Schönbuch Railway

The Schönbuch Railway (German: Schönbuchbahn) is a branch line in the Stuttgart region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is single-track and standard gauge, and is 17.0 kilometres (10.6 mi) long. It links Dettenhausen with Böblingen, where a connection is made with lines S1 and S60 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Line S1 provides a direct service to Stuttgart.[2]

Böblingen–Schönaich/Dettenhausen
Regio-Shuttle RS1 of the Schönbuchbahn
Overview
Line number4871
Service
Route number790.72; 327b (1965)
Technical
Line length17.0 km + 3.02 km
Track gauge1435 mm
Electrification15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
Route map
Stuttgart–Horb railway from Stuttgart
S 1
Rankbach Railway from Renningen
S 60
0.00
 Böblingen
Stuttgart–Horb railway to Herrenberg
S 1
DB Netz AG / ZVS
1.30
 Böblingen Danziger Straße
2.40
 Böblingen Süd
2,50
Industrial siding
3.50
 Böblingen Heusteigstraße
 
 
 Böblingen Zimmerschlag
formerly: Schönaicher First
0.40
Schill + Seilacher
0.50
End of line since 1954
3.02
 Schönaich (Württ)
1922 to 1954
7.90
 Holzgerlingen Nord
9.00
 Holzgerlingen
10.90
 Holzgerlingen Buch
12.50
 Weil im Schönbuch Troppel
13.00
 Weil im Schönbuch Röte
14.00
 Weil im Schönbuch Untere Halde
16.80
Industrial siding until 28 April 1990
17.00
 Dettenhausen
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Schönbuchbahn is owned by the Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn (ZVS), and is operated by the Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG), a member of the Veolia Transport group.[2]

The typical service pattern consists of two trains an hour, although the frequency may reduce to one train an hour at weekends or in the evenings.[3]

Rolling stock

Passenger services on the Schönbuchbahn use a fleet of 6 partially low floor Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 units.[4] In December 2016 transport authority Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn selected Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles for a €51·3m contract to supply nine three-car light rail vehicles of a new design.[5][6]

  • Dettenhausen station
    Dettenhausen station
  • Regio-Shuttles at Böblingen station
    Regio-Shuttles at Böblingen station

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Dettenhausen - Böblingen" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  4. "Fahrzeuge der WEG" [WEG fleet] (in German). Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  5. "CAF to supply new fleet for Schönbuchbahn modernisation". Metro Report International. 21 December 2016.
  6. Christeller, Reinhard (17 May 2021). "The modernisation of the Schönbuchbahn". urban-transport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.


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