Black Forest Railway (Württemberg)

The Black Forest Railway (German: Schwarzwaldbahn)—also known as the Württembergische Schwarzwaldbahn ("Württemberg Black Forest Railway") to distinguish it from the railway of the same name in Baden—is a railway line in southern Germany from Stuttgart to Calw, passing through the foothills of the Black Forest, that was opened in stages between 1868 and 1872.

This article is about the railway between Stuttgart and Calw in Württemberg. For the railway of the same name in Baden, see Black Forest Railway (Baden).
Black Forest Railway
Overview
Native nameSchwarzwaldbahn (Württemberg)
Line number4810
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
  • Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
  • Weil der Stadt
Service
Route number790.6
Technical
Line length48.52 km (30.15 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius335 m (1,099 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Maximum incline1.8%
Route map
Franconia Railway from Stuttgart Hbf
0.0
 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
281 m
Franconia Railway to Würzburg
Goods line to Kornwestheim Rbf
high-speed railway to Mannheim
1.2
 Neuwirtshaus (Porscheplatz)
Goods line from Kornwestheim Rbf
3.6
 Korntal
300 m
Strohgäu Railway to Weissach
5.8
 Weilimdorf
7.7
 Ditzingen
11.0
 Höfingen
14.4
 Leonberg
366 m
17.9
 Rutesheim
from Malmsheim Airfield (from ca. 1937)
20.5
 Renningen
411 m
Rankbach Railway to Böblingen S 60
22.7
 Malmsheim
22.800
to Malmsheim quarry (1900–1960)
23.100
 Rankmühle
(crossover)
from the Weil der Stadt
industrial estate (1970–1990)
25.644
 Weil der Stadt
S 6
404 m
planned new route (left), old route (right)
0
planned new tunnel at Hacksberg
29.570
 Schafhausen (Württ)
(until 1983)
435 m
0
Hacksberg bend (right)
33.580
Ostelsheim
(unto 1983, reactivation planned)
472 m
36.370
Forst Tunnel (696 m)
37.750
Althengstett
(until 1983, reactivation planned)
511 m
Feldhütte-Einschnitt
41.680
 Calw Ost
(1944–1945)
41.720
Calw-Heumaden (1974–1983,
reactivation planned)
43.770
Hirsau Tunnel / Welzberg Tunnel (554 m)
44,.870
to the Welzberg landfill (1944–1973)
45.360
to the Welzberg quarry (1872–1974)
47.60
 Calw (Mitte)
(planned)
47.810
Ziegelbach Bridge, B 296
Nagold Valley Railway from Pforzheim
48.520
 Calw
(until 1989)
348 m
48.850
 Calw Süd siding
(1989–1998)
Nagold Valley Railway to Nagold
Source: German railway atlas

The Stuttgart–Weil der Stadt section was electrified in the 1930s and has been operated as part of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network since 1978.

The section from Weil der Stadt to Calw was closed to passenger services in 1983 and goods traffic ceased in 1988. It is to be reactivated and operated again as the Hermann-Hesse-Bahn from December 2020.

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