Kißlegg–Hergatz railway

Kißlegg–Hergatz
Wangen (Allgäu) station
Overview
Locale	Bavaria
Line number	4560
Technical
Line length	18.589 km (11.551 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route number	Kißlegg–He 316e (1944)
Route map  Operating points and lines  Württemberg Allgäu Railway from Leutkirch 0.000 Kißlegg 651 m Württemberg Allgäu Railway to Aulendorf 5.200 Sommersried 9.000 Ratzenried 612 m 13.300 Wangen (Allgäu) 570 m Bavarian Allgäu Railway from Munich 18.589 Hergatz 555 m Bavarian Allgäu Railway to Lindau

The Kißlegg–Hergatz railway is an 18.589 km long standard gauge main line in the Allgäu in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. It runs from Kißlegg via Wangen to Hergatz and connects the Württemberg Allgäu Railway with the Bavarian Allgäu Railway. The line is not electrified and is all single-track. It is operated by Deutsche Bahn and is shown in its timetable as part of route number 753 from Aulendorf to Hergatz, which is alternatively called the Württemberg-Allgäu-Bahn (Allgäu-Württemberg Railway) and part of route number 971 from Augsburg to Lindau. The Kißlegg–Wangen section is also integrated in the network of the Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund (Lake Constance-Upper Swabia Transport Association, bodo).

After the Bavarian town of Hergatz was connected in 1853 and the Württemberg town of Kißlegg was connected in 1870, Wangen remained unconnected to the rail network. 1876, it was decided to build the 13.3 kilometre line to Kißlegg, which was opened on 31 July 1880. In 1887, a treaty was contracted between Württemberg and Bavaria for the construction of the 5.3 km line between Wangen and Hergatz along with a line from Leutkirch to Memmingen. The Wangen–Hergatz section went into operation on 15 July 1890. Since its completion the new link has allowed a shorter route from Munich to Lindau than the Bavarian Allgäu Railway via Kempten.