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Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line

Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway
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Overview
Native name Schnellfahrstrecke Mannheim–Stuttgart
Locale Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Line number 4080
Operation
Opened 9 May 1991
Technical
Line length 99 km (62 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead catenary
Operating speed 250 km/h (160 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.25%
Route number 770
Route map
Western approach to the Riedbahn from Frankfurt
Palatine Ludwig Railway from Ludwigshafen
0.0 Mannheim Hbf
Rhine Railway to Schwetzingen (see below)
Mannheim Hbf Ost (junction)
2.0 Container yard bridge (1100 m)
Rhine Valley Railway to Heidelberg
and the marshalling yard
Connecting curve to Rhine Railway
and the marshalling yard
5.1 Mannheim-Pfingstberg (crossover)
5.6 Pfingstberg Tunnel (5380 m)
A 6
Rhine Railway Mannheim–Schwetzingen
11.5 Schwetzingen Brühler Weg (crossover)
16.9 Schwetzingen crossing structure (126 m), A 6
Speyer–Schwetzingen line, now siding
A 61
Rhine Railway from Schwetzingen (see above)
20.9 Hockenheim
Neulußheim
Rhine Railway to Karlsruhe (see below)
27.7 Oberhausen (crossover)
31.7 Waghäusel Saalbach (junction)
connecting line to Graben-Neudorf
Rhine Railway to Karlsruhe
34.7 Waghäusel Lußhardt (crossover)
35.0 B 36 tunnel (65 m)
40.5 Forst (crossover)
40.7 Forst Tunnel (1726 m)
A 5
Rhine Valley Railway Karlsruhe–Heidelberg
Katzbach Railway to Odenheim
  Kraich Valley Railway to Menzingen
45.3 Bruchsal Rollenberg (junction)
45.2 Rollenberg Tunnel (3303 m)
47.4 Bruchsal Eisenhut crossover
49.1 Oberbruch Viaduct (220 m)
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