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The Drachenfels Railway or Drachenfelsbahn is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altitude of 289 m (948 ft). Besides the two terminal stations an intermediate station serves the Schloss Drachenburg.The Drachenfels Railway is one of only four rack railways still operational in Germany along with the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway the Stuttgart Rack Railway and the Wendelstein Railway.