German railway line
Fulda–Gersfeld |
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Line number | 3824 (Germany) |
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Route number | 616 (Germany) |
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Line length | 23.4 km |
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Track gauge | 1435 mm |
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Operating speed | 120 km/h max. |
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Operating points and lines
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0,0
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Fulda Bronnzell (former passenger station)
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0,7
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Bronnzell Rhönbad
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3,4
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Eichenzell
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Welkers industrial railway
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6,1
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Welkers
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6,4
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Welkers (former)
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7,7
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Rönshausen
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9,4
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Lütter
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334 m
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12,3
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Ried
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13,9
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Schmalnau
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16,0
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Hettenhausen
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18,6
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Altenfeld
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427 m
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21,9
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former spur to basalt factory
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23,4
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Gersfeld (former full station)
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504 m
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The Fulda–Gersfeld Railway (
German: Bahnstrecke Fulda–Gersfeld), also called the Rhön Railway (
German: Rhönbahn), is a railway line in the state of
Hesse,
Germany. It connects
Fulda in the west with
Gersfeld, in the
Rhön Mountains, in the east. The line was opened by the
Prussian state railways on October 1, 1888 (1888-10-01), and as of November 2014
[update] is operated by the
Hessische Landesbahn using
Alstom Coradia LINT 41 trainsets.
References
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^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Sixth, 2007/2008 ed.). Aachen: Schweers + Wall. 2007.
ISBN
978-3-89494-136-9.
External links
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Schedule for the line at the Hessische Landesbahn website (in German)
50°26′58″N 9°54′52″E / 50.4494°N 9.9145°E / 50.4494; 9.9145