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The Black Forest Railway was the first mountain railway to use hair-pin loops, which artificially lengthened the line, but allowed for the grade to stay under 20 per mille at any point. Without this solution, the construction of part of the line as a rack and pinion railway , like the Murg Valley Railway or the Höllental Railway , would have ...
Black Forest Railway (German: Schwarzwaldbahn) is the name of two railway lines in the German federated state of Baden-Württemberg: The Black Forest Railway (Baden) from Offenburg to Singen (Hohentwiel) The Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) from Stuttgart via Weil der Stadt to Calw
The Black Forest Railway (German: Schwarzwaldbahn)—also known as the Württembergische Schwarzwaldbahn ("Württemberg Black Forest Railway") to distinguish it from the railway of the same name in Baden—is a railway line in southern Germany from Stuttgart to Calw, passing through the foothills of the Black Forest, that was opened in stages between 1868 and 1872.
The line, which opened as far as Neustadt in 1887, was constructed for the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways and was the last project of railway architect Robert Gerwig. The 7.2 km (4.5 mi) section of the line between Hirschsprung and Hinterzarten has a maximum gradient of 5.5%, and was initially operated as a rack railway on the Riggenbach ...
The Nagold Valley Railway (German: Nagoldtalbahn) is a railway line in the northern part of the Black Forest in Germany which links Pforzheim with Horb am Neckar and, for most of its route, follows the valley of the River Nagold. Trains on the non-electrified, single-tracked main line are operated by DB Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee.
Pages in category "Railway lines in the Black Forest" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Elz Valley Railway (German: Elztalbahn) is a 19.3 km (12.0 mi) long, single-tracked, standard gauge branch line in the Black Forest area of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The line branches off the Freiburg im Breisgau to Offenburg section of the Rhine Valley Railway at Denzlingen and runs up the valley of the River Elz to Waldkirch ...
Railway lines in the Black Forest (22 P) Pages in category "Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total.