Alb Valley Railway

Alb Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameAlbtalbahn
Line number9420
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number710.1
Technical
Line length41.5 km (25.8 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Minimum radius25 m (82 ft)
Electrification750 V DC overhead
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) (max)
Maximum incline2.5%
Route map

Karlsruher Lokalbahn
1890–
1939
Karlsruhe
–1913
to storage sidings
1897–
1910
Albtal
(2nd)
on second line
originally sidings
1910–
1914
Albtal
1st (on original line)
–1910
Karlsruhe Nebeniusstraße
–1910
Albtal
(3rd)
1914–
1915
connection to tram network
1958–
VBK (BOStrab)
AVG (EBO)
0.0
Karlsruhe Albtal
(4th)
1915–
114 m
southern Karlstraße
(to tram network)
DB to Rastatt
1996–
1913–
DB
to Karlsruhe freight yard & K9657
1.3
Karlsruhe Dammerstock
formerly Beiertheim
1.7
Karlsruhe Schloss Rüppurr
formerly Klein-Rüppurr
2.3
Rüppurr Ostendorfplatz
formerly Gartenstadt
1924–
2.9
Rüppurr Tulpenstraße
formerly Rüppurr Bahnhoff
115 m
3.5
Rüppurr Battstraße
1958–
4.5
Battstraße terminal loop
1958–
closed
1988
5.0
Ettlingen Neuwiesenreben
1972–
5.9
Ettlingen Wasen
formerly Exerzierplatz
0.0
Ettlingen West
1.3
6.3
6.5
Ettlingen Erbprinz
6.5
Ettlingen Erbprinz
7.0
Ettlingen Stadt
formerly Ettlingen Holzhof
136 m
7.5
Ettlingen Albgaubad
1959–
7.5
Albgaubad terminal loop
1959–
Ettlingen Waldkolonie
1914–
1960
Ettlingen Wattsteig
1960–
1989
9.5
Ettlingen Spinnerei
10.5
Busenbach
171 m
 
to Ittersbach
–2007
2007–
11.0
former terminal loop
1960–
1985
12.4
Etzenrot
202 m
15.3
Fischweier
formerly Spielberg-Schöllbronn
214 m
Spielberg
18.2
Marxzell
251 m
Karlsruhe
Calw
districts
23.6
Steinhäusle
request stop
1981–
21.4
Frauenalb-Schielberg
308 m
24.7
Bad Herrenalb Kullenmühle
1927–
25.8
Bad Herrenalb station
351 m
25.8
Bad Herrenalb terminal loop
1961–
km
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Alb Valley Railway (‹See Tfd›German: Albtalbahn) is a railway line in southern Germany that runs from Karlsruhe via Ettlingen to Bad Herrenalb with a branch to Ittersbach. The line is owned and operated, as part of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG).[2]

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 93, 160. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. pp. 93, 160–161. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.