Basel Connecting Line

Basel Connecting Line
Overview
Native name	Verbindungsbahn
Locale	Basel-Stadt, Switzerland and Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini	Basel SBB Basel Bad Bf
Technical
Line length	4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Number of tracks	4 (throughout)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend from Saint-Louis (France) 0.0 Basel SBB SBB-Jura Railway to Delémont Basel Trams, Birseck Railway, Basel-Aesch tramway 1.3 to Brugg/Olten Basellandschaftliche Overland Railway 2.3 Gellert connecting curve from Muttenz marshalling yard, from Brugg and Olten Basel Trams 3.537 Infrastructure border SBB/DB Netze Connecting line bridge (Rhine; 216 m) High Rhine Railway from Konstanz–Waldshut Wiese Valley Railway from Zell im Wiesental Basel Trams 4.4 Basel Bad Bf Rhine Valley Railway to Freiburg im Breisgau Source: Swiss railway atlas[1]

The Basel Connecting Line (German: Basler Verbindungsbahn) is a railway line in the Swiss city of Basel and connects Basel Baden station on the right bank of the Rhine and Basel SBB station on the left bank. It is located on Swiss territory.

Most of the German long-distance trains on the Rhine Valley Railway end at Basel SBB station and run along the Connecting Line. Many Regional-Express trains of Deutsche Bahn (from Freiburg) and S-Bahn trains of the SBB GmbH (from Zell) also run over the Connecting Line to Basel SBB.