Taunus Railway (High Taunus)

Taunus Railway
Overview
Native nameTaunusbahn
Line number9374
LocaleHesse, Germany
Service
Route number637
Technical
Line length42 km (26 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius200 m (660 ft)
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline2.17%
Route map

former Solmsbach Valley Railway
from Wetzlar
36.9
Brandoberndorf
246.9 m
33.3
Hasselborn
307.8 m
31.4
Hasselborn Tunnel
1300 m
Jägerhaus
(† 1985)
332.7 m
28.8
Grävenwiesbach
326.5 m
26.4
Hundstadt
367.2 m
23.2
Highest point of the line
391 m
German Federal Police ammunition depot
22.6
Wilhelmsdorf
~390 m
narrow-gauge railway
to former military airfield
Raiffeisen siding
17.7
Usingen
central signal box
299.5 m
geyserite works (narrow gauge)
14.4
Hausen
313.0 m
13.4
Neu-Anspach
326.4 m
13.0
Anspach viaduct (70 m), Usa
brickyard siding
9.2
Wehrheim
312.5 m
7.0
Saalburg
293.5 m
Taunus quartzite works siding
(† 1996)
Erlenbach/ L3041
2.1
Köppern
220.6 m
former line to the Tettau Glass Factory
to Friedberg
0.0
23.9
Friedrichsdorf
Terminus of
192.5 m
Homburg line to Frankfurt
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Taunus Railway in the High Taunus (German: Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)) is a railway route between Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and Brandoberndorf via Bad Homburg, Usingen and Grävenwiesbach. It was operated from 1993 to 1995 by the Frankfurter Verkehrsverbund (Frankfurt transport association, FVV) as the T-Bahn and subsequently by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main transport association, RMV) as line 15 (RB 15). It is listed in table 637 of the Deutsche Bahn timetable. The Friedrichsdorf–Brandoberndorf line, which has the infrastructure number of 9374, forms part of the old Friedrichsdorf–Wetzlar line, which was known as the Taunusbahn. The line is owned by the Verkehrsverband Hochtaunus (High Taunus transport association, VHT). The infrastructure is managed by HLB Basis AG on behalf of the VHT.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.