Nikolausfahrten — Vulkan-Expreß (Brohltalbahn)

The Brohltalbahn, marketed as the Vulkan-Expreß, runs its Nikolausfahrten from the Brohltalbahnhof in Brohl as a special event with its own page, its own dates and its own ticket. The operator describes a festively decorated, warmly heated narrow-gauge train making a trip of about one hour through the winter Brohl valley; the round trip from Brohl takes about two hours.

St. Nicholas waits with his gift sack for the arriving train, waves to it, greets each child personally and gives each one a generously filled Nikolaustüte (treat bag). The operator says the trains are pulled by its nearly 120-year-old steam locomotive 11sm, while the extra trains on the second Advent weekend run with a historic diesel locomotive; on those days the steam locomotive can be seen at the passing point in Burgbrohl.

Registration is required. The operator says the trains run only at the listed departure times and that its events take place only if enough people have registered in advance.

A festively decorated, heated narrow-gauge train for a trip of about one hour in the winter Brohl valley (about two hours for the round trip from Brohl). St. Nicholas greets each child personally and gives each one a filled Nikolaustüte.

The trains leave from the Brohltalbahnhof in Brohl (Brohl-Lützing, Rhineland-Palatinate). Registration is required: book online from the departure times shown on the operator's Nikolausfahrten page, or through the Verkehrsbüro Brohltal / Vulkan-Express (Brohltalstraße, Brohl-Lützing; phone +49 2636 80 303). The operator states that the trains run only at the listed departure times and only if enough people have registered in advance. The extra trains on the second Advent weekend are hauled by a historic diesel locomotive.