Bruhrain Railway

The Bruhrain Railway (German: Bruhrainbahn) is a railway line running from Bruchsal to Germersheim in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Whilst it was part of a national trunk line (Magistrale) and handled long-distance traffic; today the line is exclusively worked by local trains.

Bruchsal–Germersheim railway
Overview
Line number
  • 3450 (Rheinsheim–Germersheim)
  • 4132 (Bruchsal–Rheinsheim)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Service
Route number665.33
Technical
Line length25.62 km (15.92 mi)
Number of tracks2 from Bruchsal to Graben-Neudorf
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius300 m
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Maximum incline1.2%
Route map
from Bietigheim-Bissingen
from Karlsruhe
-0.079
 Bruchsal
Baden-Kurpfalz Railway to Heidelberg
1.309
 Bruchsal Sportzentrum
2.457
 Bruchsal Feuerwehrschule siding
3.334
 Bruchsal Am Mantel
4.483
 Karlsdorf
from Karlsruhe
Hardt Railway from Karlsruhe
(to 1967)
9.470
 Graben-Neudorf
9.4+821
9.500
overlap 721 m
10.665
 Graben-Neudorf Nord
Rhine Railway to Mannheim
13.801
 Huttenheim
18.017
 Philippsburg
Branch to
Philippsburg Nuclear Power Station
21.021
 Rheinsheim
22.1
0.0
Baden-Württemberg/
Rhineland-Palatinate border
22.347
former Reichsbahn divisional boundary
1.700
 Rhine Bridge, Germersheim
(268 m)
from Wörth (Rhein)
2.228
 Germersheim Mitte/Rhein
3.500
 Germersheim
to Schifferstadt
to Landau
(to 1998)
Source: German railway atlas

It takes its name from the Bruhrain, a region in the northwestern part of Karlsruhe district, which it passes through.

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