Plochingen–Immendingen railway

Plochingen–Immendingen
Overview
Line number4600
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 740 (Stuttgart–Singen (Hohentwiel)/Freudenstadt)
  • 743 (Rottweil/Sigmaringen–Blumberg-Zollhaus)
  • 755 (Ulm–Donaueschingen)
  • 760 (Stuttgart–Tübingen)
  • 774 (Tübingen–Pforzheim)
  • 790.1 (Herrenberg–Kirchheim (Teck))
Technical
Line length161.5 km (100.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius222 m (728 ft)
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Route map

km
0.0
Plochingen
former connecting line to Schnaitwald
Wernau concrete plant siding
2.6
Wernau (Neckar)
Erwin Behr company siding
Otto & Söhne textile factory siding
6.7
Wendlingen (Neckar)
264 m
connection to Wendlingen–Ulm HSR
Little Wendlingen Curve (under construction)
9.6
Oberboihingen
12.6
Nürtingen
283 m
17.2
Neckartailfingen
until 1976
306 m
Autmut
22.2
Bempflingen
342 m
26.2
Metzingen (Württ)
354 m
31.5
Reutlingen-Sondelfingen
393 m
33.5
Reutlingen transfer station
34.7
Reutlingen Hbf
375 m
to Eningen
to Gönningen
Former Reutlingen Tramway (line 3)
Former Reutlingen Tramway (line 1)
35.5
Reutlingen West
Reutlingen Bösmannsäcker
(planned)
former Gönningen Railway
37.5
Reutlingen-Betzingen
345 m
40.0
Wannweil
42.2
Kirchentellinsfurt
312 m
45.9
Tübingen-Lustnau
46.3
Tübingen freight yard
Tübingen Neckaraue Hp
(planned)
48.8
Tübingen Hbf
322 m
Tübingen Mühlbachäcker
(planned)
51.6
Weilheim
Kilchberg Ort
(planned)
53.5
Kilchberg
(operations station)
Tübingen-Bühl
(planned)
56.3
Kiebingen
DHL siding
59.4
Rottenburg am Neckar
Neckar
62.9
Bad Niedernau
Neckar bei Bad Niedernau
66.1
Bieringen (bei Horb)
Sulzau
(planned)
Sulzau Tunnel (493 m)
Börstingen
(planned)
72.4
Eyach
Eyach
77.0
Mühlen (bei Horb)
from Stuttgart
80.3
Horb am Neckar
81.6
Horb Rbf
85.6
Dettingen (Horb)
87.3
Neckarhausen
90.3
Fischingen (Sulz am Neckar)
94.4
Sulz (Neckar)
94.7
Sulz tunnel (297 m)
99.7
Grünholz
103.4
Oberndorf-Aistaig
105.5
Oberndorf (Neckar)
108.9
Altoberndorf
111.5
Epfendorf
115.3
Talhausen-Herrenzimmern
116.9
Talhausen
117.3
Neckar (53 m)
117.4
Hohenstein Tunnel (103 m)
118.8
Neckar (57 m)
120.0
Tierstein Tunnel (654 m)
120.8
Neckar (48 m)
120.8
Bernburg Tunnel (269 m)
121.1
Neckar (41 m)
Rottweil gunpowder factory siding
Rottweil Pulverfabrik
122.3
Au Tunnel (114 m)
123.4
Rottweil
123.8
Neckar (53 m)
124.5
Rottweil-Göllsdorf
125.8
Rottweil Saline
Balingen–Rottweil railway (until 1971)
129.4
Rottweil-Neufra
130.2
Neufra (b Rottweil)
131.8
Neuhaus
134.2
Aldingen (b Spaichingen)
136.4
Hofen (b Spaichingen)
136.8
Spaichingen Mitte
138.4
Spaichingen
670 m
to Reichenbach (until 1966)
139.9
Balgheim
143.5
Rietheim (Württemberg)
684 m
145.3
Weilheim (Württemberg)
Wurmlingen
147.2
Wurmlingen Nord
148.0
Wurmlingen Mitte
was Wurmlingen Ort
150.4
Tuttlingen Schulen
150.6
Danube (38 m)
151.2
Tuttlingen
649 m
(since 1934)
Tuttlingen Gänsäcker
153.7
Danube
154.3
Möhringen Bahnhof
652 m
Möhringen Rathaus
Immendingen Mitte
161.0
Immendingen
658 m
km
Source: German railway atlas

The Plochingen–Immendingen railway is a main-line railway line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It runs from Plochingen via Horb am Neckar to Immendingen, following the upper reaches of the Neckar from Plochingen to Neckartailfingen and from Kirchentellinsfurt to Rottweil, and finally the Danube from Tuttlingen to the end of the line. It was therefore also historically known as the Obere Neckarbahn (Upper Neckar Railway) or the Obere Neckartalbahn (Upper Neckar Valley Railway). The Rottweil-Immendingen section used to be called the Obere Donaubahn (Upper Danube Railway) or Obere Donautalbahn (Upper Danube Valley Railway).

The Plochingen–Tübingen section is now sometimes known as the Neckar-Alb-Bahn (Neckar-Alb Railway), the Tübingen–Horb section as the Kulturbahn (Culture Railway), the Horb–Tuttlingen section as part of the Gäubahn (Gäu Railway) and the Tuttlingen–Immendingen section as the Donaubahn (Danube Railway).