Eltville station

Eltville station is station of Eltville in the Rheingau in the German state of Hesse on the East Rhine Railway from Wiesbaden to Koblenz. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.HistoryThe station was opened on 11 August 1856 with the opening of Wiesbaden–Rudesheim section of the Nassau Rhine Railway opened by the Nassau State Railway. The station building was initially only an open hall. The Eltville–Schlangenbad steam tramway was opened as the Eltviller Kleinbahn (Eltville light railway) on 1 July 1895. This ran from the station forecourt through the vineyards and the winery village of Neudorf (now called Martinsthal), past the high grounds of Rauenthal in the Taunus up to the spa town of Schlangenbad, which has been known for two centuries. On 1 December 1922, the light railway was closed due to declining passenger numbers. It had been taken by the Allgemeinen Deutschen Kleinbahn-AG (General German Light Railway Company) and its operating company, the Allgemeinen Deutschen Eisenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH (General German Railways Operating Company, ADEG) in 1915.