Upper Neckar Railway

Upper Neckar Railway
Tübingen–Horb
Route number: 774
Line length: 31.5
Gauge: 1435
Legend
Straight track
Neckar-Alb Railway from Plochingen
Station on track
48.8 Tübingen Hbf
Junction to right
Ammer Valley Railway to Herrenberg
Junction to left
Zollernalb Railway to Sigmaringen
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
51.6 Weilheim
Non-passenger station/depot on track
53.5 Kilchberg (service station)
Stop on track
56.3 Kiebingen
Station on track
59.4 Rottenburg am Neckar
Bridge over water
Neckar
Stop on track
62.9 Bad Niedernau
Bridge over water
Neckar bei Bad Niedernau
Station on track
66.1 Bieringen (bei Horb)
Enter and exit tunnel
Sulzauer Tunnel (493 m)
Station on track
72.4 Eyach
Junction to left
Eyach–Hechingen railway to Hechingen
Bridge over water
Eyach
Underbridge
Neckar Valley Bridge Weitingen (A81) at Eyach
Stop on track
77.0 Mühlen (bei Horb)
Junction from right
Gäu Railway from Stuttgart, Nagold VR from Pforzheim
Station on track
80.3 Horb
Straight track
Gäu Railway to Singen

The Upper Neckar Railway (German: Obere Neckarbahn) is a railway line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, continuing the Neckar-Alb Railway from Tübingen to Horb. The Upper Neckar Railway originally included the route of the Neckar-Alb Railway.

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History

The original Upper Neckar Railway opened from Plochingen to Reutlingen in 1859. It was extended via Tübingen to Rottenburg in 1861. The next section from Rottenburg to Eyach was opened in1864 and the last section from Eyach to Horb was opened in 1866. Historically, the Upper Neckar railway included the section of line between Plochingen and Tübingen, now called the Neckar-Alb Railway.

Passenger operations

Rottenburg station

Regionalbahn services are operated on the line by DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee (RAB), a subsidiary of DB Regio, together with the Nagold Valley Railway as part of the Kulturbahn (“culture railway”). Between Tübingen and Rottenburg services run at half hour intervals. Services run approximately hourly on the line to Horb, in order to connect with InterCity services to and from Zurich and Regional-Express trains to and from Singen. The line is operated with diesel multiple units of class 611 and class 650.3.

Freight operations

In the morning of one to two work days per week, trains of the Hohenzollern Landesbahn (HzL) run on the line from Tübingen freight yard, carrying scrap and timber to Mengen.[1] In Eyach the train runs on to HzL’s own line, the Eyach–Hechingen railway. These trains are hauled by MaK V 100 PA locomotives.

Between Eyach and Horb there is no regular freight traffic any more. All sidings of the line are closed down and/or blocked off. For example, the Rottenburg freight yard was redeveloped years for a new bus station.

Planning

For several years it has been planned to establish new or reactivated stations on the Tübingen–Rottenburg section, including at Buhl, Kilchberg and Weilheim. However, this would require sections of double track.[2] The electrification of the line has been discussed on several occasions as a diversion route for the Gäu Railway between Horb and Stuttgart.

For serveral years discussion have been under way on plans to integrate the line with the Neckar-Alb Railway line, together with other regional lines (Ammer Valley Railway, Erms Valley Railway, Swabian Alb Railway and the Zollernalb Railway), into the Neckar-Alb Regional Stadtbahn on the Karlsruhe model. This would require electrification of the lines. Because of the general financial situation, however, implementation is not currently in sight.

It is planned in the long run to integrate train control technology on the line, along with the Nagold Valley Railway and the Zollernalb Railway, with the regional electronic interlocking in Freudenstadt.

Notes

References

  • Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) 2007/2008 edition. Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9. 

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