Gießen–Gelnhausen railway

Gießen–Gelnhausen

Overview

Locale

Hesse, Germany

Line number

3701

Technical

Line length

67.9 km (42.2 mi)

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

Operating speed

85 km/h (53 mph) (maximum)

Route number

631

Route map

Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt (Main)

Dill Railway from Wetzlar

0.0

Gießen

Main-Weser Railway to Kassel

Vogelsberg Railway to Fulda

1.9

Gießen Erdkauter Weg

2.1

Industrial siding

2.5

Erdkauter Weg MTG siding

3.4

Erdkauter Weg Bieber siding

6.2

Watzenborn-Steinberg

7.8

9.1

Pfahlgraben

former Wetter Valley Railway from Butzbach

15.2

Lich (Oberhess)

former Wetter Valley Railway to Grünberg

18.6

Langsdorf (Oberhess)

former Horloff Valley Railway from Mücke

21.8

former Horloff Valley Railway to Friedberg

reactivation planned

25.2

28.2

Ober-Widdersheim

31.5

Borsdorf (Hess)

Nidda Valley Railway from Beienheim

former Nidda Valley Railway from Schotten

35.0

Nidda

41.7

Effolderbach Tunnel

(673 m)

44.5

former Oberwald Railway from Lauterbach Nord

45.8

Nidda Valley Railway to Bad Vilbel

Industrial siding

49.2

Bleichenbach (Oberhess)

52.0

Büches-Düdelsheim

54.8

Büdingen (Oberhess)

Büdingen Tunnel

(535 m)

62.2

Mittel-Gründau

Industrial siding from Rothenbergen

Wikipedia

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