Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway

Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach
Bad Kreuznach station, line from Gau Algesheim on right, line from Bingen on left.
Overview
Locale	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Line number	3512
Technical
Line length	19.9 km (12.4 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (throughout)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route number	680
Route map West Rhine line from Mainz 0.0 Gau Algesheim West Rhine line to Bingen former connecting line from Bingen 3.8 Ockenheim Rheinhessen Railway from Bingen former line to Hindenburg Bridge 7.7 Büdesheim-Dromersheim 8.5 A 61 10.1 B 41 10,7 Gensingen-Horrweiler (siding) 11,5 Gensingen-Horrweiler 11.8 Sonderlager siding 12.0 Rheinhessen Railway to Alzey 13.0 B 41, B 50 14.5 B 41 15.2 Planig (siding) 17.4 B 428 Nahe Valley Railway from Bingen 19.9 Bad Kreuznach (Keilbahnhof) Nahe Valley Railway to Bad Münster am Stein Source: German railway atlas

The Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway is a twin-track, non-electrified main line railway in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It connects Gau-Algesheim on the Left Rhine line (German: Linke Rheinstrecke) with Bad Kreuznach on the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn) and is thus part of a regionally important transport corridor between the two state capitals cities of Mainz and Saarbrücken in the Saarland.

During and after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, there were a number of rail projects to facilitate the transportation of troops and war matériel to the French border. In 1871, the Prussian state railways opened the Alsenz Valley Railway (Alsenztalbahn) from Bad Münster am Stein to Kaiserslautern. In 1879, a line from the Rhine-Main area parallel to the Nahe Valley Railway had already been discussed, but only at the end of the 19th century did it seriously figure in the War Department's plans.

The Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway was opened as a strategic railway on 15 May 1902. It used a short section of the Rheinhessen Railway from Worms via Alzey to Bingen between Büdesheim-Dromersheim and Gensingen-Horrweiler.