Appenweier–Strasbourg railway

The Appenweier–Strasbourg railway is a major railway line linking the French TGV station at Strasbourg with the German Rhine Valley Railway (Rheintalbahn) and the Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway (between Offenburg and Baden-Baden stations). The line is almost entirely double-tracked and fully electrified. The section between Kehl and Appenweier is undergoing a modernisation with the goal of a maximum speed of 200 km/h. The French section is owned by SNCF, the German section is owned by Deutsche Bahn.

Appenweier–Strasbourg
Overview
Line number4260 (Appenweier-Murhaag–Kehl border)
Locale
Service
Route number719
Technical
Line length22 km (13.7 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification(D) 15 kV, 16⅔ Hz ~
(F) 25 kV 50 Hz AC
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph) max.
Route map
 Line to Paris
Line to Lauterbourg
 0.0 Strasbourg Ville
Line to Colmar, Line to St-Dié
Strasbourg freight by-pass
 3.1 Neudorf
 5.8 Krimmeri-Meinau
 7.2 Port-du-Rhin
7.7
13.9
 Kehl border
France/Germany
 Rhine bridge, Power system changeover 25 kV/15 kV
 13.5 Kehl
MEG Lahr – Schwarzach (metre gauge)
 8.3 Kork
 5.1 Legelshurst
1.2 Line to Karlsruhe
Line from Bad Griesbach
Appenweier
0.5 Appenweier Hp
0.0 Appenweier-Muhrhaag branch off
 Line to Offenburg

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