Aachen Central

The Aachen Hauptbahnhof (German: Aachen Hauptbahnhof) is the main train station in Aachen, the western city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the largest of the three railway stations still in service. It ranks second-class in the German railway station classification. The long-haul passenger services parked here include Thalys trains (from Essen Terminus via Liege-Gieman Station and Brussels South Station to Gare du Nord) and ICE trains (Frankfurt Main Station - Cologne Main Station - Brussels South Station), regional passenger services It includes Regional Express Line 1 (Beiwei Express), Line 4 (Wupper Express), Line 9 (Rhein-Siegel Express), Line 20 (European Train), Line 29 (European Express) And regional train line 33 (Rhine-Niels train). In addition to the trains in the European region, all other regional passenger services are originated and arrived at the Aachen Railway Terminal.

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Aachen (, German: [ˈʔaːxn̩] ; Ripuarian: Oche [ˈɔːxə]), also known as Bad Aachen ("Aachen Spa"), and in French and traditional English as Aix-la-Chapelle, is a spa and border city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen developed from a Roman settlement and spa, subsequently becoming the preferred medieval Imperial residence of Charlemagne, and, from 936 to 1531, the place where 31 Holy Roman Emperors were crowned Kings of the Germans.Aachen is the westernmost city in Germany, located near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 61 km (38 mi) west south west of Cologne in a former coal-mining area. One of Germany's leading institutes of higher education in technology, the RWTH Aachen University, is located in the city. Aachen's industries include science, engineering and information technology. In 2009, Aachen was ranked eighth among cities in Germany for innovation.

Jena (; German pronunciation: [ˈjeːna] ) is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research; the Friedrich Schiller University was founded in 1558 and had 18,000 students in 2017 and the Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena counts another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies. Jena was first mentioned in 1182 and stayed a small town until the 19th century, when industry developed. For most of the 20th century, Jena was a world centre of the optical industry around companies like Carl Zeiss, Schott and Jenoptik (since 1990). As one of only a few medium-sized cities in Germany, it has some high-rise buildings in the city centre, like the Jen Tower. These also have their origin in the former Carl Zeiss factory. Between 1790 and 1850, Jena was a focal point of the German Vormärz as well as of the student liberal and unification movement and German Romanticism. Notable persons of this period in Jena were Friedrich Schiller, Alexander von Humboldt, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Novalis and August Wilhelm Schlegel. The city's economy is based on the high-technology industry and research. The optical and precision industry is the leading branch to date, while software engineering, other digital businesses and biotechnology are of growing importance. Furthermore, Jena is also a service hub for the surrounding regions. Jena lies in a hilly landscape in the east of Thuringia, within the wide valley of the Saale river. Due to its rocky landscape, varied substrate and mixed forests, Jena is known in Germany for the wide variety of wild orchids which can be found within walking distance of the town. Local nature reserves are maintained by volunteers and NABU.