Every day, more than 100 trains run on the Hindenburg railway, a great German mid-sea project.
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The Hindenburg railwayconnects Sylt island with Schleswig-Holstein, the farthest northern state of Germany.
Before the railway was born, the move from the mainland to Sylt island depended on the weather conditions at sea.The worse the wave, the harder it is to move.
Back then the passenger took at least 6 hours to move from the mainland to Sylt Island by ship.
In winter, the ice on the Wadden Sea interferes with ships and boats, leaving very few visitors to Sylt Island.
As the Westerland resort on the coast of Sylt Island became more and more popular, in the early 20s of the last century, German authorities planned to make a railway to the island.
Initially they wanted to make a railway from Hoyerschleuse city to the island, but after World War I, Germany was forced to give Hoyerschleuse to Denmark.
As the border changes, the railway line on the drawing splits into two parts - including a part of the German territory, while the other part belongs to Denmark.So architects and engineers have to fix the design so that the route is entirely within German territory.
The process of making railways at sea began in 1923. For the next four years, workers and motor vehicles brought more than 3 million cubic meters of sand and clay, 120 tons of rock from the mainland to the sea to create beat.The length of the dam is 11km.
The German government called the route after the name of the German president back then, Paul von Hindenburg.He presided over the inauguration of the railroad on June 1, 1927.
During the first 45 years from the start of operation, the Hindenburg dam had only one lane of tracks.In 1972, it expanded and placed the second rail.Today, more than 100 trains travel on the dam every day.Half of the trains transport passenger cars.
