Weil am Rhein–Lörrach railway

Weil am Rhein–Lörrach-Stetten railway
The line in the Regio-S-Bahn
Overview
Other name(s)	Garden Railway
Native name	Gartenbahn
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Line number	4410
Technical
Line length	4.836 km (3.005 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Maximum incline	1%
Route number	734
Route map Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim 0.000 Weil am Rhein Rhine Valley Railway to Basel Bad Bf 1.085 Weil am Rhein Gartenstadt 1.855 Weil am Rhein Pfädlistraße 2.495 Weil am Rhein Ost 2.9 Tüllingen tunnel (864 m) Wiese (96 m) 4.395 Lörrach Dammstraße Lörrach tramway (until 1967) Wiese Valley Railway from Basel Bad Bf 4.836 Lörrach-Stetten Wiese Valley Railway to Zell im Wiesental Source: German railway atlas

The Weil am Rhine–Lörrach railway (timetable line 734), also known as the Gartenbahn ("Garden Railway"), is a 4.836 km long electrified, single-track main line railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, near Basle. It runs from Weil am Rhein on the Rhine Valley Railway through Tüllinger Berg (Tüllingen mountain) to Lörrach-Stetten on the Wiese Valley Railway. The continuation of the former bypass of Switzerland was the now disused Wehra Valley Railway (German: Wehratalbahn) from a branch near Schopfheim on the Wiese Valley Railway to Bad Säckingen on the Upper Rhine Railway (Hochrheinbahn).

The Weil am Rhine–Lörrach railway was opened on 20 May 1890 by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen, G.Bad.St.E.), as a strategic railway to bypass Switzerland.

The first stage in the development of the line so that it could be integrated in the Basel Regional S-Bahn (S-Bahn Regio Basel) was carried out in 1999 with the opening of stations at Weil am Rhein Gartenstadt (literally “Weil on Rhine Garden City”) and Weil am Rhein Pfädlistraße. Since 15 June 2003, SBB GmbH, a subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), responsible for passenger transport operations is Germany, has operated services on the line. Passenger services on the Weil am Rhine–Lörrach railway are now incorporated into the network as line S5 of the S-Bahn. DB Netz AG is still responsible for maintaining the railway infrastructure.