Basel Connecting Line

The Basel Connecting Line (German: Basler Verbindungsbahn) is a railway line in the Swiss city of Basel and connects Basel Baden station on the right bank of the Rhine and Basel SBB station on the left bank. It is located on Swiss territory.

Basel Connecting Line
Overview
Native nameVerbindungsbahn
LocaleBasel-Stadt, Switzerland and Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Technical
Line length4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Number of tracks4 (throughout)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map
from Saint-Louis (France)
0.0
 Basel SBB
SBB-Jura Railway to Delémont
Basel Trams, Birseck Railway, Basel-Aesch tramway
1.3
to Brugg/Olten
Basellandschaftliche Overland Railway
2.3
 Gellert connecting curve
from Muttenz marshalling yard, from Brugg and Olten
Basel Trams
3.537
Infrastructure border SBB/DB Netze
 Connecting line bridge (Rhine; 216 m)
High Rhine Railway from Konstanz–Waldshut
Wiese Valley Railway from Zell im Wiesental
Basel Trams
4.4
 Basel Bad Bf
Rhine Valley Railway to Freiburg im Breisgau
Source: Swiss railway atlas

Most of the German long-distance trains on the Rhine Valley Railway end at Basel SBB station and run along the Connecting Line. Many Regional-Express trains of Deutsche Bahn (from Freiburg) and S-Bahn trains of the SBB GmbH (from Zell) also run over the Connecting Line to Basel SBB.

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