Tübingen–Horb railway

Overview

Locale

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Line number

4600

Technical

Line length

31.5 km (19.6 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

Operating speed

160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)

Route number

774

Route map

Neckar-Alb Railway from Plochingen

48.8

Tübingen Hbf

Ammer Valley Railway to Herrenberg

Zollernalb Railway to Sigmaringen

51.6

Weilheim

53.5

Kilchberg (operations station)

56.3

59.4

62.9

Neckar bei Bad Niedernau

66.1

Bieringen (bei Horb)

Sulzauer Tunnel (493 m)

72.4

Eyach

Eyach–Hechingen railway to Hechingen

Eyach

Neckar Valley Bridge Weitingen (A81) at Eyach

77.0

Mühlen (bei Horb)

Gäu Railway from Stuttgart

80.3

Horb

Gäu Railway to Singen

Source: German railway atlas

The Tübingen–Horb railway is a railway line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, continuing the Neckar-Alb Railway from Tübingen to Horb. Historically the line from Plochingen to Rottweil, including the Neckar-Alb line and part of the line now called the Gäu Railway was known as the Upper Neckar Railway (German: Obere Neckarbahn).

The original Upper Neckar Railway opened from Plochingen to Reutlingen in 1859. It was extended via Tübingen to Rottenburg in 1861. The next section from Rottenburg to Eyach was opened in 1864 and the last section from Eyach to Horb was opened in 1866. Historically, the Upper Neckar railway included the section of line between Plochingen and Tübingen, now called the Neckar-Alb Railway.

Regionalbahn services are operated on the line by DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee (RAB), a subsidiary of DB Regio, together with the Nagold Valley Railway as part of the Kulturbahn (“culture railway”). Between Tübingen and Rottenburg services run at half-hour intervals. Services run approximately hourly on the line to Horb, in order to connect with InterCity services to and from Zurich and Regional-Express trains to and from Singen. The line is operated with diesel multiple units of class 611 and class 650.3.

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