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Kinzig Valley Railway (Hesse)

Kinzig Valley Railway (Hesse)
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Kinzig Valley Railway
Overview
Native name Kinzigtalbahn (Hessen)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Intercity rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Hesse, Germany
Termini Hanau
Fulda
Stations 16
Line number 3600
3677 (Gelnhausen–Wolfgang)
Operation
Opened stages between 1867 - 1868
Owner Deutsche Bahn
Operator(s) DB Bahn
Technical
Line length 80.6 km (50.1 mi)
Formerly 87.6 km (54.4 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
3 (Gelnhausen–Wolfgang)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed 200 km/h (120 mph)
Route number 615
Route map
Line from Bebra
High-speed railway from Kassel
Vogelsberg Railway from Alsfeld
110.6 Fulda
108.2 Fulda Gbf
105.7 Fulda-Bronzell
Rhön Railway to Gersfeld
High-speed railway to Würzburg
Fulda
Fliede (several crossings)
102.6 Kerzell
Döllbach
High-speed railway Fulda ↔ Würzburg
Fliede
99.7 Neuhof Nord
97.2 Neuhof (Kr Fulda)
Fliede
85.2 ≡ 92.2 Flieden(km change)
Grade separated junction
82.0 0 00.0 Katzenberg(crossover)
Schlüchtern Tunnel (3576 and 3995 m)
86.7 Distelrasen(Flieden-Fuldaische Höfe)
(Former line with reversal in Elm)
82.1 Elm
Line to Gemünden
→ 77.6 Schlüchtern Ziegenberg(junction)
74.4 Schlüchtern
68.1 Steinau (Straße)
A 66
Kinzig
61.4 Bad Soden-Salmünster
Kinzig
Former Vogelsberg Southern Railway from Birstein
54.8 Wächtersbach
Narrow gauge "Emma" railway to Bad Orb

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