Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway

The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway is a double-track, electrified high-speed railway between Hanover and Würzburg in Germany, 327 kilometres (203 mi) in length. The line, built between 1973 and 1991, was the longest contiguous new project constructed by Deutsche Bundesbahn. The total costs were almost DM 11.9 billion (around €6.1 billion; 1980/90s prices).

Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway
Overview
Native nameSchnellfahrstrecke Hannover–Würzburg
Line number1733
Service
Route number
  • 351
  • 900.1
Technical
Line length327 km (203 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
  • Service:
  • 250 km/h (155 mph)
  • Maximum (if delay):
  • 280 km/h (175 mph)
Maximum incline1.25%
Route map
km
elev
from Hamburg/Heath Railway
from Minden/from Bremen
Hanover S-Bahn
0.000
 Hannover Hbf
to Lehrte
formerly to Hannover Hbf Pferdeturm (yard)
 Hannover Lokalbf
Hanover-Altenbeken
 Hannover Südbf
(goods yard, 1880~1995)
to Altenbeken (until 1909)
3.200
 Hannover Bismarckstraße
to Altenbeken
freight bypass
6.992
 Hannover-Wülfel
(station until 1977)
Messe station (1953 to 1998)
7.984
 Hannover Messe/Laatzen
 Rethen (Leine)
13.500
 Laatzen Ritterkamp
 Sarstedt
18.100
 Giften
(Bk)
21.000
Barnten
25.300
 Escherde
25.700
to/from Hildesheim
28.200
B 1
line from Hildesheim
29.450
 Sorsum
(junction)
 Nordstemmen
to Göttingen
29.500
Escherberg Tunnel (3.687 m)
34.4
 Diekholzen crossover
34.9
 Eichenberg Tunnel
(1,157 m)
36.8
 Eggeberg Tunnel
(332 m)
37.3
 L 485 bridge
(135 m)
42.9
 Almstedt operations station
45.8
 Kassemühle Viaduct
(690 m)
48.3
 Netze crossover
48.5
 Riesberg Tunnel
(1,322 m)
54.8
 Gehrenrode crossover
56.2
 Ohlenrode Viaduct
(968 m)
58.0
 Helleberg Tunnel
(1,598 m)
60.0
 Mahnmilch Viaduct
(200 m)
60.6
 Wadenberg Tunnel
(420 m)
61.1
Gande Viaduct (396 m),
  Börßum–Kreiensen railway
62.1
 Orxhausen operations station
63.4
 Hopfenberg Tunnel
(717 m)
64.3
Aue Viaduct (1,056 m)
  Kreiensen–Kalefeld line
66.6
 Sohlberg Tunnel
(1,729 m)
68.9
 Ahlshausen crossover
69.5
 Krieberg Tunnel
(2,994 m)
B 3
74.7
from Hanover
 
A 7
 Edesheim (Leine) Nord
(junction)
77.3
 Edesheim (Leine)
(junction)
 Edesheim (Leine) Süd
(junction)
78.4
Rhume Bridge (554 m), Rhume
from Nordhausen
 Northeim (Han)
(high-speed line bypasses Northeim)
81.700
to Ottbergen
82.200
 Sudheim
(crossover 1987–2017)
B 3
90.105
 Nörten-Hardenberg
to Reyershausen potash mine
 Bovenden
93.400
Bovenden lid (400 m)
95.800
from Bodenfelde
 Göttingen-Weende
B 3 (formerly A 388)
 Göttingen goods yard
99.445
 Göttingen
B 3
former Garte Valley Railway to Duderstadt (narrow gauge)
former route to Eichenberg (until 1922)
Leine
to Eichenberg (since 1922)
102.000
 Göttingen Siekweg
(junction)
former Hanoverian Southern Railway to Kassel
103.600
A 7
105.1
 Grundbach Viaduct
(450 m)
106.5
 Mengershausen crossover
108.4
Leinebusch Tunnel (1,740 m)
110.7
Endelskamp Tunnel (673 m)
112.0
 Jühnde operations station
112.7
Mackenrodt Tunnel (849 m)
114.4
Rauheberg Tunnel (5,210 m)
120.0
 Lippoldshausen crossover
120.5
Werra Viaduct (415 m), Werra, B 80
Halle–Hann. Münden railway
121.0
Münden Tunnel (10,525 m)
124.2
 Kattenbühl crossover
130.0
 Lutterberg crossover
131.5
131.8
Mühlenkopf Tunnel (1,345 m)
133.2
Fulda Viaduct, Kragenhof (250 m), Fulda,
 Lower Saxony / Hesse state border
134.2
Lohberg Tunnel (1,072 m)
from Göttingen (grade separated)
134.475
 Fuldatal-Ihringshausen
to Espenau-Mönchehof (grade separated, planned)
(flying junction)
B 7
 Vellmar-Niedervellmar
 Vellmar-Niedervellmar
(junction)
from Warburg
140.434
 Kassel Nordwest A
(junction)
 Kassel marshalling yard north
B 251 (Wolfhager Straße, 3 bridges)
141.600
 Kassel Nordwest B
(junction/station part)
142.300
 Kassel works crossing
(protective signal)
 Kassel marshalling yard
Hanoverian Southern Railway to Kassel Hbf
line to Kassel lower city
Main–Weser Railway from Kassel Hbf
Kassel–Warburg railway
Berliner bridge
Wilhelmshöher Allee
144.175
 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Hercules Railway (metre gauge)
line to Waldkappel
to Naumburg
B 520
(flying junction)
147.850
 Kassel-Oberzwehren (junction)
Oberzwehren crossing structure (1.147 m)
Kassel-Oberzwehren
A 49
149.700
 Kassel Keilsberg
(crossover)
150.000
A 44
 Baunatal-Rengershausen
Main–Weser Railway to Frankfurt
to Bebra
Rengershausen Tunnel (1.592 m)
151.7
Fulda Viaduct, Fuldabrück (422 m), Fulda
154.0
Dörnhagen Tunnel (739 m), A 7
155.9
 Üst Schwarzenbach
156.2
Schwarzenbach Viaduct (660 m)
157.1
 Kehrenberg Tunnel
(2,400 m)
159.7
 Trockene Mülmisch Viaduct
(320 m)
160.5
 Körle Ost operations station
161.7
 Mülmisch Viaduct
(870 m)
162.8
 Erbelberg Tunnel
(200 m)
163.1
 Breitenbach Viaduct
(440 m)
163.6
 Hainbuch Tunnel
(1,520 m)
165.2
 Kaiserau Tunnel
(1,861 m)
166.8
 Kaiserau crossover
167.1
 Kehrenbach Viaduct
(306 m)
167.5
 Weltkugel Tunnel
(1,641 m)
169.2
 Pfieffe Viaduct (812 m) B 487
former Cannons Railway,
Eschwege–Treysa
170.8
 Wildsberg Tunnel
(2,708 m)
172.0
 Haina-Wildsberg crossover
173.8
Fulda Viaduct, Morschen (1,450 m), B 83
Bebra–Baunatal-Guntershausen railway
Kassel–Bebra
Fulda
175.3
Sengeberg Tunnel (2,807 m)
178.2
 Heidelbach Viaduct
(390 m)
179.6
 Licherode
180.7
 Schalkenberg Tunnel
(2,829 m)
183.7
 Ersrode crossover
183.7
 Hainrode Tunnel
(5,370 m)
189.4
 Mühlbach crossover
189.8
 Mühlbach Tunnel
(1,553 m)
191.6
 Schmitteberg Tunnel
(321 m)
192.0
 Geisbach Viaduct
(396 m)
192.4
 Erzebach Viaduct(308 m),
A 7
192.9
 Kalter-Sand Tunnel
(1,043 m)
194.0
 Eckerterode Viaduct
(75 m)
194.3
 Schickeberg Tunnel
(1,430 m)
196.5
 Kirchheim operations station
197.2
 Krämerskuppe Tunnel
(838 m)
198.2
 Wälsebach Viaduct
(721 m)
199.0
 Kirchheim Tunnel
(3,820 m)
202.1
 Hattenbach crossover
202.9
 Aula Viaduct
(880 m), B 454
 former Niederaula–Treysa line
203.9
 Hattenberg Tunnel
(444 m)
204.4
 Hattenbach Viaduct
(308 m)
204.9
 Warteküppel Tunnel
(835 m)
206.1
Fulda Valley Bridge, Solms (1,628 m), B 62
Breitenbach–Niederaula line
Fulda
208.0
 Niederaula-Solms Richthof crossover
208.1
 Richthof Tunnel
(3,510 m)
211.7
 Schwarzbach Viaduct
(748 m)
212.8
 Dornbusch Tunnel
(557 m)
214.3
 Langenschwarz
215.4
 Witzelhöhe Tunnel
(796 m)
216.7
 Eichberg Tunnel
(976 m)
218.5
 Rombach Viaduct
(986 m)
220.2
 Ganzberg Tunnel
(387 m)
221.9
 Michelsrombach crossover
223.7
 Dietershan Tunnel
(7,375 m)
228.1
 Dietershan crossover
from Göttingen
232.800
 Fulda SFS Nord
to Fulda
from Fulda SFS Nord
from Gießen
234.136
 Fulda
to Fulda goods yard
to Fulda Bronnzell
from Fulda goods yard
from Fulda
238.400
 Fulda Bronnzell
to Gersfeld
to Frankfurt (grade-separated)
240.4
 Fliede Viaduct (240 m), Fulda
Fliede
241.2
 Sulzhof Tunnel (714 m)
242.7
Northern Fliede Viaduct (880 m), B 40
Fliede
243.8
Southern Fliede Viaduct (628 m)
  Frankfurt–Göttingen railway
A 66
245.9
 Neuhof-Hartberg crossover
246.5
 Hartberg Tunnel
(773 m)
247.9
 Kalbach Tunnel
(1,287 m)
249.8
 Bornhecke Tunnel
(773 m)
250.8
 Kalbach Viaduct
(364 m)
251.3
 Landrücken Tunnel
(10,779 m)
252.1
 Kalbach-Landrücken Nord crossover
258.2
 Sinntal-Landrücken Süd crossover
 Landrücken Tunnel
262.2
 Sinn Viaduct, Mottgers
(427 m)
262.8
 Schwarzenfels Tunnel
(2,100 m)
266.2
 Mottgers
Hesse–Bavaria state border
267.4
 Sinn Viaduct, Zeitlofs (704 m)
former Sinn Valley Railway
268.1
Altengronauer Forst Tunnel (2,353 m)
Bavaria / Hesse state border
Hesse / Bavaria state border
270.6
 Roßbacher-Forst Tunnel
(255 m)
270.7
 Altengronau crossover
271.9
 Dittenbrunn slope viaduct
(396 m)
272.3
 Dittenbrunn Tunnel
(822 m)
273.5
 Upper Sinn Viaduct
(178 m)
274.9
Middle Sinn Viaduct (152 m)
from Flieden
277.8
 Dittenbrunn crossover
 Burgsinn
281.8
Burgsinn Tunnel (729 m)
283.9
 Burgsinn passing loop
 Rieneck Sinnberg
(junction)
285.5
Sinnberg Tunnel (2,159 m)
289.0
Sinn Viaduct, Schaippach (442 m)
  to Gemünden
Sinn
289.4
 Einmalberg Tunnel
(1,140 m)
B 26
291.1
Main Viaduct, Gemünden (794 m),
  to Gemünden
Main
291.9
 Mühlberg Tunnel
(5,528 m)
293.3
 Mühlberg crossover
Schönrain Tunnel
from Nantenbach Curve from Aschaffenburg
(grade separated)
302.5
 Rohrbach
308.0
 Hanfgarten Tunnel
(400 m)
308.8
 Hohe-Wart Tunnel
(872 m)
309.9
 Hohewart crossover
311.8
 Bartelsgraben Viaduct
(1,160 m)
313.3
 Leinach Viaduct
(1,232 m)
314.7
 Espenloh Tunnel
(2,235 m)
316.3
 Espenloh crossover
317.1
 Eichelberg Tunnel
(1,869 m)
319.0
 Bärntal Viaduct
(71 m)
319.1
 Neuberg Tunnel
(1,945 m)
321.0
 Margetshöchheim-Neuberg crossover
321.3
Main Viaduct, Veitshöchheim
(1,280 m), Main
Würzburg–Aschaffenburg railway, B 27
322.6
 Roßberg Tunnel
(2,164 m)
324.8
 Dürrbach Viaduct
(128 m)
325.0
 Steinberg Tunnel
(571 m)
from Aschaffenburg (flying junction)
327,362
 Würzburg Hbf
181 m
to Treuchtlingen
to Fürth and to Rottendorf
Source: German railway atlas

The line is part of the core network of the Trans-European Transport Networks. It is scheduled to be used by around 110 long-distance trains daily at up to 280 kilometres per hour (170 mph) during the day and by an average of 26 freight trains at night with a total of 37,460 gross tonnes (83 million pounds), running at up to 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). In 2020, the number of passengers on the line was estimated to be 15.5 million. To date, it is the longest greenfield line for high-speed traffic in Germany.

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