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Nürtingen–Neuffen railway

Coordinates: 48°33′32″N 9°22′28″E / 48.55889°N 9.37444°E / 48.55889; 9.37444
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Nürtingen–Neuffen railway
Neuffen terminal station
Overview
Native nameTälesbahn
Line number9465
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number762
Technical
Line length8.9 km (5.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius190 m (623 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline2.2%
Route map

-0.6
Nürtingen
Gerberstraße
0.0
Infrastructure boundary DB Netz / WEG
Dammstraße
Am Lerchenberg
0.3
Nürtingen-Vorstadt
1.8
Nürtingen-Roßdorf
1.9
Gnida 1 siding
2.1
Gnida 2 siding
Steinach
former siding
3.7
Frickenhausen
Th. Mayer brickworks (until 1972)
4.4
Frickenhausen Kelterstraße
5.9
Linsenhofen
8.3
Neuffen
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Nürtingen–Neuffen railway, also known as the Tälesbahn ("Valley's Railway"), is a branch line in the Stuttgart region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is single-track and standard gauge, and is 8.9 kilometres (5.5 mi) long. It links Neuffen with Nürtingen, where it connects to the Plochingen–Tübingen railway from Stuttgart to Tübingen.[1]

The line was also opened for freight on 1 June 1900 and for passenger transport on 21 June 1900. It overcomes a height difference of 111 metres. The Tälesbahn is owned and operated by the Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG), a member of the Veolia Transport group. The line is the oldest surviving operation of the WEG.[1][2]

Passenger services on the Tälesbahn use a fleet of 4 Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 units with a partial low floor. The typical service pattern consists of either one or two trains an hour, depending on the day and time of day, with each train taking 12 minutes for its journey. Except from regular historical train rides there was until 24. March 2013 no service on Sundays. Since then there is a test running with one train per hour between 10:00 and 20:00.[3][4]

Inspiration for Model Railways

The Neuffen Station is reproduced as a 1:87 scale (H0) Model Railway plastic kit model by the Vollmer company http://www.vollmer-online.de/de/artikel/art_3510.html. The same company produces other scale versions of the Neuffen Station.

References

  1. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "Strecken" (in German). Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2011-04-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Fahrzeuge der WEG" (in German). Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2011-03-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Neuffen - Nürtingen (Tälesbahn)" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. Retrieved 2011-03-30.

48°33′32″N 9°22′28″E / 48.55889°N 9.37444°E / 48.55889; 9.37444