Nibelung Railway

Nibelung Railway
Overview
Native nameNibelungenbahn
Line number
  • 3570 (Worms–Hofheim)
  • 3571 (Hofheim–Bensheim)
  • 3577 (Lorsch–Heppenheim)
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number653
Technical
Line length
  • 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi)
  • 18.3 kilometres (11.4 mi)
  • 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

23.9 0.0
Bensheim
109 m
Bensheim Süd
(planned)
5.2
Heppenheim (Bergstr)
former connecting line
18.2 0.0
Lorsch
16.4 0.0
Lorscher Wald
12.9 0.0
Riedrode
10.2 0.0
Bürstadt
5.6 0,0
Hofheim (Ried)
former route until 1900
Landdamm
(junction)
Rosengarten station
(1869–1900)
2.3 0.0
Worms Brücke
0.0 0.0
Worms
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Nibelung Railway (German: Nibelungenbahn) is a 23.9 km long electrified line between Worms in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and Bensheim in Hesse. Its name refers to the fact that the line connects several places that play an important role in the Nibelung legend.

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