Saar Railway

Saar Line
Overview
Native name	Saarstrecke
Line number	3230
Locale	Saarland, Germany
Termini	Saarbrücken Karthaus
Service
Route number	685
Technical
Line length	88 km (55 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) (max)
Route map Legend from Mannheim and from Sarreguemines 0.0 Saarbrücken Hbf 323 m above sea level (NN) B 268 from/to Wemmetsweiler from/to Metz 2.5 Saarbrücken-Burbach to Von der Heydt 6.5 Luisenthal (Saar) B 51 from Lebach 10.7 Völklingen from/to Wadgassen 16.1 Bous (Saar) B 51 19.6 Ensdorf (Saar) B 405 23.5 Saarlouis Hbf B 51 A 8 Prims to Dillinger Hütte and to Prims Valley Railway 27.0 Dillingen (Saar) to Niedaltdorf 31.9 Beckingen (Saar) 35.9 Fremersdorf from Waldwisse (until 1939) to Losheim 39.2 Merzig (Saar) 40.3 Merzig (Saar) Stadtmitte B 51 44.4 Besseringen Saarschleifen or Mettlach tunnel (1196 m) B 51 46.7 Mettlach 59.8 Saarhölzbach Rhineland-Palatinate–Saarland state border 54.9 Taben 61.2 Serrig 64.8 Saarburg 69.0 Schoden-Ockfen 72.2 Wiltingen (Saar) 74.8 Kanzem 79.2 Konz from/to Luxembourg and to Trier West Railway 81.6 Karthaus to Trier Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Saarbrücken–Trier railway, known in German as the Saarstrecke (literally the "Saar line") in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It connects Saarbrücken and Trier. It was opened in 1858 and 1860 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.