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The railcar finally collided head-on with an oncoming passenger train at
Oberliederbach. The driver and fireman of the steam locomotive saved themselves by jumping off. Seven passengers died and there were 80 injured in the accident. The dead included the only passenger on the driverless railcar. For
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On 17 November 1966, there was a heavy train crash on the line between
Unterliederbach and Liederbach. While the train's driver had left to take a break, the three-car diesel multiple unit, which had been waiting unattended in Kelkheim Hornau, started moving towards Frankfurt, because the parking
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After running through fields and meadows, the railway reaches the halt of Münster, then the centre of the town of
Kelkheim, where train crossings takes place. Stopping times deviate from the usual
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station (before its incorporation into
Frankfurt) on the Taunus Railway. The line was opened on 24 February 1902. The company first had bought three locomotives which were similar to the
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brake had not been activated. Due to the gradient of the track, the train accelerated to well over 100 km/h. An attempt to derail the train in
Kelkheim-Münster failed.
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unknown reasons, the twenty-two-year-old had not been able to pull the emergency brake to prevent the disaster, or at least alleviate its extent and perhaps save his life.
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In Höchst, the railway leaves the railway embankment used by the S-Bahn and branches off to the northwest, soon reaching its last stop in the
Frankfurt city area at
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1065:(RMV) was founded, thus ending the short history of the K and T-Bahns. Both were named using the uniform RMV numbering scheme (lines 12 and 15).
1279:(Press release) (in German). Pressemitteilung des Hessischen Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Energie, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung. 24 September 2014.
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1050:(Frankfurter transport association, FVV) with its own colour. Similarly, in 1993, when the branch line also operated by the FKE under the name of
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were bought. Apart from few other steam locomotives, which were partly short time lend, the FKE switched powers to diesel engines, buying several
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1366:(Press release) (in German). Bei House of Logistics & Mobility (HOLM) GmbH. 7 October 2014.
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At the beginning of
November 2014, it was announced that the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund and
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Another train from
Frankfurt was prevented from continuing towards Liederbach just in time.
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1277:"Minister Al-Wazir begrüßt Pionierarbeit des RMV beim Einsatz der Brennstofftechnologie"
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The line consists of a single track, but there are passing loops at the stations of
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Interview mit dem
Sprecher der RMV-Geschäftsführung über Züge mit Brennstoffzellen
858:) and reaches the southern boundary of Königstein, which is also the beginning of
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Schomann, Heinz (2005). Landesamt für
Denkmalpflege Hessen (ed.).
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gained a concession to build the Königstein Railway in 1901 as a
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in 1906, there were no further machines up to 1947 when two
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Frankfurt-Königstein. Ein Jahrhundert Nahverkehr im Taunus
1135:(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Waldemar Krämer.
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The Königstein Railway then passes through the Kelkheim
951:(light railway); this company later developed into the
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Frankfurt-Unterliederbach station, looking to the north
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were in service from 1959 to 1987, seen here leaving
1360:"Prof Ringat: Mit der Brennstoffzelle in den Taunus"
1199:"Feuerwehr Frankfurt im Internet: Chronik 1974-1946"
1305:(Press release) (in German). Alstom. Archived from
1110:(10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. p. 152.
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908:. It now represents an important addition to the
881:railcar underneath Königstein Castle heading for
778:from 1989 to 1995, now runs from Koenigstein via
1054:was revived and it was given the brand name of
1397:(in German). Darmstadt: Konrad Theiss Verlag.
1201:(in German). city of Frankfurt. Archived from
924:Inauguration of the Königstein Railway in 1902
821:(station), but it has since been reduced to a
1461:Buildings and structures in Main-Taunus-Kreis
1253:(in German). 17 November 1966. Archived from
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896:(Rhine-Main transport association, RMV), as
1456:Buildings and structures in Hochtaunuskreis
1174:"Hessische Landesbahn GMBH: Triebfahrzeuge"
802:and Hornau as well as at the end stations.
33:Routes of the Königstein and Soden Railways
825:(halt, that is it has no sets of points).
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1249:[First the bang, then darkness].
1395:Eisenbahnbauten und -strecken 1839–1939
1155:Günter H. Köhler / Andreas Christopher
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1011:Train crash near Oberliederbach in 1966
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1227:(in German). www.drehscheibe-foren.de
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1370:from the original on 7 November 2017
1328:Pieren, Matthias (4 November 2014).
1283:from the original on 5 November 2014
1225:"Photos and reports of the accident"
1077:had agreed to use new railcars with
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995:. Since 1987 the FKE runs railcars
991:operating as push-pull trains with
817:, which used to be classified as a
580:Main-Lahn Railway to Niedernhausen
14:
1247:"Erst der Knall, dann Dunkelheit"
955:(FKE). Construction began at the
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953:Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn
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1251:Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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866:and thus the end of the line.
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1336:(in German). Archived from
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639:Soden Railway to Bad Soden
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1441:Railway lines in Hesse
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993:"Silberling"-coaches
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890:Hessische Landesbahn
753:Königstein im Taunus
1309:on 26 December 2016
1257:on 17 November 2016
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989:Deutsche Bundesbahn
977:Esslingen railbuses
973:Deutsche Reichsbahn
933:Esslingen railbuses
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1117:978-3-89494-146-8
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1089:References
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1069:Prospects
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