Hohenlohebahn

Up the Kocher from Heilbronn through Schwäbisch Hall to Crailsheim; the first half opened in August 1862 and the rest waited until 10 December 1867.

The Hohenlohebahn (the Kocher Railway in the days of the Royal Württemberg State Railways) is a double-track main line running out of Heilbronn and across the Hohenlohe region to Crailsheim. Westfrankenbahn covers the 88 km in about 1 h 14.

Stations

1. 0 kmCrailsheim +1
2. 10 kmEckartshausen-Ilshofen
3. 27 kmSchwäbisch Hall-Hessental
4. 34 kmSchwäbisch Hall
5. 39 kmWackershofen
6. 48 kmWaldenburg (Württ)
7. Show 14 more stations

   1. 59 kmÖhringen-Cappel
   2. 61 kmÖhringen Central
   3. 62 kmÖhringen West
   4. 65 kmBitzfeld
   5. 67 kmBretzfeld
   6. 68 kmScheppach
   7. 70 kmWieslensdorf
   8. 71 kmEschenau (b Heilbronn)
   9. 73 kmAffaltrach
   10. 75 kmWillsbach
   11. 75 kmSülzbach Schule
   12. 76 kmSülzbach
   13. 78 kmEllhofen
   14. 79 kmWeinsberg/Ellhofen Gewerbegebiet
8. 80 kmWeinsberg
9. 81 kmWeinsberg West
10. 83 kmHeilbronn Trappensee
11. 85 kmHeilbronn Karlstor
12. 87 kmHeilbronn Central

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 146366: 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 RE 80
• 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 Hohenlohebahn?

The Hohenlohebahn runs 88 km from Crailsheim to Heilbronn.

How long does the Hohenlohebahn take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 14 min for the 88 km. That is an average of 71 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Hohenlohebahn?

Westfrankenbahn, with RE 80.

How old is the Hohenlohebahn?

The line has been in service since 1867. 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.

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