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| Native name | Taunusbahn |
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| Line number | 9374 |
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| Locale | Hesse, Germany |
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| Route number | 637 |
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| Line length | 42 km (26 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 200 m (660 ft) |
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| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum) |
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| Maximum incline | 2.17% |
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| former Solmsbach Valley Railway | | from Wetzlar |
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36.9 |
Brandoberndorf |
246.9 m |
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33.3 |
Hasselborn |
307.8 m |
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31.4 |
Hasselborn Tunnel 1300 m |
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Jägerhaus († 1985) |
332.7 m |
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B 456 |
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28.8 |
Grävenwiesbach |
326.5 m |
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26.4 |
Hundstadt |
367.2 m |
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23.2 |
Highest point of the line |
391 m |
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22.6 |
Wilhelmsdorf |
~390 m |
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| narrow-gauge railway | | to former military airfield |
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B 275 |
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Raiffeisen siding |
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17.7 |
Usingen central signal box |
299.5 m |
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14.4 |
Hausen |
313.0 m |
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13.4 |
Neu-Anspach |
326.4 m |
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13.0 |
Anspach viaduct (70 m), Usa |
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brickyard siding |
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B 456 |
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9.2 |
Wehrheim |
312.5 m |
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7.0 |
Saalburg |
293.5 m |
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Taunus quartzite works siding († 1996) |
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2.1 |
Köppern |
220.6 m |
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former line to the Tettau Glass Factory |
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to Friedberg |
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Friedrichsdorf |
192.5 m |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Taunus Railway in the High Taunus (German: Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)) is a railway route between Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and Brandoberndorf via Bad Homburg, Usingen and Grävenwiesbach. It was operated from 1993 to 1995 by the Frankfurter Verkehrsverbund (Frankfurt transport association, FVV) as the T-Bahn and subsequently by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main transport association, RMV) as line 15 (RB 15). It is listed in table 637 of the Deutsche Bahn timetable. The Friedrichsdorf–Brandoberndorf line, which has the infrastructure number of 9374, forms part of the old Friedrichsdorf–Wetzlar line, which was known as the Taunusbahn. The line is owned by the Verkehrsverband Hochtaunus (High Taunus transport association, VHT). The infrastructure is managed by HLB Basis AG on behalf of the VHT.