Tauber Valley Railway

Tauber Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Taubertalbahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Line number	4953 (Crailsheim – Bad Mergentheim) 4922 (Königshofen – Bad Mergentheim) 4120 (Neckarelz – Heidingsfeld) 4920 (Lauda – Wertheim)
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini	Crailsheim Wertheim
Stations	24
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail
Route number	782
Operator(s)	DB Bahn
History
Opened	23 October 1869
Technical
Line length	100.3 km (62.3 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map Legend Upper Jagst Railway from Aalen Hohenlohe Railway from Heilbronn 0.0 Crailsheim 409 m 0.4 Bridge over the Jagst to Nuremberg 5.1 Satteldorf 9.0 Wallhausen (Württ) 14.5 Rot am See 16.2 Brettenfeld from Langenburg until 1996 22.2 Blaufelden 462 m 26.8 Kälberbach 29.1 Schrozberg 34.4 Oberstetten 37.8 Niederstetten Tunnel (273 m) 38.6 Niederstetten 40.9 Vorbachzimmern 44.7 Laudenbach (Württ) 47.9 Weikersheim Keilbahnhof 236 m Gau Railway to Ochsenfurt until 1992 49.3 Bridge over the Tauber 50.7 Elpersheim 53.5 Markelsheim 56.0 Igersheim 58.4 Bridge over the Tauber 57.8 Kurpark 59.0 Bad Mergentheim 205 m 60.3 6.1 former Württemberg / Baden border 3.9 Edelfingen 203 m 2.4 Unterbalbach 0.0 113.6 Franconia Railway from Stuttgart 113.6 Königshofen (Baden) 192 m 116,1 Lauda 192 m 116.1 0.0 Franconia Railway to Würzburg 4.1 Distelhausen 186 m 4.4 A 81 bridge 5.4 Dittigheim from Königheim until 1968 7.6 Tauberbischofsheim 190 m 12.5 Hochhausen (Tauber) 181 m 17.5 Niklashausen 18.8 Bridge over the Tauber (95 m) 19.0 Gamburg (Tauber) 168 m 19.3 Gamburg Tunnel (203 m) 21.5 Bronnbach Tunnel (349 m) 22.8 Bridge over the Tauber (81 m) 23.8 Bronnbach (Tauber) 161 m 26.7 Reicholzheim 157 m 28.2 Reicholzheim Tunnel (542 m) from Lohr until 1979 31.4 Wertheim 141 m Main Valley Railway to Aschaffenburg Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Tauber Valley Railway (German: Taubertalbahn) is a single-tracked, unelectrified, standard gauge railway between Wertheim and Crailsheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It runs alongside the Tauber to Weikersheim, then along the Vorbach and Blaubach rivers. It is recorded in the timetable as route no. 782. Until 9 December 2006 it had been route no. 788.