Marsh Railway

Marsh Railway
Overview
Native name	Marschbahn
Line number	1210 (NOB) 96 (NEG, border–Tønder)
Locale	Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Service
Route number	103 (Elmshorn–Itzehoe) 130 (Elmshorn–Westerland)
Technical
Line length	211.1 km (131.2 mi)
Number of tracks	2: Morsum–Klanxbüll 2: Niebüll–Bredstedt 2: Hattstedt–Husum Nord 2: Husum–northern Eider Bridge 2: southern Eider Bridge–Elmshorn
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	(Elmshorn–Itzehoe) 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend 237.7 Westerland ( SyltShuttle) 235.7 Tinnum 233.3 Keitum 228.8 Morsum (Sylt) Hindenburgdamm 211.7 Klanxbüll 208.2 Emmelsbüll 205.1 Lehnshallig Ferry from Munkmarsch Højer Sluse Højer Daler from Esbjerg from Tinglev (closed as far as Tønder-Ost) 63.3 Tønder 67.9 175.3 Denmark/Germany border 171.6 Süderlügum (also a siding) 167.8 Uphusum (reopened in 2009) 162.3 Boundary between neg and DBAG Link lines neg/DBAG 162.0 198.5 Niebüll (Keilbahnhof) ( SyltShuttle car loading point) to Dagebüll (neg) 194.1 Lindholm to Flensburg Lecker Au Bundeswehr siding 190.3 Stedesand Scholmer Au 184.3 Langenhorn (Schleswig) 176.8 Bredstedt to Löwenstedt 172.7 Struckum Arlau 165.8 Hattstedt 159.4 Husum Nord to Husum Außenhafen Mühlenau (bascule bridge) from Tönning (to 1902) 158.3 Husum to Flensburg, to Jübek Bw Husum to Rendsburg 153.6 Hörn junction to Tönning 147.1 Friedrichstadt Eider (Bridge 417 m) 145.2 St. Annen Eider Bridge crossover 140.8 Lunden 133.9 Wittenwurth from Karolinenkoog 4.8 129.3 Weddingstedt from Büsum ?.?           Weddinghusen Flying junction 0.0 124.5 Heide (Holst) to Neumünster 119.6 Hemmingstedt 112.4 Meldorf 105.5 Windbergen 0.0 101.2 Sankt Michaelisdonn Line to Marne–Friedrichskoog III 5.1           Eddelak 91.4 Burg (Dithm) 7.8           Blangenmoor 90.2 Hochdonn Nord crossover 10.0           Brunsbüttel Condea siding 12.1           Brunsbüttelkoog Nord swing bridge, Hochdonn High Bridge 15.6           Brunsbüttel 13.7           Brunsbüttel Ost siding 86.5 Hochdonn Süd crossover 10.9           Kudensee siding 83.2 Vaale 8.8           Sankt Margarethen (Holst) siding 0.0   74.2 Wilster 71.0 Bekdorf 68.1 Heiligenstedten from Wrist 64.9 Itzehoe Stör (bascule bridge) 63.1 Itzehoe Alsen siding 59.6 Kremperheide 54.2 Krempe 47.4 Glückstadt (1.5) Glückstadt port 43.5 Herzhorn 37.7 Siethwende 31.7 Elmshorn West from Kiel 30.7 Elmshorn to Hamburg Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Marsh Railway (German: Marschbahn) is a main line in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany that links the stations of Elmshorn in the south and Westerland on the island of Sylt in the north. It is part of 237 km (147 mi) long route from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland (Sylt) and is listed in the Deutsche Bahn timetables as Kursbuchstrecke 130. The first part of it was opened in 1845 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany.