Trier West Railway

Trier West Railway
Overview
Native name	Trierer Weststrecke
Line number	3140 Ehrang–Igel 3141Ehrang–Biewer
Locale	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Luxembourg
Service
Route number	last: 627; 263g (before 1970)
Technical
Line length	14 km (8.7 mi)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	90 km/h (55.9 mph) (maximum)
Route map Legend from Gerolstein and Koblenz 0.0 Ehrang 1.5 Ehrang Rbf to Trier Hbf Mäushecker Weg Biewer junction 3.1 Biewer B 53 5.8 Pallien Kölner Straße/Martinerfeld (full barrier) 7.7 Trier-West from Trier workshop Siding of the French Army Eisenbahnstraße (half barrier) 9.6 Euren Zeppelinweg (call barrier) to Trier-Euren industrial area 12.6 Zewen Kantstraße (half barrier) Lane (call barrier) B 49 14.2 to Konz Mosel bridge, Trier and Saar from the Hindenburg Bridge (1912–1945) 15.7 Igel to Nims-Sauer Valley Railway (until 1969) 19.1 Igel/border (Sauer; to Luxembourg) to Luxembourg Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Trier West Railway (‹See Tfd›German: Trierer Weststrecke) a 14 km-long railway line running from Trier-Ehrang in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to Wasserbillig in Luxembourg via Trier-West. The double-track, electrified section between Trier-Ehrang and the Moselle bridge at Konz forms a bypass of the Trier rail node.

The track was built from 1860 to 1870 and since 1983 it has been used only for freight traffic. The Zweckverband Schienenpersonennahverkehr Rheinland-Pfalz Nord (municipal association for rail transport in northern Rhineland-Palatinate) plans to use the line again for passengers with an hourly Regionalbahn connection from Wittlich to Luxembourg. Currently, it lacks the necessary stations.^[2]