Appenweier–Strasbourg railway

Appenweier–Strasbourg
Route number:719
Line number:4260 (Appenweier-Murhaag–Kehl border)
Line length:22 km (13.7 mi)
Track gauge:1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Voltage:(D) 15 kV, 16⅔ Hz ~
(F) 25 kV 50 Hz AC
Maximum speed:140 km/h (87 mph)
German federal state: Baden-Württemberg
French region: Alsace
Legend
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 borderFrance/Germany
 Rhine bridge, Power system changeover 25 kV/15 kV
13.5 Kehl
MEG LahrSchwarzach (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

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.


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