Wangerooge Island Railway

Wangerooge Island Railway
Island railway near the West Pier
Overview
Line number1542 (Wangerooge West Pier)
1543 (Saline–Westen)[1]
1545 (Wangerooge East Pier)
Service
Route number10007
Technical
Line length5.9 km (3.7 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Operating speed20 km/h (12 mph)[1]
Route map

East Pier (Ostanleger)
Station
old
former through route
Station
new
Saline
Westen
Steindamm
West Pier (Westanleger)

The single track Wangerooge Island Railway (Wangerooger Inselbahn) is an unelectrified narrow gauge railway[1] with a track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) located on the East Frisian island of Wangerooge off the northwestern coast of Germany. It is the most important means of transport on the island and is the only narrow gauge railway operated today by the Deutsche Bahn.

  1. ^ a b c Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr, Niedersächsischer Landtag (2 September 2008). "Zustand und Zukunft des Bahnverkehrs in Niedersachsen" (PDF). p. 19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)