Classic route
RE 7 Erfurt–Würzburg
Erfurt → Würzburg · Germany
From Erfurt over the Thuringian Forest through the 3 km Brandleite tunnel under the Rennsteig, down by Suhl and Grimmenthal into Franconia and on by Schweinfurt to Würzburg; the climb and the tunnel opened in 1884.
- Distance
- 199 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 85 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmErfurt Hbf +3
- 13 kmNeudietendorf
- 23 kmArnstadt Hbf
- 31 kmPlaue (Thür)
- 58 kmZella-Mehlis
- 64 kmSuhl
- 84 kmGrimmenthal
- 105 kmMellrichstadt Bf
- 119 kmBad Neustadt (Saale)
- 129 kmMünnerstadt
- 144 kmEbenhausen (Unterfr)
- 157 kmSchweinfurt Hbf
- 199 kmWürzburg Hauptbahnhof +4
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 108034: 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 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE7
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the RE 7 Erfurt–Würzburg?
The RE 7 Erfurt–Würzburg runs 199 km from Erfurt to Würzburg.
How long does the RE 7 Erfurt–Würzburg take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 20 min for the 199 km. That is an average of 85 km/h end to end.
Who runs the RE 7 Erfurt–Würzburg?
DB Regio, with RE 7.
How old is the RE 7 Erfurt–Würzburg?
The line has been in service since 1884. 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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