Tramcar 2326 of the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe (KVB) seen at the depot at
Wesseling on 6 May 2006. On this weekend the centenary of the so called
Rheinuferbahn Cologne-Wesseling-Bonn was celebrated, note the special livery
with the URL
<a href="http://www.100-jahre-rheinuferbahn.de/">www.100-jahre-rheinuferbahn.de</a>.
This line was operated electrically from the beginning (in 1906) on, by the
private K&ouml;ln-Bonner Eisenbahnen (KBE). In 1978 the passenger service was
taken over by tramcars of the KVB and the Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB), while the
infrastructure is now owned by the H&auml;fen und G&uuml;terverkehr K&ouml;ln
(HGK, note the logo on the tramcar), which also operates freight trains on it's
own lines and on DB lines. The name Rheinuferbahn translates as "Rhine bank
railway" and relates to the alignment of the line which follows the Rhine
closely.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)