Fils Valley Railway

Fils Valley Railway
The Fils Valley Railway in Esslingen
Overview
Native nameFilstalbahn
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
  • Stuttgart
  • Ulm
Service
Route number750
Technical
Line length94 km (58 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Route map

km
0.136 0.139
Stuttgart Hbf
247 m
0.800
Stuttgart Hbf Em
Wolframstraße (yard)
to Bietigheim-Bissingen
(suburban tracks)
1.900 1.900
Stuttgart Hbf Gw Rosenstein
(yard)
Neckar, Rosenstein Bridge (75 m)
from Stuttgart Hbf (u.c.)
from Stuttgart Mittnachtstraße (u.c.)
3.419 3.413
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
222 m
5.575
Stuttgart Neckarpark
7.092
6.933
229 m
freight line to Stuttgart port
from Stuttgart Hbf (u.c.)
9.338 9.338
Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
229 m
11.094 11.094
Esslingen-Mettingen
236 m
13.211 13.211
Esslingen (Neckar)
236 m
15.429 15.429
Oberesslingen
242 m
17.936 17.932
Esslingen-Zell
248 m
19.762 19.768
Altbach
249 m
22.228
22.944
22.197 22.947
Plochingen
253 m
former link from Wernau
Schnaitwald siding
27.2+163
Reichenbach (Fils)
263 m
27.2+203.1
27.300+34.2
31.994
Ebersbach (Fils)
278 m
36.622
Uhingen
295 m
39.075
Faurndau
306 m
from Schwäb. Gmünd
42.082
Göppingen
315 m
to Boll
46.110
Eislingen (Fils)
336 m
48.587
Salach
351 m
50.406
Süßen
354 m
to Weißenstein
53.662
Gingen (Fils)
394 m
54.078
Gingen Süd
(crossover)
56.295
Kuchen
420 m
57.974
Geislinger Steige West
436 m
Eybtal reversing station
from Wiesensteig
61.297
Geislingen (Steige)
469 m
Geislinger Steige
67.003
Amstetten (Württ.)
581 m
to Laichingen
(metre-gauge line)
to Gerstetten
70.910
Urspring
570 m
71.6
Urspring freight yard
72.851
Lonsee
562 m
75.951
Westerstetten
(until 2005)
550 m
76.659
Westerstetten
(since 2005)
555 m
81.993
Beimerstetten
591 m
85.5
Jungingen (Württ)
583 m
Örlingen
92.900
Ulm Hbf Em Nord
(yard)
93.975
Ulm Hbf
478  m
km
Source: German railway atlas

The Fils Valley Railway (German: Filstalbahn, historically Filsbahn or Württembergische OstbahnWürttemberg Eastern Railway) designates the Württemberg line from Stuttgart via Göppingen to Ulm. It runs from Plochingen to Geislingen an der Steige through the Fils Valley.