Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line

Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway

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Overview

Native name

Schnellfahrstrecke Mannheim–Stuttgart

Locale

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Line number

4080

Operation

Opened

9 May 1991

Technical

Line length

99 km (62 mi)

Number of tracks

2

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

5,100 m (16,700 ft)

Electrification

15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead catenary

Operating speed

250 km/h (160 mph) (maximum)

Maximum incline

1.25%

Route number

770

Route map

Western approach to the Riedbahn from Frankfurt

Palatine Ludwig Railway from Ludwigshafen

0.0

Mannheim Hbf

Rhine Railway to Schwetzingen (see below)

Mannheim Hbf Ost (junction)

2.0

Container yard bridge (1100 m)

Rhine Valley Railway to Heidelberg

and the marshalling yard

Connecting curve to Rhine Railway

and the marshalling yard

5.1

Mannheim-Pfingstberg (crossover)

5.6

Pfingstberg Tunnel (5380 m)

Rhine Railway Mannheim–Schwetzingen

11.5

Schwetzingen Brühler Weg (crossover)

16.9

Schwetzingen crossing structure (126 m), A 6

Speyer–Schwetzingen line, now siding

Rhine Railway from Schwetzingen (see above)

20.9

Rhine Railway to Karlsruhe (see below)

27.7

Oberhausen (crossover)

31.7

Waghäusel Saalbach (junction)

connecting line to Graben-Neudorf

Rhine Railway to Karlsruhe

34.7

Waghäusel Lußhardt (crossover)

35.0

B 36 tunnel (65 m)

40.5

Forst (crossover)

40.7

Forst Tunnel (1726 m)

Rhine Valley Railway Karlsruhe–Heidelberg

Katzbach Railway to Odenheim

Kraich Valley Railway to Menzingen

45.3

Bruchsal Rollenberg (junction)

45.2

Rollenberg Tunnel (3303 m)

47.4

Bruchsal Eisenhut crossover

49.1

Oberbruch Viaduct (220 m)

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