Until 2014, you could still see trains passing in the French-fortified town of Bitche. From then on, train traffic on the route section between Niederbronn via Bitche to Sarreguemines was discontinued.
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Until 2014, you could still see trains passing in the French-fortified town of Bitche. From then on, train traffic on the route section between Niederbronn via Bitche to Sarreguemines was discontinued.
Since 1876, coal has been transported from the Bernissart mines via Blaton via the 4-kilometre-long railway line 80/78A.
A tangle of railways ran through the Limburg coal region, transporting millions of tons of coal to ports and blast furnaces. The coal wagons have disappeared, but old stations and tracks remind us of the busy traffic of yesteryear.
In 1916, the German army constructed a 285-metre-long viaduct in the village of Born in just eight months.
The Frontzate, the former railway line 74 connecting Diksmuide with Nieuwpoort, suddenly played a leading role as a front line during the First World War.
Volunteers from History Park have taken care of a unique collection of historic railway wagons near the tripoint between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
Hundreds of workers and employees were swarming together on the Thurn & Taxis freight station platforms in Brussels a hundred years ago.
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