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Allgäu Railway (Württemberg)

Aulendorf–Leutkirch
Overview
Locale Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Line number 4550 (Herbertingen–Isny)
Technical
Line length 40.6 km (25.2 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route number 753 (Aulendorf–Kißlegg)
971 (Kißlegg–Leutkirch)
Route map
from Herbertingen
27.4 Southern Railway from Friedrichshafen
28.0 Aulendorf 547 m
28.2 Southern Railway to Ulm
37.5 Bad Waldsee 597 m
Roßberg Railway from Bad Wurzach
45.4 Roßberg 651 m
48.2 Alttann
50.9 Wolfegg 677 m
55.6 Hahnensteig-Krumbach
from Hergatz
57.700 Kißlegg 651 m
60.400 Reipertshofen
63.400 Gebrazhofen
66.000 Heggelbach
68.612 Leutkirch (Keilbahnhof) 652 m
to Isny
to Memmingen
Source: German railway atlas

The Württemberg Allgäu Railway (German: Württembergische Allgäubahn) is a single-track non-electrified railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg from Aulendorf via Bad Waldsee, Kißlegg, Leutkirch to Isny. Since the Leutkirch–Isny railway is no longer in operation, the term Württembergische Allgäubahn is now used by Deutsche Bahn only to describe line 753 in its timetable (Aulendorf–Kißlegg) and the adjacent Kißlegg–Hergatz railway from Kißlegg via Wangen to Hergatz in Bavaria. The section from Kißlegg to Leutkirch belongs to line 971, which includes the line from Augsburg to Lindau. Historically, the Herbertingen–Aulendorf line has sometimes been included in the Württemberg Allgäu Railway.

In 1860, a so-called Eisenbahn Comite (railway committee) was established with the aim of having the cities of Leutkirch and Isny connected to the network of the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen). On 13 August 1865, the lower house of the parliament of Württemberg (württembergische Abgeordnetenkammer) finally approved the construction of a line from Herbertingen via Saulgau, Aulendorf, Waldsee, Kißlegg and Leutkirch to Isny. This was opened in five sections as follows:

In Aulendorf, the new line crossed the Württemberg southern railway (Württembergische Südbahn), running from Ulm to Lake Constance. With the construction of the Württemberg Allgäu Railway, Aulendorf became an important railway junction for Upper Swabia.


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