Murg Valley Railway
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Murg Valley Railway
(Murgtalbahn)
Rastatt–Freudenstadt |
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| Route number: |
710.41 |
| Line number: |
4240 |
| Line length: |
58.2 km (36.2 mi) |
| Track gauge: |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Voltage: |
15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC |
| Maximum incline: |
Adhesion ? %
Rack rail ? % |
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Legend
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Rhine Valley Railway from Karlsruhe S 31S 32 |
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Rhine Railway from Karlsruhe S 4S 41 |
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0.0 |
Rastatt |
120 m |
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Rhine Valley Railway to Basel S 4S 32 |
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1.4 |
Rastatt Beinle |
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4.4 |
Kuppenheim |
125 m |
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6.0 |
Bischweier |
128 m |
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8.0 |
Bad Rotenfels Schloss |
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8.6 |
Bad Rotenfels |
136 m |
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9.5 |
Bad Rotenfels Weinbrennerstraße |
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10.4 |
Gaggenau |
142 m |
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11.3 |
Gaggenau Mercedes-Benz Factory |
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12.3 |
Ottenau |
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13.1 |
Hörden-Ottenau |
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13.3 |
Hörden |
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13.7 |
Hörden |
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15.5 |
Gernsbach |
160 m |
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16.1 |
Gernsbach Mitte |
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18.2 |
Obertsrot |
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19.1 |
Hilpertsau |
183 m |
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20.0 |
Reichentaler Straße until 1921 |
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20.7 |
Weisenbach |
197 m |
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21.8 |
Au im Murgtal |
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22.8 |
Au (Murgtal) |
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22.9 |
Füllen Tunnel (215 m) |
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23.3 |
Hart Tunnel (158 m) |
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23.9 |
Langenbrand |
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24.4 |
Brach Tunnel (160 m) |
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24.8 |
Tennetschlucht Viaduct (183 m) |
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25.3 |
Stiehl Tunnel (355 m) |
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25.7 |
Rappen Tunnel (95 m) |
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25.9 |
Hacken Tunnel (177 m) |
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26.1 |
Gausbach |
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26.4 |
Gausbach Tunnel (180 m) |
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26.8 |
Forbach (Schwarzwald) terminus S 31 |
303 m |
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28.6 |
Haul Tunnel (364 m) |
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31.4 |
Raumünzach |
391 m |
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32.0 |
Spielrain Tunnel (104 m) |
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34.2 |
Kirschbaumwasen |
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36.5 |
Schönmünzach |
462 m |
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37.9 |
Schwarzenberg |
473 m |
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38.2 |
Mähderbuck Tunnel (215 m) |
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39.9 |
Huzenbach |
481 m |
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43.0 |
Röt |
495 m |
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45.2 |
Heselbach |
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46.4 |
Klosterreichenbach |
515 m |
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48.9 |
Baiersbronn Schule |
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49.7 |
Baiersbronn |
547 m |
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51.3 |
Friedrichstal/Württ. |
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52.2 |
Friedrichstal |
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52.4 |
Friedrichstal iron works |
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55.4 |
Freudenstadt Stadt |
739 m |
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56.2 |
Freudenstadt Schulzentrum/Panoramabad |
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57.5 |
Freudenstadt industrial estate |
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Gäu Railway from Eutingen im Gäu S 41 |
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58.2 |
Freudenstadt Hbf terminus S 31S 41 |
664 m |
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Kinzig Valley Railway to Hausach |
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The Murg Valley Railway (German: Murgtalbahn) is a 58 kilometre long railway line in the northern part of the Black Forest in Germany, that links Rastatt and Freudenstadt. It was opened in stages from 1868 to 1928 being built outwards from both Rastatt and Freudenstadt. The route through the narrow Murg Valley required the construction of numerous tunnels and bridges. The section between the stations of Baiersbronn and Freudenstadt Stadt is a steep ramp which is why it had to be operated until 1926 as a rack railway. Even today it can only be worked by vehicles that have the required approval.
After the occasional long-distance passenger services had been withdrawn in the 1990s, the Murg Valley Railway was integrated into the network of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn between 2002 and 2004. Since then it has been operated by Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), using their fleet of tram-trains. At Freudenstadt, these meet the services of the Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB), operating over the Kinzigtalbahn to Offenburg.[1]
Reference
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
External links
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Murgtalbahn Murgtalbahn] at Wikimedia Commons
