Crailsheim–Heilbronn railway

The Crailsheim–Heilbronn railway (also called the Hohenlohebahn—"Hohenlohe Railway"—and called the Kocher Railway in the time of the Royal Württemberg State Railways) is a double-tracked, main line railway in southwest Germany that runs from Heilbronn, crossing the Hohenlohe region.

Crailsheim–Heilbronn railway
Stadtbahn train at Wieslensdorf Halt
Overview
Other name(s)Hohenlohe Railway
Native nameHohenlohebahn
StatusOperarional
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Line number4950
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Stations26
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger rail
Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number783
710.4 (Karlsruhe Stadtbahn)
710.42 (Heilbronn Stadtbahn)
Operator(s)DB Bahn
History
OpenedStages between 1862–1867
Technical
Line length88.1 km (54.7 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
(Öhringen-Cappel – Heilbronn Hbf.)
Route map

line from Nuremberg
Tauber Valley Railway from Wertheim
30.4
Crailsheim
409 m
36.2
Maulach
40.8
Eckartshausen-Ilshofen
434 m
42.3
Gaugshausen
44.7
Großaltdorf
47.9
Vellberg
51.9
Sulzdorf
57.7
Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental
371 m
Murr Railway to Stuttgart
58.7
Hessental Tunnel (143 m)
59.9
Michelbach (Bilz)
62.2
Tullau Tunnel (129 m)
64.7
Schwäbisch Hall
306 m
66.4
Hall Tunnel
(72 m)
66.5
Gottwollshaus Tunnel (287 m)
69.1
Wackershofen Tunnel (78 m)
69.6
Wackershofen
(Open Air Museum)
71,2
Gailenkirchen (Württ)
75.7
Kupfer
Kocher Valley Railway
from Forchtenberg (to 1995)
79.4
Waldenburg (Württ)
351 m
85.0
Neuenstein
90.1
Öhringen-Cappel,
terminus of S 4
90.8
Öhringen Römerwall
91.9
Öhringen Hbf
235 m
viaduct over the Ohrn
93.3
Öhringen West
96.0
Bitzfeld
97.9
Bretzfeld
99.2
Scheppach
100.8
Wieslensdorf
102.4
Eschenau (b. Heilbronn)
104.3
Affaltrach
105.9
Willsbach
106.5
Sülzbach Schule
107.4
Sülzbach
Sulm
109.2
Ellhofen
110.0
Weinsberg/Ellhofen industrial estate
111.4
Weinsberg
193 m
112.5
Weinsberg West
113.5
Weinsberg Tunnel
(891 m)
114.4
Heilbronn Trappensee
114.8
Heilbronn Pfühlpark
(junction)
Inner-city line of the Stadtbahn S 4
former Bottwar Valley Railway
from Marbach (until 2000)
115.8
Heilbronn junction Pfühl
116.1
Heilbronn Karlstor
(to 2003)
Neckar
118.6
Heilbronn Hbf
158 m
Source: German railway atlas
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