Tauber Valley Railway

Tauber Valley Railway
(Taubertalbahn)
Crailsheim–Wertheim
Route number: 782
Line number: 4953 (Crailsh.–Bad Mergenth.)
4922 (Königshofen–Bad Mergenth.)
4120 (Neckarelz–Heidingsfeld)
4920 (Lauda–Wertheim)
Line length: 100.3 km (62.3 mi)
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
 Upper Jagst Railway from Aalen
Hohenlohe Railway from Heilbronn
0,0 Crailsheim 409 m
0,4 Bridge over the Jagst
line to Nürnberg
5,1 Satteldorf
9,0 Wallhausen (Württ) Reactivation planned
14,5 Rot am See
16,2 Brettenfeld
line from Langenburg until 1996
22,2 Blaufelden 462 m
26,8 Kälberbach
29,1 Schrozberg
34,4 Oberstetten
37,8 Niederstetten Tunnel (273 m)
38,6 Niederstetten
40,9 Vorbachzimmern
44,7 Laudenbach (Württ)
47,9 Weikersheim Keilbahnhof 236 m
Gau Railway to Ochsenfurt until 1992
49,3 Bridge over the Tauber
50,7 Elpersheim
53,5 Markelsheim
56,0 Igersheim
58,4 Bridge over the Tauber
57,8 Kurpark
59,0 Bad Mergentheim 205 m
60,3
6,1
former Württemberg / Baden border
3,9 Edelfingen 203 m
2,4 Unterbalbach
0,0
113,6
Franconia Railway from Stuttgart
113,6 Königshofen (Baden) 192 m
116,1 Lauda 192 m
116,1
0,0
Franconia Railway to Würzburg
4,1 Distelhausen 186 m
4,4 A 81 bridge
5,4 Dittigheim
line from Königheim until 1968
7,6 Tauberbischofsheim 190 m
12,5 Hochhausen (Tauber) 181 m
17,5 Niklashausen
18,8 Bridge over the Tauber (95 m)
19,0 Gamburg (Tauber) 168 m
19,3 Gamburg Tunnel (203 m)
21,5 Bronnbach Tunnel (349 m)
22,8 Bridge over the Tauber (81 m)
23,8 Bronnbach (Tauber) 161 m
26,7 Reicholzheim 157 m
28,2 Reicholzheim Tunnel (542 m)
line from Lohr until 1979
31,4 Wertheim 141 m
Main Valley Railway to Aschaffenburg

The Tauber Valley Railway (German: Taubertalbahn) is a single-tracked, unelectrified, standard gauge railway between Wertheim and Crailsheim in southern Germany. It runs alongside the Tauber to Weikersheim, then along the Vorbach and Blaubach rivers. It is recorded in the timetable as route no. 782. Until 9 December 2006 it had been route no. 788.

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