Stahringen–Lindau
Overview
Line number4331
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number731
Technical
Line length51.780 km (32.175 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
km
elev
from Radolfzell
0.000
 Stahringen
to Stockach
5.400
 Espasingen
8.515
 Ludwigshafen (Bodensee)
12.584
 Sipplingen
14.800
 Süßenmühle
17.525
 Überlingen Therme
17.866~
 Überlingen West Tunnel (948 m)
18.910
 Überlingen
18.972
Überlinger East Tunnel (615 m)
19.600
 Überlingen Ost
21.410
 Überlingen-Nußdorf
24.200
 Birnau-Maurach
25.800
from Unteruhldingen
25.700
Bundesstraße 31 (50 m)
26.455
 Uhldingen-Mühlhofen
27.500
 Mühlhofen Ort
29.600
 Grasbeuren
32.304
 Salem
formerly Mimmenhausen-Neufrach
to Frickingen
34.500
 Mittelstenweiler
37.452
 Bermatingen-Ahausen
41.147
 Markdorf (Baden)
44.820
 Friedrichshafen-Kluftern
46.700
Dornier-Werke siding
46.783
 Friedrichshafen-Fischbach
48.009
 Friedrichshafen-Manzell
49.100
 Seemoos
50.109
 Friedrichshafen Landratsamt
50.600
 Friedrichshafen Strandbad
51.780
 Friedrichshafen Stadt
to Friedrichshafen Hafen
to Oberteuringen
to Ulm
to Lindau
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Stahringen–Friedrichshafen railway is a non-electrified single-track railway in Baden-Württemberg that runs from Stahringen to Friedrichshafen Stadt. The 51.780 kilometre-long main-line runs mainly along the north shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) and is part of a route known as the Bodenseegürtelbahn (Lake Constance Belt Railway), connecting Radolfzell and Lindau-Insel.

History

The line was created to close the gap between the network of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen) and that of the Royal Württemberg State Railways). After Stahringen was connected to the railway network on 20 July 1867 by the Radolfzell–Mengen railway, the section from Stahringen to Überlingen did not go into operation until 18 August 1895. Finally, Friedrichshafen Stadt station was reached on 2 October 1901. Friedrichshafen had been connected to Ulm by the Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway (Südbahn) since 1847.

On 22 December 1939, there was a great train wreck when a passenger and a freight train collided on the line between Markdorf and Kluftern, resulting in the deaths of 102 people. As earlier the same day two express trains had collided with each other in Genthin in Saxony-Anhalt with (186 deaths), it was the worst day of German railway history.[2]

Services

The line has been served hourly since 2003 by the Seehänsele (the name is derived from See—"lake"—and Hänsele—a local carnival figure) Regional service (RB 31),[3] which does not stop in Stahringen. SWEG Alstom Coradia LINT 54 (class 622) sets have been used for this since September 2019. Previously Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 railcars were used. Some trains continue to Singen or to Friedrichshafen Hafen. In addition, every two hours IRE 3 Interregio-Express Sprinter services (class 612 tilting trains) run between Friedrichshafen and Basel Bad, stopping only in Überlingen and Radolfzell on this line.

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  2. ↑ Kuntzemüller, Albert (1953). Die badischen Eisenbahnen (in German). Karlsruhe: G. Braun. pp. 163 ff.
  3. ↑ "Seehänsele - Ihre RegionalBahn am Bodensee" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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