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Gäu Railway (Stuttgart–Singen)

Stuttgart–Hattingen railway
Verlaufskarte Gäubahn (Stuttgart-Singen).png
Overview
Other name(s) Gäu Railway
Native name Gäubahn
Locale Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini Stuttgart
Hattingen (Baden)
Line number
  • 4860 (Stuttgart–Horb)
  • 4600 (Horb–Tuttlingen)
  • 4661 (Tuttlingen–Hattingen)
  • 4250 (Hattingen–Singen)
Technical
Line length 171.62 km (106.64 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary
Route number 740
Route map
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof(until 1922)
0.0 Stuttgart Hbf(from 1922)
Connecting line of the Stuttgart S-Bahn
Neckar-Alb line, Fils Valley Railway,
Rems Railway, Murr Railway
Franconia Railway,
Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway
Black Forest Railway,
Württemberg Western Railway
2.9 Viaduct via the old Nordbahnhof (112 m)
freight connection turnoff to Stuttgart-Feuerbach
old layout until 1922
4.5 Kriegsberg tunnel (579 m)
8.6 Stuttgart West(closed 29 Sep 1985)
8.9 Hasenberg tunnel (258 m)
9.4 Stuttgart-Heslach(closed 29 May 1960)
11.1 Wildpark(closed 28 May 1961)
Connecting line of the Stuttgart S-Bahn
S 1 S 2 S 3
14.1 Stuttgart Österfeldonly Verbindungsbahn
14.7 Nesenbach Viaduct (111 m)
Stadtbahn Stuttgart
Filder Railway from Stuttgart-Möhringen
15.6
Stuttgart-Vaihingen
transit to Stadtbahn Stuttgart
16.7 Stuttgart-Rohr
to Filderstadt S 2 S 3
Rohr Curve (planned)
17.6 Berghau Tunnel (200 m)
20.0
former Kaufwald Tunnel (150 m)
(until 1958/59)
20.6 Mönchsbrunnen
24.5 Goldberg
Rankbach Railway from Renningen S 60
25.9 Böblingen, terminus of S 60 437 m
Schönbuch Railway to Dettenhausen
freight traffic to industrial park Hulb
27.8 Hulb

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