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Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway
SFS Hannover-Wuerzburg.png
Overview
Native name Schnellfahrstrecke Hannover–Würzburg
Line number 1733
Technical
Line length 327 km (203 mi)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed 280 km/h (170 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.25%
Route number 351



Route map

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old line to Göttingen






13.5

Laatzen Ritterkamp crossover





18.1

Gifte crossover





21.0


old Göttingen–Hanover line





25.3

Escherde operations station






Lehrte–Nordstemmen line





29.5


Sorsum junction from Hildesheim





29.5


Escherberg Tunnel
(3,687 m)






34.4

Diekholzen crossover





34.9


Eichenberg Tunnel
(1,157 m)






36.8


Eggeberg Tunnel
(332 m)






37.3

L 485 bridge
(135 m)






42.9

Almstedt operations station





45.8


Kassemühle Viaduct
(690 m)






48.3

Netze crossover





48.5


Riesberg Tunnel
(1,322 m)






54.8

Gehrenrode crossover





56.2

Ohlenrode Viaduct
(968 m)






58.0


Helleberg Tunnel
(1,598 m)






60.0

Mahnmilch Viaduct
(200 m)






60.6


Wadenberg Tunnel
(420 m)






61.1




Gande Viaduct (396 m),
  Braunschweig–Kreiensen line






62.1

Orxhausen operations station





63.4


Hopfenberg Tunnel
(717 m)






64.3




Aue Viaduct (1,056 m)
  Kreiensen–Kalefeld line






66.6


Sohlberg Tunnel
(1,729 m)






68.9

Ahlshausen crossover





69.5


Krieberg Tunnel
(2,994 m)







B 3











74.7





Hanoverian Southern Railway
from Hanover













(flying junction)












A 7











Edesheim (Leine) Nord
(junction)











77.3

Edesheim (Leine)
(junction)










Edesheim (Leine) Süd
(junction)










78.4



Rhume Bridge (554 m), Rhume












South Harz Railway from Nordhausen












Northeim (Han)










(High-speed line bypasses Northeim)









81.7


Solling Railway to Ottbergen









82.2

Sudheim crossover









B 3









89.2


Nörten-Hardenberg








93.4



Bovender Cover (400 m)









95.8


Line from Bodenfelde









Göttingen freight yard








99.4


Göttingen









B 3










Leine










former Garte Valley Railway (narrow gauge)










Line to Bebra









101.9

Göttingen Siekweg
(junction)







Former Dransfeld Ramp to Hann. Münden






A 7





105.1

Grundbach Viaduct
(450 m)






106.5

Mengershausen crossover





108.4



Leinebusch Tunnel (1,740 m)






110.7



Endelskamp Tunnel (673 m)






112.0

Jühnde operations station





112.7



Mackenrodt Tunnel (849 m)






114.4



Rauheberg Tunnel (5,210 m)






120.0

Lippoldshausen crossover





120.5



Werra Viaduct (415 m), Werra, B 80







Hannoversch Münden–Eichenberg line






121.0



Münden Tunnel (10,525 m)






124.2

Kattenbühl crossover





130.0

Lutterberg crossover





131.5







131.8



Mühlenkopf Tunnel (1,345 m)









133.2






Fulda Viaduct, Kragenhof (250 m), Fulda,
 Lower Saxony / Hesse state border







134.2



Lohberg Tunnel (1,072 m)















Hanoverian Southern Railway
from Hannoversch Münden













(flying junction)











135.5


Ihringshausen











B 7












Vellmar-Niedervellmar










Vellmar-Niedervellmar
(junction)











Line from Warburg










140.4

Kassel Nordwest A
(junction)










Kassel Rbf (marshalling yard) Nord









141.6

Kassel Nordwest B
(junction)










Kassel Rbf










Line to Kassel Hbf












Line to Kassel Unterstadt











Line from Kassel Hbf











Warburg–Kassel line










144.2


Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe













Line to Hessisch Lichtenau











Line to Naumburg











147.7

Kassel Oberzwehren junction










148.2





Oberzwehren junction structure
(1,147 m), A 49












149.7

Keilsberg crossover










150.0



Rengershausener Tunnel (1,592 m), A 44













Line to Gießen, Line to Bebra












151.7


Fulda Viaduct, Fuldabrück (422 m), Fulda






154.0


Dörnhagen Tunnel (739 m), A 7






155.9

Üst Schwarzenbach





156.2


Schwarzenbach Viaduct (660 m)






157.1

Kehrenberg Tunnel
(2,400 m)






159.7

Trockene Mülmisch Viaduct
(320 m)






160.5

Körle Ost operations station





161.7


Mülmisch Viaduct
(870 m)






162.8

Erbelberg Tunnel
(200 m)






163.1

Breitenbach Viaduct
(440 m)






163.6

Hainbuch Tunnel
(1,520 m)






165.2

Kaiserau Tunnel
(1,861 m)






166.8

Kaiserau crossover











167.1

Kehrenbach Viaduct
(306 m)






167.5

Weltkugel Tunnel
(1,641 m)






169.2


Pfieffe Viaduct (812 m) B 487









former Cannons Railway,
Eschwege–Treysa







170.8

Wildsberg Tunnel
(2,708 m)






172.0

Haina-Wildsberg crossover











173.8



Fulda Viaduct, Morschen (1,450 m), B 83










Friedrich-Wilhelms Northern Railway
Kassel–Bebra








Fulda






175.3



Sengeberg Tunnel (2,807 m)






178.2

Heidelbach Viaduct
(390 m)






179.6

Licherode





180.7

Schalkenberg Tunnel
(2,829 m)






183.7

Ersrode crossover





183.7

Hainrode Tunnel
(5,370 m)






189.4

Mühlbach crossover





189.8


Mühlbach Tunnel
(1,553 m)






191.6

Schmitteberg Tunnel
(321 m)






192.0

Geisbach Viaduct
(396 m)






192.4

Erzebach Viaduct(308 m),
A 7






192.9

Kalter-Sand Tunnel
(1,043 m)






194.0

Eckerterode Viaduct
(75 m)






194.3

Schickeberg Tunnel
(1,430 m)






196.5

Kirchheim operations station





197.2

Krämerskuppe Tunnel
(838 m)






198.2


Wälsebach Viaduct
(721 m)






199.0

Kirchheim Tunnel
(3,820 m)






202.1

Hattenbach crossover











202.9

Aula Viaduct
(880 m), B 454









former Knüllwald Railway,

Niederaula – Treysa






203.9

Hattenberg Tunnel
(444 m)






204.4

Hattenbach Viaduct
(308 m)






204.9

Warteküppel Tunnel
(835 m)






206.1



Fulda Valley Bridge, Solms (1,628 m), B 62







Breitenbach–Niederaula line







Fulda






208.0

Niederaula-Solms Richthof crossover





208.1


Richthof Tunnel
(3,510 m)






211.7

Schwarzbach Viaduct
(748 m)






212.8

Dornbusch Tunnel
(557 m)






214.3

Langenschwarz





215.4

Witzelhöhe Tunnel
(796 m)






216.7


Eichberg Tunnel
(976 m)






218.5


Rombach Viaduct
(986 m)






220.2

Ganzberg Tunnel
(387 m)






221.9

Michelsrombach crossover





223.7


Dietershan Tunnel
(7,375 m)






228.1

Dietershan crossover












Bebra–Fulda line to Bebra







Vogelsberg Railway to Gießen






234.1


Fulda





Fulda freight yard





238.4

Fulda-Bronnzell






Rhön Railway to Gersfeld







Kinzig Valley line to Frankfurt am Main






240.4

Fliede Viaduct (240 m), Fulda






Fliede






241.2


Sulzhof Tunnel (714 m)





242.7



Northern Fliede Viaduct (880 m), B 40







Fliede






243.8






Southern Fliede Viaduct (628 m)
  Kinzig Valley Railway









A 66 (under construction)






245.9

Neuhof-Hartberg crossover





246.5


Hartberg Tunnel
(773 m)






247.9


Kalbach Tunnel
(1,287 m)






249.8

Bornhecke Tunnel
(773 m)






250.8

Kalbach Viaduct
(364 m)






251.3


Landrücken Tunnel
(10,779 m)






252.1

Kalbach-Landrücken Nord crossover





258.2

Sinntal-Landrücken Süd crossover





Landrücken Tunnel





262.2

Sinn Viaduct, Mottgers
(427 m)






262.8


Schwarzenfels Tunnel
(2,100 m)






266.2


Mottgers







Hesse–Bavaria state border






267.4


Sinn Viaduct, Zeitlofs (704 m)






former Sinn Valley Railway






268.1



Altengronauer Forst Tunnel (2,353 m)







Bavaria / Hesse state border













Hesse / Bavaria state border






270.6

Roßbacher-Forst Tunnel
(255 m)






270.7

Altengronau crossover





271.9


Dittenbrunn slope viaduct
(396 m)






272.3


Dittenbrunn Tunnel
(822 m)






273.5

Upper Sinn Viaduct
(178 m)






274.9



Middle Sinn Viaduct (152 m)












Line from Flieden











277.8

Dittenbrunn crossover











Burgsinn










281.8



Burgsinn Tunnel (729 m)






















283.9


Burgsinn ops










Rieneck Sinnberg
(junction)











285.5



Sinnberg Tunnel (2,159 m)











289.0






Sinn Viaduct, Schaippach (442 m)
  Line to Gemünden








Sinn






289.4


Einmalberg Tunnel
(1,140 m)







B 26






291.1






Main Viaduct, Gemünden (794 m),
  Main-Spessart Railway Aschaffenburg–Gemünden








Main






291.9


Mühlberg Tunnel
(5,528 m)






293.3

Mühlberg crossover






Schönrain Tunnel















from Nantenbach Curve from Aschaffenburg
(grade separated)






302.5


Rohrbach operations station





308.0


Hanfgarten Tunnel
(400 m)






308.8


Hohe-Wart Tunnel
(872 m)






309.9

Hohewart crossover





311.8


Bartelsgraben Viaduct
(1,160 m)






313.3


Leinach Viaduct
(1,232 m)






314.7


Espenloh Tunnel
(2,235 m)






316.3

Espenloh crossover











317.1


Eichelberg Tunnel
(1,869 m)






319.0

Bärntal Viaduct
(71 m)






319.1


Neuberg Tunnel
(1,945 m)






321.0

Margetshöchheim-Neuberg crossover





321.3




Main Viaduct, Veitshöchheim
(1,280 m), Main








Main-Spessart Railway, B 27






322.6


Roßberg Tunnel
(2,164 m)






324.8

Dürrbach Viaduct
(128 m)






325.0


Steinberg Tunnel
(571 m)






325.6





flying junction (576 m),
  Main-Spessart railway, B 27












Main-Spessart railway from Gemünden
  (grade separated)







325.6

Main-Spessart railway overpass (576 m)





327.4


Würzburg Hauptbahnhof






line to Ansbach, Odenwald Railway to Lauda








line to Nuremberg, line to Schweinfurt









Source: German railway atlas[1]


The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway was the first of several high-speed railway lines for InterCityExpress traffic that were built in Germany. While technically starting in the village of Rethen and ending several kilometres north of Würzburg Hauptbahnhof, it is a de facto link between Hanover and Würzburg, with stops at Göttingen, Kassel and Fulda. Early construction started in 1973, the line opening fully in 1991.


At 327 km (203 mi) in length, it is the longest newly built rail line in Germany, and its construction costs are estimated to be about DM 40 million (€ 20.45 million) per kilometre.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Safety


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History




Wälsebach Valley Bridge




Bridge near Barnten


The Deutsche Bundesbahn began construction of the line in 1973. Since it was designed for fast passenger trains as well as for express freight trains, its maximum incline is a mere 1.25%. Combined with the hilly terrain, this made the construction of 61 tunnels and 10 large bridges necessary. Of the 327 km of total length, 120 km are in tunnels, the two longest being the Landrücken Tunnel (10,779 m) south of Fulda, the second longest being the Mündener Tunnel (10,525 m) south of Hann. Münden. The highest bridge is the Rombach Valley Bridge near Schlitz at 95 metres.


Notwithstanding 10,700 complaints and 360 lawsuits, the line was opened fully in 1991, though the Würzburg–Fulda part was used by InterCity trains as early as 1988. The standard speed on the line is 250 km/h (155 mph); 280 km/h may be reached by trains running late.


On 1 May 1988 the InterCityExperimental set a new land speed record for railed vehicles at 406.9 km/h (252.8 mph) between Fulda and Würzburg.


On 26 April 2008, trainset 11, travelling as ICE 885, collided with a flock of sheep near Fulda. Both power cars and ten of the 12 non-powered cars derailed. The train came to a stop 1300 meters into the Landrücken Tunnel. 19 of the 130 passengers suffered mostly minor injuries; four of them had to be treated in hospitals.[2]



Safety




Emergency Train in Hildesheim


Deutsche Bahn AG keeps special trains for accident assistance ready, when passenger trains are on the line; from midnight to early morning these trains are out of service when the line is used for cargo transport. The trains are hauled by two specially rebuilt Class 714 locomotives and are designed to get firefighters and rescue workers to accident scenes in tunnels and on difficult-to-access sections of track. Both engines are equipped with infrared cameras and remote controls, so that the driver can steer the train into a tunnel from the first (air-tight) car of the train without endangering themselves. The trains are stationed at Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof, Kassel Hauptbahnhof, Fulda and Würzburg Hauptbahnhof. They initially were painted in a bright reddish-orange livery akin to fire engines, but since the late 1990s they have been painted standard DB livery red, apparently to make them less obvious to the concerned passenger.



See also


  • High-speed rail in Germany


References





  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 58, 70, 131. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ICE-Unfall bei Fulda (www.wecowi.org; map)




External links



  • Media related to Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway at Wikimedia Commons









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