Herbertingen–Aulendorf railway
The Herbertingen–Aulendorf railway is a line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It goes from Herbertingen to Aulendorf and thus connects the Tuttlingen–Inzigkofen railway with the Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway and the Allgäu Railway (Allgäubahn). The 28 kilometre line is entirely single-track and non-electrified, but has been upgraded for the operation of tilting trains. Deutsche Bahn operates the line along with the Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway as the Zollernalbbahn (Zollernalb Railway). Historically, the line was often considered as part of the adjoining Allgäu Railway, which opened at the same time.
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| Locale | Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line number | 4550 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 28.0 km (17.4 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route number | 766 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
The Aulendorf–Bad Saulgau (then called Saulgau) section was opened on 25 July 1869 together with the adjacent Aulendorf–Waldsee section of the Allgäu Railway. The Saulgau–Herbertingen section followed on 10 October 1869.[2] Because Herbertingen station is poorly located for the town, Herbertingen Ort was opened closer to the town before the Second World War.
Operations
The most famous train on the line was the Heckeneilzug Kleber-Express, which ran between Freiburg and Munich until 2003. Now the line is only served by Regionalbahn services at hourly intervals.
References
Footnotes
- Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 104, 112.
- "The Herbertingen–Aulendorf line" (in German). www.suedbahn-online.de. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
Sources
- Thomas Scherer (1981). Eisenbahnen in Württemberg (in German). I: Die württembergische Allgäubahn. Ulm.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.