Franconia Railway

Franconia Railway
Overview
Native nameFrankenbahn
StatusOperational
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Line number
  • 4800 (Stuttgart–Bietigheim-B.)
  • 4900 (Bietigheim-B.–Osterburken)
  • 4120 (Osterburken–Heidingsfeld)
  • 5321 (Heidingsfeld–Würzburg)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany
Termini
  • Stuttgart Hbf.
  • Würzburg Hbf.
Stations46
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number
  • 780
  • 790.4, 790.5 (S-Bahn Stuttgart)
  • 705 (Heilbronn–Eberb.–Heidelb.)
  • 706 (Heilbronn–Sinsh.–Heidelb.)
Operator(s)DB Bahn
History
OpenedStages between 1846-1869
Technical
Line length179.7 km (111.7 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius312 m (1,024 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Maximum incline1.5%
Route map

0.0
Stuttgart Hbf
247 m
1.1
Flying junction over
the line to Bad Cannstatt (204 m)
1.4
Bft Stuttgart Hbf Gw Prag
2.3
Ehmannstr. bridge (56 m)
2.7
Stuttgart North
268 m
connecting curve from the Gäu Railway
3.5
Bft Stuttgart Nord Gbf Em
273 m
3.6
Prag Tunnel (680 m)
4.7
Stuttgart-Feuerbach
279 m
Feuerbach industrial railway
Feuerbach industrial railway
6.6
Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
281 m
Black Forest Railway to Weil der Stadt
S 6 S 60
to Kornwestheim Rbf SW / SO
8.2
link Schuster Railway–SFS / –Rbf
Schuster Railway from S-Untertürkheim
10.5
Kornwestheim
301 m
12.2
Kornwestheim Karlshöhe junction
from Kornwestheim Rbf Nord-Ost
from Kornwestheim Rbf Nord-West
13.9
Ludwigsburg
295 m
17.6
Asperg
268 m
20.2
Tamm (Württ.)
250 m
23.6
Bietigheim-Bissingen
220 m
S 5 terminus on the Stuttgart S-Bahn
28.5
over the Enz and the B 27
(205 m)
29.802
Besigheim
192 m
32.0
Walheim (Württ.)
185 m
35.151
Kirchheim (Neckar)
180 m
36.4
Kirchheim Tunnel
(584 m)
Zabergäu Railway from Leonbronn (to 1995)
40.5
Lauffen (Neckar)
172 m
46.5
Nordheim (Württ)
163 m
48.0
Klingenberg (Württ)
161 m
50.6
Heilbronn-Böckingen
159 m
51.2
Heilbronn Gbf
Kraichgau Railway from Karlsruhe S 4
52.0
over the Neckar Canal harbour
(107 m)
Inner city line of the Heilbronn Stadtbahn
S 4 (since 2001)
52.4
Heilbronn Hbf
158 m
Hohenlohe Railway to Crailsheim
53.1
over the Neckar
(60 m)
53.3
over the B 39
(61 m)
53.9
Heilbronn Sülmertor
156 m
54.7
Industrie Bridge
(59 m)
57.6
A 6 Neckar Valley Bridge
(1350 m)
58.160
Neckarsulm
155 m
58.691
Neckarsulm Mitte
59.752
Neckarsulm Nord
62.0
Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf
155 m
62.082
Bad Friedrichshall junction Audi
62.145
Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf
155 m
62.6
Bad Friedrichshall junction salt works
62.7
over the Kocher
(142 m)
Lower Kocher Valley Railway from Ohrnb. (to 1993)
63.763
Bad Friedrichshall
155 m
67.1
Duttenberg-Obergriesheim
to 1971
68.8
Untergriesheim
160 m
73.6
Herbolzheim (Jagst)
161 m
75.1
Neudenau
164 m
78.7
Siglingen
176 m
81.1
Züttlingen
179 m
82.7
over the Jagst
(144 m)
85.8
Möckmühl
181 m
Jagst Valley Railway to Dörzbach (to 1988)
91.2
Roigheim
201 m
93.1
over the Seckach
(47 m)
94.7
Sennfeld
217 m
98.0
Adelsheim Ost
232 m
101.8
81.3
Osterburken
247 m
86.0
Rosenberg (Baden)
292 m
88.9
Hirschlanden
302 m
93.1
Eubigheim
333 m
95.4
Seewiese
Kehrbahnhof
95.9
Eubigheim Tunnel
(272 m)
96.5
A 81 bridge
(54 m)
99.7
Uiffingen
313 m
104.0
Boxberg-Wölchingen
260 m
105.9
Schweigern
241 m
109.0
Unterschüpf
251 m
110.9
Sachsenflur
206 m
Tauber Valley Railway from Crailsheim
113.6
Königshofen (Baden)
192 m
116.1
Lauda
192 m
Tauber Valley Railway to Wertheim
117.9
over the Tauber
(81 m)
118.4
Gerlachsheim
188 m
122.9
Grünsfeld
205 m
126.5
Zimmern (Main-Tauber)
219 m
131.1
Wittighausen Tunnel
(137 m)
131.7
Wittighausen
244 m
133.8
Gaubüttelbrunn
255 m
136.4
Kirchheim (Unterfr)
285 m
143.2
Geroldshausen
318 m
148.6
Reichenberg (Unterfr)
251 m
152.4
A 3 bridge
(82 m)
153.7
Würzburg-Heidingsfeld West
184 m
154.0
135.0
Würzburg-Heidingsfeld West Ültg
137.8
Würzburg Süd
196 m
140.2
Würzburg Hbf
181 m
Main-Spessart Railway to Aschaffenburg
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Franconia Railway (German: Frankenbahn) is a 180-kilometre-long (110 mi) railway line in the north of the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia that links Stuttgart and Würzburg. Its name comes from the fact that the majority of the line runs through Franconia. The first section of the line was opened in 1848 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany. The main line is now electrified and has been almost entirely upgraded to double-tracks.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 86–8, 94, 168. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.