RHEINGOLD
Rheingold
The Rheingold was a famous train that operated between Hoek van Holland, near Rotterdam, and Geneva, Switzerland, a distance of, until 1987. Another section of the train started in Amsterdam and was coupled to the Hoek cars in Utrecht. The Rheingold ran along the Rhine River via Arnhem, Netherlands, and Cologne, Germany, using special luxury coaches. It was named after Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold opera, which romanticized the Rhine. From 1965 until the train's discontinuation in 1987, the Rheingold was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express train.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Rheingold (train)
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