RB 59 Gammertingen–Schelklingen

Across the Swabian Alb at sixty kilometres an hour: Gammertingen to Engstingen and Münsingen, then down to Schelklingen and the Danube, on branch lines opened in 1901.

Stations

1. 0 kmGammertingen
2. 5 kmMägerkingen
3. 8 kmTrochtelfingen
4. 11 kmTrochtelfingen ALB-GOLD
5. 15 kmHaidkapelle
6. 20 kmEngstingen
7. Show 5 more stations

   1. 23 kmKohlstetten
   2. 26 kmOffenhausen
   3. 28 kmGomadingen
   4. 32 kmMarbach
   5. 33 kmGrafeneck
8. 39 kmMünsingen
9. 53 kmSondernach
10. 55 kmHütten
11. 61 kmSchmiechen Albbahn
12. 62 kmSchelklingen +1

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, 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 14131: 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 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of SAB

Questions and answers

How long is the RB 59 Gammertingen–Schelklingen?

The RB 59 Gammertingen–Schelklingen runs 62 km from Gammertingen to Schelklingen.

How long does the RB 59 Gammertingen–Schelklingen take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 55 min for the 62 km. That is an average of 32 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.

Who runs the RB 59 Gammertingen–Schelklingen?

Schwäbische Alb-Bahn, with RB 59.

How old is the RB 59 Gammertingen–Schelklingen?

The line has been in service since 1901. 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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