| Alb Valley Railway |
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| Native name | Albtalbahn |
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| Line number | 9420 |
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| Locale | Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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| Route number | 710.1 |
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| Line length | 41.5 km (25.8 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Old gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 25 m (82 ft) |
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| Electrification | 750 V DC overhead |
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| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) (max) |
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| Maximum incline | 2.5% |
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Karlsruher Lokalbahn |
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Karlsruhe |
–1913 |
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to storage sidings |
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Albtal (2nd) | on second line | | originally sidings |
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Albtal 1st (on original line) |
–1910 |
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Karlsruhe Nebeniusstraße |
–1910 |
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Albtal (3rd) |
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connection to tram network |
1958– |
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0.0 |
Karlsruhe Albtal (4th) |
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| southern Karlstraße | | (to tram network) |
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1996– |
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1913– |
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| DB | | to Karlsruhe freight yard & K9657 |
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1.3 |
| Karlsruhe Dammerstock | | formerly Beiertheim |
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1.7 |
| Karlsruhe Schloss Rüppurr | | formerly Klein-Rüppurr |
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2.3 |
| Rüppurr Ostendorfplatz | | formerly Gartenstadt |
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2.9 |
| Rüppurr Tulpenstraße | | formerly Rüppurr Bahnhoff |
115 m |
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3.5 |
Rüppurr Battstraße |
1958– |
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4.5 |
Battstraße terminal loop |
1958– |
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5.0 |
Ettlingen Neuwiesenreben |
1972– |
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5.9 |
| Ettlingen Wasen | | formerly Exerzierplatz |
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0.0 |
Ettlingen West |
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6.5 |
Ettlingen Erbprinz |
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6.5 |
Ettlingen Erbprinz |
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7.0 |
| Ettlingen Stadt | | formerly Ettlingen Holzhof |
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136 m |
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7.5 |
Ettlingen Albgaubad |
1959– |
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7.5 |
Albgaubad terminal loop |
1959– |
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Ettlingen Waldkolonie |
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Ettlingen Wattsteig |
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9.5 |
Ettlingen Spinnerei |
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10.5 |
Busenbach |
171 m |
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2007– |
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11.0 |
former terminal loop |
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12.4 |
Etzenrot |
202 m |
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15.3 |
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214 m |
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Spielberg |
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18.2 |
Marxzell |
251 m |
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23.6 |
Steinhäusle request stop |
1981– |
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21.4 |
Frauenalb-Schielberg |
308 m |
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24.7 |
Bad Herrenalb Kullenmühle |
1927– |
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25.8 |
Bad Herrenalb station |
351 m |
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25.8 |
Bad Herrenalb terminal loop |
1961– |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Alb Valley Railway (German: Albtalbahn) is a railway line in southern Germany that runs from Karlsruhe via Ettlingen to Bad Herrenalb with a branch to Ittersbach. The line is owned and operated, as part of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG).
