Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded line

Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded line is a proposed German railway project.

The 2003 federal transport plan included it as an urgent project. It includes a new high-speed line between Stuttgart and Ulm with a maximum speed of 250 km/h, parallel to the existing Stuttgart-Ulm line (Filsbahn) and an upgraded Bayerische Maximiliansbahn line between Ulm and Augsburg with a design speed of up to 200 km/h. On July 19, 2007 it was announced by the Federal Government, the State of Baden-Württemberg and DB that the project had been officially approved. Identifed funding sources are for the project are: Baden-Württemberg (€ 1,635 million), Deutsche Bahn (€ 1,115 million) and the Federal Government (€ 500 million). The European Union will also provide some funding.cite news
title =Finanzierung für Stuttgart 21 steht
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language =German
publisher =Spiegel online
date =19 July 2007
url =http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,495398,00.html
accessdate = 2007-07-20 ] cite press release
title =Tiefensee: Durchbruch für die Neubaustrecke Stuttgart - Ulm - Augsburg und "Stuttgart 21"
publisher =Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
date =19 July 2007
url =http://www.bmvbs.de/-,302.1003300/Tiefensee-Durchbruch-fuer-die-.htm
language =German
accessdate = 2007-07-20 ] [cite web
title = Memorandum of Understanding
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publisher =Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
date =19 July 2007
url =http://www.bmvbs.de/Anlage/original_1003311/Memorandum-of-Understanding.pdf
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language =German
accessdate = 2007-07-20 ]

The project consists of the following components:

*Stuttgart 21: replacement of the current Stuttgart terminal station by an underground through station connecting via the Filder tunnel to Stuttgart Airport (estimated cost € 2.8 billion euro).cite journal
title =Germany pauses after a busy year
journal =Railway Gazette International
volume =162
issue =12
pages =780
date =December 2006
url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2006/12/7346/high_speed_germany_pauses_after_a_busy_year.html
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*Wendlingen-Ulm high-speed line: construction of a high-speed line through the Swabian Alb, largely paralleling the A 8, and reconstruction of the Danube bridge in Ulm to carry four tracks, in place of two (estimated cost € 2.0 billion euro).
*Neu-Ulm 21: replacement of the Neu-Ulm station with a new underground station (opened in March 2007, estimated cost € 160 million euro).
*Upgrading of the Neu-Ulm–Augsburg section of the Ulm–München line for speeds of up to 200 km/h.

The Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded line is a component of the Magistrale for Europe from Paris to Budapest, which is supported by the European Union as part of its Trans-European Networks. The European Union is providing up to 50 per cent of the planning phase of the project and is expected to fund ten per cent of its construction costs.

When complete, high-speed trains will take 28 minutes between Stuttgart and Ulm and trains between Stuttgart and Munich with stops in Ulm and Augsburg will take less than one and a half hours compared to more than two hours today. This is part of Deutsche Bahn's "Netz 21" (network 21) concept, which envisages a reduction of the travel time between Frankfurt and Munich from over three and a half today to only two and a half hours in the future. The Stuttgart-Ulm section is expected to be completed in 2020.

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