Heuberg Railway

Heuberg Railway
Overview
Native nameHeubergbahn
Line number4601
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number274d / 318g / 308c
History
Opened1928
Closed1966
Technical
Line length17.9 km (11.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gaugenarrow gauge
Route map

0.00
Spaichingen
669 m
Plochingen–Immendingen railway
to Singen (Hohentwiel)
0.45
Obere Bahnhofstraße
0.68
1.00
B 14 Hauptstraße / Balgheimer Straße
L 431 Dreifaltigkeitsbergstraße
2.08
Spaichingen Nord
5.02
Denkingen
741 m
L 433a Klippeneckstraße
7.30
Schweinebrunnen Viaduct (52 m)
7.58
Setze Viaduct (150 m)
8.33
Wettbachtal Viaduct (300 m)
Wettbach
8.70
Au Tunnel (126 m)
9.39
L 433 Austraße
9.54
Hauptstraße
9.64
Gosheim
841 m
9.79
Wehinger Straße
10.20
13.60
L 435 Deilinger Straße
13.70
Mühlbach
13.93
Wehingen
779 m
16.09
Harras-Obernheim
768 m
K 5906 Obernheimer Straße
17.61
L 433
17.71
Reichenbach (Heuberg)
745 m
17.90
Streckenende 1. Bauabschnitt
20.0
Egesheim 728 m
(construction not carried out)
25.9
Nusplingen 715 m
(construction not carried out)
Source: German railway atlas

The Heuberg Railway (Heubergbahn) was a 17.9 kilometres (11.1 mi) standard gauge railway line in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The line operated between 1928 and 1966, and ran from Spaichingen, past five railway stations and a stop to Reichenbach am Heuberg. The line was originally planned as a narrow-gauge line through Reichenbach and Egesheim to Nusplingen. It was significant in the development and industrialization of the communities of the Heuberg plateau.