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==Introduction==
 
{{Germany Introduction}}
{{Germany Introduction|13 December 2009}}


==Obscure services==
==Obscure services==
===Mannheim-Waldhof – Mannheim Hbf (via Mannheim-Käfertal)===
===Mannheim-Waldhof – Mannheim Hbf (via Mannheim-Käfertal)===
[655] (55A1, ''159A2-159A1'') DE09/601
[655] (ERA-E 53C2-53C1; ERA-R 111A2-111B2; S+W ''159A1-159A2'') DE24/601
 
Most trains between Mannheim-Waldhof and Mannheim Hbf run via Mannheim-Luzenberg. Only one train is now scheduled to call at Mannheim-Käfertal and, therefore, obliged to use the alternative route.  Most ''TGVs'' between Paris and Frankfurt am Main reverse at Mannheim Hbf and run via Mannheim-Luzenberg.
 
{| width="100%"
| 
| ''Thalys9552''
| 16:58 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
|-
| SSuX
| ''Thalys9553''
| Paris Est - 12:18 Mannheim Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| SSuX
| ''RB38852''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 16:11 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
|}


===Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld – Schwetzingen===
Most trains between Mannheim-Waldhof and Mannheim Hbf run via Mannheim-Luzenberg. However, several weekday ''S8'' trains run via Mannheim-Käfertal.
(55B1, ''159C3-159B4'') DE09/602


This section of the main line between Frankfurt am Main and Karlsruhe avoids both Mannheim Hbf and Heidelberg Hbf.
'''Note''' During the closure of the ''Riedbahn'' between Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim via Biblis, this route will not be served between 1 and 19 January and between 16 July and 14 December 2024.


{| width="100%"  
{| class="ostable"
| H
| D1
| FO
| SSuX
| CNL1273
| S38767
| Høje Taastrup – 14:58 Padborg – St Michel Valloir
| Biblis – 06:39 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf – Groß Rohrheim
|-
|-
| H
| D1
| FO
| SSuX
| DZ13215
| S38769
| Utrecht Centraal – 23:10 Venlo – Zell am See
| Biblis – 07:36 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D1
| FO
| SSuX
| AZ1371
| S38771
| Hamburg-Altona – 15:00 Hildesheim Hbf – Narbonne
| Biblis – 08:38 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D1
| SuO
| SSuX
| AZ13373
| S38773
| Düsseldorf Hbf – 19:43 Neu Isenburg – Alessandria
| Biblis – 17:20 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D1
| SuO
| SSuX
| AZ1360
| S38775
| Berlin-Wannsee – 20:23 Neu Isenburg – Narbonne
| Biblis – 18:28 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
|-
|-
| H
| D1
| SuO
| SSuX
| AZ1391
| S38777
| Hamburg-Altona – 20:35 Neu Isenburg – Narbonne
| Biblis – 19:31 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf – Groß Rohrheim
|-
|-
| E
| D1
| WO
| SSuX
| AZ1375
| S38766
| Hamburg-Altona – 16:07 Hildesheim Hbf – Narbonne
| 05:11 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
|-
|-
| E
| D1
| FO
| SSuX
| AZ13371
| S38768
| Hamburg-Altona – 16:35 Hildesheim Hbf – Alessandria
| 06:13 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
|-
|-  
| D 
| D1
|
| SSuX
| AZ1378
| S38770
| 21:03 Lörrach – Hamburg-Altona
| Mainz Hbf – 07:08 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
|-
|-  
| E
| D1
| SO
| SSuX
| AZ13370
| S38774
| 18:28 Alessandria – Hamburg-Altona
| 17:08 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
|-
|-  
| E
| D1
| MO
| SSuX
| AZ13372
| S38776
| 18:28 Alessandria – Düsseldorf Hbf
| Groß Rohrheim – 18:12 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
|}
 
D1: Not 1-19 January or 16 July - 14 December 2024
 
A permanent hourly ''S-Bahn'' service is planned to run via this route from 2026, whereupon this entry will be removed.
 
The ''TGV'' and ''ICE'' trains between Frankfurt am Main and Paris via Saarbrücken and the ''Nightjet'' services ''NJ424/425'' between Berlin and Bruxelles also run via Mannheim-Käfertal in order to avoid reversal at Mannheim Hbf. This does not occur on certain dates, including during the closures of the ''Riedbahn'' between 1 and 19 January and 16 July and 14 December 2024.
 
In addition, the following ''ICE'' service runs this way and reverses at Mannheim Hbf on certain days.
 
{| class="ostable"
| D1
|  
| ICE775
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 23:24 Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf - Karlsruhe Hbf / Basel Bad Bf (MO)
|}
|}
D1: 22 January - 29 February 2024


===Appenweier – Legelshurst (Appenweier Kurve)===
===Appenweier – Legelshurst (Appenweier Kurve)===
[72, 719] (57A1, ''102C1'') DE09/603
[719] (ERA-E 58B4; ERA-R 117C5; S+W ''102C1'') DE24/602
 
This north to west curve forms part of the triangular junction between the Karlsruhe – Basel main line and the line to Kehl and Strasbourg. It is used by through trains between Karlsruhe and Strasbourg, which are
 
*''TGV/ICE'' between Paris and Stuttgart
*''TGV/ICE'' between Paris or Marseille and Frankfurt am Main via Karlsruhe.


This north to west curve forms part of the triangular junction between the Karlsruhe – Basel main line and the line to Kehl and Strasbourg. Local trains between Kehl and Offenburg stopping at Appenweier, use platform 9 on the south curve. The north curve is used by through trains between Karlsruhe and Strasbourg, principally the ''TGVs'' between Paris and Stuttgart.  ''AutoZüge'' between Germany and France also use this route.  
Local trains between Kehl and Offenburg stopping at Appenweier use platform 9 on the south curve.  


===Ubstadt-Weiher (Abzw Ubstadt) – Vaihingen (Enz.) (Abzw Rollenberg)===
===Ubstadt-Weiher (Abzw Ubstadt) – Vaihingen (Enz) (Abzw Rollenberg)===
[770] (57B2 not shown, ''161B1'') DE09/604
[771.Fv] (ERA-E 53C1; ERA-R 82A2; S+W ''161B1'') DE24/603


This north to east curve connects the Heidelberg to Karlsruhe main line with the Mannheim to Stuttgart ''Schnellfahrstrecke''. It is used by frequent ''EC/IC/ICE'' trains non-stop between Heidelberg Hbf and Vaihingen (Enz) or Stuttgart Hbf.
This north to east curve connects the Heidelberg to Karlsruhe main line with the Mannheim to Stuttgart ''Schnellfahrstrecke''. It is used by frequent ''EC/IC/ICE/RJX'' trains non-stop between Heidelberg Hbf or Wiesloch-Walldorf and Vaihingen (Enz) or Stuttgart Hbf.


===Bruchsal (Abzw Bruchsal Nord) – Vaihingen (Enz.) (Abzw Rollenberg)===
===Bruchsal (Abzw Bruchsal Nord) – Vaihingen (Enz) (Abzw Rollenberg)===
[72, 770] (57B2 not shown, ''161B1'') DE09/605
[770, 771.Fv] (ERA-E 53C1; ERA-R 82A2; S+W ''161B1'') DE24/604


This south to east curve connects the Heidelberg to Karlsruhe main line with the Mannheim to Stuttgart'' Schnellfahrstrecke''. It is used by ''EC/IC/ICE/TGV'' trains non-stop between Karlsruhe Hbf or Bruchsal and Vaihingen (Enz) or Stuttgart Hbf.
This south to east curve connects the Heidelberg to Karlsruhe main line with the Mannheim to Stuttgart'' Schnellfahrstrecke''. It is used by ''EC/IC/ICE/TGV'' trains non-stop between Karlsruhe Hbf or Bruchsal and Vaihingen (Enz) or Stuttgart Hbf.


===Enzberg – Ötisheim (Mühlacker Kurve)===
===Bruchsal – Bruchsal Tunnelstraße (Abzw Bruchsal Ost)===
[772] (57B2, ''94A2'') DE09/606
[771] (ERA-E 53C1; ERA-R 82A2; S+W ''161A2-161B2'') DE24/605


This west to north curve links the Pforzheim and Bretten lines, avoiding Mühlacker, and is used on summer Sundays by trains between Pforzheim Hbf and Maulbronn Stadt.  Trains run in 2009 from 3 May until 18 October.
There are two routes into Bruchsal from Abzw Bruchsal Ost.  The 'long curve' (''Strecke'' 4131) can only be accessed from Platforms 4 and 5 at Bruchsal.  All platforms can be accessed from the 'short curve' (''Strecke'' 4130).


*From Pforzheim Hbf: 10:11, 12:15, 14:15 & 16:11
All trains to and from the Bretten line now run to and from Bruchsal only and mainly arrive and depart from platform 2b or bay platform 6, which is adjacent to platform 1, so must use the 'short curve'.
*From Maulbronn Stadt: 11:25, 13:21, 15:21 & 17:25


===Ludwigsburg (Abzw Karlshöhe) to Stuttgart-Zazenhausen (former Abzw Leichenberg) (via Kornwestheim Rbf)===
''RE17b'' trains to Mühlacker departing at 30 minutes past each even hour between 09:30 and 21:30 leave from platform 5b so can be expected to use the 'long curve' to avoid conflicting with ''RE73'' departures towards Karlsruhe which are booked to depart platform 4 at the same time. The exception to the pattern is the 11:28 (rather than 11:30) service which has been reported to use either curve. Note that the 19:30 departure runs MTWX except between 11 December 2023 and 15 January 2024, when it runs daily.
[61] (58A1, ''168B1-168B2'') DE09/607


This line is used by most trains from Ludwigsburg to Ulm if not calling at Stuttgart Hbf. Trains from Ulm to Ludwigsburg not via Stuttgart Hbf run via Kornwestheim passenger station, using the same line as the local passenger service between Kornwestheim and Stuttgart-Untertürkheim (''Kursbuch'' table 790.11). Some southbound trains run via Kornwestheim passenger station. Trains via Kornwestheim Rbf are:
The following ''RE17b'' trains, departing from Bretten at the times shown, arrive in platform 5b so '''may''' use the 'long curve':
07:14 SX, 18:16 daily and 20:16 MTWX (daily 11 December 2023 - 15 January 2024)


{| width="100%"  
===Enzberg (Abzw Mühlacker Süd) – Ötisheim (Abzw Mühlacker Nord)===
| H
[772] (ERA-E 58C5; ERA-R 82B3; S+W ''94A2'') DE24/606
| FO
 
| ''DZ13217''  
This west to north curve links the Pforzheim and Bretten lines, avoiding Mühlacker, and is used on Sundays and public holidays from 1 May to 20 October 2024 by trains between Pforzheim Hbf and Maulbronn Stadt/Kloster shown in ''Kursbuch'' Table 772.
| Utrecht Centraal – 21:35 Venlo – Bischofshofen
 
*From Pforzheim Hbf: 10:32, 13:32, 16:32
*From Maulbronn West: 11:09, 16:08, 17:08
 
===Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Straße – KIT-Campus Nord===
[710.1 not shown] (ERA-E 58C5 not shown; ERA-R 82A1; S+W ''160C2'') DE24/607
 
This branch off the ''S1/S11'' Hochstetten line of the ''Albtalbahn'' is used by services for workers at KIT Campus, part of ''Karlsruher Institut für Technologie''.  Although trains to and from KIT-Campus Nord are shown in the [https://www.kvv.de/fahrplan/fahrplaene/fahrplantabelle.html KVV timetable, downloadable as a PDF], note '''C''' states that entry to the establishment is permitted only with an official identification card.
 
Reports indicate that passengers without authority to enter the complex will be removed from the train at a makeshift concrete platform in the woods outside the perimeter fence, and collected on the train's return.
 
However on 17 June 2023, as part of "''Tag der offenen Tür''" (Open Doors Day), the Institute was open to the general public between 10:00 and 19:00. A shuttle ''S-Bahn'' service ran from Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Straße to the Campus. If a similar event is organised for 2024, details will be added here.
 
=== Laupheim Stadt avoiding line: Laupheim West – Schemmerberg===
[751] (ERA-E 59B3; ERA-R 119A4; S+W ''105A3'') DE24/608
 
The Laupheim Stadt branch is connected to the Ulm – Friedrichshafen main line by a triangular junction at Laupheim West. Through services calling at Laupheim Stadt use the north and south curves whereas those not calling at Laupheim Stadt use the main line avoiding the branch. For most of the day there is an hourly service in each direction via Laupheim Stadt and three trains each hour (two at weekends) between Ulm and Biberach (Riß) direct.
 
=== Ettlingen West – Ettlingen Erbprinz===
[710.1] (ERA-E 58C5; ERA-R 82B1; S+W ''161B4'') DE24/609
 
This line links the the DB Karlsruhe – Rastatt line with the AVG-operated ''Albtalbahn'' to Bad Herrenalb at Ettlingen. It is used by the following services on Sundays and public holidays only.
 
{| class="ostable"
| ''Note''
| SuO
| S85699 / S FEX
| Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden) – Karlsruhe Hbf – 09:24 Ettlingen West – Bad Herrenalb
|-
| ''Note''
| SuO
| S85697 / S FEX
| Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden) – Karlsruhe Hbf – 16:24 Ettlingen West – Bad Herrenalb
|-
|-
| H
| ''Note''
| FO
| SuO
| ''DZ13211''
| S FEX / S85696
| Utrecht Centraal – 22:00 Venlo – Landeck
| Bad Herrenalb – 10:25 Ettlingen Stadt – Karlsruhe Hbf – Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden)
|-
|-
| H
| ''Note''
| FO
| SuO
| ''DZ13213''  
| S FEX / S85698
| Utrecht Centraal – 22:35 Venlo – Zell am See
| Bad Herrenalb – 17:25 Ettlingen Stadt – Karlsruhe Hbf – Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden)
|}
 
''Note'': These trains run as ''S FEX'' between Karlsruhe Hbf and Bad Herrenalb and as ''S31/S32'' between Karlsruhe Hbf and Odenheim / Menzingen respectively.
 
[http://www.uef-dampf.de/-ettlingen/ Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde] operate a number of steam excursions between Karlsruhe Hbf and Bad Herrenalb which also use this connection.  These run approximately monthly, May to October.
 
=== Schlatt (Hohenz.) (Walkenmühle) – Hechingen Landesbahn===
[768] (ERA-E 59A4; ERA-R 118B4; S+W ''104A2'') DE24/610
 
Trains to and from Gammertingen use the DB station at Hechingen except for: 
 
{| class="ostable"
|
| SSuX
| HzL86309
| 06:59 Hechingen Landesbahn - Gammertingen
|-
|-
| H
|
| FO
| SSuX
| ''DZ13215''
| HzL86344
| Utrecht Centraal – 23:10 Venlo – Zell am See
| Sigmaringen - 20x45 Schlatt (Hohenz) - Hechingen Landesbahn
|}
|}


===Schliengen – Haltingen===
[702] (ERA-E 58A2-58B2; ERA-R 117B2; S+W ''110A2-110A3'') DE24/611
Trains with no stops between Müllheim (Baden) and Weil am Rhein run via the new Katzenberg Tunnel.  These are mainly ''EC/IC/ICE'' trains non-stop between Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf and Basel Bad Bf, and certain ''RE7'' trains.  Stopping trains (''RB27'' and slower ''RE7'' services) follow the old main line via Bad Bellingen.
==Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions==
Diversions in the Stuttgart area are particularly likely while Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is being rebuilt.
===Vaihingen (Enz) (Langes Feld) – Stuttgart-Zazenhausen===
[750, 770] (ERA-E 61C3 not shown; ERA-R 111A4; S+W ''168B1-168B2'') DE24/631
This route enables enables trains to run between the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' from Mannheim and the line to Ulm without reversal at Stuttgart Hbf.  Diversions this way are indicated by calls at Stuttgart Hbf being omitted. Note that the eastbound and westbound lines are quite widely separated at the Zazenhausen end.
Between 15 March and 4 April 2024, '''certain''' ''IC/ICE'' trains between Mannheim, Karlsruhe or Heidelberg and Ulm are diverted this way, calling at Esslingen (Neckar) instead of Stuttgart Hbf.


{| width="100%"  
{| class="ostable"
| E
| D
| FO
| WThO
| ''AZ13321''
| ICE561
| 17:35 Düsseldorf Hbf – Verona Porta Nuova
| Karlsruhe Hbf – 06:16 Bruchsal – München Hbf
|-
| D
| TSSuX
| RJX897
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 07:04 Wiesloch-Walldorf – Flughafen Wien
|-
| D
|
| EC217
| Saarbrücken Hbf – 07:11 Mannheim Hbf – Graz Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ICE267
| Basel SBB – 08:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
|-
| D
| MSSuX
| ICE913
| Dortmund Hbf – 08:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|-
| D
|
| EC113
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 09:13 Heidelberg Hbf – Klagenfurt Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D
| WO
|  
| ''AZ13317''
| ICE563
| Hamburg-Altona – 18:54 Düsseldorf Hbf – Verona Porta Nuova
| Saarbrücken Hbf – 10:02 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D
| FO
|  
| ''AZ13315''
| ICE915
| 21:01 Düsseldorf Hbf – Salzburg Hbf
| Dortmund Hbf – 10:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|-
|-
| H
| D
| FO
|  
| ''AZ13325''
| ICE115
| 21:01 Düsseldorf Hbf – Bolzano-Bozen
| Köln Hbf – 11:37 Vaihingen (Enz) – Klagenfurt Hbf
|-
|-
| H
| D
| TO
| MTX
| ''AZ13329''
| ICE565
| Hamburg-Altona – 21:55 Düsseldorf Hbf – Innsbruck Hbf  
| Karlsruhe Hbf – 12:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
|-
|-
| D
| D
| SuO
|
| ''AZ13323''
| ICE119
| 21:55 Düsseldorf Hbf – Salzburg Hbf
| Dortmund Hbf – 12:06 Heidelberg Hbf – Innsbruck Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D
| WO
|  
| ''AZ13327''
| ICE917
| 21:55 Düsseldorf Hbf – Innsbruck Hbf
| Düsseldorf Hbf – 12:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|-
|-
| H
| D
| FO
|  
| ''AZ13315''
| EC219
| Düsseldorf Hbf – Salzburg Hbf
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 13:13/13:15 Heidelberg Hbf – Graz Hbf
|-
|-
| E
| D
| FO
| MTX
| ''AZ13311''
| ICE567
| 15:01 Düsseldorf Hbf – Trieste Centrale
| Karlsruhe Hbf – 14:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ICE117
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 15:13/15:16 Heidelberg Hbf – Klagenfurt Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ICE1011
| Düsseldorf Hbf – 16:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|-
| D
|
| IC1291
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 17:13/17:15 Heidelberg Hbf – Salzburg Hbf
|-
| D
| MTX
| ICE1069
| Karlsruhe Hbf – 18:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
|-
| D
| TWThO
| TGV9577
| Paris Est – 18:28 Karlsruhe Hbf – München Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ICE1211
| Berlin Hbf – 18:30 Mannheim Hbf – Innsbruck Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ICE1013
| Düsseldorf Hbf – 18:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|-
| D
| MWThO
| ICE1099
| Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 19:13/19:16 Heidelberg Hbf – München Hbf
|-
| D
| SuO
| TGV9579
| Paris Est – 20:27 Karlsruhe Hbf – München Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ICE1015
| Düsseldorf Hbf – 20:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
|}
|}


===Forschungszentrum – Leopoldshafen (Albtalbahn)===
Services in the other direction will be posted shortly.
[710.1] (57A2 not shown, ''152B'') DE09/608


This branch off the Hochstetten line is used by services for workers at ''Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe'' (a nuclear research establishment). Although these trains are shown without restriction in the KVV timetable, only ''Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe'' employees, holding an official identification card, are permitted to enter the plant using these services.
===Ludwigsburg – Stuttgart-Zazenhausen via Kornwestheim Rbf===
[790.11] (ERA-E 61C3 not shown); ERA-R 111A4; S+W ''168B1-168B2'') DE24/632


{| width="100%"
The weekday peak-time ''RB11'' services between Stuttgart-Untertürkheim and Kornwestheim Pbf are sometimes diverted via Kornwestheim Rbf (Rangierbahnhof / marshalling yard) omitting the call at Kornwestheim and running to and from Ludwigsburg.
| 
 
| SSuX
===Stuttgart Nürnberger Straße – Stuttgart-Untertürkheim===
| ''S30030''  
[750, 785, 786] (ERA-E 61C3; ERA-R 111A4-111B4; S+W ''168C2-168C3'') DE24/633
| Bad Herrenalb – 07:10 Karlsruhe Albtalbf – Forschungszentrum Bf
 
|-
This route enables trains to run between the Ulm and Aalen lines without reversal at Stuttgart Hbf. It is very rarely used by passenger trains but was used in March, June and July 2023 by the two-hourly ''IC'' services between Karlsruhe and Nürnberg (and v.v.) which ran via Stuttgart Langes Feld – Zazenhausen (DE24/631) to Esslingen (Neckar) and reversed there to travel via this curve towards Crailsheim.
| 
 
| SSuX
===Stuttgart-Feuerbach (Abzw Stuttgart Nord Rbf) – Stuttgart-Vaihingen (Stuttgart Hbf Em Nord)===
| ''S20040''@
(ERA-E 61C3; ERA-R 111A4; S+W ''168B2'') DE24/634
| Ettlingen Stadt – 08:00 Karlsruhe Albtalbf – Forschungszentrum Bf
 
|-
This curve via Stuttgart Nord Gbf connects the ''S-Bahn'' line from Stuttgart-Feuerbach with the ''Gäubahn'' towards Horb, avoiding Stuttgart Hbf. An additional ''S15'' service between Bietigheim-Bissingen and Böblingen was scheduled during recent years as a result of extensive "Stuttgart-21" engineering works but the service did not run as often as expected owing to staff and rolling stock shortages.
| 
 
| SSuX
===Beimerstetten (Ulm Hbf Em Nord) – Ulm Rbf===
| ''S30147''@
[750] (ERA-E 59B4; ERA-R 119B4; S+W ''163C2-163D2'') DE24/635
| 16:34 Forschungszentrum Bf – Bad Herrenalb
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''S30159''@
| 17:34 Forschungszentrum Bf – Bad Herrenalb
|}


@ These run as portions of services to and from Hochstetten.
This route enables trains to run between the Stuttgart line and Ulm Rbf (adjacent to the line to Sigmaringen) without reversal at Ulm Hbf and is very rarely used by passenger services, however occasionally in the last few years ''IRE'' and ''RB'' trains between Ulm and Stuttgart have been diverted via Ulm Rbf, where they reversed.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Germany]]
{{Navbox Germany}}
*[[Germany - General Information]]
*[[Germany - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]


[[Category:Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]
[[Category:Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]

Revision as of 17:38, 27 March 2024

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable dated from 10 December 2023 to 14 December 2024, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained here.

Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series: Book 2) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "S+W", or in italic, refer to Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland by Schweers + Wall.

Obscure services

Mannheim-Waldhof – Mannheim Hbf (via Mannheim-Käfertal)

[655] (ERA-E 53C2-53C1; ERA-R 111A2-111B2; S+W 159A1-159A2) DE24/601

Most trains between Mannheim-Waldhof and Mannheim Hbf run via Mannheim-Luzenberg. However, several weekday S8 trains run via Mannheim-Käfertal.

Note During the closure of the Riedbahn between Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim via Biblis, this route will not be served between 1 and 19 January and between 16 July and 14 December 2024.

D1 SSuX S38767 Biblis – 06:39 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf – Groß Rohrheim
D1 SSuX S38769 Biblis – 07:36 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
D1 SSuX S38771 Biblis – 08:38 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
D1 SSuX S38773 Biblis – 17:20 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
D1 SSuX S38775 Biblis – 18:28 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf
D1 SSuX S38777 Biblis – 19:31 Lampertheim – Mannheim Hbf – Groß Rohrheim
D1 SSuX S38766 05:11 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
D1 SSuX S38768 06:13 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
D1 SSuX S38770 Mainz Hbf – 07:08 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
D1 SSuX S38774 17:08 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis
D1 SSuX S38776 Groß Rohrheim – 18:12 Mannheim Hbf – Biblis

D1: Not 1-19 January or 16 July - 14 December 2024

A permanent hourly S-Bahn service is planned to run via this route from 2026, whereupon this entry will be removed.

The TGV and ICE trains between Frankfurt am Main and Paris via Saarbrücken and the Nightjet services NJ424/425 between Berlin and Bruxelles also run via Mannheim-Käfertal in order to avoid reversal at Mannheim Hbf. This does not occur on certain dates, including during the closures of the Riedbahn between 1 and 19 January and 16 July and 14 December 2024.

In addition, the following ICE service runs this way and reverses at Mannheim Hbf on certain days.

D1 ICE775 Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 23:24 Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf - Karlsruhe Hbf / Basel Bad Bf (MO)

D1: 22 January - 29 February 2024

Appenweier – Legelshurst (Appenweier Kurve)

[719] (ERA-E 58B4; ERA-R 117C5; S+W 102C1) DE24/602

This north to west curve forms part of the triangular junction between the Karlsruhe – Basel main line and the line to Kehl and Strasbourg. It is used by through trains between Karlsruhe and Strasbourg, which are

  • TGV/ICE between Paris and Stuttgart
  • TGV/ICE between Paris or Marseille and Frankfurt am Main via Karlsruhe.

Local trains between Kehl and Offenburg stopping at Appenweier use platform 9 on the south curve.

Ubstadt-Weiher (Abzw Ubstadt) – Vaihingen (Enz) (Abzw Rollenberg)

[771.Fv] (ERA-E 53C1; ERA-R 82A2; S+W 161B1) DE24/603

This north to east curve connects the Heidelberg to Karlsruhe main line with the Mannheim to Stuttgart Schnellfahrstrecke. It is used by frequent EC/IC/ICE/RJX trains non-stop between Heidelberg Hbf or Wiesloch-Walldorf and Vaihingen (Enz) or Stuttgart Hbf.

Bruchsal (Abzw Bruchsal Nord) – Vaihingen (Enz) (Abzw Rollenberg)

[770, 771.Fv] (ERA-E 53C1; ERA-R 82A2; S+W 161B1) DE24/604

This south to east curve connects the Heidelberg to Karlsruhe main line with the Mannheim to Stuttgart Schnellfahrstrecke. It is used by EC/IC/ICE/TGV trains non-stop between Karlsruhe Hbf or Bruchsal and Vaihingen (Enz) or Stuttgart Hbf.

Bruchsal – Bruchsal Tunnelstraße (Abzw Bruchsal Ost)

[771] (ERA-E 53C1; ERA-R 82A2; S+W 161A2-161B2) DE24/605

There are two routes into Bruchsal from Abzw Bruchsal Ost. The 'long curve' (Strecke 4131) can only be accessed from Platforms 4 and 5 at Bruchsal. All platforms can be accessed from the 'short curve' (Strecke 4130).

All trains to and from the Bretten line now run to and from Bruchsal only and mainly arrive and depart from platform 2b or bay platform 6, which is adjacent to platform 1, so must use the 'short curve'.

RE17b trains to Mühlacker departing at 30 minutes past each even hour between 09:30 and 21:30 leave from platform 5b so can be expected to use the 'long curve' to avoid conflicting with RE73 departures towards Karlsruhe which are booked to depart platform 4 at the same time. The exception to the pattern is the 11:28 (rather than 11:30) service which has been reported to use either curve. Note that the 19:30 departure runs MTWX except between 11 December 2023 and 15 January 2024, when it runs daily.

The following RE17b trains, departing from Bretten at the times shown, arrive in platform 5b so may use the 'long curve': 07:14 SX, 18:16 daily and 20:16 MTWX (daily 11 December 2023 - 15 January 2024)

Enzberg (Abzw Mühlacker Süd) – Ötisheim (Abzw Mühlacker Nord)

[772] (ERA-E 58C5; ERA-R 82B3; S+W 94A2) DE24/606

This west to north curve links the Pforzheim and Bretten lines, avoiding Mühlacker, and is used on Sundays and public holidays from 1 May to 20 October 2024 by trains between Pforzheim Hbf and Maulbronn Stadt/Kloster shown in Kursbuch Table 772.

  • From Pforzheim Hbf: 10:32, 13:32, 16:32
  • From Maulbronn West: 11:09, 16:08, 17:08

Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Straße – KIT-Campus Nord

[710.1 not shown] (ERA-E 58C5 not shown; ERA-R 82A1; S+W 160C2) DE24/607

This branch off the S1/S11 Hochstetten line of the Albtalbahn is used by services for workers at KIT Campus, part of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. Although trains to and from KIT-Campus Nord are shown in the KVV timetable, downloadable as a PDF, note C states that entry to the establishment is permitted only with an official identification card.

Reports indicate that passengers without authority to enter the complex will be removed from the train at a makeshift concrete platform in the woods outside the perimeter fence, and collected on the train's return.

However on 17 June 2023, as part of "Tag der offenen Tür" (Open Doors Day), the Institute was open to the general public between 10:00 and 19:00. A shuttle S-Bahn service ran from Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Straße to the Campus. If a similar event is organised for 2024, details will be added here.

Laupheim Stadt avoiding line: Laupheim West – Schemmerberg

[751] (ERA-E 59B3; ERA-R 119A4; S+W 105A3) DE24/608

The Laupheim Stadt branch is connected to the Ulm – Friedrichshafen main line by a triangular junction at Laupheim West. Through services calling at Laupheim Stadt use the north and south curves whereas those not calling at Laupheim Stadt use the main line avoiding the branch. For most of the day there is an hourly service in each direction via Laupheim Stadt and three trains each hour (two at weekends) between Ulm and Biberach (Riß) direct.

Ettlingen West – Ettlingen Erbprinz

[710.1] (ERA-E 58C5; ERA-R 82B1; S+W 161B4) DE24/609

This line links the the DB Karlsruhe – Rastatt line with the AVG-operated Albtalbahn to Bad Herrenalb at Ettlingen. It is used by the following services on Sundays and public holidays only.

Note SuO S85699 / S FEX Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden) – Karlsruhe Hbf – 09:24 Ettlingen West – Bad Herrenalb
Note SuO S85697 / S FEX Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden) – Karlsruhe Hbf – 16:24 Ettlingen West – Bad Herrenalb
Note SuO S FEX / S85696 Bad Herrenalb – 10:25 Ettlingen Stadt – Karlsruhe Hbf – Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden)
Note SuO S FEX / S85698 Bad Herrenalb – 17:25 Ettlingen Stadt – Karlsruhe Hbf – Odenheim / Menzingen (Baden)

Note: These trains run as S FEX between Karlsruhe Hbf and Bad Herrenalb and as S31/S32 between Karlsruhe Hbf and Odenheim / Menzingen respectively.

Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde operate a number of steam excursions between Karlsruhe Hbf and Bad Herrenalb which also use this connection. These run approximately monthly, May to October.

Schlatt (Hohenz.) (Walkenmühle) – Hechingen Landesbahn

[768] (ERA-E 59A4; ERA-R 118B4; S+W 104A2) DE24/610

Trains to and from Gammertingen use the DB station at Hechingen except for:

SSuX HzL86309 06:59 Hechingen Landesbahn - Gammertingen
SSuX HzL86344 Sigmaringen - 20x45 Schlatt (Hohenz) - Hechingen Landesbahn

Schliengen – Haltingen

[702] (ERA-E 58A2-58B2; ERA-R 117B2; S+W 110A2-110A3) DE24/611

Trains with no stops between Müllheim (Baden) and Weil am Rhein run via the new Katzenberg Tunnel. These are mainly EC/IC/ICE trains non-stop between Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf and Basel Bad Bf, and certain RE7 trains. Stopping trains (RB27 and slower RE7 services) follow the old main line via Bad Bellingen.

Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions

Diversions in the Stuttgart area are particularly likely while Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is being rebuilt.

Vaihingen (Enz) (Langes Feld) – Stuttgart-Zazenhausen

[750, 770] (ERA-E 61C3 not shown; ERA-R 111A4; S+W 168B1-168B2) DE24/631

This route enables enables trains to run between the Schnellfahrstrecke from Mannheim and the line to Ulm without reversal at Stuttgart Hbf. Diversions this way are indicated by calls at Stuttgart Hbf being omitted. Note that the eastbound and westbound lines are quite widely separated at the Zazenhausen end.

Between 15 March and 4 April 2024, certain IC/ICE trains between Mannheim, Karlsruhe or Heidelberg and Ulm are diverted this way, calling at Esslingen (Neckar) instead of Stuttgart Hbf.

D WThO ICE561 Karlsruhe Hbf – 06:16 Bruchsal – München Hbf
D TSSuX RJX897 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 07:04 Wiesloch-Walldorf – Flughafen Wien
D EC217 Saarbrücken Hbf – 07:11 Mannheim Hbf – Graz Hbf
D ICE267 Basel SBB – 08:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
D MSSuX ICE913 Dortmund Hbf – 08:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
D EC113 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 09:13 Heidelberg Hbf – Klagenfurt Hbf
D ICE563 Saarbrücken Hbf – 10:02 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
D ICE915 Dortmund Hbf – 10:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
D ICE115 Köln Hbf – 11:37 Vaihingen (Enz) – Klagenfurt Hbf
D MTX ICE565 Karlsruhe Hbf – 12:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
D ICE119 Dortmund Hbf – 12:06 Heidelberg Hbf – Innsbruck Hbf
D ICE917 Düsseldorf Hbf – 12:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
D EC219 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 13:13/13:15 Heidelberg Hbf – Graz Hbf
D MTX ICE567 Karlsruhe Hbf – 14:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
D ICE117 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 15:13/15:16 Heidelberg Hbf – Klagenfurt Hbf
D ICE1011 Düsseldorf Hbf – 16:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
D IC1291 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 17:13/17:15 Heidelberg Hbf – Salzburg Hbf
D MTX ICE1069 Karlsruhe Hbf – 18:17 Bruchsal – München Hbf
D TWThO TGV9577 Paris Est – 18:28 Karlsruhe Hbf – München Hbf
D ICE1211 Berlin Hbf – 18:30 Mannheim Hbf – Innsbruck Hbf
D ICE1013 Düsseldorf Hbf – 18:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf
D MWThO ICE1099 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – 19:13/19:16 Heidelberg Hbf – München Hbf
D SuO TGV9579 Paris Est – 20:27 Karlsruhe Hbf – München Hbf
D SSuX ICE1015 Düsseldorf Hbf – 20:43 Mannheim Hbf – München Hbf

Services in the other direction will be posted shortly.

Ludwigsburg – Stuttgart-Zazenhausen via Kornwestheim Rbf

[790.11] (ERA-E 61C3 not shown); ERA-R 111A4; S+W 168B1-168B2) DE24/632

The weekday peak-time RB11 services between Stuttgart-Untertürkheim and Kornwestheim Pbf are sometimes diverted via Kornwestheim Rbf (Rangierbahnhof / marshalling yard) omitting the call at Kornwestheim and running to and from Ludwigsburg.

Stuttgart Nürnberger Straße – Stuttgart-Untertürkheim

[750, 785, 786] (ERA-E 61C3; ERA-R 111A4-111B4; S+W 168C2-168C3) DE24/633

This route enables trains to run between the Ulm and Aalen lines without reversal at Stuttgart Hbf. It is very rarely used by passenger trains but was used in March, June and July 2023 by the two-hourly IC services between Karlsruhe and Nürnberg (and v.v.) which ran via Stuttgart Langes Feld – Zazenhausen (DE24/631) to Esslingen (Neckar) and reversed there to travel via this curve towards Crailsheim.

Stuttgart-Feuerbach (Abzw Stuttgart Nord Rbf) – Stuttgart-Vaihingen (Stuttgart Hbf Em Nord)

(ERA-E 61C3; ERA-R 111A4; S+W 168B2) DE24/634

This curve via Stuttgart Nord Gbf connects the S-Bahn line from Stuttgart-Feuerbach with the Gäubahn towards Horb, avoiding Stuttgart Hbf. An additional S15 service between Bietigheim-Bissingen and Böblingen was scheduled during recent years as a result of extensive "Stuttgart-21" engineering works but the service did not run as often as expected owing to staff and rolling stock shortages.

Beimerstetten (Ulm Hbf Em Nord) – Ulm Rbf

[750] (ERA-E 59B4; ERA-R 119B4; S+W 163C2-163D2) DE24/635

This route enables trains to run between the Stuttgart line and Ulm Rbf (adjacent to the line to Sigmaringen) without reversal at Ulm Hbf and is very rarely used by passenger services, however occasionally in the last few years IRE and RB trains between Ulm and Stuttgart have been diverted via Ulm Rbf, where they reversed.

See also

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