Gießen–Gelnhausen railway

The Gießen–Gelnhausen railway (also known as the Lahn-Kinzig Railway) is a single-track, non-electrified mainline in the German state of Hesse. It runs from Gießen via Nidda to Gelnhausen.

Gießen–Gelnhausen
Overview
Line number3701
LocaleHesse, Germany
Service
Route number631
Technical
Line length67.9 km (42.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed85 km/h (53 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt (Main)
0.0
Gießen
Main-Weser Railway to Kassel
1.9
Gießen Erdkauter Weg
2.1
Industrial siding
2.5
Erdkauter Weg MTG siding
3.4
Erdkauter Weg Bieber siding
6.2
Watzenborn-Steinberg
7.8
Garbenteich
9.1
Pfahlgraben
Wetter
former Wetter Valley Railway from Butzbach
15.2
Lich (Oberhess)
former Wetter Valley Railway to Grünberg
18.6
Langsdorf (Oberhess)
21.8
Hungen
former Horloff Valley Railway to Friedberg
 reactivation planned
25.2
Trais-Horloff
28.2
Ober-Widdersheim
31.5
Borsdorf (Hess)
35.0
Nidda
Nidda
41.7
Ranstadt
Effolderbach Tunnel
(673 m)
44.5
Effolderbach
former Oberwald Railway from Lauterbach Nord
45.8
Glauburg-Stockheim
Industrial siding
49.2
Bleichenbach (Oberhess)
52.0
Büches-Düdelsheim
54.8
Büdingen (Oberhess)
Büdingen Tunnel
(535 m)
62.2
Mittel-Gründau
Industrial siding from Rothenbergen
66.0
Lieblos
69.7
Gelnhausen
Source: German railway atlas
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