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5701:. The line is being extended to Cologne-Mülheim station through Cologne Messe/Deutz railway station (low level). This work was intended to be part of the original high-speed line project, but was dropped to reduce costs. When completed in 2008 this work will reduce the time between Frankfurt and Düsseldorf by 10 minutes.
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The symbolic opening of the line took place on 25 July 2002 with a special train carrying approximately 700 honoured guests. On 1 August 2002, the first passenger services commenced, originally with a two-hourly service and later with an hourly service. In
December 2002, the full service commenced,
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The opening of the whole route, which had originally been planned for 1999, took place after numerous court challenges and geological problems, at the end of July 2002. The last tracks of the route in the
Schulwald tunnel were installed on 10 July 2001. In the same month the first trips with diesel
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when it separates at
Troisdorf. Between Porz and Troisdorf there are six parallel lines and the speed limit on the HSL is 200 km/h (125 mph). At Troisdorf the HSL runs through a 627-metre (686 yd) tunnel under connecting lines that allow passenger trains running on the Sieg line to
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autobahn junction and the last dispute over the route was settled in May 1997. On 13 May
Federal Minister of Transport Matthias Wissmann in Siegburg turned the first sod in North Rhine-Westphalia. The last section to commence construction was the Schloss-Röttgen tunnel on the Cologne-Bonn airport
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Although the route as set out above was adopted under the federal railway development law on 15 November 1993, the last legal challenge to the project was not resolved until
September 1998. In the meantime DB decided to reduce the minimum radius of curves to 3.320 kilometres (2.063 mi) and
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locomotives were run to adjust the height of the overhead electric lines on the southern section. On 22 October 2001 for the first time an ICE 3 ran on the line, on a 37-kilometre-long (23 mi) section between
Frankfurt airport and
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DB then consulted with the states and community groups over the details of the route. In North Rhine-Westphalia there was considerable debate over the location of the station to serve the Bonn area and on how to serve the
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loop, which was required in the settlement of a law case: work on it commenced in
December 2000. The first section completed was the new Frankfurt airport station, which went into operation on 30 May 1999.
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rail junction from its provisional connection to the conventional line at Köln
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were examined in detail, including routing the line through its eastern outskirts. DB eventually agreed to a double-line spur to Wiesbaden along the
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transfer to the Right Rhine line and freight trains on the freight lines to transfer to the Sieg line (and vice versa for northbound trains).
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integration into the European timetable, although there were many disruptions to services in the first few months due to technical failures.
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2092:
2030:
2023:
2016:
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1975:
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1889:
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552:
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508:
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437:
414:
407:
401:
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336:
78:Breckenheim–Wiesbaden-Kinzenberg
29:
5894:
5500:
5185:which is currently only met by
4851:
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1770:
1290:freight line to Köln-Kalk North
1268:
1225:
1212:freight line to Köln-Kalk North
1013:
765:
714:
492:
415:
16:High-speed rail line in Germany
5883:
5852:
5826:
5817:
5809:Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
5798:
5790:Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
5779:
5341:, which follows an entrenched
5035:
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4887:
4737:
4615:
4565:
4528:
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4281:
4186:
4172:
4028:
4009:Breckenheimer Tunnel (1,150 m)
3324:
3165:Deesener-Wald Tunnel (1,270 m)
2430:
2270:
1822:Cologne freight railway bypass
1741:
1645:
1545:
1480:
1455:
1448:
1416:
1102:
1095:
1088:
1065:Cologne freight railway bypass
984:
955:
923:
779:
517:
408:
337:
1:
6552:LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire
5861:Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
5716:
5442:. Options for connections to
4955:
4894:
4804:
4451:
4106:Breckenheim–Wiesbaden railway
4021:
3759:Hessenweiler overpass (368 m)
3289:
2940:Günterscheid Tunnel (1,130 m)
2802:Aegidienberg Tunnel (1,240 m)
2592:
2522:& former connecting curve
2231:
2107:
2093:
1856:
1423:
1307:
1169:
758:
707:
693:
553:
47:Neubaustrecke Köln-Rhein/Main
5786:Ein Jahrzehnt für 58 Minuten
4259:
4179:
3781:Roter-Graben Viaduct (132 m)
3771:
3727:
3590:Lange-Issel Tunnel (1,015 m)
3533:
3296:
3102:
2905:
2767:
2277:
2263:
2146:
2139:
2132:
2100:
2017:
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1132:
991:
930:
798:
255:200 km/h (125 mph)
247:300 km/h (186 mph)
213:3,320 m (3,630 yd)
60:Köln-Deutz (h)–Köln Steinstr
7:
5704:
5602:and is located between the
5469:
5165:, connecting the cities of
4907:Frankfurter Kreuz crossover
3865:
3702:
3677:
3615:Elzer-Berg Tunnel (1,110 m)
3543:Wiesengrund Viaduct (338 m)
3424:Himmelberg Tunnel (2,395 m)
3077:
2915:Fischerhaus Viaduct (344 m)
2846:Kochenbachtalbrücke (150 m)
2824:Kluse cut and cover (200 m)
10:
7033:
6202:Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou
6098:High-speed rail by country
5731:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland
5711:High-speed rail in Germany
5259:
5220:in the Cologne borough of
5163:high-speed line in Germany
5050:Mannheim–Frankfurt railway
4978:Mannheim–Frankfurt railway
4247:bridge, Eddersheim (324 m)
3853:Idsteiner Tunnel (2,069 m)
3715:Lindenholzhausen crossover
3640:Limburger Tunnel (2,395 m)
3521:Eichheide Tunnel (1,750 m)
2893:Windhagen Fly-over (400 m)
2716:Ittenbach Tunnel (1,145 m)
1662:Köln-Airport Business Park
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6592:LGV Sud Europe Atlantique
6537:
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6426:
6392:
6376:
6351:Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR Line
6331:
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6152:
6143:
6116:
6083:
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5972:
5903:"Mehr ICE-Züge nach Köln"
5353:maximum grade : 4.0%
5218:Abzweig Köln-Steinstrasse
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3496:Eisenbach Viaduct (138 m)
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3449:Wahnscheid Tunnel (735 m)
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3190:Dernbach Tunnel (3,305 m)
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2721:
2714:
2696:
2691:Hasenpohl Viaduct (127 m)
2689:
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2669:Siegauen Tunnel (2,502 m)
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159:180 km (110 mi)
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115:
110:
91:
52:
46:
42:
37:
28:
23:
6178:Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau)
6077:High-speed railway lines
5545:
5173:. Its route follows the
4294:Raunheim Caltex junction
3828:Wörsdorf Flyover (525 m)
3803:Wallbach Viaduct (534 m)
3737:Wörsbach Viaduct (528 m)
3115:Kutscheid Viaduct (67 m)
2871:Rottbitze Tunnel (990 m)
2777:Logebach Viaduct (173 m)
2393:Troisdorf north junction
2159:Porz-Wahn south junction
1938:Freight line to Gremberg
875:Cologne–Duisburg Railway
353:West Lower Rhine Railway
6803:St. Petersburg-Helsinki
6597:LGV Perpignan–Barcelona
6528:St. Petersburg-Helsinki
6292:Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen
5542:was finally completed.
5363:DB negotiated with the
5278:Six track section near
3474:Dickheck Tunnel (570 m)
3065:Dasbach Viaduct (218 m)
3015:Ammerich Tunnel (755 m)
1498:Cologne–Kalk–Overath Ry
7007:Transport in Frankfurt
6997:Railway lines in Hesse
6562:LGV Interconnexion Est
6037:
5464:regional train station
5452:Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
5369:North Rhine-Westphalia
5317:Mannheim and Stuttgart
5300:
5298:Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
5290:
5282:
5271:
5158:
4756:Frankfurt Cross Tunnel
4719:Frankfurt Airport loop
4492:Frankfurt Airport loop
96:North Rhine-Westphalia
6366:(Cheongnyangni-Dodam)
6036:
5645:and then next to the
5641:, partly next to the
5540:Siegburg/Bonn station
5296:
5288:
5277:
5267:
5183:power-to-weight ratio
4269:Ticona bridge (167 m)
3140:Deesen Tunnel (338 m)
1932:Gremberg Süd junction
856:Köln Posthof junction
7002:Transport in Cologne
6797:Moscow–St.Petersburg
6643:Nuremberg–Ingolstadt
5992:Cologne Bonn Airport
5735:German railway atlas
5586:Cologne south bridge
5536:Cologne Bonn Airport
5534:On 13 June 2004 the
5526:Opening and start-up
5413:Cologne-Bonn Airport
5373:Rhineland-Palatinate
5313:Hanover and Würzburg
5230:Cologne Airport loop
5226:Cologne-Bonn Airport
4041:Breckenheim junction
2043:Cologne Airport Loop
1626:Cologne Airport Loop
1508:Cologne Airport Loop
1495:Airport NE junction
100:Rhineland-Palatinate
6837:Barcelona–Perpignan
6681:Athens–Thessaloniki
6504:Copenhagen–Ringsted
6277:Hokuriku Shinkansen
6272:Hokkaido Shinkansen
6184:Guangzhou–Hong Kong
6012:Branch to Wiesbaden
5575:Hohenzollern Bridge
5305:Deutsche Bundesbahn
5212:The line starts in
1864:9.2 7.8
1828:to the south bridge
1620:Airport NW junction
1071:to the south bridge
972:Köln-Trimbornstraße
6925:Northeast Corridor
6832:Madrid–Extremadura
6782:Grodzisk–Zawiercie
6637:Mannheim–Stuttgart
6434:Tashkent–Samarkand
6307:Tōkaidō Shinkansen
6223:Lianyungang–Ürümqi
6207:Suifenhe–Manzhouli
6131:Casablanca–Tangier
6038:
5566:(tracks 11 and 12)
5339:Rhine valley route
5326:curves with small
5301:
5291:
5283:
5272:
3090:Willroth crossover
2963:Hallerbach Viaduct
2743:Landschafts Bridge
2516:East Rhine Railway
680:Hohenzollernbrücke
529:West Rhine Railway
431:Cologne–Aachen HSR
251:Parts of the line:
6969:
6968:
6958:
6932:
6931:
6908:
6907:
6653:Rastatt–Offenburg
6622:Cologne–Frankfurt
6447:
6446:
6439:Samarkand–Bukhara
6367:
6359:
6358:(Wonju-Gangneung)
6341:Gyeongbu HSR Line
6302:Tōhoku Shinkansen
6297:San'yō Shinkansen
6287:Kyushu Shinkansen
6282:Jōetsu Shinkansen
6238:Guangzhou–Kunming
6186:
6173:Beijing–Hong Kong
6139:
6138:
6043:
6042:
6017:Frankfurt Airport
5744:978-3-89494-149-9
5691:
5690:
5624:Frankfurt Airport
5593:Cologne-Porz-Wahn
5507:Frankfurter Kreuz
5269:Köln Hauptbahnhof
5250:Frankfurt Airport
5194:Intercity-Express
5191:fourth-generation
5142:
5141:
5138:
5137:
5134:
5133:
5094:
5093:
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4994:
4766:
4765:
4762:(1,559 m│1,883 m)
4659:
4658:
4633:Frankfurt Airport
4388:
4387:
4220:
4219:
4157:Frankfurt Airport
4119:
4118:
3878:Idstein crossover
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657:Köln Hauptbahnhof
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624:
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578:
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478:
388:
387:
230:Overhead catenary
7024:
6957:
6917:
6916:
6843:Madrid–Barcelona
6700:Bologna–Florence
6663:Wolfsburg–Berlin
6648:Nuremberg–Erfurt
6632:Hanover–Würzburg
6567:LGV Méditerranée
6458:
6457:
6365:
6357:
6356:Gyeonggang Line
6233:Shanghai–Kunming
6228:Shanghai–Chengdu
6218:Qingdao–Yinchuan
6182:
6168:Beijing–Shanghai
6162:Coastal corridor
6150:
6149:
6121:
6120:
6106:
6105:
6096:
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6063:
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5987:Köln Messe/Deutz
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5864:
5856:
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5849:
5847:
5845:
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5824:
5821:
5815:
5814:
5811:of 11 July 2001
5802:
5796:
5795:
5792:of 12 July 2001
5783:
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5776:
5758:
5749:
5748:
5727:
5686:
5683:
5677:
5665:
5664:
5657:
5647:Ländches Railway
5608:Right Rhine line
5554:from the north (
5488:
5487:
5483:
5480:
5436:Lahn valley line
5187:third-generation
5175:Bundesautobahn 3
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3982:Schulwald Tunnel
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3312:original│present
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2343:Troisdorf Vorbf
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2288:Troisdorf Tunnel
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1758:Köln-Steinstraße
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1617:
1605:
1604:
1598:
1597:
1590:
1589:
1582:
1581:
1575:
1574:
1565:
1564:
1557:
1556:
1548:
1547:
1528:
1527:
1525:
1519:
1518:
1516:
1492:
1483:
1482:
1475:
1474:
1467:
1466:
1458:
1457:
1451:
1450:
1426:
1425:
1419:
1418:
1397:
1396:
1392:
1391:
1380:
1379:
1372:
1371:
1362:
1361:
1354:
1353:
1327:
1326:
1319:
1318:
1310:
1309:
1280:
1271:
1270:
1263:
1262:
1255:
1254:
1245:
1244:
1237:
1236:
1228:
1227:
1204:
1203:
1195:
1194:
1188:
1187:
1179:
1178:
1172:
1171:
1164:
1163:
1156:
1155:
1135:
1134:
1128:
1127:
1105:
1104:
1098:
1097:
1091:
1090:
1061:
1051:
1050:
1043:
1042:
1033:
1032:
1025:
1024:
1016:
1015:
994:
993:
987:
986:
965:
964:
958:
957:
933:
932:
926:
925:
906:
905:
903:
897:
896:
894:
881:
871:
853:
842:
841:
833:
832:
825:
824:
817:
816:
810:
809:
801:
800:
782:
781:
775:
774:
768:
767:
761:
760:
742:
732:Köln Messe/Deutz
728:
717:
716:
710:
709:
703:
702:
696:
695:
672:
671:
650:
649:
614:
609:
602:
601:
588:
587:
573:
568:
563:
556:
555:
542:
541:
520:
519:
512:
511:
504:
503:
495:
494:
475:
474:
472:
466:
465:
463:
457:
456:
454:
441:
427:
418:
417:
411:
410:
404:
403:
384:
383:
381:
375:
374:
372:
349:
340:
339:
313:
312:
300:
286:
285:
203:
197:
195:
194:
190:
187:
179:
164:Number of tracks
85:
79:
73:
67:
61:
48:
33:
21:
20:
7032:
7031:
7027:
7026:
7025:
7023:
7022:
7021:
6972:
6971:
6970:
6965:
6956:
6944:
6928:
6904:
6886:
6872:
6808:
6785:
6770:
6766:Gardermoen Line
6752:
6734:
6686:
6667:
6602:
6582:LGV Rhône-Alpes
6533:
6508:
6490:
6443:
6422:
6402:Ankara–Istanbul
6388:
6372:
6327:
6311:
6258:
6242:
6212:Beijing–Lanzhou
6197:Beijing–Kunming
6135:
6112:
6088:High-speed rail
6079:
6074:
6044:
6039:
6028:
5968:
5962:
5924:
5919:
5918:
5908:
5906:
5899:
5895:
5889:
5888:
5884:
5878:
5877:
5868:
5858:
5857:
5853:
5843:
5841:
5832:
5831:
5827:
5822:
5818:
5812:
5803:
5799:
5793:
5784:
5780:
5764:Modern Railways
5759:
5752:
5745:
5729:
5728:
5724:
5719:
5707:
5687:
5681:
5678:
5675:
5666:
5662:
5655:
5569:from the west (
5548:
5528:
5503:
5495:Deutschlandtakt
5485:
5481:
5478:
5476:
5472:
5401:Federal Cabinet
5262:
5234:high-speed line
5210:
5208:Operational use
5149:
5130:
5104:
5072:
5071:
5057:
5044:
5039:
5020:
5013:
4998:
4967:
4964:
4959:
4952:
4945:
4944:
4937:
4936:
4927:
4926:
4925:
4908:
4903:
4898:
4891:
4876:
4862:
4855:
4848:
4847:
4840:
4839:
4822:
4808:
4801:
4800:
4793:
4792:
4783:
4768:
4746:
4741:
4726:
4711:
4704:
4703:
4696:
4695:
4686:
4685:
4678:
4677:
4624:
4619:
4612:
4611:
4610:
4603:
4586:
4577:
4573:
4569:
4562:
4561:
4554:
4553:
4532:
4525:
4524:
4517:
4516:
4499:
4484:
4483:
4482:
4473:
4472:
4465:
4464:
4455:
4440:
4435:
4430:
4415:
4410:
4405:
4390:
4364:
4363:
4362:
4353:
4346:
4345:
4338:
4337:
4330:
4321:
4314:
4313:
4312:
4295:
4290:
4285:
4270:
4263:
4248:
4238:
4223:
4190:
4183:
4176:
4161:
4144:
4137:
4122:
4093:
4092:
4085:
4084:
4077:
4068:
4061:
4060:
4059:
4042:
4037:
4032:
4025:
4010:
4005:
4000:
3985:
3977:
3972:
3957:
3952:
3947:
3932:
3924:
3919:
3904:
3899:
3894:
3879:
3874:
3869:
3854:
3849:
3844:
3829:
3824:
3819:
3804:
3797:
3782:
3775:
3760:
3753:
3738:
3731:
3716:
3711:
3706:
3686:
3681:
3666:
3656:
3641:
3636:
3631:
3616:
3611:
3606:
3591:
3586:
3581:
3566:
3559:
3544:
3537:
3522:
3517:
3512:
3497:
3490:
3475:
3470:
3465:
3450:
3445:
3440:
3425:
3420:
3415:
3400:
3371:
3370:
3363:
3362:
3355:
3346:
3345:
3338:
3337:
3328:
3313:
3305:
3300:
3293:
3278:
3249:
3248:
3241:
3240:
3233:
3224:
3223:
3216:
3215:
3206:
3191:
3186:
3181:
3166:
3161:
3156:
3141:
3136:
3131:
3116:
3111:
3106:
3091:
3086:
3081:
3066:
3061:
3056:
3041:
3036:
3031:
3016:
3011:
3006:
2991:
2981:
2966:
2956:
2941:
2936:
2931:
2916:
2909:
2894:
2887:
2872:
2867:
2862:
2847:
2840:
2825:
2818:
2803:
2798:
2793:
2778:
2771:
2756:
2732:
2717:
2712:
2707:
2692:
2685:
2670:
2665:
2664:
2658:
2643:
2637:
2635:
2621:
2614:
2613:
2606:
2605:
2596:
2576:
2568:
2553:
2544:
2529:
2503:
2502:
2495:
2494:
2485:
2484:
2477:
2476:
2467:
2448:
2446:
2439:
2434:
2427:
2420:
2419:
2412:
2411:
2394:
2387:
2386:
2379:
2378:
2369:
2368:
2361:
2360:
2340:
2335:
2334:
2327:
2326:
2317:
2316:
2309:
2308:
2291:
2281:
2274:
2267:
2247:
2242:
2235:
2220:
2197:
2190:
2189:
2188:
2179:
2178:
2177:
2160:
2155:
2150:
2143:
2136:
2116:
2111:
2104:
2097:
2082:
2071:
2069:
2068:
2062:
2060:
2059:
2035:
2028:
2021:
2001:
1996:
1995:
1988:
1987:
1980:
1971:
1970:
1963:
1962:
1945:
1921:
1920:
1913:
1912:
1903:
1902:
1895:
1894:
1885:
1870:
1865:
1860:
1853:
1852:
1851:
1834:
1810:
1809:
1802:
1801:
1792:
1791:
1784:
1783:
1774:
1752:
1745:
1730:
1707:
1706:
1699:
1698:
1689:
1688:
1681:
1680:
1656:
1649:
1634:
1628:(long distance)
1611:
1606:
1599:
1592:
1591:
1584:
1583:
1576:
1567:
1566:
1559:
1558:
1549:
1534:
1523:
1521:
1520:
1514:
1512:
1511:
1484:
1477:
1476:
1469:
1468:
1459:
1452:
1437:
1436:Vingst junction
1432:
1427:
1420:
1405:
1382:
1381:
1374:
1373:
1364:
1363:
1356:
1355:
1338:
1329:
1328:
1321:
1320:
1311:
1296:
1272:
1265:
1264:
1257:
1256:
1247:
1246:
1239:
1238:
1229:
1214:
1205:
1198:
1197:
1196:
1189:
1180:
1173:
1166:
1165:
1158:
1157:
1136:
1129:
1111:
1106:
1099:
1092:
1077:
1053:
1052:
1045:
1044:
1035:
1034:
1027:
1026:
1017:
1002:
995:
988:
966:
959:
944:
939:
934:
927:
912:
901:
899:
898:
892:
890:
889:
845:
844:
843:
834:
827:
826:
819:
818:
811:
802:
783:
776:
769:
762:
740:to Köln-Mülheim
738:
723:
718:
711:
704:
697:
682:
673:
651:
632:
610:
607:
603:
571:
564:
561:
557:
536:
521:
514:
513:
506:
505:
496:
481:
470:
468:
467:
461:
459:
458:
452:
450:
449:
419:
412:
405:
390:
379:
377:
376:
370:
368:
367:
341:
324:
307:
291:
276:Maximum incline
258:
236:Operating speed
219:Electrification
199:
192:
188:
185:
183:
182:4 ft
181:
177:
83:
77:
71:
65:
59:
17:
12:
11:
5:
7030:
7020:
7019:
7014:
7009:
7004:
6999:
6994:
6989:
6984:
6967:
6966:
6963:
6960:
6959:
6952:
6950:
6946:
6945:
6940:
6938:
6934:
6933:
6930:
6929:
6923:
6921:
6914:
6910:
6909:
6906:
6905:
6903:
6902:
6896:
6894:
6892:United Kingdom
6888:
6887:
6882:
6880:
6874:
6873:
6871:
6870:
6868:Madrid–Levante
6865:
6860:
6858:Madrid–Seville
6855:
6850:
6845:
6840:
6834:
6829:
6827:Madrid–Galicia
6824:
6818:
6816:
6810:
6809:
6807:
6806:
6800:
6793:
6791:
6787:
6786:
6780:
6778:
6772:
6771:
6769:
6768:
6762:
6760:
6754:
6753:
6751:
6750:
6744:
6742:
6736:
6735:
6733:
6732:
6727:
6722:
6720:Naples–Salerno
6717:
6712:
6707:
6702:
6696:
6694:
6688:
6687:
6685:
6684:
6677:
6675:
6669:
6668:
6666:
6665:
6660:
6658:Wendlingen–Ulm
6655:
6650:
6645:
6640:
6634:
6629:
6627:Erfurt–Leipzig
6624:
6619:
6612:
6610:
6604:
6603:
6601:
6600:
6594:
6589:
6584:
6579:
6577:LGV Rhin-Rhône
6574:
6569:
6564:
6559:
6554:
6549:
6547:LGV Atlantique
6543:
6541:
6535:
6534:
6532:
6531:
6525:
6518:
6516:
6510:
6509:
6507:
6506:
6500:
6498:
6492:
6491:
6489:
6488:
6483:
6477:
6472:
6466:
6464:
6455:
6449:
6448:
6445:
6444:
6442:
6441:
6436:
6430:
6428:
6424:
6423:
6421:
6420:
6414:
6409:
6404:
6398:
6396:
6390:
6389:
6387:
6386:
6380:
6378:
6374:
6373:
6371:
6370:
6361:
6353:
6348:
6346:Honam HSR Line
6343:
6337:
6335:
6329:
6328:
6326:
6325:
6319:
6317:
6313:
6312:
6310:
6309:
6304:
6299:
6294:
6289:
6284:
6279:
6274:
6268:
6266:
6260:
6259:
6257:
6256:
6250:
6248:
6244:
6243:
6241:
6240:
6235:
6230:
6225:
6220:
6215:
6209:
6204:
6199:
6194:
6192:Hohhot–Nanning
6189:
6188:
6187:
6175:
6170:
6165:
6158:
6156:
6147:
6141:
6140:
6137:
6136:
6134:
6133:
6127:
6125:
6118:
6114:
6113:
6111:
6110:
6100:
6090:
6084:
6081:
6080:
6073:
6072:
6065:
6058:
6050:
6041:
6040:
6031:
6029:
6027:
6026:
6019:
6014:
6009:
6004:
5999:
5994:
5989:
5984:
5976:
5974:
5970:
5969:
5961:
5960:
5953:
5946:
5938:
5932:
5931:
5928:Official Video
5923:
5922:External links
5920:
5917:
5916:
5893:
5882:
5866:
5851:
5825:
5816:
5797:
5778:
5750:
5743:
5721:
5720:
5718:
5715:
5714:
5713:
5706:
5703:
5689:
5688:
5669:
5667:
5660:
5654:
5651:
5589:
5588:
5582:western bypass
5578:
5567:
5547:
5544:
5527:
5524:
5502:
5499:
5471:
5468:
5361:
5360:
5357:
5354:
5347:first TGV line
5335:
5334:
5331:
5328:superelevation
5324:
5261:
5258:
5209:
5206:
5140:
5139:
5136:
5135:
5132:
5131:
5129:
5128:
5121:
5114:
5105:This diagram:
5103:
5100:
5099:
5096:
5095:
5092:
5091:
5089:
5087:
5085:
5083:
5081:
5079:
5076:
5075:
5073:
5069:
5068:
5066:
5064:
5062:
5059:
5058:
5047:
5045:
5042:
5040:
5033:
5031:
5029:
5026:
5025:
5023:
5021:
5014:
5007:
5005:
5003:
5000:
4999:
4993:
4992:
4981:
4980:
4970:
4968:
4962:
4960:
4953:
4946:
4938:
4930:
4929:
4928:
4919:
4918:
4917:
4915:
4913:
4910:
4909:
4906:
4904:
4901:
4899:
4892:
4885:
4883:
4881:
4878:
4877:
4867:
4865:
4863:
4856:
4849:
4841:
4833:
4832:
4831:
4829:
4827:
4824:
4823:
4813:
4811:
4809:
4802:
4794:
4786:
4785:
4784:
4777:
4775:
4773:
4770:
4769:
4764:
4763:
4759:
4758:
4749:
4747:
4744:
4742:
4735:
4733:
4731:
4728:
4727:
4716:
4714:
4712:
4705:
4697:
4689:
4688:
4687:
4679:
4671:
4670:
4669:
4667:
4665:
4662:
4661:
4657:
4656:
4636:
4635:
4625:
4622:
4620:
4613:
4604:
4597:
4596:
4595:
4593:
4591:
4588:
4587:
4580:
4578:
4572:
4570:
4563:
4555:
4547:
4546:
4545:
4543:
4541:
4538:
4537:
4535:
4533:
4526:
4518:
4510:
4509:
4508:
4506:
4504:
4501:
4500:
4489:
4487:
4485:
4476:
4475:
4474:
4466:
4458:
4457:
4456:
4449:
4447:
4445:
4442:
4441:
4438:
4436:
4433:
4431:
4424:
4422:
4420:
4417:
4416:
4413:
4411:
4408:
4406:
4399:
4397:
4395:
4392:
4391:
4386:
4385:
4377:
4376:
4369:
4367:
4365:
4356:
4355:
4354:
4347:
4339:
4331:
4324:
4323:
4322:
4315:
4306:
4305:
4304:
4302:
4300:
4297:
4296:
4293:
4291:
4288:
4286:
4279:
4277:
4275:
4272:
4271:
4268:
4266:
4264:
4257:
4255:
4253:
4250:
4249:
4243:
4241:
4239:
4232:
4230:
4228:
4225:
4224:
4218:
4217:
4206:
4205:
4203:Taunus Railway
4195:
4193:
4191:
4184:
4177:
4170:
4168:
4166:
4163:
4162:
4149:
4147:
4145:
4138:
4131:
4129:
4127:
4124:
4123:
4117:
4116:
4109:
4108:
4098:
4096:
4094:
4086:
4078:
4071:
4070:
4069:
4062:
4053:
4052:
4051:
4049:
4047:
4044:
4043:
4040:
4038:
4035:
4033:
4026:
4019:
4017:
4015:
4012:
4011:
4008:
4006:
4003:
4001:
3994:
3992:
3990:
3987:
3986:
3980:
3978:
3975:
3973:
3966:
3964:
3962:
3959:
3958:
3955:
3953:
3950:
3948:
3941:
3939:
3937:
3934:
3933:
3927:
3925:
3922:
3920:
3913:
3911:
3909:
3906:
3905:
3902:
3900:
3897:
3895:
3888:
3886:
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2087:
2084:
2083:
2078:
2077:
2053:
2052:
2040:
2038:
2036:
2029:
2022:
2015:
2013:
2011:
2008:
2007:
2002:
1999:
1997:
1989:
1981:
1974:
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1964:
1956:
1955:
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1926:
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1489:
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1387:
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1375:
1367:
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1357:
1349:
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1301:
1298:
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1287:
1286:
1277:
1275:
1273:
1266:
1258:
1250:
1249:
1248:
1240:
1232:
1231:
1230:
1223:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1215:
1210:
1208:
1206:
1199:
1190:
1183:
1182:
1181:
1174:
1167:
1159:
1151:
1150:
1149:
1147:
1145:
1142:
1141:
1139:
1137:
1130:
1123:
1121:
1119:
1116:
1115:
1112:
1109:
1107:
1100:
1093:
1086:
1084:
1082:
1079:
1078:
1073:
1072:
1068:
1067:
1058:
1056:
1054:
1046:
1038:
1037:
1036:
1028:
1020:
1019:
1018:
1011:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1003:
1000:
998:
996:
989:
982:
980:
978:
975:
974:
969:
967:
960:
953:
951:
949:
946:
945:
942:
940:
937:
935:
928:
921:
919:
917:
914:
913:
908:
907:
883:
882:
866:
865:
858:
857:
850:
848:
846:
837:
836:
835:
828:
820:
812:
805:
804:
803:
796:
794:
792:
789:
788:
786:
784:
777:
770:
763:
756:
754:
752:
749:
748:
744:
743:
735:
734:
724:
721:
719:
712:
705:
698:
691:
689:
687:
684:
683:
678:
676:
674:
667:
665:
663:
660:
659:
654:
652:
645:
643:
641:
638:
637:
634:
633:
629:
628:
626:
623:
622:
620:
618:Köln Hansaring
611:
606:
604:
597:
595:
593:
591:
586:
583:
582:
580:
577:
576:
574:
565:
560:
558:
551:
549:
547:
545:
538:
537:
526:
524:
522:
515:
507:
499:
498:
497:
490:
488:
486:
483:
482:
477:
476:
443:
442:
424:
422:
420:
413:
406:
399:
397:
395:
392:
391:
386:
385:
360:
359:
346:
344:
342:
335:
333:
331:
328:
327:
325:
322:
320:
318:
316:
309:
308:
303:
293:
292:
289:
282:
281:
278:
272:
271:
266:
260:
259:
257:
256:
253:
248:
245:
239:
237:
233:
232:
221:
215:
214:
211:
209:Minimum radius
205:
204:
201:standard gauge
175:
169:
168:
165:
161:
160:
157:
153:
152:
148:
147:
144:
140:
139:
135:
134:
125:
121:
120:
117:
113:
112:
108:
107:
93:
89:
88:
87:
86:
80:
74:
68:
62:
54:
50:
49:
44:
40:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
7029:
7018:
7015:
7013:
7010:
7008:
7005:
7003:
7000:
6998:
6995:
6993:
6990:
6988:
6985:
6983:
6980:
6979:
6977:
6961:
6955:
6951:
6949:South America
6947:
6943:
6939:
6935:
6926:
6922:
6920:United States
6918:
6915:
6913:North America
6911:
6901:
6898:
6897:
6895:
6893:
6889:
6885:
6881:
6879:
6875:
6869:
6866:
6864:
6863:Madrid–Toledo
6861:
6859:
6856:
6854:
6853:Madrid–Malaga
6851:
6849:
6846:
6844:
6841:
6838:
6835:
6833:
6830:
6828:
6825:
6823:
6822:Atlantic Axis
6820:
6819:
6817:
6815:
6811:
6804:
6801:
6798:
6795:
6794:
6792:
6788:
6783:
6779:
6777:
6773:
6767:
6764:
6763:
6761:
6759:
6755:
6749:
6746:
6745:
6743:
6741:
6737:
6731:
6728:
6726:
6723:
6721:
6718:
6716:
6713:
6711:
6710:Milan–Bologna
6708:
6706:
6705:Florence–Rome
6703:
6701:
6698:
6697:
6695:
6693:
6689:
6682:
6679:
6678:
6676:
6674:
6670:
6664:
6661:
6659:
6656:
6654:
6651:
6649:
6646:
6644:
6641:
6638:
6635:
6633:
6630:
6628:
6625:
6623:
6620:
6617:
6616:Cologne–Düren
6614:
6613:
6611:
6609:
6605:
6598:
6595:
6593:
6590:
6588:
6585:
6583:
6580:
6578:
6575:
6573:
6570:
6568:
6565:
6563:
6560:
6558:
6555:
6553:
6550:
6548:
6545:
6544:
6542:
6540:
6536:
6529:
6526:
6523:
6520:
6519:
6517:
6515:
6511:
6505:
6502:
6501:
6499:
6497:
6493:
6487:
6484:
6481:
6478:
6476:
6473:
6471:
6468:
6467:
6465:
6463:
6459:
6456:
6454:
6450:
6440:
6437:
6435:
6432:
6431:
6429:
6425:
6418:
6417:Konya–Karaman
6415:
6413:
6412:Polatlı–Konya
6410:
6408:
6405:
6403:
6400:
6399:
6397:
6395:
6391:
6385:
6382:
6381:
6379:
6375:
6368:
6364:Jungang Line
6362:
6360:
6354:
6352:
6349:
6347:
6344:
6342:
6339:
6338:
6336:
6334:
6330:
6324:
6321:
6320:
6318:
6314:
6308:
6305:
6303:
6300:
6298:
6295:
6293:
6290:
6288:
6285:
6283:
6280:
6278:
6275:
6273:
6270:
6269:
6267:
6265:
6261:
6255:
6252:
6251:
6249:
6245:
6239:
6236:
6234:
6231:
6229:
6226:
6224:
6221:
6219:
6216:
6213:
6210:
6208:
6205:
6203:
6200:
6198:
6195:
6193:
6190:
6185:
6181:
6180:
6179:
6176:
6174:
6171:
6169:
6166:
6163:
6160:
6159:
6157:
6155:
6151:
6148:
6146:
6142:
6132:
6129:
6128:
6126:
6122:
6119:
6115:
6109:
6101:
6099:
6091:
6089:
6086:
6085:
6082:
6078:
6071:
6066:
6064:
6059:
6057:
6052:
6051:
6048:
6035:
6025:
6024:
6023:Frankfurt Hbf
6020:
6018:
6015:
6013:
6010:
6008:
6005:
6003:
6000:
5998:
5997:Siegburg/Bonn
5995:
5993:
5990:
5988:
5985:
5983:
5982:
5978:
5977:
5975:
5971:
5966:
5959:
5954:
5952:
5947:
5945:
5940:
5939:
5936:
5929:
5926:
5925:
5904:
5897:
5886:
5875:
5873:
5871:
5862:
5855:
5839:
5835:
5829:
5820:
5810:
5806:
5801:
5791:
5787:
5782:
5774:
5770:
5766:
5765:
5757:
5755:
5746:
5740:
5736:
5732:
5726:
5722:
5712:
5709:
5708:
5702:
5700:
5696:
5685:
5682:December 2015
5673:
5668:
5659:
5658:
5650:
5648:
5644:
5640:
5636:
5635:a double line
5631:
5629:
5625:
5621:
5617:
5612:
5609:
5605:
5601:
5596:
5594:
5587:
5583:
5579:
5576:
5572:
5568:
5565:
5561:
5557:
5553:
5552:
5551:
5543:
5541:
5537:
5532:
5523:
5519:
5517:
5511:
5508:
5498:
5496:
5492:
5467:
5465:
5461:
5458:(the line to
5457:
5453:
5449:
5445:
5441:
5437:
5432:
5430:
5426:
5422:
5418:
5414:
5408:
5406:
5402:
5398:
5394:
5390:
5386:
5382:
5378:
5374:
5370:
5366:
5358:
5355:
5352:
5351:
5350:
5348:
5344:
5340:
5332:
5329:
5325:
5322:
5321:
5320:
5318:
5314:
5310:
5306:
5299:
5295:
5287:
5281:
5276:
5270:
5266:
5257:
5255:
5251:
5247:
5243:
5239:
5238:Siegburg/Bonn
5235:
5231:
5227:
5223:
5219:
5215:
5205:
5203:
5202:Deutsche Bahn
5200:according to
5199:
5195:
5192:
5188:
5184:
5180:
5176:
5172:
5168:
5164:
5160:
5156:
5152:
5147:
5127:
5122:
5120:
5115:
5113:
5108:
5107:
5102:
5101:
5098:
5097:
5090:
5088:
5086:
5084:
5082:
5080:
5078:
5077:
5067:
5065:
5063:
5060:
5056:
5055:
5051:
5041:
5032:
5030:
5027:
5022:
5006:
5004:
5001:
4997:
4991:
4987:
4983:
4982:
4979:
4976:
4975:
4961:
4916:
4914:
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6900:High Speed 1
6884:Bothnia Line
6715:Milan–Verona
6621:
6522:Kerava-Lahti
6407:Ankara–Sivas
6323:Haramain HSR
6316:Saudi Arabia
6021:
5979:
5964:
5907:. Retrieved
5896:
5885:
5860:
5854:
5842:. Retrieved
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5637:connects to
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5604:Sieg Railway
5600:Cologne-Porz
5597:
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5501:Construction
5491:ICE Sprinter
5473:
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5409:
5362:
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5315:and between
5302:
5289:Wied viaduct
5217:
5211:
5145:
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4986:Zeppelinheim
4971:
4723:Main Railway
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4496:Main Railway
4490:
4382:Main Railway
4380:
4196:
4150:
4099:
3663:Lahn viaduct
3377:
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2988:Wied Viaduct
2629:Sieg Railway
2627:
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2005:Porz (Rhein)
1505:
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1001:freight line
863:Köln-Mülheim
527:
296:
250:
242:
116:Route number
18:
6848:Madrid–León
6740:Netherlands
6730:Turin–Milan
6725:Rome–Naples
6587:LGV Sud-Est
6333:South Korea
6007:Limburg Süd
5840:(in German)
5838:fernbahn.de
5813:(in German)
5794:(in German)
5628:Main Bridge
5454:and to the
5303:The former
5254:A3 autobahn
5246:Limburg Süd
3690:Limburg Süd
869:
173:Track gauge
156:Line length
53:Line number
43:Native name
6976:Categories
6427:Uzbekistan
6384:Taiwan HSR
6254:Whoosh HSR
5717:References
5616:Bonn-Beuel
5556:Düsseldorf
5309:Groß-Gerau
1114:Köln-Kalk
264:Signalling
6247:Indonesia
6002:Montabaur
5967:(KBS 472)
5905:. FAZ.net
5773:Ian Allan
5639:Wiesbaden
5560:Wuppertal
5444:Wiesbaden
5425:Montabaur
5397:Wiesbaden
5385:Andernach
5242:Montabaur
5171:Frankfurt
5151:‹See Tfd›
5054:Frankfurt
4745:1.5 170.3
4623:0.5 169.3
4581:start of
4215:Frankfurt
4211:Wiesbaden
4153:Wiesbaden
4114:Wiesbaden
3984:(4,500 m)
3309:Montabaur
3270:Siershahn
2443:Troisdorf
2120:Porz-Wahn
290:Route map
243:Majority:
151:Technical
143:Completed
106:, Germany
6748:HSL-Zuid
6572:LGV Nord
5981:Köln Hbf
5973:Stations
5844:12 April
5775:: 33–47.
5705:See also
5470:Planning
5460:Mannheim
5456:Riedbahn
5417:Siegburg
4990:Mannheim
4640:regional
2216: /
1726: /
1401: /
196: in
38:Overview
6937:Oceania
6608:Germany
6557:LGV Est
6514:Finland
6496:Denmark
6462:Belgium
6124:Morocco
6108:Commons
5771:(653).
5695:Cologne
5672:updated
5516:Idstein
5484:⁄
5405:Limburg
5389:Koblenz
5343:meander
5260:History
5216:at the
5214:Cologne
5167:Cologne
4151:future
3931:(484 m)
3665:(438 m)
3392:Limburg
2990:(387 m)
2965:(992 m)
2290:(627 m)
191:⁄
138:History
111:Service
6878:Sweden
6790:Russia
6776:Poland
6758:Norway
6673:Greece
6539:France
6453:Europe
6394:Turkey
6377:Taiwan
6117:Africa
5909:9 June
5741:
5699:points
5571:Aachen
5440:Gießen
5421:S-Bahn
5365:states
5228:, the
5179:grades
5155:German
4988:&
4660:
4585:branch
2633:Siegen
2057:S-Bahn
1506:&
887:S-Bahn
747:
572:
447:S-Bahn
435:Aachen
365:S-Bahn
363:&
305:Legend
297:
92:Locale
6814:Spain
6692:Italy
6486:HSL 4
6480:HSL 3
6475:HSL 2
6470:HSL 1
6264:Japan
6154:China
5733:[
5546:Route
5393:Mainz
5377:Hesse
5043:173.6
4996:
4972:
4965:000.0
4902:171.4
4767:
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4409:163.4
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3951:142.9
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3898:138.0
3873:137.0
3848:133.8
3823:130.6
3710:113.0
3685:110.5
3635:106.8
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2551:Agger
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128:ICE 3
104:Hesse
82:3656
76:3509
70:2690
64:2660
58:2651
6954:None
6942:None
6145:Asia
5911:2007
5846:2023
5739:ISBN
5620:Sieg
5395:and
5381:Bonn
5375:and
5280:Porz
5248:and
5222:Porz
5198:Euro
5189:and
5169:and
5144:The
5125:edit
5118:talk
5111:view
4963:4.8
4245:Main
4213:│to
4159:link
3585:97.5
3516:94.1
3469:93.3
3444:92.5
3419:89.9
3304:89.1
3185:83.8
3160:78.2
3135:76.4
3110:75.6
3085:61.7
3060:58.8
3035:53.8
3010:53.0
2935:48.6
2866:44.5
2797:41.3
2711:39.2
2663:27.4
2574:24.3
2438:19.7
2339:18.0
2246:16.9
2218:B 36
2214:A 59
2115:12.4
1403:B 14
608:00.0
562:00.0
533:Bonn
146:2002
102:and
5807:in
5788:in
5643:A66
5558:or
5448:A66
5429:A48
5367:of
5052:to
4984:to
4874:A 5
4820:A 3
4721:to
4574:0.0
4494:to
4209:to
4112:to
3390:to
3268:to
2638:S12
2631:to
2449:S13
2072:S19
2063:S13
2000:9.6
1728:B 2
1610:4.5
1524:S19
1515:S13
1431:3.9
1399:A 4
1110:2.2
938:1.2
902:S11
861:to
722:0.0
531:to
471:S19
462:S13
453:S12
433:to
380:S11
355:to
269:LZB
119:472
6978::
5869:^
5769:60
5767:.
5753:^
5595:.
5518:.
5497:.
5486:16
5407:.
5391:,
5387:,
5383:,
5371:,
5256:.
5244:,
5240:,
5204:.
5157::
5070:km
893:S6
371:S6
323:km
280:4%
227:AC
198:)
130:,
98:,
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