preserved railway and not a through station.
On the other hand it does come complete with its own post van:
On the other side of the river, the line is now a part of the revitalised local transport network, with these shiny new trains:
The black and yellow is the colour of our state, who are paying for the trains...
I still preferred the line as it was pre-electrification, when they had single railcars, some of which seem to still be running:
On the other hand it's nice to see rural lines being updated and getting a better service...
There are some interesting stations here as well; I will return to this subject.
