Gotha–Leinefelde railway

Forty two minutes across the Thuringian Basin through Bad Langensalza and Mühlhausen, opened in 1870 and now rebuilt for 160 km/h.

The Thuringian Railway Company opened this 67 km line in 1870, and it still carries the fastest way from Jena, Weimar and Erfurt towards Hanover. Regional-Express 612 runs it every two hours between Göttingen and Chemnitz or Zwickau in 40 minutes, and Erfurter Bahn’s Regio-Shuttle railcars take the same route every two hours in 65.

Stations

1. 0 kmGotha +2
2. 3 kmGotha Ost
3. 7 kmBufleben
4. 12 kmBallstädt (Kr Gotha)
5. 16 kmEckardtsleben
6. 21 kmBad Langensalza
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 26 kmSchönstedt
   2. 29 kmGroßengottern
   3. 33 kmSeebach (bei Mühlhausen)
   4. 40 kmMühlhausen (Thür)
8. 43 kmAmmern
9. 48 kmDachrieden
10. 58 kmSilberhausen
11. 64 kmBirkungen
12. 67 kmLeinefelde

The stations on this line, as Wikidata lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4034298: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE1
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Gotha–Leinefelde railway?

The Gotha–Leinefelde railway runs 67 km from Gotha to Leinefelde.

How long does the Gotha–Leinefelde railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 42 min for the 67 km. That is an average of 96 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Gotha–Leinefelde railway?

DB Regio, with RE 1.

How old is the Gotha–Leinefelde railway?

The line has been in service since 1870. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Gotha–Leinefelde railway run?

Every 2 hours (RE 612), plus Erfurter Bahn every 2 hours.

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