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Nahe Valley Railway

Nahe Valley Railway
Ottweiler bahnhof.jpg
Coupled Class 612s leave Ottweiler towards Saarbrücken
Overview
Native name Nahetalbahn
Locale Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany
Termini Bingen (Rhein) Hbf
Saarbrücken Hbf
Line number 3511
Technical
Line length 141.8 km (88.1 mi)
Number of tracks 2 (throughout)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Route number
  • 672 (Bingen–Bad Kreuznach)
  • 680 (Bad-Kreuznach–Saarbrücken)
Route map
Left Rhine Railway from Koblenz
0.0 Bingen (Rhein) Hbf (wedge station)
Left Rhine Railway to Gau Algesheim
B 9
2.7 Münster-Sarmsheim
former line from Hindenburg Bridge
A 61
5.9 Laubenheim (Nahe)
8.0 Langenlonsheim
Trans-Hunsrück Railway to Simmern
11.5 Bretzenheim (Nahe)
B 41
14.6 Bad Kreuznach Gbf
Nahe (first of 13 crossings on the line)
Strategic railway from Gau Algesheim
16.2 Bad Kreuznach (wedge station)
Kreuznach - Am Rheinstein (unil 1905)
(line to Bad Münster formerly had 4 tracks)
Nahe
20.1 Bad Münster am Stein
20.4 Alsenz Valley Railway to Hochspeyer
20.5 B 48
20.7 former Glan Valley Railway to Homburg
22.2 Great Norheim Tunnel (235 m)
22.5 Little Norheim Tunnel (76 m)
23.3 Norheim
25.9 Niederhausen (Nahe)
31.2 Waldböckelheim
33.5 Boos Tunnel (424 m)
former Glan Valley Railway (Draisine operations)
35.3 Staudernheim
38.4 Bad Sobernheim
42.7 Monzingen
47.0 Martinstein
49.2 Hochstetten (Nahe)
B 41
53.0 Kirn 189 m
56.5 Kirn-Sulzbach (previously Kirnsulzbach)
60.5 Fischbach-Weierbach
63.8 Nahbollenbach
65.6 Gefallener-Fels Tunnel (201 m)
67.9 Idar-Oberstein 264 m
68.5 Homerich Tunnel (388 m)
69.2 Enzweil Tunnel (466 m)
70.2 Wikipedia

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