Koblenz–Trier railway

The Koblenz–Trier Railway is a railway line in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, located mostly on the left (northern) bank of the Moselle, connecting Koblenz via Bullay to Trier. It is known in German as the Moselstrecke, i.e. "Moselle line". It is often called the Moselbahn links der Mosel ("Moselle railway left of the Moselle") to distinguish it from the Moselle Railway (Moselbahn) or Moselle Valley Railway (Moseltalbahn), which ran on the right (southern) bank of the Moselle from Bullay to Trier, but was abandoned in the 1960s. The line was built as part of the Cannons Railway (Kanonenbahn) and opened in 1879.

Koblenz–Trier
Moselle line in red, Moselle Railway in blue
Overview
Line number3010
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Service
Route number690
Technical
Line length113 km (70 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed130 km/h (80.8 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Left Rhine line from Bingen
Right Rhine line to Wiesbaden/Cologne
0.0
Koblenz Hbf
0.0
Koblenz Moselbahnhof
Left Rhine line to Cologne, Moselle
Freight line from Neuwied, Moselle
former port railway
2.4
Koblenz Moselle freight yard
and depot
2.9
Koblenz-Moselweiß
Güls railway bridge, Moselle
4.3
Koblenz-Güls
8.1
Winningen (Mosel)
15.1
Kobern-Gondorf
16.9
Lehmen
20.8
Kattenes
23.7
Löf
26.7
Hatzenport
28.7
Burgen
30.8
Moselkern
33.6
Müden (Mosel)
36.8
Treis-Karden
39.5
Pommern (Mosel)
44.4
Klotten
47.7
Cochem (Mosel)
48.8
Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel (4205 m)
53.0
53.5
Ediger-Eller
Mosel (281 m)
Petersberg Tunnel (367 m)
55.0
Neef
59.2
Bullay (DB)
Bullay Süd
(former station)
Moselle Railway to Trier
Alf-Bullay double-deck bridge (314 m)
Prinzenkopf tunnel (459 m)
Pünderich slope viaduct (786 m)
61.8
Pünderich
(former station)
Line to Traben-Trarbach
Reilerhals Tunnel (504 m)
67.1
Bengel
Kinderbeuern Tunnel (519 m)
71.3
Ürzig DB
76.5
Wittlich Hbf
former line to Bernkastel-Kues
former line to Daun
84.4
Salmrohr
(until 2003)
86.2
Salmtal
(since 2003)
88.5
Sehlem (Kr Wittlich)
92.3
Hetzerath
95.6
Föhren
99.6
Schweich DB
Meulenwald Tunnel (791 m)
102.4
Quint
Ehrang Ort
former line from Issel
Eifel Railway from Cologne
B 52
105.4
Ehrang
Ehrang freight yard
former link to Trier West Railway,
reactivation planned for 2018
Trier West Railway to Igel
107.9
Pfalzel
Trier-Pfalzel rail bridge, Mosel
108.3
Trier Hbf Nord
(junction)
Moselle Railway from Bullay
former Hochwald Railway from Hermeskeil
  from 1966 also Moselle Railway
Trier MB
Trier Nord MB
111.6
Trier Hbf
113.3
Trier Süd
Trier Süd
(junction)
Saar Railway to Saarbrücken
Upper Moselle line to Thionville
Source: German railway atlas
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