Stuttgart–Wendlingen high-speed railway

The Stuttgart–Wendlingen high-speed railway is an under construction German high-speed line being built as part of the Stuttgart 21 project. It runs from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof via the Filder Tunnel to the Filder plain and from there to the Neckar valley at Wendlingen, where it runs on to the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line. It is part of the Paris-Bratislava corridor as defined by the European Union.

Stuttgart–Wendlingen high-speed railway
Overview
Native name	Neubaustrecke Stuttgart–Wendlingen
Line number	4813[1]
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Technical
Line length	~25.2 km (15.7 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	250 km/h (155 mph)
Maximum incline	2.8%[2]
Route map Legend 0.0 Stuttgart Hbf (new deep level station) Stuttgart Stadtbahn 0.4 Filder Tunnel (9.468 m) 0.7 Obertürkheim Tunnel Stuttgart Stadtbahn Stuttgart Stadtbahn 9.9 South portal of Filder Tunnel 0.0 10.4 10.9 Airport Tunnel 1.8 00.0 Filder Station 1.9 00,0 to the line to Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe 3.1 13.1 Plieningen (junction) 19.3 Denkendorf Tunnel (768 m, A 8) 20.7 Denkendorf Viaduct (~175 m) 21.3 Sulzbach Viaduct (~366 m) 25.2 Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway Source: German railway atlas[3]

The line will connect the new Filder station via the Airport Loop, and another line will connect to the existing airport station.

The design speed of the approximately 25.2 km line is mostly 250 km/h (155 mph). As of 2024, it is planned to enter in commercial service in December 2026 (two years delay compared to the expectation from 2017).^[4][5][6]

Route

The line runs from Stuttgart station to the south through the 9,468 metre long Filder Tunnel and surface southwest of Stuttgart-Plieningen near Stuttgart Airport and the A8 autobahn. It then runs to the east parallel with the A8 on its north side for about 10 kilometres to the Denkendorf service area. Between Denkendorf and Neuhausen the line runs under the A 8 in a 768 m long Denkendorf Tunnel and then runs parallel with it on its south side to the southeast. On the western abutment of the Neckar Bridge at Wendlingen the line becomes the proposed Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line.

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  Airport and exhibition centre to Airport loop line, Airport curve and S-Bahn line
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  Schematic track plan in the airport area
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  A8 north of Echterdingen looking west: here the new line runs parallel with the autobahn.
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  Prepared subgrade and overpasses near the Stuttgart Trade Fair.
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  Exit of the Filder Tunnel with subsequent parallel location to the A8.

References

1. DB Projekt GmbH Stuttgart 21 (ed.): Umgestaltung des Bahnknotens Stuttgart: Ausbau- und Neubaustrecke Stuttgart – Augsburg. Bereich Stuttgart–Wendlingen mit Flughafenanbindung. Planfeststellungsabschnitt 1.2 Fildertunnel. Bau-km 0.432 – km 10,030
   Übersichtshöhenplan Gleisplanung, km 0,432 ... 2,191. Plan of November 2001, released on 10 December 2001, Anlage 2.6 of the zoning decision, sheet 1 of 4, plan established by order of the Federal Railway Office, Karlsruhe/Stuttgart branch.
2. H. Dieterle (1998). "Stuttgart 21 – Ein Jahrhundertprojekt auf dem Weg zur Realisierung" (PDF). Tiefbau (in German) (9): 614–620. Retrieved 6 January 2017.^{[dead link]} Alt URL
3. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 94, 168. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
4. Michael Kröger (29 November 2017). "Stuttgart 21 wird wohl eine Milliarde Euro teurer – und ein Jahr später fertig". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
5. Claus Hecking; Gerald Traufetter (12 December 2017). "Woche der Wahrheit für Stuttgart 21". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
6. "NewsDetail". bahnprojekt-stuttgart-ulm.de. Retrieved 2024-10-31.