Palatine Northern Railway

Palatine Northern Railway
Overview
Native name	Pfälzische Nordbahn
Line number	3430
Locale	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Termini	Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hauptbahnhof Monsheim
Service
Route number	667
Technical
Line length	39.6 km (24.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend from Saarbrücken 77.207 Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf B 39 to Wissembourg 78.774 0.000 Neustadt-Böbig Speyerbach Rehbach to Mannheim B 38 German Wine Route Mußbach 1.880 Mußbach 3.776 Königsbach German Wine Route 6.386 Deidesheim Stechgraben Wachenheimer Bach 10.250 Wachenheim (Pfalz) Wachenheimer Bach Schwabenbach 13.511 Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim–Ludwigshafen- Oggersheim railway 15.400 Bad Dürkheim-Trift B 37 and B 271 Isenach 18.220 Erpolzheim from Frankenthal 19.840 Freinsheim Fuchsbach 21.300 Herxheim am Berg 24.930 Kirchheim (Weinstr) B 271/German Wine Route Eckbach A 6 Sausenheimer Graben from Altleiningen (partly dismantled) 28.450 Grünstadt to Ramsen B 271/German Wine Route to Worms (partly dismantled) 30.600 Albsheim (Eis) Eisbach 33.700 Bockenheim-Kindenheim 35.578 former Bavaria-Hesse border 36.220 Hohensülzen Kinderbach B 47 from Worms 38.000 Monsheim to Langmeil to Bingen Stadt Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Palatine Northern Railway (German: Pfälzische Nordbahn) is a non-electrified single-track main line that connects Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf with Monsheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was opened between 1865 and 1873 in three stages. With the replacement of the old Ludwigshafen terminus with the modern Ludwigshafen Hauptbahnhof through station in 1969, Bad Dürkheim station became the only station in the form of a terminus in the Palatinate region. Passenger services over the Grünstadt–Monsheim section were discontinued in 1984, but re-established in 1995.

The name of the line comes from the Palatine Northern Railway Company (Gesellschaft der Pfälzischen Nordbahnen), which acquired the line as its main line in 1870. Its importance lies in the fact that it connects the small towns of Deidesheim, Wachenheim, Bad Dürkheim, Freinsheim and Grünstadt with the railway network.