The Reutlingen–Schelklingen railway or Swabian Jura Railway (German: Schwäbische Albbahn) is a 58.25 kilometre long branch line from Reutlingen to Schelklingen, which crosses the Swabian Jura in southern Germany. Its route no. is 4620. The section from Reutlingen to Honau is also known as the Echaz Railway (Echazbahn) or Echaz Valley Railway (Echaztalbahn). The 15.28 kilometre long northern section from Reutlingen to Kleinengstingen is closed nowadays, this section has been largely converted into a rail trail.
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Honau-Lichtenstein rack railway (postcard from 1905) -
Lichtenstein castle -
The "Ulmer Spatz" -
Münsingen station -
Interior of signal cabin at Münsingen station -
Old goods wagon
References
Footnotes
- ^ Railway Atlas 2017, p. 104.
Sources
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
External links
Media related to Reutlingen–Schelklingen railway line at Wikimedia Commons- Friends of the Honau-Lichtenstein Rack Railway Society
- Swabian Jura Railway Society
- 1944/45 timetable
- Honau Station Preservation Society
- Friends of the Railbus Society, Ulm - Ulmer Spatz
