Scenic route
Höllentalbahn
Freiburg → Donaueschingen · Germany
Germany’s steepest main line climbs Hell’s Valley at 55 ‰: through the Hirschsprung gorge and over the Ravenna viaduct into the high Black Forest.
- Distance
- 75 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmFreiburg (Breisgau) Hauptbahnhof +1
- 4 kmFreiburg-Wiehre
- 7 kmFreiburg-Littenweiler
- 12 kmKirchzarten
- 15 kmHimmelreich
- 27 kmHinterzarten
Show 4 more stations
- 31 kmTitisee
- 36 kmNeustadt (Schwarzwald)
- 47 kmRötenbach
- 52 kmLöffingen
- 57 kmBachheim
- 60 kmUnadingen
- 65 kmDöggingen
- 73 kmHüfingen Mitte
- 76 kmDonaueschingen +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. 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 12110558: 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of DB S10
- 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 Höllentalbahn?
The Höllentalbahn runs 75 km from Freiburg to Donaueschingen.
How long does the Höllentalbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 30 min for the 75 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Höllentalbahn?
DB Regio, with Breisgau S-Bahn EMU.
How old is the Höllentalbahn?
The line has been in service since 1887. 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 Höllentalbahn run?
18 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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