Kinzig Valley Railway (Black Forest)

Kinzig Valley Railway (Kinzigtalbahn) Hausach–Freudenstadt
Route number:	721
Line number:	4251 (Hausach-Schiltach) 4880 (Schiltach-Freudenstadt)
Line length:	39.1 km (24.3 mi)
Track gauge:	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Maximum speed:	100 km/h (62.1 mph)
Black Forest Railway 0,0 Hausach Black Forest Railway to Singen 2,9 Wolfach-Kirnbach 4,4 Wolfach Wolfach Tunnel 285 m 9,0 Wolfach-Halbmeil Kinzig Bridge by the Schmelze Tunnel Tunnel by the Schmelze 87 m 11,2 Wolfach-Sankt Roman 14,2 54,8 Schiltach Bf. to Schramberg Schiltach Tunnel 117 m Schiltach Mitte Kinzig Bridge by the Schenkenberg Tunnel Schenkenberg Tunnel 100 m 51,1 Schenkenzell Kinzig Bridge by the Stock Tunnel 60 m Stock Tunnel 78 m Dais Tunnel 58 m Kinzig Bridge by the Dais Tunnel 46,1 Alpirsbach Farbmühle Tunnel 90 m Kinzig Bridge by the Farbmühle Tunnel 40,3 Ehlenbogen Schwenkenhardt Tunnel 370 m Lossburg Tunnel 380 m 35,7 Loßburg-Rodt Lauterbadviadukt 213 m Freudenstadt-Lauterbad 29,9 Freudenstadt Hbfterminus of S 31 Murg Valley RailwayS 31 Gäu Railway

The Kinzig Valley Railway (German: Kinzigtalbahn) is a railway line in Germany that runs from Hausach to Freudenstadt and follows the Kinzig River that gives it its name. The line has numerous tunnels, is single-tracked and unelectrified.

The Kinzig Valley Railway was opened on 5 July 1878 from Hausach to Wolfach by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway and extended on 4 November 1886 to Schiltach. At the same time the Royal Württemberg State Railways cleared the section from Schiltach to Freudenstadt Hbf for traffic.

In Hausach the Black Forest Railway line branches off at kilometre stone 33.17. Until just beyond Schiltach (kilometre 14.760) the kilometre numbering increases; from there on, beginning in Eutingen im Gäu, it decreases, because the line beyond Schenkenzell switches from Baden to Württemberg territory. At the terminus of Freudenstadt Hbf the Murg Valley Railway to Rastatt begins, as does the Gäu Railway which heads off towards Eutingen and Stuttgart.

The Schiltach-Schramberg railway used to branch off at Schiltach. This line was opened in 1892, but closed in 1959 to passenger services and in 1990 to goods traffic as well. At Schiltach station a railbus rake and the old railway bridge over the Kinzig recalls this branch that, today, has been full dismantled. In Schramberg there is still an overgrown buffer stop and the former station tavern, which is used today as a clubhouse for the Black Riders. The old trackbed is used today as a cycle path.

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