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|} The Börde Railway ((ドイツ語:Bördebahn)) is a single track (formerly double track), non-electrified branch line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Duren via Zülpich to Euskirchen. It is still used for freight traffic. On every Sunday in the summer it is served by the ''Bördeexpress'', a volunteer-operated passenger train. There are also attempts to restore passenger services, which were closed in 1983. It is named after the Jülich-Zülpich Börde (a plain with fertile loess soil), which it runs through. ==History == The Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) received a concession on 5 March 1856 for the construction and operation of a railway line between Duren and Schleiden. This route was required by the iron industry in the Eifel to transport ore and coal from the Inderevier and Wurm districts. On 6 October 1864, the Börde Railway was opened between Duren and Euskirchen. The steam locomotive ''Roer zog'' hauled seven carriages from Euskirchen to Duren. In 1871, the section of the Eifel line from Euskirchen to Kall was opened. The Eifel line was then built past its original objective at Schleiden, although a branch line from Kall to Schleiden was not opened until 1884. In 1875 the Kalscheuren–Euskirchen section was completed. In 1880 the Euskirchen–Bonn line line was opened. At the same time the Rhenish Railway Company was nationalised by the Kingdom of Prussia. The level of traffic in 1905 is reflected in the number of tickets sold: *Bubenheim: 21 226 tickets, *Vettweiß: 37 883 tickets, * Zülpich: 60 532 tickets and *Dürscheven: 22 170 tickets. The line was duplicated in the 1920s, during the French occupation. Dismantling of the line began in 1955, when the second track was removed between Bubenheim and Dürscheven. At that time only 18 trains ran in each direction each day. In 1964, it was proposed to electrify the Duren–Euskirchen–Bonn route to create a bypass of the major node of Cologne that could be operated electrically, but this was not realised. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Börde Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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