The railway line from Bergisch Gladbach to Bensberg was opened on October 15, 1870; the railway from Cologne reached Bergisch Gladbach on December 4, 1868. On September 29, 1965, the railway stopped passenger traffic between Gladbach and Bensberg, and in 1989 freight traffic. A reactivation as a freight track with transshipment in the Zinkhütte industrial park ended in 2012. The last journey on the tracks was the diesel V60 locomotive, which came to Bergisch Gladbach in September 2019 with "Rheingold" wagons.

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DE66

June 5, 2025

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The sight of abandoned tracks, demolished or repurposed stations, and gutted railway lines also makes my heart beat faster. But not with joy...

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Thomas

April 29, 2017

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Here you can still see the old steam locomotive, which until 1966 the distance Cologne-hope valley Lindlar has laid back

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1. View Over the Sülz Valley – Old steam locomotive loop from Eichhof

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06:37

540m

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2. Alpacas in Reudenbach – Rest area at Müllersommer loop from Hommerich

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04:15

360m

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3. View towards Kaufmannsommer – Rest area at Müllersommer loop from Lindlar

23.9km

06:43

490m

500m

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Elevation 240 m

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Location: Lindlar, Oberbergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Linde Station (Former Cologne–Hoffnungsthal–Lindlar Railway Line)

1. View Over the Sülz Valley – Old steam locomotive loop from Eichhof

2. Alpacas in Reudenbach – Rest area at Müllersommer loop from Hommerich

3. View towards Kaufmannsommer – Rest area at Müllersommer loop from Lindlar

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