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Leutkirch–Memmingen railway

Leutkirch–Memmingen
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Overview
Locale Baden-Württemberg
Line number 4570
Technical
Line length 31.540 km (19.598 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route number 971
Route map
Allgäu Railway from Aulendorf
0.000 Leutkirch(Keilbahnhof) 652 m
to Isny
Eschach
Eschach
3.400 Unterzeil
Wurzacher Ache
8.000 Altmannshofen
Aichstetten Shell siding
Aitrach
10.100 Aichstetten 624 m
Aitrach
16.800 Marstetten-Aitrach 604 m
20.000 Mooshausen
23.200 Tannheim (Württ) 585 m
Aitrach
BW / BY state border, Iller
26.300 Buxheim (Schwab)
from Legau
Iller Valley Railway from Kempten
31.540 Memmingen 595 m
to Buchloe
Iller Valley Railway to Neu-Ulm

Source: German railway atlas


Source: German railway atlas

The Leutkirch–Memmingen railway is a 31.540 km long, single-track, non-electrified railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, which connects Leutkirch and Memmingen.

Two years after the completion of the construction of the Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway in 1863, the citizens of Wangen campaigned for a cross-border line connecting the Bavarian Allgäu railway with the new line in Memmingen. Since this proposal lacked political support, the plans came to nothing and the Württemberg Allgäu Railway was opened through the Württemberg Allgäu in various stages until 1880. Nevertheless, there continued to be support for a connection to Bavarian Swabia and Upper Bavaria.

In 1876 and 1886 there were further proposals from Memmingen for building a direct connection to Lindau through Württemberg. The second proposal resulted in negotiations between the two countries, although this was initially unsuccessful because Bavaria insisted on responsibility for the management of the entire line to Lindau. However, starting in 1870, the German military increasingly urged the closure of the last gaps in the railway between the garrisons in southern Bavaria and Württemberg and southern Alsace, finally leading to the signing of a treaty in 1887.

After nearly three years of construction, the line from Leutkirch im Allgäu to Memmingen was opened on 2 October 1889. Leutkirch was connected to the existing Württemberg Allgäu Railway from Aulendorf via Kißlegg to Wangen and Isny. A new “wedge” station (Keilbahnhof) was built at Leutkirch.


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