Inter city train passing Oberwesel in UNESCO listed "Upper Middle Rhine Valley", Germany.

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Oberwesel lies on the river Rhine’s left (west) bank in the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, between the neighbouring towns of Sankt Goar and Bacharach. Until the opening of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, the Left Rhine line was one of the busiest in Germany. The fastest trains connecting the Rhineland and southern Germany ran on the line. The importance of the line for long distance travel has diminished since the opening of the high-speed line. The line is now generally used by one InterCity or Intercity-Express service (stopping at Bonn, Koblenz and Mainz) each hour, one Regional-Express train each hour (the Rhein-Express) and one RegionalBahn (stopping) train each hour in each direction, as well as by freight trains. Before the opening of the high-speed line, freight trains were largely restricted to the Right Rhine line, but with the increased availability of train paths on the Left Rhine line many of them are now routed over it.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Oberwesel, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, Europe
Photo credit: © David Davies / Alamy / Afripics
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