Kaiserstuhl Railway
| Gottenheim–Riegel–Breisach | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Line number | 9431 (Riegel–Breisach) 9432 (Gottenheim–Riegel) | ||
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| Route number | 723 (Riegel–Breisach) 724 (Gottenheim–Endingen) | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 37.6 km (Line class: C2) | ||
| Track gauge | 1435 mm | ||
| Minimum radius | 190 m | ||
| Operating speed | 80 km/h max. | ||
| Maximum incline | 0.85 % | ||
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The Kaiserstuhl Railway (German: Kaiserstuhlbahn) is a railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is owned and operated by the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG), which in turn is owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg.[1][2]
The Kaiserstuhlbahn consists of two joined sections, from Gottenheim via Riegel Ort to Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, and Riegel DB station via Endingen am Kaiserstuhl to Breisach. Together these lines circumnavigate the Kaiserstuhl mountain range on its east, north and west sides. At both Gottenheim and Breisach junctions are made with the Freiburg to Breisach Railway, which completes the circumnavigation to the south. At Riegel DB station, a further junction is made to the Freiburg im Breisgau to Offenburg section of the mainline Rhine Valley Railway.[1]
The Kaiserstuhl Railway is the last, fully preserved and fully operational standard gauge line of the former South German Railway Company (SEG). The line is worked by passenger and goods trains as well as heritage line specials (the so-called Rebenbummler). The routes are also plied by buses.
The railway's operations centre is the station of Endingen, in which the management, the depot and train sheds are located. Today Endingen, as the transport headquarters for Breisgau–Kaiserstuhl, runs the entire local passenger and goods services on all non-electrified railway lines in the Freiburg region.
References
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 101. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 179. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
Bibliography
- Gerd Wolff; Hans-Dieter Menges (1992) (in German), Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Band 2: Baden, Freiburg: EK-Verlag, ISBN 3-88255-653-6
- Werner Müller-Rißmann; Rainer Humbach (2001) (in German), Der Museumsdampfzug Rebenbummler. Beschreibung und Geschichte. 3. erw. und verb. Auflage, Freiburg: Selbstverlag Eisenbahnfreunde Breisgau e.V, ISBN 3-9807900-0-2
- Rainer Humbach (2009) (in German), Kaiserstuhlbahn, in: Neben- und Schmalspurbahnen in Deutschland einst und jetzt. 78. Ergänzungsausgabe, München: GeraMond Verlag, ISSN 0949-2143