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}} }} The Engers–Au railway is a single-track, non-electrified railway line and consists of three sections, which are treated separately here. It is the mainly in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, although the section near Au is in North Rhine-Westphalia. == Brexbach Valley Railway, Engers–Siershahn == The ''Brexbach Valley Railway'' ((ドイツ語:Brexbachtalbahn)) runs through the Westerwald along the Brexbach river. It connects the East Rhine Railway with the Lower Westerwald Railway and runs from Engers via Bendorf, Grenzau and Ransbach-Baumbach to Siershahn. On 31 May 1884, the line was opened after twelve years of planning and construction. The line was 21.6 km long. It had a branch line to Hoehr-Grenzhausen, which was just over 2 km long; in 1909 this was extended by 4 km to reach Hillscheid. The line climbs 230 metres between Engers and Siershahn, requiring more than 36 bridges and viaducts and seven tunnels. The gradual closure of passenger services began on 28 May 1989. On 1 August 1994, passengers and freight traffic was closed between Engers and Ludwig junction. A small section was used in about 2001 during the construction of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line. In 2004, the section between Ludwig junction and Siershahn was also closed. For years the track was very overgrown in places and not passable. On 26 March 2007, the ''Verein Brexbachtalbahn e. V'' (Brexbach Valley Railway Association) was founded in Bendorf. The association has set itself the goal to restore the line for the tourism. Meanwhile, the line between the planned Bendorf station, Kaufland and Siershahn has been cleared, but the section between Bendorf and Grenzau is currently usable only by construction trains. On 13 February 2009, the Ministry of Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate granted an operating license for the Siershahn–Grenzau section. As part of a celebration of the 125th birthday of the Brexbach Valley Railway on 30 May 2009 and on the following Pentecost, the section was restored to service with a steam train shuttle services for tourist traffic after Transport Minister, Hendrik Hering cut a red and white ribbon to reopen the line. In addition to the shuttles, a steam special ran from Oberhausen. In 2010, tourist trains operated at irregular intervals on the Siershahn–Grenzau section using railbuses, steam trains and LINT diesel multiple units owned by Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft. Passenger services between Grenzau and Hillscheid were closed on 1 October 1972. Freight traffic was closed between Grenzau and Höhr-Grenzhausen on 1 August 1994. 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「Engers–Au railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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