Eutingen im Gäu–Freudenstadt railway

Eutingen im Gäu–Freudenstadt Hbf
Overview
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Line number	4880
Technical
Line length	29.9 km (18.6 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	100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	0.2%
Route number	741
Route map Legend Gäu Railway from Stuttgart 57.2 0.0 Eutingen im Gäu 58.5 Eutingen (Württ) Gäu Railway to Singen 1.5 former siding for the fuel bunker of Eutingen airfield Eutingen im Gäu Nordplanned 4.7 Hochdorf (b Horb) Nagold Valley Railway to Pforzheim Horb-Heiligenfeldplanned 9.8 Heiligenfeld industrial siding 12.4 Altheim-Rexingen 16.6 Bittelbronn 19.7 Schopfloch (b Freudenstadt) Dornstetten Mitteplanned 24.2 Dornstetten uncompleted line to Pfalzgrafenweiler Dornstetten-Aachplanned 25.3 Kübelbach Viaduct (296 m) 26.1 Stockerbach Viaduct (296 m) 26.8 Freudenstadt-Grüntalplanned 27.6 Ettenbach Viaduct (162 m) Murg Valley Railway from Rastatt 29.9 Freudenstadt Hbf Kinzig Valley Railway to Hausach Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Eutingen im Gäu–Freudenstadt railway (also called the Gäubahn in German—Gäu Railway) is a railway line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that runs from the cultural landscape of the Gäu to the eastern edge of the Black Forest, connecting Eutingen and Freudenstadt. It is a section of the Gäu Railway from Stuttgart to Freudenstadt opened on 1 September 1879.

The line was the link from the state capital of Stuttgart to the Kinzig Valley Railway. Both the Gäu Railway and the Kinzig Valley Railway were main lines until 1974. Since the mid-1970s these railways were threatened time and again with closure. Not until 2006 was comprehensive electrification and renovation work carried out as part of the development of the Freudenstädter Stern regional network. Finally the line was integrated into the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn network and once again after a decade a direct link to Stuttgart was introduced.

The Gäu Railway was planned by railway engineer, Georg Morlok, and was characterised by viaducts and deep rock cuttings that were an architectural challenge to build.

See also

• History of the railway in Württemberg with mapping on the construction of the Gäu Railway in comparison with the growth of the whole Württemberg railway network.

References

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

Sources

• Hans-Wolfgang Scharf; Burkhard Wollny (1995) (in German), Die Eisenbahn im Nordschwarzwald, Band 1: Historische Entwicklung und Bahnbau, Freiburg im Breisgau: Eisenbahn-Kurier, ISBN 3-88255-763-X 
• Hans-Wolfgang Scharf; Burkhard Wollny (1995) (in German), Die Eisenbahn im Nordschwarzwald, Band 2: Ausgestaltung, Betrieb und Maschinendienst, Freiburg im Breisgau: Eisenbahn-Kurier, ISBN 3-88255-764-8 
• Jürgen Gaßebner; Claus-Jürgen Jacobson (1999) (in German), Bahnanlagen aus der Luft. Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Transpress, ISBN 3-613-71098-6 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gäubahn (Eutingen–Freudenstadt).

• "Route timetable (KVV) pdf file 72 kB" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
• "Tariff zone plan (vgf) pdf file 192 kB" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
• "Karlsruhe Stadtbahn network (KVV) pdf file 102 kB" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2009.