Odenwald Railway (Hesse)

Eberbach–Hanau Railway
Overview
Native name	Odenwaldbahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Line number	4113
Locale	Baden-Württemberg Hesse
Termini	Eberbach Hanau Hauptbahnhof
Stations	22
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger rail Regional rail
Route number	641
Operator(s)	VIAS
Rolling stock	Bombardier Itino, Alstom Coradia LINT
History
Opened	Stages between 1870–1882
Technical
Line length	88.7 km (55.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Maximum incline	<2.0%
Route map Legend Neckar Valley Railway to Mosbach 0.000 Eberbach S1 S2 Neckar Valley Railway to Heidelberg siding 0.431 southwest central regional zone boundary 1.200 Eberbach Nord Itterhof 4.300 Eberbach Canali siding 7.000 Gaimühle 7.450 Baden-Württemberg Hesse state border 10.400 Friedrichsdorf Kurzes Valley Viaduct (ca. 60 m) Friedrichsdorf Rindengrund Viaduct (ca. 60 m) Haintal Viaduct (173 m) 12.911 Hesseneck Kailbach Hammerberg 16.459 Hesseneck Schöllenbach 18.400 Krähberg [1] 20.500 Krähberg Tunnel 3100 m former line from Beerfelden 23.600 Beerfelden Hetzbach 24.500 Himbächel Viaduct 250 m 25.900 Ebersberg Schönnen 27.400 Schönnen Mümling 30.830 Erbach (Odenw) 32.307 Erbach (Odenw) Nord Mümling 34.181 Michelstadt 38.652 Bad König Zell 40.788 Bad König Mümling 43.000 Etzen-Gesäß 44.750 Höchst Mümling-Grumbach 47.281 Höchst (Odenw) Bachgau Railway to Aschaffenburg 48.810 Höchst Hetschbach Frau-Nauses-Tunnel 1205 m 53.101 Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach to Darmstadt (see below) 57.044 Groß-Umstadt Mitte 58.500 Groß-Umstadt Nord planned 59.700 Richen 60.774 Groß-Umstadt Klein-Umstadt 63.996 Babenhausen Langstadt Rhine-Main Railway to Darmstadt 68.226 Babenhausen (Hess) Rhine-Main Railway to Aschaffenburg 70.100 link line Gersprenz 74.000 former junction to Wehrmacht airfield of Zellhausen 75.525 Mainhausen Zellhausen 78.341 Seligenstadt (Hess) 82.993 Hainburg Hainstadt 85.531 Hanau Klein-Auheim 86.300 Auheim Main bridge from Aschaffenburg Hanau port railway from Friedberg and Göttingen 88.150 Hanau Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt (via Offenbach) to Frankfurt (S-Bahn) to Frankfurt (via Maintal) Source: German railway atlas[2]

Darmstadt–Wiebelsbach Railway
Overview
Native name	Odenwaldbahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Line number	3554
Locale	Hesse
Termini	Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach
Stations	9
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger rail Regional rail
Route number	641
Operator(s)	VIAS
Rolling stock	Bombardier Itino
History
Opened	Stages between 1870–1871
Technical
Line length	28.9 km (18.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Maximum incline	<2.0%
Route map Legend Rhine-Main Railway from Darmstadt Hbf from Darmstadt-Arheilgen (from Main-Neckar Railway) Freight line from Mainz 3.800 Darmstadt Nord Rhine-Main Railway to Dieburg Kastanienallee (siding; to Rhine-Main Railway) from former Hbf (until 1912) 7.500 Darmstadt Ost until 1900: "Rosenhöhe" Line to Bessunger Forsthaus 9.414 Darmstadt TU-Lichtwiese 12.992 Mühltal 16.031 Ober-Ramstadt 20.900 Zeilhard Engelberg tunnel (238 m)[3] Gersprenz Valley Railway from Groß-Bieberau 23.494 Reinheim (Odenw) Rodgau Railway to Dieburg 28.610 Otzberg Lengfeld to Hanau (see above) 31.880 Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach branch from Eberbach (see above) Source: German railway atlas[4]

The Odenwald Railway (German: Odenwaldbahn) is a mainly single-tracked main line from Darmstadt and Hanau to Eberbach on the River Neckar, which crosses the Odenwald mountains in the German states of Hesse and Baden-Württemberg. Since 1882 the route has been operated throughout as a standard gauge line and since 2005 has been worked by diesel multiples owned by the VIAS private railway company.

The line is timetable no. KBS 641. To distinguish it from the Odenwald Railway in Baden from Heidelberg to Würzburg it is also known as the Hessian Odenwald Railway (Hessische Odenwaldbahn) and occasionally as the Mümling Railway (Mümlingbahn), because it follows the valley of the same name from Beerfelden Hetzbach to Höchst im Odenwald.