Occupation of the Ruhr important harbour in Duisburg-Ruhrort, ending French occupation of the Ruhr region on 25 August 1925. According to Sally Marks, the occupation of the Ruhr "was profitable and caused neither the German hyperinflation, which began in 1922 and ballooned because of German responses to the Ruhr occupation, nor the franc's 1924 collapse, which arose from French financial practices and the evaporation of reparations". Marks suggests the profits, after Ruhr-Rhineland occupation costs, were nearly 900 million gold marks. Despite his disagreements with Britain, Poincaré desired to preserve the Anglo-French entente and thus moderated his aims to a degree. His major goal was
S28 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) S28 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Line S28 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn network. It is operated by Regiobahn GmbH, a partnership between the districts of Mettman, Düsseldorf, and Rhein-Kreis Neuss, through which the line runs. The line begins in Mettmann Stadtwald, it runs through Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof branching off to Kaarst after passing through Neuss Hauptbahnhof. Its western terminus is Kaarster See. The line is operated by Regiobahn GmbH, using Talent DMUs at 20 minute intervals. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the districts have been in talks to extend the line east to Wuppertal and west to either Viersen,