Heritage route
Rübelandbahn
Blankenburg → Rübeland · Germany
Rübelandbahn in pictures
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- Distance
- 14 km
- Fastest time
- 50 min
- Average speed
- 17 km/h
- Top speed
- 50 km/h
- Operator
- ArGe Rübelandbahn
- Train
- Steam · 95 027
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1886
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Heritage steam storms a fierce Harz grade once worked by rack rail; the 1926 tank engine 95 027, the Bergkönigin, still climbs to the caves at Rübeland.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1894768 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 3 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Rübelandbahn?
The Rübelandbahn runs 14 km from Blankenburg to Rübeland.
How long does the Rübelandbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 50 min for the 14 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Rübelandbahn?
ArGe Rübelandbahn, with Steam, 95 027.
How old is the Rübelandbahn?
The line has been in service since 1886. 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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