Tauber Valley Railway

Tauber Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameTaubertalbahn
StatusOperational
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Line number
  • 4953 (Crailsheim – Bad Mergentheim)
  • 4922 (Königshofen – Bad Mergentheim)
  • 4120 (Neckarelz – Heidingsfeld)
  • 4920 (Lauda – Wertheim)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Stations24
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Regional rail
Route number782
Operator(s)DB Bahn
History
Opened23 October 1869
Technical
Line length100.3 km (62.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

Upper Jagst Railway from Aalen
Hohenlohe Railway from Heilbronn
0.0
Crailsheim
409 m
0.4
Bridge over the Jagst
to Nuremberg
5.1
Satteldorf
9.0
Wallhausen (Württ)
14.5
Rot am See
16.2
Brettenfeld
from Langenburg
until 1996
22.2
Blaufelden
462 m
26.8
Kälberbach
29.1
Schrozberg
34.4
Oberstetten
37.8
Niederstetten Tunnel
(273 m)
38.6
Niederstetten
40.9
Vorbachzimmern
44.7
Laudenbach (Württ)
47.9
Weikersheim
236 m
Gau Railway to Ochsenfurt
until 1992
49.3
Bridge over the Tauber
50.7
Elpersheim
53.5
Markelsheim
56.0
Igersheim
58.4
Bridge over the Tauber
57.8
Kurpark
59.0
Bad Mergentheim
205 m
60.3
6.1
former Württemberg / Baden border
3.9
Edelfingen
203 m
2.4
Unterbalbach
0.0
113.6
Franconia Railway from Stuttgart
113.6
Königshofen (Baden)
192 m
116,1
Lauda
192 m
116.1
0.0
Franconia Railway to Würzburg
4.1
Distelhausen
186 m
4.4
A 81 bridge
5.4
Dittigheim
from Königheim
until 1968
7.6
Tauberbischofsheim
190 m
12.5
Hochhausen (Tauber)
181 m
17.5
Niklashausen
18.8
Bridge over the Tauber
(95 m)
19.0
Gamburg (Tauber)
168 m
19.3
Gamburg Tunnel
(203 m)
21.5
Bronnbach Tunnel
(349 m)
22.8
Bridge over the Tauber
(81 m)
23.8
Bronnbach (Tauber)
161 m
26.7
Reicholzheim
157 m
28.2
Reicholzheim Tunnel
(542 m)
from Lohr
until 1979
31.4
Wertheim
141 m
Main Valley Railway
to Aschaffenburg
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Tauber Valley Railway (German: Taubertalbahn) is a single-tracked, unelectrified, standard gauge railway between Wertheim and Crailsheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It runs alongside the Tauber to Weikersheim, then along the Vorbach and Blaubach rivers. It is recorded in the timetable as route no. 782. Until 9 December 2006 it had been route no. 788.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. pp. 87–8, 95. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.

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