Kraichgau Railway

Kraichgau Railway
Overview
Native nameKraichgaubahn
Line number
  • 4201 (Grötzingen–Eppingen)
  • 4950 (Crailsh.–HN–Eppingen)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
  • Karlsruhe
  • Heilbronn
Service
Route number
  • 710.4 (Karlsruhe Stadtbahn)
  • 710.42 (Heilbronn Stadtbahn)
Technical
Line length64.8 km (40.3 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius450 m (1,480 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline1.2%
Route map
from Karlsruhe Hbf
Stadtbahn Karlsruhe
from Durlach S 4S 5
2.78
0,000
 Grötzingen station
102 m
0.000
 Grötzingen
102 m
0.034
to Mühlacker
0.0/0.3
 Grötzingen VBK/AVG
0.089
 Grötzingen DB/AVG
0.100
 Grötzingen AVG
0.549
AVG line to Söllingen
S 5
0.807
 Oberausstraße
(since 1992)
2.650
 Hummelberg
(since 1992)
5.5
 Jöhlingen tunnel
(226 m)
6.9
 Jöhlingen West
(since 1992)
 Jöhlingen
7.349
 Jöhlingen station
174 m
9.895
 Wössingen
184 m
10.4
 Wössingen Ost
(since 2003)
13.347
 Dürrenbüchig
(since 1906)
15.727
 Rinklingen
(since 1992)
 Western Railway to Bruchsal
17.183
 Bretten
170 m
Western Railway
to Bietigheim-Bissingen S 9
18.022
 Bretten Stadtmitte
(since 1992)
18.655
 Bretten Wannenweg
(since 1992)
19.008
 Bretten Tunnel
(217 m)
19.393
 Bretten Schulzentrum
(since 1992)
20.112
 Bretten Kupferhälde
(since 1997)
21.0
 Gölshausen
(since 1906)
204 m
22.4
Gölshausen Industriegebiet
(since 2002)
22.8
 Gölshausen tunnel
(150 m)
24.983
 Bauerbach
210 m
 Mannheim–Stuttgart HSL
(748 m)
28.000
Oberderdingen-Flehingen Industrie
(since 1997)
28.611
 Flehingen
176 m
32.028
 Zaisenhausen
177 m
34.893
 Sulzfeld (Baden)
193 m
36.200
 Ravensburg castle
(stop for groups)
36.4
 Sulzfeld tunnel
(350 m)
39.9
 Eppingen West
(since 1997)
40.756
Eppingen
terminus of S5 (Rhine-Neckar)
190 m
41.9
 Stebbach
43.268
 line to Steinsfurt
S5
43.441
140.008
 former owner’s border
136.800
 Gemmingen West
(since 2000)
136.113
 Gemmingen
220 m
133.173
 Stetten am Heuchelberg
214 m
130.996
Schwaigern (Württ) West
(since 2000)
129.91
 Schwaigern (Württ)
186 m
129.000
 Schwaigern Ost
(since 2002)
126.2
Leingarten West
(until 1970: Schluchtern)
174 m
125.800
 Leingarten Mitte
(since 1999)
125.060
Leingarten
(until 1970: Großgartach)
170 m
124/375
 Leingarten Ost
(since 1999)
121.800
 Böckingen West
(since 2009)
120.600
HN-Böckingen Berufsschulzentrum
(since 1999)
119.7
Heilbronn Hbf Em
to Heilbronn freight yard (until 1995)
165 m
119.890
Böckingen Sonnenbrunnen
(since 2001)
119.619
 Heilbronn DB/AVG border
119.4
 Heilbronn-Kanalbrücke
(station part)
Franconia Railway from Stuttgart
119.1
Bridge over the Neckar Canal
(43 m)
Inner city line of the Heilbronn Stadtbahn S 4
(since 2001)
118.6
 Heilbronn Hbf
158 m
Franconia Railway to Würzburg
to Crailsheim
Source: German railway atlas

The Kraichgau Railway (German: Kraichgaubahn [ˈkʁaɪçɡaʊbaːn] ⓘ) is a 64.8 km long railway line in the region of Kraichgau in northwestern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It runs from Karlsruhe via Bretten and Eppingen to Heilbronn and was built in 1880. It gained international renown in 1992 as the first dual-system rail/tram route of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, the section between Karlsruhe and Bretten being the prototype for the so-called Karlsruhe model.

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