Kaiserstuhl Railway

Gottenheim–Riegel–Breisach
Overview
Line number	9431 (Riegel–Breisach) 9432 (Gottenheim–Riegel)
Service
Route number	723 (Riegel–Breisach) 724 (Gottenheim–Endingen)
Technical
Line length	37.6 km (23.4 mi) (line class: C2)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	190 m
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) (max)
Maximum incline	0.85  %
Route map Legend km elev from Freiburg 11.7 Gottenheim to Breisach 10.6 Bötzingen 9.7 Bötzingen Mühle 8.1 Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl 6.4 Nimburg (Baden) 4.2 Bahlingen-Riedlen 3.1 Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl from Freiburg 0.0 Riegel-Malterdingen 0.3 Transfer to the Rhine Valley Railway 0.6 old link curve to Offenburg Bridge over the Leopold Canal 0.0 1.7 Riegel Ort 5.5 Endingen am Kaiserstuhl 9.1 Königschaffhausen 12.2 Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl 14.7 Jechtingen 16.7 Burkheim-Bischoffingen 18.6 Oberrotweil 22.3 Achkarren from Gottenheim and Freiburg 25.9 Breisach old Rhine Bridge at Breisach Germany France from Colmar Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Kaiserstuhl Railway (German: Kaiserstuhlbahn) is a railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is owned and operated by the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG), which in turn is owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg.^[2]

The Kaiserstuhlbahn consists of two joined sections, from Gottenheim via Riegel Ort to Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, and Riegel DB station via Endingen am Kaiserstuhl to Breisach. Together these lines circumnavigate the Kaiserstuhl mountain range on its east, north and west sides. At both Gottenheim and Breisach junctions are made with the Freiburg to Breisach Railway, which completes the circumnavigation to the south. At Riegel DB station, a further junction is made to the Freiburg im Breisgau to Offenburg section of the mainline Rhine Valley Railway.^[1]

The Kaiserstuhl Railway is the last, fully preserved and fully operational standard gauge line of the former South German Railway Company (SEG). The line is worked by passenger and goods trains as well as heritage line specials (the so-called Rebenbummler). The routes are also plied by buses.

The railway's operations centre is the station of Endingen, in which the management, the depot and train sheds are located. Today Endingen, as the transport headquarters for Breisgau–Kaiserstuhl, runs the entire local passenger and goods services on all non-electrified railway lines in the Freiburg region.