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Raeren Station and Vennbahn Café

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Raeren Station and Vennbahn Café

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Raeren Station and Vennbahn Café

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  • Location: Raeren, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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    April 4, 2016

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    The railway station in Raeren was once part of the Vennbahn and operated from 1885 to 1959 (and between 1990 and 2000). The Vennbahn linked the industrial centers of Aachen-Rothe Erde by the shortest route with Luxembourg. Today you can explore the route on a long-distance bike path. It is worthwhile to get off the bike for a moment and take a look at the abandoned graffiti-sprayed railway cars. A sign of the times, which is gradually recaptured by nature.
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    May 8, 2017

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    Strangely enough, not a windowpane was smashed into the station, not a door broken.
    I hope that still many hikers find this place, and of course leave it again.
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    July 23, 2022

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    Raeren station went into operation with the opening of the Vennbahn from Stolberg/Rothe-Erde towards St. Vith in 1885. The fairly generously sized station was equipped with a goods shed attached …
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    Location: Raeren, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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