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Rhine Railway

Rhine Railway
Karte Rheinbahn Baden.png
Northern part
Overview
Native name Rheinbahn
Locale Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Alsace, France
Termini Mannheim
Haguenau
Line number 4020 (Mannheim–Rastatt)
4242 (Rastatt–border)
Technical
Line length
  • formerly ca. 122 km
  • now: 90.2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary (Mannheim–Rastatt:)
Operating speed 200 km/h (124.3 mph) (maximum)
Route number 700 (Mannheim–Karlsruhe)
702 (Karlsruhe–Rastatt)
710.4/41 (Karlsruhe Stadtbahn)
Route map
Western approach to the Riedbahn
from Ludwigshafen S 1S 2S 3S 4
0.0 Mannheim Hbf
Riedbahn to Frankfurt
to Heidelberg S 1S 2S 3S 4
High-speed line to Hockenheim
2.0 Mannheim factory station
Freight railway from the Rhine Valley Railway
3.4 Mannheim-Neckarau
4.7 Altrip
6.4 Mannheim-Rheinau port
8.0 Mannheim-Rheinau
former line to Ketsch (until 1966)
A 6
Hockenheim-Mannheim HSL
Main-Neckar Railway from Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld
former line from Heidelberg (until 1967)
13.6 Schwetzingen
14.7 Oftersheim
former line to Speyer (now siding)
A 61
HSL from Mannheim
21.7 Hockenheim
HSL to Stuttgart
24.5 Neulußheim
29.4 Kirrlach
29.9 Waghäusel
32.5 Wiesental
HSL from Hockenheim
HSL to Stuttgart
Connecting line from Waghäusel Saalbach
34.6 Philippsburg Molzau (junction)
Bruhrain Railway to Bruchsal S 33
Graben-Neudorf Nord
39.6 Graben-Neudorf
Bruhrain Railway to Bruchsal S 33
Hardt Railway to Karlsruhe (until 1967)
45.5 Wikipedia

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