Heritage route
Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway)
Weizen → Blumberg · Germany
Germany’s only spiral railway tunnel: a 1,700 m loop at Stockhalde lets the line climb the Black Forest by circling back over itself.
- Distance
- 26.5 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 15 min
- Average speed
- 21 km/h
- Top speed
- 50 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmWeizen Sto
- 3 kmLausheim-Blumegg
- 7 kmGrimmelshofen
- 13 kmFützen
- 17 kmWutachblick
- 24 kmBlumberg-Zollhaus
The stations on this line, as Wikidata lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1858164: 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
- 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 Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway)?
The Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway) runs 26.5 km from Weizen to Blumberg.
How long does the Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 15 min for the 26.5 km. That is an average of 21 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway)?
Sauschwänzlebahn e.V., with Class 52 / 93 steam locomotive, heritage diesel railcars.
How old is the Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway)?
The line has been in service since 1890. 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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