Wiese Valley Railway

Wiese Valley Railway
Wiese Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Wiesentalbahn
Owner	DB (infrastructure)
Line number	S6 (Basel trinational S-Bahn); 4400 (DB); 501 (SBB CFF FFS);
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Termini	Basel Bad Bf; Zell (Wiesental);
Service
Type	Suburban railway
System	DB; Basel trinational S-Bahn;
Route number	735
Operator(s)	SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Technical
Line length	28.8 km (17.9 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	300 m (980 ft)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Maximum incline	1.1%
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	-1.6 km
	-1 mi
	0.8 km
	0.5 mi
	3.0 km
	1.9 mi
	4.3 km
	2.7 mi
	5.0 km
	3.1 mi
	5.8 km
	3.6 mi
	6.5 km
	4 mi
	7.8 km
	4.8 mi
	9.1 km
	5.7 mi
	10.2 km
	6.3 mi
	13.8 km
	8.6 mi
	16.9 km
	10.5 mi
	18.3 km
	11.4 mi
	19.9 km
	12.4 mi
	22.0 km
	13.7 mi
	24.0 km
	14.9 mi
	27.2 km
	16.9 mi
	Source: German railway atlas

The Wiese Valley Railway (German: Wiesentalbahn) is a 27.2 km long, electrified main line in German Baden-Württemberg in the tri-national area of Germany, Switzerland and France near the Swiss city of Basel. It is part of the Basel trinational S-Bahn and referenced as S6.^[2] It runs alongside the river Wiese from Basel Badischer Bahnhof in Basel (on Swiss territory) to Zell (Wiesental). It is operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 101, 110. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
^ "On the go in northwestern Switzerland with Tri-national S-Bahn Basel". Berne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. Retrieved 2017-04-14.