The Würzburg–Aschaffenburg railway (also known in German as the Main-Spessart-Bahn) is an 89 kilometre-long railway line in the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia. It runs from Würzburg via Gemünden (Main) to Aschaffenburg. It is particularly important for long-distance and goods traffic because it links the Rhine-Main conurbation immediately northwest of Aschaffenburg with the Lower Franconian city of Würzburg and beyond it to the metropoles of Nuremberg and Munich. The German name derives from the fact that it initially runs parallel to the River Main and then cuts through the Spessart hills. It was opened on 22 June 1854 by the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway Company and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.
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Würzburg–Aschaffenburg |
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Native name | Main-Spessart-Bahn |
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Status | Operational |
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Owner | Deutsche Bahn |
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Line number | 5200 (Würzburg–Aschaffenburg) 3660 (Aschaffenburg–Hanau) |
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Locale | Bavaria and Hesse, Germany |
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Termini | |
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Stations | 25 |
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Type | Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail, Intercity rail |
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Route number | 800 (Würzburg–Aschaffenburg) 640 (Aschaffenburg–Hanau) |
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Operator(s) | DB Bahn |
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Rolling stock | ICE 2, ICE 3 DB Class 101 DB Class 111, DB Class 440 |
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Opened | 1 October 1854 (1854-10-01) |
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Line length | 89.3 km (55.5 mi) |
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Number of tracks | Double track |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary |
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Würzburg Ludwigsbahnhof (until 1864) |
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0.000 00.000 |
Würzburg Hbf |
181 |
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start of line 5201 (left) |
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2.200 |
Würzburg Hbf Zell Fbn (station part) |
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line 7910 |
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2.582 |
Würzburg port railway |
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3.700 00.000 |
Würzburg-Zell marshalling yard |
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3.888 |
Würzburg-Zell |
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4.600 00,000 |
Würzburg marshalling yard exit |
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5.115 00,000 |
Würzburg marshalling yard |
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6.000 06.000 |
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end of line 5201 |
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6.912 06.931 |
Veitshöchheim |
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10.010 |
Erlabrunn |
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12.767 |
Thüngersheim |
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16.505 |
Retzbach-Zellingen |
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18.638 |
Himmelstadt |
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24.375 |
Karlstadt (Main) |
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26.830 |
Karlburg |
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29.200 |
Gambach (Main) |
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34.093 |
Wernfeld Hp (since 2004) |
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34.275 |
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34.730 |
Wernfeld |
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37.797 |
Gemünden (Main) |
159 |
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38.953 |
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40.000 |
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40.949 |
Langenprozelten |
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44.800 |
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45.060 |
Neuendorf |
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46.780 |
Nantenbach (junction) |
156 |
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51.432 |
Lohr |
168 |
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51.500 |
to Wertheim |
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54.160 |
Beilstein |
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55.110 |
Spathmühle |
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58.029 |
Partenstein |
192 |
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58.190 |
B 276 |
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58.200 |
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60.580 |
Lohrtal |
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63.320 |
Krummenthal |
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65.454 |
Wiesthal |
242 |
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67.000 |
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67.700 |
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68.040 |
Neuhütten |
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69.800 |
(former course until 2017) |
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70.391 |
Heigenbrücken (new) |
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70.500 |
Falkenberg tunnel (2623/2619 m) |
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east ramp (5 ‰) |
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71.900 |
Heigenbrücken (old) |
275 |
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72.300 |
Schwarzkopf tunnel (926 m) |
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73.100 |
Heigenbrücken West (overtaking loop) |
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73.254 |
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73.500 |
Hirschberg tunnel (365/525 m) |
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Elsbachtal trough |
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Metzberg tunnel (586/629 m) |
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74.800 |
B 26 |
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74.960 |
Hain |
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76.680 |
Eisenwerk |
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Hain tunnel (765 m) |
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77.130 |
(former course until 2017) |
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78.000 |
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78.200 |
B 26 |
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78.788 |
Laufach |
175 |
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79.2+140 |
B 26 |
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79.400 |
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82.000 |
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82.100 |
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82.725 |
Hösbach |
158 |
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83.300 |
Hösbach Ort (planned) |
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86.120 |
Aschaffenburg-Goldbach |
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0.000 86.500 |
Aschaffenburg-Goldbach (junction) |
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86.500 |
to Aschaffenburg Süd |
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start of line 5228 (left) |
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Aschaffenburg Ost (planned) |
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2.385 00,000 |
Aschaffenburg Hbf Einfahrt (station part) |
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from Miltenberg |
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2.912 89.326 |
Aschaffenburg Hbf |
131 |
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Source: German railway atlas[2] |
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