Erms Valley Railway

Erms Valley Railway
Overview
Native nameErmstalbahn
Line number763
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number4621
Technical
Line length12.260 km (7.618 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius350 m (1,148.3 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.455%
Route map

0.000
Metzingen (Württ)
354 m
0.077
DB Netz AG / ENAG
1.7
Metzingen-Neuhausen
3.259
3.419
Metzinger Straße
4.095
Dettingen Lehen
4.491
Glemser Straße
4.656
Dettingen-Mitte
397 m
5.413
Dettingen Freibad
5.862
Kalferweg
6.549
Dettingen Gsaid
Munksjö paper factory siding
8.247
8.679
Bad Urach Wasserfall
Seltbachstraße
9.7
Bad Urach Ermstalklinik
10.40
Bad Urach
463 m
11.07
Sattelmayer siding
11.447
URACA loading point
12.0
Erms and lower mill canal
12.05
upper mill canal
12.260
Kunstmühle (mill) Künkele
Source: German railway atlas

The Erms Valley Railway (German: Ermstalbahn, originally written as Ermsthalbahn) is a single-track electrified branch line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It links Metzingen, where it branches off from the Plochingen–Tübingen railway with Bad Urach (called Urach until July 1983) on the northern edge of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb). For its entire length, the branch line follows the Erms river and it is now operated by the Erms-Neckar-Bahn Eisenbahninfrastruktur AG (ENAG).