Fischbach Valley Railway

The Fischbach Valley Railway (German: Fischbachtalbahn, KBS 681) is a railway line in the German state of the Saarland that runs from Saarbrücken along the Fischbache, which flows into the Saar in Saarbrücken, to Wemmetsweiler. Since the opening of the Wemmetsweiler curve in 2003, the line branches west to Lebach as the Prims Valley Railway (Primstalbahn) and east to Neunkirchen.

Fischbach Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameFischbachtalbahn
Line number3240
LocaleSaarland, Germany
Service
Route number681
Technical
Line length26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks2 (continuous, but not at in
Wemmetsweiler Rathaus station)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius190 m (620 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route map
To Sarreguemines and Kaiserslautern
Saarbrücken–Idar-Oberstein railway
0.0
 Saarbrücken Hbf
Fischbach
To Trier, Metz and Bous (Saar)
Saarbrücken–Trier railway
1.7
 Saarbrücken-Schleifmühle
Fischbach
5.3
 Neuhaus
(closed 1985)
6.8
 Franziskaschacht
9.0
 Fischbach
9.5
 Fischbach-Camphausen
11.2
0.0
 Brefeld
(closed 2005)
1.8
 Maybach colliery
12.7
 Quierschied
2.7
 Göttelborn colliery
0.0
16.4
 Merchweiler
 Merchweiler Tunnel
(2 x 624 m)
Wemmetsweiler–Lebach railway
(Wemmetsweiler curve)
18.2
 Wemmetsweiler
(only a depot since 2006)
18.8
 Wemmetsweiler Rathaus
(since 2006)
 Rathaus Tunnel
(54 m)
22.3
 Schiffweiler
Schlawerie junction
Hermineschacht siding
 B 41
Saarbrücken–Idar-Oberstein line
26.5
 Neunkirchen (Saar) Hbf
(wedge station)
Saarbrücken–Idar-Oberstein railway
Homburg line
Source: German railway atlas
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