Nürtingen–Neuffen railway

The Nürtingen–Neuffen railway, also known as the Tälesbahn ('Valley's Railway'), is a branch line in the Stuttgart region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is single-track and standard gauge, and is 8.9 kilometres (5.5 mi) long. It links Neuffen with Nürtingen, where it connects to the Plochingen–Tübingen railway from Stuttgart to Tübingen.^[1]

Nürtingen–Neuffen railway
Neuffen terminal station
Overview
Native name	Tälesbahn
Line number	9465
Locale	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number	762
Technical
Line length	8.9 km (5.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	190 m (623 ft)
Operating speed	80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	2.2%
Route map Legend Neckar-Alb Railway from Plochingen -0.6 Nürtingen Bundesstraße 297 Steinach Gerberstraße to Tübingen 0.0 Infrastructure boundary DB Netz / WEG Dammstraße Am Lerchenberg Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik 0.3 Nürtingen-Vorstadt 1.8 Nürtingen-Roßdorf 1.9 Gnida 1 siding 2.1 Gnida 2 siding Steinach former siding 3.7 Frickenhausen Th. Mayer brickworks (until 1972) 4.4 Frickenhausen Kelterstraße 5.9 Linsenhofen 8.3 Neuffen Source: German railway atlas[1]

The line was also opened for freight on 1 June 1900 and for passenger transport on 21 June 1900. It overcomes a height difference of 111 metres. The Tälesbahn is owned and operated by the Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG), a member of the Veolia Transport group. The line is the oldest surviving operation of the WEG.^[1][2]

The WEG operated limestone trains between a quarry near Neuffen and a cement works in Nürtingen until 1979. The trains were hauled by purpose-built railbuses of Class WEG T 23 and 24.

Passenger services on the Tälesbahn use a fleet of 4 Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 units with a partial low floor. The typical service pattern consists of either one or two trains an hour, depending on the day and time of day, with each train taking 12 minutes for its journey. Except from regular historical train rides there was until 24 March 2013 no service on Sundays. Since then there is a test running with one train per hour between 10:00 and 20:00.^[3][4]

Inspiration for Model Railways

The Neuffen Station is reproduced as a 1:87 scale (H0) Model Railway plastic kit model by the Vollmer company http://www.vollmer-online.de/de/artikel/art_3510.html. The same company produces other scale versions of the Neuffen Station.

Gallery

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  RegioShuttle on the Tälesbahn

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Strecken" [Routes] (in German). Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
3. "Fahrzeuge der WEG" [WEG fleet] (in German). Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
4. "Neuffen - Nürtingen (Tälesbahn)" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. Retrieved 2011-03-30.

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