Lauter Valley Railway

The Lauter Valley Railway (German: Lautertalbahn) is a branch line in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It runs from Kaiserslautern along the Lauter river to Lauterecken. The railway, which was opened in 1883, has only regional importance. Deutsche Bundesbahn planned in the 1980s to close the line. Its existence has now been secured since the establishment of Deutsche Bahn. While freight traffic was discontinued in the 1990s, there has been growth in passenger demand.

Lauter Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameLautertalbahn
Line number3302
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate
Termini
Service
Route number673
Technical
Line length34.5 km (21.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius185 m (607 ft)
Maximum incline1.4%
Route map
from Mannheim
0.0
 Kaiserslautern Hbf
to Saarbrücken
1.4
 Kaiserslautern-Pfaffwerk
3.3
 Kaiserslautern West
0.5
 Kaiserslautern West
0.0
3.3
Lauter viaduct (Bundesautobahn 6)
4.6
 Kaisersmühle
until 1912
to Otterberg
7.7
 Lampertsmühle-Otterbach
to Reichenbach
9.0
 Sambach
until 1912
10.6
 Katzweiler
13.0
 Hirschhorn/Pfalz
15.0
 Untersulzbach
17.0
 Olsbrücken
19.3
 Kaulbach
until 2000
19.8
 Kreimbach-Kaulbach
20.4
 Kreimbach
until 2000
22.0
 Stahlhausen-Rutsweiler
until 1914
22.6
 Roßbach (Pfalz)
24.5
 Wolfstein
Eisenknopf Tunnel (91 m)
26.5
 Oberweiler-Tiefenbach
until 1912
27.6
 Reckweilerhof
30.7
 Heinzenhausen
32.2
 Lohnweiler
33.2
 Lauterecken
until 1912
 Glan
from Homburg
34.3
 Lauterecken Halt
1896–1904
34.5
 Lauterecken-Grumbach
to Staudernheim
Source: German railway atlas
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