Hunsrück Railway

The Hunsrück Railway (German: Hunsrückbahn) is a partially disused railway branch line in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which branches from the West Rhine Railway in Boppard and used to run as far as Simmern. The 38 kilometre section south of Emmelshausen has been dismantled and has been since replaced by the Schinderhannes-Radweg cycle path. In Simmern it connected with the now partially closed Hunsrückquerbahn (Trans-Hunsrück Railway) between Langenlonsheim and Hermeskeil.

Hunsrück Railway
DB Regio push–pull train on Hubertus Viaduct
Overview
Native nameHunsrückbahn
Line number3020
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate
Termini
Service
Route number479
Technical
Line length53.5 km (33.2 mi)
Rack systemAbt (until 1931)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Maximum incline6.09%
Route map

Branch line from Gemünden
0.0
Simmern
1.8
Schmiedel Tunnel (81 m)
3.5
Keidelheim
5.4
Külz (Hunsrück)
9.6
Alterkülz
13.1
Bell (Hunsrück)
15.1
Kastellaun
18.7
Hollnich
20.9
Ebschied
23.7
Dudenroth
25.7
Lingerhahn
29.0
Pfalzfeld
33.3
Leiningen (Hunsrück)
38.1
Emmelshausen
40.8
Ehr
43.6
Boppard-Fleckertshöhe
46.5
Boppard-Buchholz
48.0
Hinterburden Tunnel 1 (64 m)
48.3
Hinterburden Tunnel 2 (65 m)
49.4
Rauschenloch Viaduct
49.6
Hubertus Viaduct (150 m)
49.7
Rauerberg Tunnel (124 m)
50.2
Talberg Tunnel (144 m)
51.1
Kalmut Tunnel (124 m)
Left Rhine line from Koblenz
52.8
Boppard
Left Rhine line to Mainz
53.5
Boppard Süd
Source: German railway atlas

On the 15 kilometre-long Boppard–Emmelshausen section there are regular local services operated by Rhenus Veniro as route RB 37. Many school students from Emmelshausen and Boppard-Buchholz rely on the trains and their travel was facilitated by the extension of the line from Boppard Central Station to Boppard Süd station.

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