Stuttgart Rack Railway

Stuttgart Rack Railway
See caption
Rack Railway at Haigst
Overview
Native nameZahnradbahn Stuttgart
OwnerStuttgarter Straßenbahnen
Service
Route number10
Operator(s)Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen
History
Opened23 August 1884 (1884-08-23)[1]
Technical
Line length2.2[2][3] km (1.4 mi)
Rack systemRiggenbach system[2]
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge[2][3]
Electrification750 V DC[4]
Maximum incline17.8%[3][5]
Route map

 Marienplatz
Depot
Liststraße
Pfaffenweg
Wielandshöhe
Haigst
Neue Weinsteige
Nägelestraße
Zahnradbahnhof
Degerloch

The Stuttgart Rack Railway (German: Zahnradbahn Stuttgart) is an electric rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany, known affectionately as the Zacke[6] (spike) or Zacketse[7] by the local residents. The line opened on 23 August 1884 and links Marienplatz in the city centre to Degerloch on the Filder plateau. It is integrated with the Stadtbahn network of the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen (SSB) and since 1978 has been line 10 (before this it was line 30).[8] At Marienplatz it connects with lines U1 and U14 and at Degerloch it connects with lines U5, U6, U8 and U12.[9] Ordinary VVS tickets are valid.

The line one of only four rack railways operating in Germany, along with the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Wendelstein Railway, and is the only one used primarily as public transport.[3] The rack railway is one of two working railway lines that are tourist attractions in Stuttgart; the other being the Stuttgart funicular railway that leads to the forest cemetery, and operates as SSB line 20.

  1. ^ Raff, Albert, ed. (2011). Ansichtssache Degerloch (in German). Stuttgart-Degerloch: hutt.verlag. ISBN 978-3-943128-10-9.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference mr 2021-10-14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d "Zahnradbahn" [Rack railway]. ssb-ag.de (in German). Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ Haas, Andreas (April 2022). "Zackige Zukunft" [Jagged future]. Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 50–53. ISSN 0340-7071.
  5. ^ "Stuttgarter „Zacke": Neue Fahrzeuge und neue Infrastruktur kommen" [Stuttgart "Zacke": New vehicles and new infrastructure are coming]. Stadtverkehr (in German). No. 1–2/2019. EK-Verlag. p. 57. ISSN 0038-9013.
  6. ^ "Just arrived in Stuttgart: The city's first new rack-railway unit". urban-transport-magazine.com. Urban Transport Magazine. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ Armbruster, Heike (12 June 2012). "Eine Hommage an die Zacketse" [A homage to the Zacketse] (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Germany (West) (BRD) - Stuttgart". Modern Tramway and Light Rapid Transit. January 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Stadtbahn Liniennetz" [Stadtbahn network] (PDF). ssb-ag.de (in German). Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.