Fils Valley Railway

Fils Valley Railway
The Fils Valley Railway in Esslingen
Overview
Native nameFilstalbahn
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
  • Stuttgart
  • Ulm
Service
Route number750
Technical
Line length94 km (58 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Route map

km
0.136 0.139
Stuttgart Hbf
247 m
0.800 0,000
Stuttgart Hbf Em
Wolframstraße (yard)
to Bietigheim-Bissingen
(suburban tracks)
1.900 1.900
Stuttgart Hbf Gw Rosenstein
(yard)
from Stuttgart Hbf (u.c.)
from Stuttgart Mittnachtstraße (u.c.)
3.419 3.413
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
222 m
5.575 0,000
Stuttgart Neckarpark
7.092 00,000
6.933
229 m
freight line to Stuttgart port
from Stuttgart Hbf (u.c.)
9.338 9.338
Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
229 m
11.094 11.094
Esslingen-Mettingen
236 m
13.211 13.211
Esslingen (Neckar)
236 m
15.429 15.429
Oberesslingen
242 m
17.936 17.932
Esslingen-Zell
248 m
19.762 19.768
Altbach
249 m
22.228
22.944
22.197 22.947
Plochingen
253 m
former link from Wernau
Schnaitwald siding
27.2+163
Reichenbach (Fils)
263 m
27.20+203.1
27.300+34.2
31.994
Ebersbach (Fils)
278 m
36.622
Uhingen
295 m
39.075
Faurndau
306 m
42.082
Göppingen
315 m
46.110
Eislingen (Fils)
336 m
48.587
Salach
351 m
50.406
Süßen
354 m
53.662
Gingen (Fils)
394 m
54.078
Gingen Süd
(crossover)
56.295
Kuchen
420 m
57.974
Geislinger Steige West
436 m
Eybtal reversing station
61.297
Geislingen (Steige)
469 m
Geislinger Steige
67.003
Amstetten (Württ.)
581 m
to Laichingen
(metre-gauge line)
70.910
Urspring
570 m
71.600
Urspring freight yard
72.851
Lonsee
562 m
75.951
Westerstetten
(until 2005)
550 m
76.659
Westerstetten
(since 2005)
555 m
81.993
Beimerstetten
591 m
85.500
Jungingen (Württ)
583 m
Örlingen
92.900
Ulm Hbf Em Nord
(yard)
93.975
Ulm Hbf
478  m
km
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Fils Valley Railway (German: Filstalbahn, historically Filsbahn or Württembergische OstbahnWürttemberg Eastern Railway) designates the Württemberg line from Stuttgart via Göppingen to Ulm. It runs from Plochingen to Geislingen an der Steige through the Fils Valley.

  1. ^ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 94–95, 104–05, 168.