Coupled Class 612s leave Ottweiler towards Saarbrücken
Overview
Native name
Nahetalbahn
Line number
3511
Locale
Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany
Termini
Bingen (Rhein) Hbf
Saarbrücken Hbf
Service
Route number
672 (Bingen–Bad Kreuznach)
680 (Bad-Kreuznach–Saarbrücken)
Technical
Line length
141.8 km (88.1 mi)
Number of tracks
2 (throughout)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Route map
Legend
Left Rhine Railway from Koblenz
0.0
Bingen (Rhein) Hbf
(wedge station)
Left Rhine Railway to Gau Algesheim
B 9
2.7
Münster-Sarmsheim
former line from Hindenburg Bridge
A 61
5.9
Laubenheim (Nahe)
8.0
Langenlonsheim
Trans-Hunsrück Railway to Simmern
11.5
Bretzenheim (Nahe)
B 41
14.6
Bad Kreuznach Gbf
Nahe (first of 13 crossings on the line)
Strategic railway from Gau Algesheim
16.2
Bad Kreuznach
(wedge station)
Kreuznach - Am Rheinstein
(until 1905)
(line to Bad Münster formerly had 4 tracks)
Nahe
20.1
Bad Münster am Stein
20.4
Alsenz Valley Railway to Hochspeyer
20.5
B 48
20.7
former Glan Valley Railway to Homburg
22.2
Great Norheim Tunnel (235 m)
22.5
Little Norheim Tunnel (76 m)
23.3
Norheim
25.9
Niederhausen (Nahe)
31.2
Waldböckelheim
33.5
Boos Tunnel (424 m)
former Glan Valley Railway
(Draisine operations)
35.3
Staudernheim
38.4
Bad Sobernheim
42.7
Monzingen
47.0
Martinstein
49.2
Hochstetten (Nahe)
B 41
53.0
Kirn
189 m
56.5
Kirn-Sulzbach
(previously Kirnsulzbach)
60.5
Fischbach-Weierbach
63.8
Nahbollenbach
65.6
Gefallener-Fels Tunnel (201 m)
67.9
Idar-Oberstein
264 m
68.5
Homerich Tunnel (388 m)
69.2
Enzweil Tunnel (466 m)
70.2
Enzweiler
73.5
Sonnenberg (Nahe)
(closed 1963)
73.6
Frauenberg Tunnel (407 m)
75.3
Kronweiler
75.5
Kupferheck Tunnel (211 m)
77.3
Bockspiel Tunnel (120 m)
77.7
Nohen
79.2
Brämericher Tunnel (209 m)
80.7
Heimbach (Nahe)
line to Baumholder
81.3
Jährodt Tunnel (125 m)
82.1
Mausemühle Tunnel (145 m)
83.7
Hoppstädten (Nahe)
former line from Birkenfeld
85.7
Neubrücke (Nahe)
A 62
Nahe (last of 13 crossings on the line)
Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland border
B 41
89.6
Nohfelden
former Westrich Railway
from Schwarzerden
91.8
Türkismühle
364 m
Hochwald Railway to Hermeskeil
Walhausen (Saar) / Brunnenstraße
94.6
Walhausen (Saar)
96.0
high point
384.4 m
98.6
Namborn
B 41
100.9
Hofeld
103.0
Baltersweiler
St. Wendel / Kelsweilerstraße
former line from Tholey
Blies
106.3
St. Wendel
Blies
108.1
Oberlinxweiler
Blies (2x)
111.2
Niederlinxweiler
Blies (2x)
Oster Valley Railway from Schwarzerden
114.8
Ottweiler (Saar)
117.9
Wiebelskirchen Tunnel (313 m)
118.5
Wiebelskirchen
line from Homburg
120.6
Neunkirchen (Saar) Hbf
(wedge station)
Fischbach Valley Railway to Schiffweiler
123.1
Neunkirchen Hbf junction
former line to Neunkirchen-Heinitz
Königsgrube (mine)
former connection to Schiffweiler
B 41
124.9
0.0
Landsweiler-Reden
Reden Grube (mine)
1.9
Itzenplitz Grube
(1860–1958)
127.5
Bildstock
(former route until 1955)
127.7
Bildstock Tunnel (old, 481 m)
127.9
Bildstock Tunnel (new, 341 m)
(former route until 1955)
Friedrichsthal (Saar)-Mitte
129.6
Friedrichsthal (Saar)
Sulzbach viaduct, A 8
131,8
Sulzbach (Saar) Altenwald
133.1
Sulzbach (Saar)
136.4
Dudweiler
Beginning of freight railway (GUB)
138.5
Jägersfreude
A 623
139.0
Saarbrücken marshalling yard
N junction
Saarbrücken marshalling yard/
freight yard
140.9
Saarbrücken Hbf Srg
Saarbrücken marshalling yard
W junction (GUB)
Palatine Ludwig Railway from Homburg
and line from Sarreguemines
141.9
Saarbrücken Hbf
Fischbach Valley Railway
to Wemmetsweiler
Forbach Railway to Metz
Saar line to Trier
Source: German railway atlas[1]
The Nahe Valley Railway (German: Nahetalbahn) is a two-track, partially electrified main line railway in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, which runs for almost 100 kilometres along the Nahe. It was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway Company and connects Bingen am Rhein on the Left Rhine line with Saarbrücken. It was opened between 1858 and 1860 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. The section south of Bad Kreuznach is part of the regionally important transport corridor between the two major cities of Mainz and Saarbrücken.
^Schweers + Wall 2009, pp. 76, 84–5, 157.
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