Chronicle of route electrification in Germany since 1994

Chronological list of the electrification of railway lines in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany since the foundation of the Deutsche Bahn AG on January 1st, 1994.

Summary

After the establishment of DB AG, (re) electrification dominated the German unity transport projects . Now that most of these have been completed, existing lines will mainly be electrified in order to integrate them into S-Bahn networks. In addition, electrification is taking place as part of the construction of new high-speed lines . In individual cases, short connecting routes are also electrified to facilitate operational simplicity. Main lines have only been re-electrified in individual cases. Schleswig-Holstein in particular benefited from these electrifications. The railway lines from Hamburg to the three largest cities in the state, Kiel (1995), Flensburg (1996) and Lübeck (2008), were only electrified by DB AG.

At the end of 2019, 20,345 of 33,291 km of operating length (61%) in the Deutsche Bahn network were electrified. The degree of electrification increased as the length of the operating route decreased; In 1995 it was 45 percent (17,998 of 40,033 km), in 2010 it was 59 percent (19,715 of 33,417 km). The federal government is aiming for a level of electrification of 70 percent (as of 2019). More was newly electrified than this absolute increase, as some electrified lines were also shut down during this period. See the list of formerly electrified railway lines .

timeline

The date on which scheduled passenger traffic commences is usually given as the start-up date. The day of technical commissioning is earlier, and in some cases it is also specified.

1994-1999

year	Day and month	Route between the stations	Part of the overall connection	Length km	Remarks
1994	21 Mar	Erfurt main station - Sömmerda	Sangerhausen – Erfurt	24.8 km
	May 29th	Neubrandenburg - Stralsund Hbf	Berlin Northern Railway	88.9 km
	May 29th	Sollstedt - Eichenberg	Halle – Hann. Münden	46.6 km	VDE project no.6
	June		Nantenbacher curve	11.3 km	Connecting curve from Würzburg via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg in the direction of Frankfurt
1995	28th of May	Bebra - Neudietendorf	Halle – Bebra	89.5 km	VDE project no.7
	28th of May	Camburg - Probstzella	Großheringen – Saalfeld , Leipzig – Probstzella	91.6 km
	28th of May	Berlin Priesterweg - Berlin-Lichterfelde East	Anhalter suburban train	4.0 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	28th of May	Berlin-Schönholz - Berlin-Tegel	Berlin-Schönholz-Kremmen	6.9 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	Sep 24	Hamburg-Altona - Kiel Hbf	Hamburg-Altona-Kiel	105.6 km
	17 Dec	Potsdam Griebnitzsee - Biederitz	Berlin – Magdeburg	111.9 km
1996	03rd Mar	Neumünster - Flensburg	Neumünster-Flensburg	101.5 km	Scheduled train operation only since March 17, 1996
	31. May	Crailsheim - Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental	Crailsheim – Heilbronn	27.3 km
	May 31, 6	Backnang - Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental	Waiblingen – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental	42.2 km
	02th of June	Flensburg - Padborg	Fredericia – Flensburg
	June 30th	Bühl (Baden) - Urloffen	New and upgraded Karlsruhe – Basel line		New and upgraded Karlsruhe – Basel line
	13 Aug	Maschen marshalling yard – Hamburg-Harburg – Abzw Oberhafen – Hamburg-Rothenburgsort	Hamburg freight bypass	61.1 km	Southern Hamburg freight bypass
	29 Sep	Holthusen - Hagenow Land	Hagenow Land – Schwerin	19.0 km
	29 Sep	Ludwigslust - Hagenow Land - Hamburg Hbf	Berlin – Hamburg
1997		Sömmerda - Oberröblingen	Sangerhausen – Erfurt	39.8 km
	Apr 15	Berlin Westend - Berlin Jungfernheide	Berlin Ringbahn	2.2 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	Dec 18	Berlin-Neukölln - Berlin Treptower Park	Berlin Ringbahn	3.4 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
1998	Jan. 16	Berlin Westkreuz - Berlin-Pichelsberg	Spandau suburban railway	4.8 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	May 29th	Elmshorn - Itzehoe	Elmshorn – Westerland (Marschbahn)	34.2 km
	Sep 15	Oebisfelde - Berlin-Spandau	Hanover – Berlin high-speed line	155.2 km	New high-speed line construction
	Sep 15	Weddeler loop	Weddeler loop	24.8 km	Connection of high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg with high-speed line Hanover – Berlin
	25 Sep	Berlin-Lichterfelde East - Berlin-Lichterfelde South	Anhalter suburban train	2.7 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	Nov 29	Neufahrner clasp	Neufahrner clasp	7.3 km	S-Bahn Munich
	Dec 15	Berlin-Tegel - Hennigsdorf (b Berlin)	Berlin-Schönholz-Kremmen	8.3 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	Dec 30	Berlin-Pichelsberg - Berlin-Spandau	Spandau suburban railway	4.2 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
1999		Stendal - Uelzen	Stendal-Uelzen	107.5 km
	19 Dec	Berlin Jungfernheide - Berlin Westhafen	Berlin Ringbahn	3.2 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction

2000-2009

year	Day and month	Route between the stations	Part of the overall connection	Length km	Remarks
2000	28th of May	Langenhagen horse market - Hanover airport	Langenhagen horse market – Hannover airport	3.5 km	S-Bahn Hanover , new line
		Langenhagen horse market - Bennemühlen	Hanover – Buchholz (Heidebahn)		S-Bahn Hanover
2001	17 Sep	Berlin Schönhauser Allee - Berlin Gesundbrunnen	Berlin Ringbahn	1.8 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	17 Sep	Berlin Schönhauser Allee - Berlin Bornholmer Strasse	S-Bahn Berlin	1.7 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), new route
2002	15th June	Berlin Westhafen - Berlin Gesundbrunnen	S-Bahn Berlin	3.5 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), reconstruction
	15th of July	Siegburg / Bonn - Frankfurt Airport long-distance train station	High-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main	143.3 km	New high-speed line construction
	Dec 15	Breckenheim - Wiesbaden Hbf	Breckenheim – Wiesbaden	13.2 km	Junction of the high-speed route Cologne – Rhein / Main
	Dec 15	Dresden Neustadt - Dresden Airport	Dresden-Klotzsche-Dresden Airport	10.5 km	S-Bahn Dresden
	Dec 15	Altchemnitz - Stollberg (Sachs)	Zwönitz – Chemnitz south	16.3 km	City-Bahn Chemnitz (with 750 V =)
2003	0Nov 3	Schifferstadt - Speyer Hbf	Schifferstadt – Wörth	9.1 km	Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn
	14 Dec	Offenbach Ost - Rödermark-Ober Roden	Offenbach – Reinheim (Rodgaubahn)	20.4 km	Rhein-Main S-Bahn
	14 Dec	Offenbach-Bieber - Dietzenbach	Offenbach-Bieber-Dietzenbach	9.6 km	Rhein-Main S-Bahn
2004	June 12	Leipzig Fair - Gröbers	New Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line	22.3 km	Part of the new Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line
	June 12	Cologne	Airport loop Cologne	15.2 km	Branch from the high-speed line Cologne – Rhein / Main
2005	Feb. 24	Berlin-Lichterfelde south - Teltow city	Anhalter suburban train	2.9 km	S-Bahn Berlin (with 750 V =), new line
	0Nov 7	Long-distance tracks of the northern Berlin Ringbahn connecting curves in the direction of Berlin-Schönholz / Berlin-Pankow and Berlin-Grunewald	Berlin Ringbahn	approx. 20 km
	Nov	Angermünde - Schwedt (Oder)	Angermünde – Schwedt	23.1 km
	Dec 10	Berlin-Südkreuz - connection to the Berlin outer ring	Berlin hall	15 km
	Dec 10	Öhringen-Cappel - Heilbronn Hbf	Crailsheim – Heilbronn	24.3 km	Heilbronn tram
2006	0Feb 2	Berlin north-south long-distance railway	North-South long-distance line Berlin	9.1 km	New line
	May 13th	Nürnberg Hbf - Ingolstadt Hbf	High-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich	81.0 km	New high-speed line construction
	20th June	Emden Hbf - Emden outer harbor	Emden – Emden outer harbor	3.1 km
	04th Oct	Speyer Hbf - Germersheim	Schifferstadt – Wörth	14.2 km	Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn
2008	Dec 11	Hamburg-Ohlsdorf - Hamburg Airport (Airport)	Hamburg Airport S-Bahn	3.1 km	New line (with 1,200 V =)
	14 Dec	Lübeck Hbf - Hamburg Hbf	Lübeck – Hamburg	63.9 km
	14 Dec	Lübeck Hbf - Lübeck-Travemünde beach	Lübeck – Lübeck-Travemünde beach	20.6 km
	14 Dec	Gemmenich tunnel	Aachen – Tongeren (Montzen route)	0.6 km	State border with Belgium
2009	13 Dec	Wendlingen (Neckar) - Kirchheim (Teck)	Wendlingen – Oberlenningen (Teckbahn)	6.5 km	S-Bahn Stuttgart
	0Nov 2	Neckargemünd - Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld	Meckesheim – Bad Friedrichshall (Elsenz Valley Railway)	47.4 km	S-Bahn RheinNeckar / Stadtbahn Heilbronn
	0Nov 2	Steinsfurt - Eppingen	Steinsfurt – Eppingen	12.9 km	Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn

2010-2019

year	Day and month	Route between the stations	Part of the overall connection	Length km	Remarks
2010	10th of May	Meckesheim - Aglasterhausen	Meckesheim – Neckarelz	19.1 km	Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn
	0Oct. 1	Borna (near Leipzig) - Geithain	Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz	17.8 km	S-Bahn Central Germany , scheduled electrical operation since the opening of the City Tunnel in Leipzig on December 15, 2013
	Nov 30	Germersheim - Wörth (Rhine)	Schifferstadt – Wörth	26.3 km	Karlsruhe light rail
	0Dec 4	Connection curve Weißig (b Großenhain) - Böhla	Connecting curve Weißig – Böhla	07.5 km	New track construction
	Dec 12	Lauf (left Pegnitz) - Hartmannshof	Nuremberg – Schwandorf	20.2 km	Nuremberg S-Bahn
2011	Feb 16	Regensburg Hbf - Regensburg harbor	Regensburg-Hof	03.1 km
	29 Mar	Abzw Bamme - Rathenow	Berlin – taught	05.3 km	Alternative route during construction on the high-speed line Hanover – Berlin
	31 Mar	Berlin Brandenburg Airport	Berlin Brandenburg Airport	08.0 km	First partial opening of the rail link to the airport. Simultaneous decommissioning of the old kerosene railway.
	Dec 11	Bremen-Vegesack - Bremen-Farge	Bremen-Farge-Bremen-Vegesack	10.4 km	Regional S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony
	Dec 11	Graben-Neudorf - Germersheim	Bruchsal – Germersheim	16.2 km	Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn
2012	02th of June	Connection to Berlin Brandenburg Airport	Berlin Brandenburg Airport	1.9 km 8.6 km	S-Bahn (with 750 V =) / long-distance train (with 15 KV 16.7 Hz ~); due to postponed opening of the airport without passenger traffic. (planned: S-Bahn , RB , RE IC / EC , ICE )
2013	15th of July	Bad Krozingen - Münstertal (Black Forest)	Bad Krozingen – Münstertal	11.0 km	Operation with electric multiple units only since September 21, 2013.
	0Oct. 5	Erzingen (Baden) - Schaffhausen	Basel – Constance (Hochrheinbahn)	18.4 km	Operation with electric multiple units only since December 15, 2013, DB route on Swiss territory
	Dec 15	Lindern - Heinsberg (Rheinl)	Lindern – Heinsberg (Rheinl)	12.2 km
	Dec 15	Reichenbach (Vogtl) ob Bf - Hof Hbf	Leipzig-Hof	73.8 km
2014	0Dec 1	Türkismühle - Neubrücke (Nahe)	Saarbrücken – Bingen (Nahe Valley Railway)	6.1 km
	14 Dec	Dachau - Altomünster	Dachau-Altomünster	29.9 km	S-Bahn Munich
2015	13 Dec	Erfurt Hbf - Gröbers and Planena - Halle-Ammendorf	High-speed route Erfurt-Halle / Leipzig	100.7 km	New section of the German Unity Transport Project No. 8
2017	Dec 10	Ebensfeld - Erfurt Hbf	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	106.8 km	New section of the German Unity Transport Project No. 8
2018	Oct 29	Knappenrode - Horka (Germany / Poland border)	Węgliniec – Roßlau	54.4 km	Start of regular train operations on December 9, 2018.
	06 Dec	Neufahrner curve	Neufahrner clasp	2.3 km	New line, eastern connection of the Munich – Regensburg line to the Neufahrner Spange . Start of regular train operations on December 9, 2018.
	07th Dec	Herzogenrath - Germany / Netherlands border	Sittard-Herzogenrath	1.3 km	Start of regular train operations on January 27, 2019 after the electric multiple units have been approved in Germany.
	09 Dec	km 0.520 - Ludwigshafen (Rhein) BASF Pbf Nord	Ludwigshafen Hbf – Ludwigshafen BASF	6 km
2019	Oct 28	Gottenheim - Riegel am Kaiserstuhl place	Riegel – Gottenheim (Kaiserstuhlbahn)	11.7 km	Breisgau-S-Bahn 2020 , electrical operation since December 15, 2019.
	Oct 28	Riegel-Malterdingen - Breisach	Riegel – Breisach (Kaiserstuhlbahn)	25.9 km	Breisgau-S-Bahn 2020, between Endingen and Riegel am Kaiserstuhl Ort electrical operation since December 15, 2019, continuous electrical operation between Breisach and Riegel-Malterdingen only from spring 2021 due to lack of vehicles.
	0Dec 2	Neustadt (Black Forest) - Donaueschingen	Freiburg – Donaueschingen (Höllentalbahn (Black Forest))	39.8 km	Breisgau S-Bahn 2020
	14 Dec	Boeblingen - Dettenhausen	Böblingen – Dettenhausen (Schönbuchbahn)	17.0 km	First resumption of operations on the Holzgerlingen - Dettenhausen section with diesel multiple units, and electrical operation on the entire route since December 14, 2019.
	Dec 15	Freiburg main station - Breisach	Freiburg – Colmar	22.5 km	Breisgau-S-Bahn 2020, electrical operation on the Gottenheim - Breisach section only from February 17, 2020.

Under construction or in advanced planning

year	Route between the stations	Part of the overall connection	Length km	Remarks
2020	Denzlingen - Elzach	Denzlingen – Elzach (Elz Valley Railway)	19.3 km	Breisgau-S-Bahn 2020 , completion planned by October 2020.
2020	Geltendorf - Buchloe	Munich – Lindau (Allgäubahn (Bavaria))	25.9 km	In order to be able to run continuously electric trains between Munich and Zurich in the future, the sections Geltendorf – Buchloe and Hergatz – Lindau of the Bavarian Allgäubahn, the Buchloe – Memmingen and Leutkirch – Memmingen railway lines, the Leutkirch – Kißlegg section of the Herbertingen – Isny ​​railway line and the railway line are to be used Kißlegg – Hergatz and the Aeschacher bend are electrified (103.4 km in total).
2020	Hergatz - Lindau Hbf	Munich – Lindau (Allgäubahn (Bavaria))	23.1 km
2020	Buchloe - Memmingen	Buchloe – Memmingen	46.1 km
2020	Leutkirch - Memmingen	Leutkirch – Memmingen	31.5 km
2020	Leutkirch - Kisslegg	Herbertingen – Isny	10.9 km
2020	Hergatz - Kisslegg	Kisslegg-Hergatz	18.6 km
2020	Lindau-Aeschach Abzw - Lindau-Reutin	Aeschach curve	1 km
2021	Wesel - Bocholt	Wesel – Bocholt (Bocholt Railway)	20.3 km
2021	Ulm Hbf - Friedrichshafen city	Ulm – Friedrichshafen	103.6 km	The 124.9 km long rail connection from Ulm via Friedrichshafen to Lindau is to be electrified by 2021. The measure includes the Ulm – Friedrichshafen and Friedrichshafen – Lindau railway lines as well as the Laupheim West – Laupheim City section of the Laupheim West – Schwendi railway line.
2021	Friedrichshafen city - Lindau main station	Friedrichshafen – Lindau	22.6 km
2021	Laupheim West - Laupheim City	Laupheim West – Schwendi	2.5 km
2021	Border at Schönbichl - Pfronten-Steinach	Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Kempten (Allgäu)	about 1.7 km
2022	Wendlingen - Ulm	Wendlingen – Ulm	59.6 km	New line, Stuttgart – Ulm rail project
2022	Oldenburg Hbf - Wilhelmshaven	Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven	52.4 km	Expansion in the course of connecting the JadeWeserPort
2022	Sande - Junction Schortens White Flea	Sands – North	6.3 km
2022	Junction Schortens Weißer Flh - Wilhelmshaven Ölweiche	Junction Schortens Weißer Flea – Wilhelmshaven Ölweiche	10.5 km
2022	Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) - Usingen	Friedrichsdorf – Brandoberndorf (Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus))	17.7 km	Extension of the S 5 line of the Rhein-Main S-Bahn
2022	Tübingen main station - Herrenberg	Tübingen – Herrenberg (Ammertalbahn)	21.4 km	As part of the Neckar-Alb regional light rail
2022	Metzingen - Bad Urach	Metzingen – Bad Urach (Ermstalbahn)	10.4 km	As part of the Neckar-Alb regional light rail
2024	Niebüll - Dagebüll Mole	Kleinbahn Niebüll – Dagebüll	13.7 km
2025	Stuttgart - Wendlingen	Stuttgart – Wendlingen	25.2 km	Part of the Stuttgart 21 project , a total of 57 km of electrified new line is to be put into operation in the greater Stuttgart area.
2025	Hamburg-Eidelstedt - Kaltenkirchen	Hamburg-Altona-Neumünster	30.0 km
2025	Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf – Alsdorf – Herzogenrath	Stolberg – Herzogenrath	19.7 km	Outer branch of the Euregiobahn
2025	Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf – Eschweiler-Weisweiler	Mönchengladbach – Stolberg	10 km	Outer branch of the Euregiobahn
2025	Eschweiler-Weisweiler-Langerwehe	Mönchengladbach – Stolberg	2.5 km	Outer branch of the Euregiobahn
2025	Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf – Stolberg old town	Stolberg-Walheim	3.7 km	Outer branch of the Euregiobahn
2026	Alsdorf junction Kellersberg – Aldenhoven-Siersdorf	Kellersberg – Siersdorf railway line	5.6 km	Route to be reactivated
2026	Passow (Uckermark) - Germany / Poland border	Berlin – Szczecin	30.4 km	double-track expansion and electrification
2027	Bad Schwartau - Ratekau and Göhl - Puttgarden	Lübeck – Puttgarden railway line	94 km	Hinterland connection to the fixed Fehmarnbelt link including 55 km of new line
2028	Leipzig - Geithain	Leipzig – Geithain	44 km	Overall project "Electrification Leipzig-Chemnitz"
2028	Geithain - Chemnitz	Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz	36 km
2030	Weimar - Gera	Weimar-Gera	68 km	Electrification of missing sections of the Central-Germany connection .
2030	Goessnitz - Gera	Goessnitz-Gera	35 km
2034	Wustermark - Bamme junction , Rathenow - Staffelde junction and Nahrstedt - Vorsfelde junction	Berlin – taught	approx. 124 km	Complete electrification of the Lehrter main line .
2035	Karlsruhe - Basel	Karlsruhe – Basel	approx. 200 km	In construction since 1987, start-up of various paths and tunnels (z. B. Tunnel Offenburg , tunnel Rastatt ) 2025-2035 provided.

Larger electrification projects in planning

• Commissioning open
  • Neuss – Viersen railway line in the Neuss Hbf - Kaarster See section (7.1 km) and Düsseldorf-Derendorf – Dortmund Süd railway line between Erkrath Nord and Hahnenfurt-Düssel (approx. 15 km) as part of the S 28 line of the S-Bahn Rhein- Dysentery .
  • Erftbahn (12.7 km, future integration into the S 12 ) until 2028 and Bedburg – Neuss (28.2 km) until 2029

In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 , the following electrification routes were included in the urgent need:

• for Bavaria
  • Railway line Munich – Mühldorf (53.7 km between Markt Schwaben and Mühldorf), railway line Mühldorf – Freilassing (65.6 km) and railway line Mühldorf – Burghausen (7 km between Tüßling and Burghausen)
  • Railway line Neumarkt-Sankt Veit – Landshut and railway line Mühldorf – Pilsting (section Mühldorf-Neumarkt-Sankt Veit)
  • Railway lines Hof – Oberkotzau (5.6 km), Oberkotzau – Weiden (87.0 km) and Weiden – Regensburg (86.6 km)
  • Railway line Nuremberg – Irrenlohe (52.3 km between Hartmannshof and Irrenlohe) and railway line Schwandorf – Furth im Wald (67.2 km)
  • Railway line Nürnberg – Cheb (138.3 km between Nürnberg Hbf and Schirnding)

• for Lower Saxony
  • Uelzen – Langwedel railway line
  • Niederelbebahn between Stade and Cuxhaven (62 km)
  • Elze – Hameln section of the Elze – Löhne railway line (approx. 29 km)

• for Schleswig-Holstein
  • Railway line Lübeck – Lüneburg (approx. 56 km)
  • Railway line Lübeck – Bad Kleinen approx. 63 km (preliminary planning completed in March 2020)
  • Marschbahn between Brunsbüttel and Itzehoe (approx. 39 km)

• for Thuringia
  • Gotha – Leinefelde railway line (67.1 km)

Projects with uncertain realization

Electrification concept for the rail network in Baden-Württemberg

On May 2, 2018, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport presented an electrification concept for the rail network in Baden-Württemberg. The previously non-electrified railway lines were divided into three categories:

• Electrification in construction or planning
  • Hochrheinbahn between Basel Bad Bf. And Erzingen (Baden), 74.9 km, expected completion at the end of 2027
  • Regional rail Neckar-Alb with Ammertalbahn , Ermstalbahn , Tübingen-Horb railway , zollernalb railway between Tübingen and Albstadt-Ebingen that Talgangbahn and the railway Hechingen-Gammertingen between Hechingen and Burladingen

• Urgent need / closing the gap
  • Railway line Tübingen – Sigmaringen between Albstadt-Ebingen and Sigmaringen (2020 contract for preliminary planning signed, the results of the preliminary planning including the cost estimate should be available in spring 2022)
  • Railway line Crailsheim – Heilbronn between Öhringen-Cappel and Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental
  • Württemberg Black Forest Railway between Weil der Stadt and Calw
  • Stahringen – Friedrichshafen railway line and the Radolfzell – Mengen railway line between Radolfzell and Stockach (Bodenseegürtelbahn)
  • Nagold Valley Railway between Nagold and Hochdorf
  • Routes of the ring train with the Rottweil – Villingen railway line , the Bregtalbahn between Hüfingen Mitte and Bräunlingen and the line between Tuttlingen and Immendingen
  • Ulm – Sigmaringen railway line between Ulm and Munderkingen
  • Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen railway line between Fridingen and Tuttlingen
  • Aalen – Ulm railway line (Brenzbahn)
  • Railway line Hechingen – Gammtertingen between Burladingen and Gammertingen

• Long-term demand / solutions on the vehicle side (as an alternative to equipping the route with overhead lines, electric multiple units with innovative drives can also be used, e.g. with fuel cells)
  • Seckach – Miltenberg railway line between Seckach and Rippberg
  • Wertheim – Crailsheim railway line (Taubertalbahn)
  • Wieslauftalbahn between Schorndorf and Rudersberg-Oberndorf
  • Strohgäubahn between Korntal and Hemmingen
  • Nagold Valley Railway between Pforzheim and Nagold
  • Nürtingen – Neuffen railway line
  • Teckbahn between Kirchheim (Teck) and Oberlenningen
  • Achern – Ottenhöfen railway line (Achertalbahn)
  • Harmersbachtalbahn
  • Kinzig Valley Railway
  • Railway line Appenweier – Bad Griesbach (Renchtalbahn)
  • Wutachtalbahn between Blumberg-Zollhaus and Hintschingen
  • Kleinengstingen – Sigmaringen railway line between Gammertingen and Sigmaringen
  • Reutlingen – Schelklingen railway line between Kleinengstingen and Schelklingen
  • Herbertingen – Isny ​​railway line between Herbertingen and Kißlegg
  • Ulm – Sigmaringen railway line between Munderkingen and Sigmaringen
  • Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen railway line between and Fridingen Inzigkofen

Bavarian electric mobility strategy rail to reduce diesel traffic in the rail network in Bavaria

In Bavaria, in addition to the projects planned in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan, the electrification of the following railway lines is planned:

• Aschaffenburg – Miltenberg railway line and the Aschaffenburg port railway
• Grafing – Wasserburg railway line between Ebersberg and Wasserburg (Inn) Bf (completion by 2026 )
• Railway line Neu-Ulm – Kempten and railway line Senden – Weißenhorn (not before the mid-2020s)

• Upper interurban network railway Holzkirchen Lenggries , railway Schaftlach-Tegernsee , railway Holzkirchen Schliersee and railway Schliersee-Bayrischzell (completion not before 2029 )
• Neunkirchen a Sand – Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach railway line
• Bobingen – Landsberg am Lech railway line between Kaufering and Landsberg am Lech
• Siegelsdorf – Markt Erlbach railway line

Regional projects in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Category A :
  • Freight route Cologne-Ehrenfeld – Cologne-Nippes
  • Rheinhausen – Kleve railway line approx. 12 km in the Millingen – Xanten section (from 2026)
  • Krefeld – Kleve railway line (146 km), from 2026

• Category B :
  • Münster – Enschede railway line (64 km), 2028

• Category C :
  • Railway line Bonn – Euskirchen (34.2 km), from 2034, in the planning phase
  • Railway line Dortmund – Iserlohn (38 km), from 2029
  • Bielefeld – Lemgo-Lüttfeld railway line (approx. 31 km), 2028
  • Route of the RB 36 Duisburg-Meiderich Süd – Duisburg Ruhrort, see Oberhausen – Duisburg-Ruhrort railway line (approx. 8 km), from 2026
  • Railway line Wuppertal-Oberbarmen – Solingen (approx. 35 km), line of the S 7 via Remscheid (from 2029)

• Other Projects:
  • Railway line Düren – Heimbach (30 km), 2028
  • Jülich – Hückelhoven-Baal (16.5 km), 2028
  • Railway line Jülich – Düren (15.4 km), 2028
  • Bördebahn Düren – Euskirchen (29.8 km), 2028
  • Schwerte – Bestwig (71.4 km) as a section of the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway , 2033
  • Hürth-Kalscheuren - Kall (66.9 km) as part of the Hürth-Kalscheuren – Ehrang railway line , 2033
  • Erft Valley Railway (Euskirchen – Bad Münstereifel) (12.8 km), 2033
  • Voreifelbahn (Bonn – Euskirchen) (34.5 km), 2033
  • Cologne Frankfurter Strasse – Overath (20.2 km), 2033
  • Overath – Dieringhausen (26.1 km), 2033
  • Bruges (Westphalia) –Gummersbach (32.3 km), Gummersbach – Dieringhausen (5.3 km) and Bruges (Westphalia) –Lüdenscheid (6.3 km) as sections, 2033
  • Baal (freight yard) –Hückelhoven-Ratheim (7.7 km), 2035
  • Kall - Ehrang (97.2 km) as part of the Hürth-Kalscheuren-Ehrang railway line , 2035
  • Hagen-Vorhalle – Herdecke (3.5 km) and Herdecke – Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park (11.9 km) as sections of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf – Dortmund Süd railway line , after 2035
  • Schwerte (Heide) –Schwerte (Ruhr) Ost (1.8 km) and Dortmund-Hörde – Heide junction (7.4 km) as sections of the Ardey Railway , after 2035
  • Menden (Sauerland) –Fröndenberg as part of the Letmathe – Fröndenberg railway line (4.9 km), after 2035
  • Nuttlar – Winterberg (26.2 km) as part of the Nuttlar – Frankenberg railway line , after 2035
  • Brackwede – Osnabrück railway line (55.4 km), after 2035
  • Paderborn – Brackwede railway line (41 km), after 2035
  • Almetalbahn from Paderborn to Brilon-Wald (59.7 km), after 2035 (reactivation)
  • Schwerte (Ruhr) - Iserlohn (18.3 km) as part of the Ardeybahn , after 2035
  • km 0.6 – Hagen-Oberhagen (3.5 km), after 2035
  • Nuttlar – Bestwig (1.8 km) and Nuttlar – Brilon-Wald (12.8 km) as a section of the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway , after 2035
  • Brilon-Wald – Willingen (7.1 km) as part of the Wabern – Brilon Wald railway line , after 2035
  • Hagen-Oberhagen – Bruges (Westphalia) with 22 km as part of the Hagen – Dieringhausen railway line , after 2035

Other projects:

• Berlin
  • Long-distance railway tracks of the Berlin Ringbahn between Halensee and Tempelhof (approx. 8 km)
• North Rhine-Westphalia
  • possibly Oberbergische Bahn (see Cologne-Kalk – Overath railway (approx. 20 km), Siegburg – Olpe railway (approx. 25 km) and Hagen – Dieringhausen railway (approx. 23 km)), feasibility study is being prepared
  • possibly Hürth-Kalscheuren – Ehrang railway line approx. 30 km between Hürth-Kalscheuren and Euskirchen / Kall
• Rhineland-Palatinate
  • The Neustadt – Wissembourg railway line (Neustadt – Winden section) is to be electrified together with the Winden – Karlsruhe line (Winden – Wörth section) in order to be able to run electrically powered trains between Karlsruhe and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse.

See also

• Chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR area
• Chronological list of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (until 1945)
• List of formerly electrified railway lines
• Traction current

Individual evidence

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3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} Erich Preuß: Trains under power. The history of electric train operations in Germany, 1st edition Munich 1998, ISBN 3-932785-30-4 , pp. 173-174.
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7. ↑ Start of regular passenger traffic, commissioning earlier
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10. ↑ The train to the flight: Neufahrner curve now connects East Bavaria directly with Munich Airport. (No longer available online.) DB Netz AG, December 6, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on December 8, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
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14. ↑ The electrification of the Kaiserstuhlbahn has been successfully completed after almost three years. sweg.de, October 28, 2019, accessed on December 16, 2019 . 
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