Sunday 24 November 2019

The Drachenfels Railway

October 2019

A quick post to celebrate this delightful rack railway running from Königswinter to the top of the Drachenfels mountain, just shy of 300m above the Rhine.


Sadly, it's only 1500m long so doesn't take very long to travel although there is a midway stop for the Schloss Drachenburg. The castle itself is a rather magnificent Gothic confection and worth a visit.

The trains themselves consist of two carriages with integral driver, run on overhead electric cables at a gradient of up to 20%. Very classic design.