Agger Valley Railway
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Agger Valley Railway is the established name of two railway lines in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
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- the Siegburg–Olpe railwaySiegburg–Olpe railwayThe Siegburg–Olpe railway or Agger Valley Railway is a single-tracked, non-electrified branch line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Part of a direct link from Cologne, only the section from Overath to Dieringhausen is still in operation...
, the historic Agger Valley Railway that is now only open between Overath and Dieringhausen, - the Cologne-Kalk–Overath railway that extended the above-mentioned line in 1910 in order to provide a direct link from Cologne and which then left the valley of the AggerAggerAn agger is an ancient Roman embankment or rampart, or any artificial elevation. It is a Latin word.It is especially used for the raised and cambered embankment carrying a Roman road...
river.