High Rhine Railway

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High Rhine Railway
Deutsche Bahn trainset near Lauchringen
Overview
Native name	Hochrheinbahn
Owner	DB Netz, SBB Infrastruktur (Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen)
Line number	730 (DB) Erzingen (Baden)–Kreuzlingen: 763 (SBB CFF FFS)
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany Basel-City and Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Termini	Basel Bad Bf Konstanz
Stations	45
Service
Type	Suburban railway (IRE, RE, S-Bahn)
System	DB Tri-national S-Bahn Basel OSTWIND
Route number	4000
Operator(s)	DB Regio, SBB GmbH, Thurbo
Technical
Line length	144.3 km (89.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	expected 2027
Route map Legend km elev Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim 270.7 Basel Bad Bf ↓IRE 3 RB30 S6 263 m Basel Trams Basel Link Line to Basel SBB S6 Wiesen Valley Railway to Zell im Wiesental S6 273.2 Switzerland Germany 264 m 273.9 Grenzacher Horn 275.6 Grenzach 262 m 278.0 Wyhlen 272 m 281.8 Herten (Baden) 275 m 285.2 Rheinfelden (Baden) 280 m 288.8 Beuggen 284 m 293.6 Schwörstadt 286 m 297.1 Wehr-Brennet 293 m Wehra Valley Railway from Schopfheim 302.4 Bad Säckingen 292 m 307.9 Murg (Baden) 297 m 311.2 Laufenburg (Baden) 313 m Rappenstein Tunnel (337 m) 312.5 Laufenburg (Baden) Ost 318 m 317.9 Albbruck 325 m 321.1 Dogern 324 m 325.4 Waldshut ↓S27 S36 RB 37 340 m to Koblenz AG S27 S36 Aarberg Tunnel (352 m) 331.1 Tiengen (Hochrhein) 348 m 334.1 Lauchringen West 359 m 335.1 Lauchringen 362 m to Stühlingen/Weizen RB 37 341.1 Grießen (Baden) 390 m 345.6 Erzingen (Baden) ↓S64 ↑RB30 401 m 345.8 Germany Switzerland 401 m 346.2 Trasadingen 402 m 348.9 Wilchingen-Hallau 414 m 351.5 Neunkirch 430 m 357.8 Beringen Bad Bf 445 m 359.2 Beringerfeld 447 m 361.6 Neuhausen Bad Bf 440 m Charlottenfels Tunnel (286 m) from Winterthur/Bülach S9 S12 S24 S33 364.4 Schaffhausen ↑S9 S12 S33 S64 ↓S1 S62 404 m to Stein am Rhein S1 Herblingen Tunnel (530 m) 367.9 Herblingen 425 m 373.0 Thayngen ↑S24 437 m 374.7 Switzerland Germany 375.6 Bietingen 435 m 378.5 Gottmadingen 432 m from Offenburg/Stuttgart RE 2 S6 from Beuren-Büßlingen (dismantled in 1966) 384.1 Singen (Hohentwiel) ↑S62 428 m to Etzwilen (CH) (since 2007 heritage railway) 386.5 Singen-Industriegebiet 431 m 390.8 Böhringen-Rickelshausen 406 m 394,2 Radolfzell 398 m to Mengen IRE 3 397.4 Markelfingen 398 m 403.1 Allensbach 399 m 405.6 Hegne 400 m 408.4 Reichenau (Baden) 399 m 410.2 Konstanz-Wollmatingen 400 m 411.5 Konstanz-Fürstenberg 402 m 412.3 Konstanz-Petershausen 401 m 413.5 Bridge over the Seerhein 414.3 Konstanz ↓RE1 S14 S44 ↑RE 2 S6 398 m 414.8 Germany Switzerland to Schaffhausen S1 or to Weinfelden S14 S44 to Romanshorn RE1 S1 Source: German railway atlas[1]

The High Rhine Railway (German: Hochrheinbahn) is a Deutsche Bahn railway line from Basel Badischer Bahnhof in the city of Basel to Konstanz on Lake Constance. It was built by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways as part of the Baden Mainline, which follows the Rhine upstream from Mannheim Hauptbahnhof to Konstanz. The line derives its name from the High Rhine (Hochrhein), which it follows between Basel and Waldshut and on a short section in Schaffhausen.

The line crosses the Germany–Switzerland border three times and passes through Swiss territory two times within the canton of Basel-Stadt and whilst crossing the main part of the canton of Schaffhausen. The other sections of the line run through the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Schaffhausen station is congruemtly owned by Deutsche Bahn (DB) and SBB Infrastructure, while the line is operated throughout by DB, and parts by SBB GmbH and Thurbo.