Classic route
Marschbahn
Hamburg → Westerland · Germany
Reaches the car-free island of Sylt over the 11 km Hindenburgdamm causeway of 1927, a dead-straight embankment laid across the tidal Wadden Sea.
- Distance
- 235 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 55 min
- Average speed
- 81 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHamburg Hauptbahnhof +8
- 2 kmHamburg Dammtor / Universität +8
- 68 kmItzehoe
- 128 kmHeide (Holstein)
- 161 kmHusum +1
- 202 kmNiebüll
- 241 kmWesterland (Sylt)
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 9352029: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE 70
- 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 Marschbahn?
The Marschbahn runs 235 km from Hamburg to Westerland.
How long does the Marschbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 55 min for the 235 km. That is an average of 81 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Marschbahn?
DB, with IC, BR 245.
How old is the Marschbahn?
The line has been in service since 1927. 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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