Odenwald Railway (Baden)

Odenwald Railway (Baden)
Historical route of the Odenwald Railway
Overview
Native name	Odenwaldbahn
Locale	Baden and Bavaria, Germany
Technical
Line length	159.2 km (98.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Mainline from Mannheim and Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt Mainline from Karlsruhe 0.0 Heidelberg 2.2 Karlsthor 5.6 Schlierbach 9.8 Neckargemünd 14.3 Bammenthal 17.5 Mauer 19.8 Meckesheim Western fork railway to Jagstfeld 24.9 Eschelbronn 26.7 Neidenstein 30.1 Waibstadt 31.9 Neckarbischofsheim 34.9 Helmstadt 38.9 Aglasterhausen 42.5 Asbach Mörtelstein tunnel (690 m) Erlesrain tunnel (98 m) 46.8 Obrigheim 49.1 Kalksberg tunnel (147 m) 49.4 Neckar bridge (ca. 310 m) 50.0 Neckarelz 53.2 Mosbach 56.8 Neckarburken 59.0 Dallau 60.3 Dallau tunnel (370 m) 62.4 Auerbach 66.0 Schefflenz tunnel (543 m) 67.3 Schefflenz 69.4 Eicholzheim 70,2 Eicholzheim tunnel (363 m) 72.2 Truss bridge (412 m) 73.9 Seckach 75.3 Seckach tunnel (248 m) 76.4 Zimmer tunnel (175 m) 78.4 Adelsheim 79.3 Adelsheim tunnel (258 m) Eastern fork railway from Jagstfeld 81.2 Osterburken 86.0 Rosenberg 88.8 Hirschlanden 93.1 Eubigheim 95.9 Eubigheim tunnel 104.1 Boxberg-Wölchingen 105.9 Schweigern 109.0 Unterschüpf Tauber Valley Railway from Crailsheim 113.6 Königshofen 116.1 Lauda Tauber Valley Railway to Wertheim 117.9 over the Tauber (81 m) 118.4 Gerlachsheim 122.9 Grünsfeld 126.5 Zimmern 131.1 Wittighausen tunnel (137 m) 131.7 Wittighausen 136.4 Baden / Bavaria border 137.2 Kirchheim b.W. 143.2 Geroldshausen 148.6 Reichenberg 153.7 Heidingsfeld Line from Treuchtlingen 158.6 Würzburg-Sanderau Line from Nuremberg 159.2 Würzburg Main-Spessart railway to Aschaffenburg Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Odenwald Railway (German: Odenwaldbahn) (sometimes referred to as the Baden Odenwald Railway to distinguish it from the Hessian line of the same name) was the name given to a Baden railway line in southwestern Germany built from between 1862 and 1866. It ran from Heidelberg via Neckargemünd and Meckesheim through the Little Odenwald mountains to Waibstadt, Mosbach, Osterburken and Lauda to Würzburg in Bavaria.