Stuttgart–Horb railway

Stuttgart–Horb railway
Overview
Other name(s)Gäu Railway
Native nameGäubahn
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Line number
  • 4860 (Stuttgart–Horb)
  • 4861 (Stuttgart-Österfeld–Stuttgart-Rohr S-Bahn track)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number740
Operator(s)DB Netz
Technical
Line length67.227 km (41.773 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius315 m (1,033 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map

Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
(until 1922)
0.0
Stuttgart Hbf
(from 1922)
2.9
Viaduct over the old Nordbahnhof (112 m)
freight connection turnoff to Stuttgart-Feuerbach
old layout until 1922
4.5
Kriegsberg tunnel (579 m)
8.6
Stuttgart West
(closed 29 Sep 1985)
8.9
Hasenberg tunnel (258 m)
9.4
Stuttgart-Heslach
(closed 29 May 1960)
11.1
Wildpark
(closed 28 May 1961)
14.1
Stuttgart Österfeld
S-Bahn stop only
14.7
Nesenbach Viaduct (111 m)
Filder Railway from Stuttgart-Möhringen
15.6
Stuttgart-Vaihingen
transit to Stadtbahn Stuttgart
16.7
Stuttgart-Rohr
17.6
Berghau Tunnel (200 m)
20.0
former Kaufwald Tunnel (150 m)
(until 1958/59)
20.6
Mönchsbrunnen
from Pfaffensteig Tunnel (planned)
Böblingen Mönchsbrunnen
(planned junction)
24.5
Goldberg
25.9
Böblingen, terminus of S 60
437 m
freight traffic to industrial park Hulb
27.8
Hulb
31.2
Ehningen (b Böblingen)
29.4
Würm (92 m)
34.8
Gärtringen
37.6
Nufringen
41.6
Herrenberg, terminus of S 1
431 m
46.2
Gäufelden
used to be Nebringen
former night fighter airfield and
KZ-Außenlager Hailfingen-Tailfingen
50.7
Bondorf (b Herrenberg)
54.8
Ergenzingen
57.2
Eutingen im Gäu, terminus of S 41
476 m
Hochdorf (b Horb)
511 m
connecting curve (since 1933)
58.5
Eutingen (Württ)
(until 1933
63.3
Mühlen Tunnel (309 m)
66.9
Neckar (148 m)
67.2
Horb am Neckar
km
Source: German railway atlas

The Stuttgart–Horb railway is a 67.227 kilometer-long railway in the southern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, running from Stuttgart to Horb. It forms part of a railway known as the Gäubahn (IPA: [ˈɡɔɪbaːn]) or Gäu Railway. The Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen or K.W.St.E.) and the Baden State Railways (Badische Staatseisenbahnen) constructed the majority of this line between the years 1866 and 1879. Today the partially single-track, fully electrified line features the high-speed Intercity-Express (ICE) service, with its tilting train technology, traveling from Stuttgart to Zürich. In addition, a multitude of local train services of numerous railway companies are on offer. The Gäu Railway is also a significant line in the North-South freight service system.