Fischbach Valley Railway

Fischbach Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Fischbachtalbahn
Line number	3240
Locale	Saarland, Germany
Service
Route number	681
Technical
Line length	26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (continuous, but not at in Wemmetsweiler Rathaus station[1])
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	190 m (620 ft)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed	100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route map Legend To Sarreguemines and Kaiserslautern Saarbrücken–Idar-Oberstein railway 0.0 Saarbrücken Hbf Fischbach To Trier, Metz and Bous (Saar) Saarbrücken–Trier railway 1.7 Saarbrücken-Schleifmühle Fischbach 5.3 Neuhaus (closed 1985) 6.8 Franziskaschacht 9.0 Fischbach 9.5 Fischbach-Camphausen 11.2 0.0 Brefeld (closed 2005) 1.8 Maybach colliery 12.7 Quierschied 2.7 Göttelborn colliery 0.0 16.4 Merchweiler Merchweiler Tunnel (2 x 624 m)[2] Wemmetsweiler–Lebach railway (Wemmetsweiler curve) 18.2 Wemmetsweiler (only a depot since 2006) 18.8 Wemmetsweiler Rathaus (since 2006) Rathaus Tunnel (54 m) 22.3 Schiffweiler Schlawerie junction Hermineschacht siding B 41 Saarbrücken–Idar-Oberstein line 26.5 Neunkirchen (Saar) Hbf (wedge station) Saarbrücken–Idar-Oberstein railway Homburg line Source: German railway atlas[3]

The Fischbach Valley Railway (German: Fischbachtalbahn, KBS 681) is a railway line in the German state of the Saarland that runs from Saarbrücken along the Fischbache, which flows into the Saar in Saarbrücken, to Wemmetsweiler. Since the opening of the Wemmetsweiler curve in 2003, the line branches west to Lebach as the Prims Valley Railway (Primstalbahn) and east to Neunkirchen.