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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 ...
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.
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 line diverges from the Black Forest Railway at Hausach and runs east along the Kinzig River to Schiltach, for a total length of 14.2 kilometres (8.8 mi). At Schiltach, the line continues as the Eutingen im Gäu–Schiltach railway line. The Schiltach-Schramberg railway used to branch off at Schiltach. This line was opened in 1892, but ...
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(currently no timetable route number) 753 Württemberg Allgäu Railway, Kißlegg–Hergatz railway: Aulendorf–Kisslegg–Hergatz: 980 754 Altshausen–Schwackenreute railway: Altshausen–Schwackenreute: 320b 755 Ulm–Sigmaringen railway, Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway, Tuttlingen–Inzigkofen railway, Black Forest Railway (Baden)