Lahntal railway

Lahntal railway
Overview
Native nameLahntalbahn
Line number
  • 3030 (Oberlahnstein–Hohenrhein)
  • 3710 (Koblenz–Wetzlar)
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number625
Technical
Line length104 km (65 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: Koblenz–Niederlahnstein
  • 2: Hohenrhein–Dausenau
  • 2: Nassau (Lahn)–Wetzlar
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary (Limburg–Eschhofen:)
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph) (max)
Route map

103.7
Koblenz Hbf
Right Rhine line from Cologne
101.2
Koblenz Horchheim Bridge junction
99.2
Niederlahnstein
Right Rhine line from Wiesbaden
99.0
Oberlahnstein
(original route, closed 30 May 1983)
96.7
Hohenrhein junction
93.9
Friedrichssegen (former connection
to narrow gauge cog railway)
90.1
Nievern
88.2
Bad Ems West
86.4
Bad Ems
82.8
Dausenau
(station and junction)
79.4
Lahn
78.6
Nassau (Lahn)
76.4
Hollerich Tunnel (319 m)
75.2
Langenau Tunnel (232 m)
74.6
Obernhof Tunnel (450 m)
74.4
Lahn
74.2
Obernhof (Lahn)
72.5
Kalkofen Tunnel (592 m)
67.9
Laurenburg Tunnel (225 m)
67.3
Laurenburg (Lahn)
61.1
Cramberg Tunnel (732 m)
61.4
Balduinstein
60.6
Lahn
60.5
Daubach Tunnel (193 m)
60.0
Kehrberg Tunnel (262 m)
58.2
Lahn
58.0
Fachingen (Lahn)
57.7
Faching Tunnel (425 m)
55.5
Diez Tunnel (105 m)
55.0
Diez
former Aar Valley Railway to Wiesbaden Ost
Rhineland-Palatinate–Hesse border
Hesse–Rhineland-Palatinate border
Rhineland-Palatinate–Hesse border
55.2
Freiendiez Tunnel (65 m)
Upper Westerwald line from Au (Sieg) and
Lower Westerwald line from Siershahn
52.2
Limburg (Lahn)
50.3
48.9
Eschhofen
Main-Lahn line to Frankfurt
47.4
Ennerich Tunnel (494 m)
46.8
Lahn
Kerkerbach Railway from Dehrn (originally
metre or mixed gauge, now standard gauge)
46.6
Kerkerbach
former Kerkerbach Railway to Mengerskirchen
44.6
Runkel
41.7
Villmar
40.9
Villmarer Tunnel (228 m)
38.1
Arfurt (Lahn)
Lahn
35.0
Aumenau
31.2
Fürfurt
29.5
Gräveneck Tunnel (127 m)
28.7
Gräveneck
27.6
Schmidtskopf Tunnel (223 m)
27.1
Michelsberg Tunnel (433 m)
25.5
Kirschhofen Tunnel (495 m)
24.9
Guntersau
former Weil Valley Railway
from Grävenwiesbach
23.8
Gensberg junction
23.5
Weilburg Tunnel (302 m)
Lahn
23.0
Weilburg
20.2
Löhnberg
former Ulmbach Valley Railway from Beilstein
14.3
Stockhausen (Lahn)
Lahn
former Ernst Railway from Philippstein
(narrow gauge)
10.7
Leun/Braunfels
(former Lahn station)
7.5
Solms
former Solmsbach Valley Railway
from Grävenwiesbach
5.5
Albshausen
2.6
Bundeswehrverladeanlage junction
Lahn
former connecting curve to Dill line
B 49
0.0
Wetzlar
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Lahntal railway or Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn) is a railway line between Niederlahnstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to Wetzlar in Hesse, partly following the Lahn valley (Lahntal). Its western terminus was originally in Oberlahnstein. Trains now mostly operate between Koblenz and Gießen. The line was opened by the Nassau Rhine and Lahn Railway Company and the Nassau State Railway between 1858 and 1863 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

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