Hardt Railway

Hardt Railway
Historical development of the Hardt Railway
Overview
Native nameHardtbahn
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Route map

Legend
S 1S 11
junction with the Karlsruhe tram network
 Karlsruhe Städtisches Klinikum/Moltkestr.
Karlsruhe Knielinger Allee
Karlsruhe August-Bebel-Str.
Karlsruhe Kurt-Schumacher-Str.
0.0
 Karlsruhe Haus Bethlehem
Haus Betlehem loop
VBK (BOStrab) / AVG (EBO)
infrastructure boundary
line to the Maxau Railway
(freight only since 1967)
1.3
 Karlsruhe-Neureut Welschneureuter Str.
1.8
 Karlsruhe-Neureut Bärenweg
2.0
 Neureut
2.3
 Karlsruhe-Neureut Adolf-Ehrmann-Bad
2.7
 Karlsruhe-Neureut Kirchfeld
Neureut Kirchfeld loop
Industrial siding (freight only)
former trackbed to the old main station
(closed 1913, US airfield siding 1952-1974)
 Karlsruhe city boundary
4.9
 Eggenstein Süd
5.4
 Eggenstein Station
5.9
 Eggenstein Spöcker Weg
6.6
 Eggenstein Schweriner Str.
former trackbed to Graben-Neudorf
(closed 1990)
Pfinz-Entlastungskanal
7.2
 Leopoldshafen Viermorgen
8.1
 Leopoldshafen Leopoldstr.
8.5
 Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Str.
Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Str. loop
9.2
(junction since 1989)
former trackbed to Graben-Neudorf
 KIT Campus Nord
  (only for employees)
10.5
 Linkenheim Süd
10.9
 Linkenheim Friedrichstr.
11.3
 Linkenheim Rathaus
11.9
 Linkenheim Schulzentrum
12.2
 Hochstetten Grenzstr.
12.7
 Hochstetten Altenheim
12.9
 Hochstetten
S 1S 11
loop and storage sidings
The junction to the Karlsruhe tram network is at the Yorckstrasse halt, the section between Yorckstrasse and Haus Bethlehem is counted however as tramway so the kilometrage of the Hardt Railway does not start until Haus Bethlehem

Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Hardt Railway (German: Hardtbahn) is a railway line in the Karlsruhe region of Germany. Originally built as part of the Rhine Railway, a through main line, it now forms a branch line from Karlsruhe to Hochstetten. The line runs along the western edge of the forest of Hardtwald, from which it takes its name.

Today the line is owned and operated, as part of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG).[1]

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 160. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.