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Palatinate Ludwig Railway

Mannheim−Saarbrücken railway
Streckenkarte der Pfälzischen Ludwigsbahn.png
Overview
Native name Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn
Locale Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany
Line number
  • 3250 (Saarbrücken–Homburg)
  • 3280 (Homburg–Ludwigshafen)
  • 3401 (Böhl-Iggelheim junction–Mannheim Hbf)
Technical
Line length 130.5 km (81.1 mi)
Number of tracks 2 or more throughout
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 281 m (922 ft)
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline
  • (Saarbrücken – Ludwigshafen) 1.09%
  • (Ludwigshafen – Mannheim) 2.5%
Route number 670
Route map
Rhine Valley Railway from Heidelberg
S 1S 2S 3S 4
Riedbahn from Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Mannheim–Stuttgart HSL
Baden Rhine Railway from Karlsruhe Hbf
107.900 Mannheim Hbf 95 m
Western approach to the Riedbahn to Frankfurt
B 36
106.885
Konrad Adenauer Bridge (Rhine) Baden-Württemberg/
Rhineland-Palatinate state border
106.613 Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf (until 1969)
106.442 Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte 102 m
Connecting line to BASF works railway
105.800 B 44
former access line to terminal station
105.758 Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Ültg Süd (bft)
line to Mainz
line from BASF, connecting line from Mainz
105.000
Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf low level
(part of Ludwigsh(Rh) Hbf; from 1969)
94 m
104.275 Ludwigshafen (Rhein) T51/52/53 (bft)
line from Ludwigshafen freight yard
103.171 Ludwigshafen-Mundenheim (bft) 96 m
line to Ludwigshafen harbour
101.392 Ludwigshafen-Rheingönheim (bft) 97 m
B 9
99.337 Limburgerhof junction 97 m
L 533
98.475 Limburgerhof 97 m
Floßgraben
bypass of Schifferstadt (since 2003)
97.000 Eichelgarten (Bk)
96.036
95.706
km change (+330 m)
former flying junction
L 532
94.497 Schifferstadt Wikipedia

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