Beienheim–Schotten railway

The Beienheim–Schotten railway is a railway in the Horloff and the Nidda valleys in the Wetteraukreis in the German state of Hesse. Its western section is also called the Horlofftalbahn (Horloff Valley Railway).

Beienheim–Schotten railway
Overview
Line number3741
LocaleHesse, Germany
Service
Route number632 (formerly: 193g)
Technical
Line length33.4 km (20.8 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
from Friedberg
0.0
 Beienheim
to Mücke
1.7
 Weckesheim
4.0
 Reichelsheim (Wetterau)
6.6
 Gettenau-Bingenheim
8.0
 Echzell
A 45
 Horloff
10.2
Grund-Schwalheim
waste transfer station, once a station
13.0
 Ober-Widdersheim Häuserhof
 Geiß-Nidda
16.2
 Bad Salzhausen
19.2
 Nidda
Gießen–Gelnhausen
21.2
 Kohden
23.1
 Unter-Schmitten
24.4
 Ober-Schmitten
25.3
 Eichelsdorf
28.9
 Rainrod
33.4
 Schotten
Source: German railway atlas

It was built as two different sections, which were connected with each other in Nidda station as well as to the Gießen–Gelnhausen railway, which was opened in 1870:

  • the section branching from the Friedberg–Mücke railway from Friedberg in Beienheim station (this section of line is also known as the Horloff Valley Railway) and running to Nidda; this was opened in 1897 and is still in operation, and
  • the section from Nidda to Schotten, which was in operation from 1888 to 1959.

Since both parts of the line reached Nidda station from the north, trains had to reverse there to continue their journey.

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