Neustadt–Wissembourg railway

Neustadt–Wissembourg railway
Overview
Native namePfälzische Maximiliansbahn
Line number3433 (Neustadt–state border)
3443 (Winden–Karlsruhe)
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Service
Route number676 (Neustadt–Karlsruhe)
679 (Winden–Wissembourg)
Technical
Line lengthNeustadt–Wissembourg: 46.9 km
Winden–Karlsruhe: 27.0 km
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Operating speed140 km/h
Route map

0.02
Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf
B 39
1.839
Neustadt (Weinstr) Süd
B 39
5.889
Maikammer-Kirrweiler
Kropsbach
7.998
Edenkoben Gillet
(siding)
Edenkoben Arcelor Mittal
(station part)
Triefenbach
8.467
Edenkoben
(only to the north)
8.468
Edenkoben
(only to the south)
10.560
Edesheim (Pfalz)
13.697
Knöringen-Essingen
15.88
Hartwiesen
connecting curve to Dammheim
line from Germersheim (industrial track)
K 5
18.431
Landau (Pfalz) Hbf
141 m
L 509
19.0
Landau locomotive depot (1921–1993)
19.3
Birnbach
20.0
Ebenberg siding
former line to Herxheim
B 38
23.783
Insheim
26.164
Rohrbach (Pfalz)
former Klingbach Valley Railway
to Klingenmünster
28.176
Steinweiler
29.500
former railway division border:
Mainz/Karlsruhe (1937–1945)
Winden–Bad Bergzabern railway
B 427
31.077
Winden (Pfalz)
35.5
former line to Dörrenbach/Winzental/Westwall
36.300
Schaidt (Pfalz)
37.368
Schaidt
(at one time Schaidt-Steinfeld)
39.750
Steinfeld (Pfalz)
41.203
Kapsweyer
43.000
Schweighofen
44.618
60.028
Lauter, Germany/France national border
Weißenburg Ost
(junction)
line from Strasbourg,
former line from Lauterbourg
D 263
57.667
Wissembourg
(1871–1919, 1942–1945 Weißenburg)
Source: German railway atlas

The Neustadt–Wissembourg railway, also called the Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn ("Palatine Maximilian Railway"), Maximiliansbahn or just the Maxbahn - is a railway line in southwestern Germany that runs from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse to Wissembourg (German: Weißenburg) in Alsace, France. The Palatine Maximilian Railway also included a branch (the Winden–Karlsruhe railway) from Winden via Wörth and the Maxaubahn to Karlsruhe.