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Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway
Overview
Native nameSchnellfahrstrecke Hannover–Würzburg
Line number1733
Service
Route number351
Technical
Line length327 km (203 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Operating speed280 km/h (170 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.25%

Legend
km
elev
from Hamburg/Heath Railway
from Minden/from Bremen
Hanover S-Bahn
0.000
 Hannover Hbf
to Lehrte
formerly to Hannover Hbf Pferdeturm (yard)
 Hannover Lokalbf
Hanover-Altenbeken
 Hannover Südbf
(goods yard, 1880~1995)
to Altenbeken (until 1909)
3.200
 Hannover Bismarckstraße
to Altenbeken
freight bypass
6.992
 Hannover-Wülfel
(station until 1977)
Messe station (1953 to 1998)
7.984
 Hannover Messe/Laatzen
Rethen (Leine)
13.500
 Laatzen Ritterkamp
Sarstedt
18.100
 Giften
(Bk)
21.000
Barnten
25.300
 Escherde
25.700
to/from Hildesheim
28.200
B 1
line from Hildesheim
29.450
 Sorsum
(junction)
 Nordstemmen
to Göttingen
29.500
Escherberg Tunnel (3.687 m)
34.4
 Diekholzen crossover
34.9
 Eichenberg Tunnel
(1,157 m)
36.8
 Eggeberg Tunnel
(332 m)
37.3
 L 485 bridge
(135 m)
42.9
 Almstedt operations station
45.8
 Kassemühle Viaduct
(690 m)
48.3
 Netze crossover
48.5
 Riesberg Tunnel
(1,322 m)
54.8
 Gehrenrode crossover
56.2
 Ohlenrode Viaduct
(968 m)
58.0
 Helleberg Tunnel
(1,598 m)
60.0
 Mahnmilch Viaduct
(200 m)
60.6
 Wadenberg Tunnel
(420 m)
61.1
Gande Viaduct (396 m),
  Börßum–Kreiensen railway
62.1
 Orxhausen operations station
63.4
 Hopfenberg Tunnel
(717 m)
64.3
Aue Viaduct (1,056 m)
  Kreiensen–Kalefeld line
66.6
 Sohlberg Tunnel
(1,729 m)
68.9
 Ahlshausen crossover
69.5
 Krieberg Tunnel
(2,994 m)
B 3
74.7
from Hanover
 
A 7
 Edesheim (Leine) Nord
(junction)
77.3
 Edesheim (Leine)
(junction)
 Edesheim (Leine) Süd
(junction)
78.4
Rhume Bridge (554 m), Rhume
from Nordhausen
 Northeim (Han)
(high-speed line bypasses Northeim)
81.700
to Ottbergen
82.200
 Sudheim
(crossover 1987–2017)
B 3
90.105
 Nörten-Hardenberg
to Reyershausen potash mine
 Bovenden
93.400
Bovenden lid (400 m)
95.800
from Bodenfelde
 Göttingen-Weende
B 3 (formerly A 388)
 Göttingen goods yard
99.445
 Göttingen
B 3
former Garte Valley Railway to Duderstadt (narrow gauge)
former route to Eichenberg (until 1922)
Leine
to Eichenberg (since 1922)
102.000
 Göttingen Siekweg
(junction)
former Hanoverian Southern Railway to Kassel
103.600
A 7
105.1
 Grundbach Viaduct
(450 m)
106.5
 Mengershausen crossover
108.4
Leinebusch Tunnel (1,740 m)
110.7
Endelskamp Tunnel (673 m)
112.0
 Jühnde operations station
112.7
Mackenrodt Tunnel (849 m)
114.4
Rauheberg Tunnel (5,210 m)
120.0
 Lippoldshausen crossover
120.5
Werra Viaduct (415 m), Werra, B 80
Halle–Hann. Münden railway
121.0
Münden Tunnel (10,525 m)
124.2
 Kattenbühl crossover
130.0
 Lutterberg crossover
131.5
131.8
Mühlenkopf Tunnel (1,345 m)
133.2
Fulda Viaduct, Kragenhof (250 m), Fulda,
 Lower Saxony / Hesse state border
134.2
Lohberg Tunnel (1,072 m)
from Göttingen (grade separated)
134.475
 Fuldatal-Ihringshausen
to Espenau-Mönchehof (grade separated, planned)
(flying junction)
B 7
 Vellmar-Niedervellmar
Vellmar-Niedervellmar
(junction)
from Warburg
140.434
 Kassel Nordwest A
(junction)
 Kassel marshalling yard north
B 251 (Wolfhager Straße, 3 bridges)
141.600
 Kassel Nordwest B
(junction/station part)
142.300
 Kassel works crossing
(protective signal)
 Kassel marshalling yard
Hanoverian Southern Railway to Kassel Hbf
line to Kassel lower city
Main–Weser Railway from Kassel Hbf
Kassel–Warburg railway
Berliner bridge
Wilhelmshöher Allee
144.175
 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Hercules Railway (metre gauge)
line to Waldkappel
to Naumburg
B 520
(flying junction)
147.850
 Kassel-Oberzwehren (junction)
Oberzwehren crossing structure (1.147 m)
Kassel-Oberzwehren
A 49
149.700
 Kassel Keilsberg
(crossover)
150.000
A 44
 Baunatal-Rengershausen
Main–Weser Railway to Frankfurt
to Bebra
Rengershausen Tunnel (1.592 m)
151.7
Fulda Viaduct, Fuldabrück (422 m), Fulda
154.0
Dörnhagen Tunnel (739 m), A 7
155.9
 Üst Schwarzenbach
156.2
Schwarzenbach Viaduct (660 m)
157.1
 Kehrenberg Tunnel
(2,400 m)
159.7
 Trockene Mülmisch Viaduct
(320 m)
160.5
 Körle Ost operations station
161.7
 Mülmisch Viaduct
(870 m)
162.8
 Erbelberg Tunnel
(200 m)
163.1
 Breitenbach Viaduct
(440 m)
163.6
 Hainbuch Tunnel
(1,520 m)
165.2
 Kaiserau Tunnel
(1,861 m)
166.8
 Kaiserau crossover
167.1
 Kehrenbach Viaduct
(306 m)
167.5
 Weltkugel Tunnel
(1,641 m)
169.2
 Pfieffe Viaduct (812 m) B 487
former Cannons Railway,
Eschwege–Treysa
170.8
 Wildsberg Tunnel
(2,708 m)
172.0
 Haina-Wildsberg crossover
173.8
Fulda Viaduct, Morschen (1,450 m), B 83
Bebra–Baunatal-Guntershausen railway
Kassel–Bebra
Fulda
175.3
Sengeberg Tunnel (2,807 m)
178.2
 Heidelbach Viaduct
(390 m)
179.6
 Licherode
180.7
 Schalkenberg Tunnel
(2,829 m)
183.7
 Ersrode crossover
183.7
 Hainrode Tunnel
(5,370 m)
189.4
 Mühlbach crossover
189.8
 Mühlbach Tunnel
(1,553 m)
191.6
 Schmitteberg Tunnel
(321 m)
192.0
 Geisbach Viaduct
(396 m)
192.4
 Erzebach Viaduct(308 m),
A 7
192.9
 Kalter-Sand Tunnel
(1,043 m)
194.0
 Eckerterode Viaduct
(75 m)
194.3
 Schickeberg Tunnel
(1,430 m)
196.5
 Kirchheim operations station
197.2
 Krämerskuppe Tunnel
(838 m)
198.2
 Wälsebach Viaduct
(721 m)
199.0
 Kirchheim Tunnel
(3,820 m)
202.1
 Hattenbach crossover
202.9
 Aula Viaduct
(880 m), B 454
 former Niederaula–Treysa line
203.9
 Hattenberg Tunnel
(444 m)
204.4
 Hattenbach Viaduct
(308 m)
204.9
 Warteküppel Tunnel
(835 m)
206.1
Fulda Valley Bridge, Solms (1,628 m), B 62
Breitenbach–Niederaula line
Fulda
208.0
 Niederaula-Solms Richthof crossover
208.1
 Richthof Tunnel
(3,510 m)
211.7
 Schwarzbach Viaduct
(748 m)
212.8
 Dornbusch Tunnel
(557 m)
214.3
 Langenschwarz
215.4
 Witzelhöhe Tunnel
(796 m)
216.7
 Eichberg Tunnel
(976 m)
218.5
 Rombach Viaduct
(986 m)
220.2
 Ganzberg Tunnel
(387 m)
221.9
 Michelsrombach crossover
223.7
 Dietershan Tunnel
(7,375 m)
228.1
 Dietershan crossover
from Göttingen
232.800
 Fulda SFS Nord
to Fulda
from Fulda SFS Nord
from Gießen
234.136
 Fulda
to Fulda goods yard
to Fulda Bronnzell
from Fulda goods yard
from Fulda
238.400
 Fulda Bronnzell
to Gersfeld
to Frankfurt (grade-separated)
240.4
 Fliede Viaduct (240 m), Fulda
Fliede
241.2
 Sulzhof Tunnel (714 m)
242.7
Northern Fliede Viaduct (880 m), B 40
Fliede
243.8
Southern Fliede Viaduct (628 m)
  Frankfurt–Göttingen railway
A 66
245.9
 Neuhof-Hartberg crossover
246.5
 Hartberg Tunnel
(773 m)
247.9
 Kalbach Tunnel
(1,287 m)
249.8
 Bornhecke Tunnel
(773 m)
250.8
 Kalbach Viaduct
(364 m)
251.3
 Landrücken Tunnel
(10,779 m)
252.1
 Kalbach-Landrücken Nord crossover
258.2
 Sinntal-Landrücken Süd crossover
Landrücken Tunnel
262.2
 Sinn Viaduct, Mottgers
(427 m)
262.8
 Schwarzenfels Tunnel
(2,100 m)
266.2
 Mottgers
Hesse–Bavaria state border
267.4
 Sinn Viaduct, Zeitlofs (704 m)
former Sinn Valley Railway
268.1
Altengronauer Forst Tunnel (2,353 m)
Bavaria / Hesse state border
Hesse / Bavaria state border
270.6
 Roßbacher-Forst Tunnel
(255 m)
270.7
 Altengronau crossover
271.9
 Dittenbrunn slope viaduct
(396 m)
272.3
 Dittenbrunn Tunnel
(822 m)
273.5
 Upper Sinn Viaduct
(178 m)
274.9
Middle Sinn Viaduct (152 m)
from Flieden
277.8
 Dittenbrunn crossover
Burgsinn
281.8
Burgsinn Tunnel (729 m)
283.9
 Burgsinn passing loop
Rieneck Sinnberg
(junction)
285.5
Sinnberg Tunnel (2,159 m)
289.0
Sinn Viaduct, Schaippach (442 m)
  to Gemünden
Sinn
289.4
 Einmalberg Tunnel
(1,140 m)
B 26
291.1
Main Viaduct, Gemünden (794 m),
  to Gemünden
Main
291.9
 Mühlberg Tunnel
(5,528 m)
293.3
 Mühlberg crossover
Schönrain Tunnel
from Nantenbach Curve from Aschaffenburg
(grade separated)
302.5
 Rohrbach
308.0
 Hanfgarten Tunnel
(400 m)
308.8
 Hohe-Wart Tunnel
(872 m)
309.9
 Hohewart crossover
311.8
 Bartelsgraben Viaduct
(1,160 m)
313.3
 Leinach Viaduct
(1,232 m)
314.7
 Espenloh Tunnel
(2,235 m)
316.3
 Espenloh crossover
317.1
 Eichelberg Tunnel
(1,869 m)
319.0
 Bärntal Viaduct
(71 m)
319.1
 Neuberg Tunnel
(1,945 m)
321.0
 Margetshöchheim-Neuberg crossover
321.3
Main Viaduct, Veitshöchheim
(1,280 m), Main
Würzburg–Aschaffenburg railway, B 27
322.6
 Roßberg Tunnel
(2,164 m)
324.8
 Dürrbach Viaduct
(128 m)
325.0
 Steinberg Tunnel
(571 m)
from Aschaffenburg (flying junction)
327,362
 Würzburg Hbf
181 m
to Treuchtlingen
to Fürth and to Rottendorf
Source: German railway atlas[1]
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The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway was the first of several high-speed railway lines for InterCityExpress traffic that were built in Germany. While technically starting in the village of Rethen and ending several kilometres north of Würzburg Hauptbahnhof, it is a de facto link between Hanover and Würzburg, with stops at Göttingen, Kassel and Fulda. Early construction started in 1973, the line opening fully in 1991.

At 327 km (203 mi) in length, it is the longest newly built rail line in Germany, and its construction costs are estimated to be about DM 40 million (€ 20.45 million) per kilometre.

History

Wälsebach Valley Bridge
Bridge near Barnten

The Deutsche Bundesbahn began construction of the line in 1973. Since it was designed for fast passenger trains as well as for express freight trains, its maximum incline is a mere 1.25%. Combined with the hilly terrain, this made the construction of 61 tunnels and 10 large bridges necessary. Of the 327 km of total length, 120 km are in tunnels, the two longest being the Landrücken Tunnel (10,779 m) south of Fulda, the second longest being the Mündener Tunnel (10,525 m) south of Hann. Münden. The highest bridge is the Rombach Valley Bridge near Schlitz at 95 metres.

Notwithstanding 10,700 complaints and 360 lawsuits, the line was opened fully in 1991, though the Würzburg–Fulda part was used by InterCity trains as early as 1988. The standard speed on the line is 250 km/h (155 mph); 280 km/h may be reached by trains running late.

On 1 May 1988 the InterCityExperimental set a new land speed record for railed vehicles at 406.9 km/h (252.8 mph) between Fulda and Würzburg.

On 26 April 2008, trainset 11, travelling as ICE 885, collided with a flock of sheep near Fulda. Both power cars and ten of the 12 non-powered cars derailed. The train came to a stop 1300 meters into the Landrücken Tunnel. 19 of the 130 passengers suffered mostly minor injuries; four of them had to be treated in hospitals.[2]

Safety

Emergency Train in Hildesheim

Deutsche Bahn AG keeps special trains for accident assistance ready, when passenger trains are on the line; from midnight to early morning these trains are out of service when the line is used for cargo transport. The trains are hauled by two specially rebuilt Class 714 locomotives and are designed to get firefighters and rescue workers to accident scenes in tunnels and on difficult-to-access sections of track. Both engines are equipped with infrared cameras and remote controls, so that the driver can steer the train into a tunnel from the first (air-tight) car of the train without endangering themselves. The trains are stationed at Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof, Kassel Hauptbahnhof, Fulda and Würzburg Hauptbahnhof. They initially were painted in a bright reddish-orange livery akin to fire engines, but since the late 1990s they have been painted standard DB livery red, apparently to make them less obvious to the concerned passenger.

See also

References

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 58, 70, 131. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
  2. ^ ICE-Unfall bei Fulda (www.wecowi.org; map)
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