Aar Valley Railway

Aar Valley Railway
Route of the Aar Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameAartalbahn
Line number
  • 3500 (Wiesbaden Aar Valley Railway–Diez)
  • 3504 (Wiesbaden Hbf–Wiesbaden West)
LocaleHesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Coordinates50°9′38.12″N 8°4′36.44″E / 50.1605889°N 8.0767889°E / 50.1605889; 8.0767889
Termini
Service
Route number12628, until 1986: 548
Technical
Line length53.7 km (33.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Maximum incline3.33%
Route map

53.7
Diez
Freiendiez
from 2018
Holzheim
from 2018
49.6
Flacht
Niederneisen
planned from 2018
47.2
Oberneisen
45.1
Hahnstätten planned as Hahnstätten Mitte
42.8
Zollhaus (Nassau)
39.6
Rückershausen
37.5
Kettenbach
35.5
Michelbach (Nassau)
34.0
Michelbach Tunnel (156 m)
33.0
Laufenselden Tunnel (287 m)
31.5
Laufenselden
30.1
Hohenstein
235 m
30.0
Hohenstein Tunnel (169 m)
28.3
Breithardt
24.9
Adolfseck Tunnel (150 m)
24.8
Bad Schwalbach-Adolfseck
23.5
Bad Schwalbach
290 m
18.3
Bleidenstadt
16.6
Hahn-Wehen
350 m
14.1
Eiserne Hand
420 m
10.0
Chausseehaus
290 m
6.1
Wiesbaden-Dotzheim
195 m
5.4
Wiesbaden West freight yard
5.0
Lindsey Air Station
(siding)
4.4
Wiesbaden Aartalbahn
(siding)
3.3
Waldstraße
2.2
Wiesbaden Ost Henkell
(siding)
2.2
Landesdenkmal
Wiesbaden Rhine station
(until 1906)
0.0
Wiesbaden
1.4
 
 
former connecting line to Ländches Railway
0.0
Wiesbaden Ost
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Aar Valley Railway (German: Aartalbahn) is a 53.7 km long line between Wiesbaden, the capital of the German state of Hesse, and Diez in Rhineland-Palatinate. From 1985 to 2009, the southern end was operated as a heritage railway with historic trains. The Hessian part of the line is heritage-listed. Currently, two bridges are unusable and several sets of points are defective and need to be repaired. Its northern end is operated with draisines.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 76, 151. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.