Fulda–Gersfeld Railway

Fulda–Gersfeld
Route number:616
Line length:23.4
Track gauge:1435
Maximum speed:120
Operating points and lines[1]
 Kinzig Valley Railway from Fulda
 0,0 Fulda Bronnzell(former passenger station)
 Kinzig Valley Railway to Hanau
 0,7 Bronnzell Rhönbad
 Bundesstraße 27
 3,4 Eichenzell
 Autobahn 66
 Autobahn 7
 Welkers industrial railway
 6,1 Welkers
 6,4 Welkers(former)
 7,7 Rönshausen
 9,4 Lütter 334 m
 12,3 Ried
 13,9 Schmalnau
 Fulda
 16,0 Hettenhausen
 18,6 Altenfeld 427 m
 21,9 former spur to basalt factory
 23,4 Gersfeld(former full station) 504 m

The Fulda–Gersfeld Railway (German: Bahnstrecke Fulda–Gersfeld), also called the Rhön Railway (German: Rhönbahn), is a railway line in the state of Hesse, Germany. It connects Fulda in the west with Gersfeld, in the Rhön Mountains, in the east. The line was opened by the Prussian state railways on October 1, 1888, and as of November 2014 is operated by the Hessische Landesbahn using Alstom Coradia LINT 41 trainsets.

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Sixth, 2007/2008 ed.). Aachen: Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.

Coordinates: 50°26′58″N 9°54′52″E / 50.4494°N 9.9145°E / 50.4494; 9.9145

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