Franconia Railway

Franconia Railway
Overview
Native name	Frankenbahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Line number	4800 (Stuttgart–Bietigheim-B.) 4900 (Bietigheim-B.–Osterburken) 4120 (Osterburken–Heidingsfeld) 5321 (Heidingsfeld–Würzburg)
Locale	Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany
Termini	Stuttgart Hbf. Würzburg Hbf.
Stations	46
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number	780 790.4, 790.5 (S-Bahn Stuttgart) 705 (Heilbronn–Eberb.–Heidelb.) 706 (Heilbronn–Sinsh.–Heidelb.)
Operator(s)	DB Bahn
History
Opened	Stages between 1846-1869
Technical
Line length	179.7 km (111.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	312 m (1,024 ft)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Maximum incline	1.5%
Route map Legend 0.0 Stuttgart Hbf 247 m Link line to the S-Bahn Stuttgart S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 60 Fils Valley Railway to Ulm 1.1 Flying junction over the line to Bad Cannstatt (204 m) 1.4 Bft Stuttgart Hbf Gw Prag to Singen 2.3 Ehmannstr. bridge (56 m) 2.7 Stuttgart North 268 m connecting curve from the Gäu Railway 3.5 Bft Stuttgart Nord Gbf Em 273 m 3.6 Prag Tunnel (680 m) Feuerbach industrial railway 4.7 Stuttgart-Feuerbach 279 m Feuerbach industrial railway Feuerbach industrial railway 6.6 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen 281 m Black Forest Railway to Weil der Stadt S 6 S 60 to Kornwestheim Rbf SW / SO 8.2 junction with the high-speed railway to Mannheim link Schuster Railway–SFS / –Rbf Schuster Railway from S-Untertürkheim 10.5 Kornwestheim 301 m 12.2 Kornwestheim Karlshöhe junction from Kornwestheim Rbf Nord-Ost from Kornwestheim Rbf Nord-West 13.9 Ludwigsburg 295 m Line to Backnang S 4 Line to Markgröningen (to 2005) 17.6 Asperg 268 m 20.2 Tamm (Württ.) 250 m Line from Backnang (to 1945) 23.6 Bietigheim-Bissingen 220 m S 5 terminus on the Stuttgart S-Bahn Württemberg Western Railway to Bruchsal 28.5 over the Enz and the B 27 (205 m) 29.802 Besigheim 192 m 32.0 Walheim (Württ.) 185 m 35.151 Kirchheim (Neckar) 180 m 36.4 Kirchheim Tunnel (584 m) Zabergäu Railway from Leonbronn (to 1995) 40.5 Lauffen (Neckar) 172 m 46.5 Nordheim (Württ) 163 m 48.0 Klingenberg (Württ) 161 m 50.6 Heilbronn-Böckingen 159 m 51.2 Heilbronn Gbf Kraichgau Railway from Karlsruhe S 4 52.0 over the Neckar Canal harbour (107 m) Heilbronn harbour railway Inner city line of the Heilbronn Stadtbahn S 4 (since 2001) 52.4 Heilbronn Hbf 158 m Hohenlohe Railway to Crailsheim 53.1 over the Neckar (60 m) 53.3 over the B 39 (61 m) Heilbronn industrial railway 53.9 Heilbronn Sülmertor 156 m 54.7 Industrie Bridge (59 m) 57.6 A 6 Neckar Valley Bridge (1350 m) Heilbronn Stadtbahn HN North from HN Harmonie S 41S 42 58.160 Neckarsulm 155 m 58.691 Neckarsulm Mitte 59.752 Neckarsulm Nord 62.0 Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf 155 m 62.082 Bad Friedrichshall junction Audi 62.145 Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf 155 m 62.6 Bad Friedrichshall junction salt works 62.7 over the Kocher (142 m) Lower Kocher Valley Railway from Ohrnb. (to 1993) 63.763 Bad Friedrichshall 155 m Elsenz Valley Railway to Sinsheim S 42 Neckar Valley Railway to Neckarelz S 41 67.1 Duttenberg-Obergriesheim to 1971 68.8 Untergriesheim 160 m 73.6 Herbolzheim (Jagst) 161 m 75.1 Neudenau 164 m 78.7 Siglingen 176 m 81.1 Züttlingen 179 m 82.7 over the Jagst (144 m) 85.8 Möckmühl 181 m Jagst Valley Railway to Dörzbach (to 1988) 91.2 Roigheim 201 m 93.1 over the Seckach (47 m) 94.7 Sennfeld 217 m 98.0 Adelsheim Ost 232 m Line from Neckarelz S1 101.8 81.3 Osterburken S1 247 m 86.0 Rosenberg (Baden) 292 m 88.9 Hirschlanden 302 m 93.1 Eubigheim 333 m 95.4 Seewiese Kehrbahnhof 95.9 Eubigheim Tunnel (272 m) 96.5 A 81 bridge (54 m) 99.7 Uiffingen 313 m 104.0 Boxberg-Wölchingen 260 m 105.9 Schweigern 241 m 109.0 Unterschüpf 251 m 110.9 Sachsenflur 206 m Tauber Valley Railway from Crailsheim 113.6 Königshofen (Baden) 192 m 116.1 Lauda 192 m Tauber Valley Railway to Wertheim 117.9 over the Tauber (81 m) 118.4 Gerlachsheim 188 m 122.9 Grünsfeld 205 m 126.5 Zimmern (Main-Tauber) 219 m 131.1 Wittighausen Tunnel (137 m) 131.7 Wittighausen 244 m 133.8 Gaubüttelbrunn 255 m 136.4 Kirchheim (Unterfr) 285 m 143.2 Geroldshausen 318 m 148.6 Reichenberg (Unterfr) 251 m 152.4 A 3 bridge (82 m) 153.7 Würzburg-Heidingsfeld West 184 m Line from Treuchtlingen 154.0 135.0 Würzburg-Heidingsfeld West Ültg 137.8 Würzburg Süd 196 m Line from Nuremberg 140.2 Würzburg Hbf 181 m high-speed railway to Hanover Main-Spessart Railway to Aschaffenburg Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Franconia Railway (German: Frankenbahn) is a 180-kilometre-long (110 mi) railway line in the north of the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia that links Stuttgart and Würzburg. Its name comes from the fact that the majority of the line runs through Franconia. The first section of the line was opened in 1848 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany. The main line is now electrified and has been almost entirely upgraded to double-tracks.