Fulda–Gersfeld Railway

Fulda–Gersfeld
Route number:	616
Line length:	23.4
Track gauge:	1435
Maximum speed:	120
Operating points and lines[1]
Legend Kinzig Valley Railway from Fulda 0,0 Fulda Bronnzell(former passenger station) Kinzig Valley Railway to Hanau 0,7 Bronnzell Rhönbad Bundesstraße 27 3,4 Eichenzell Autobahn 66 Autobahn 7 Welkers industrial railway 6,1 Welkers 6,4 Welkers(former) 7,7 Rönshausen 9,4 Lütter 334 m 12,3 Ried 13,9 Schmalnau Fulda 16,0 Hettenhausen 18,6 Altenfeld 427 m 21,9 former spur to basalt factory 23,4 Gersfeld(former full station) 504 m

The Fulda–Gersfeld Railway (German: Bahnstrecke Fulda–Gersfeld), also called the Rhön Railway (German: Rhönbahn), is a railway line in the state of Hesse, Germany. It connects Fulda in the west with Gersfeld, in the Rhön Mountains, in the east. The line was opened by the Prussian state railways on October 1, 1888, and as of November 2014 is operated by the Hessische Landesbahn using Alstom Coradia LINT 41 trainsets.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Sixth, 2007/2008 ed.). Aachen: Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.

External links

• Schedule for the line at the Hessische Landesbahn website (German)

Coordinates: 50°26′58″N 9°54′52″E / 50.4494°N 9.9145°E