Heritage route

Kandertalbahn

Haltingen → Kandern · Germany

Distance

13 km

Fastest time

≈ 36 min

Average speed

22 km/h

Top speed

40 km/h

Operator

Kandertalbahn e.V.

Train

Steam Lok 7 · V7 diesel locomotive

Countries

Germany

In service since

1895

Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

Sunday steam up the Kandertal from the Rhine plain at Haltingen to Kandern, the 1895 branch kept running by the society that saved it.

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