List of named railway lines in Germany
This is a list of railway connections and routes in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany for which a separate name exists.
- Railway companies are not included, especially if they operate / operate several lines.
- Current railway companies can be found in the list of German railway companies .
- Former railway companies are included in the list of former German railway companies . In some cases, the delineation is difficult when the name of the company has gone on the line.
A.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aar-Salzböde Railway | Niederwalgern – Hartenrod – Herborn (Hesse) | Hesse | Rivers Aar and Salzböde | ||
| Aartalbahn | Wiesbaden – Bad Schwalbach – Limburg (Lahn) | Hesse | River Aar | ||
| Ablachtalbahn | Hegau-Ablachtal-Bahn | Quantities – Stockach (–Radolfzell) | Baden-Württemberg | River Ablach | |
| Achertalbahn | Achern – Ottenhöfen | Baden-Württemberg | River Acher | ||
| Aggertalbahn | old: Siegburg– Overath – Dierighausen – Olpe new: (Cologne–) Overath – Dierighausen (–Marienheide) |
North Rhine-Westphalia | River Agger | ||
| Ahr Valley Railway | Remagen – Ahrbrück – Adenau | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Ahr | ||
| Aichtalbahn | Schönaicher First – Schönaich | Baden-Württemberg | River Aich | ||
| Aischgrundbahn | Hirtenbachtalbahn | Forchheim – Hemhofen – Höchstadt (Aisch) | Bavaria | River Aisch | |
| Aischgrund Railway | Neustadt (Aisch) –Steinach near Rothenburg | Bavaria | River Aisch | ||
| Aisch Valley Railway | Neustadt (Aisch) -Demantsfürth-Uehlfeld | Bavaria | River Aisch | ||
| Aitrachtalbahn | Sauschwänzlebahn , Wutachtalbahn | Blumberg-Zollhaus-Hintschingen | Baden-Württemberg | Aitrach river | Part of the Wutach Valley Railway |
| Albbähnle | Amstetten – Oppingen– Laichingen | Baden-Württemberg | Low mountain range Swabian Alb | ||
| Albertsbahn | Dresden – Chemnitz – Werdau | Saxony | Prince Albert (Saxony) | Part of the Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale | |
| Albexpress | Amstetten – Gerstetten | Baden-Württemberg | Low mountain range Swabian Alb | ||
| Albgau Railway | Busenbach – Ittersbach –Pforzheim | Baden-Württemberg | Albgau area | ||
| Alb Valley Railway | Karlsruhe – Busenbach-Bad Herrenalb | Baden-Württemberg | River Alb | ||
| Allertalbahn | Gifhorn – Celle – Schwarmstedt – Verden | Lower Saxony | River Aller | ||
| Allgäubahn (Bavaria) | (Munich–) Kempten – Lindau | Bavaria | Allgäu | Part of the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn | |
| Allgäu Railway (Württemberg) | Herbertingen – Isny | Baden-Württemberg | Allgäu | ||
| Almetalbahn (1) | Paderborn – Büren – Brilon | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Alme | ||
| Almetalbahn (2) | Elze – Almstedt – Bodenburg | Lower Saxony | River Alme | ||
| Alsenz Valley Railway | Hochspeyer-Bad Munster am Stein | Rhineland-Palatinate | Alsenz River | ||
| Alsternordbahn | Hamburg-Langenhorn– Norderstedt – Ulzburg Süd | Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein | Alster river | ||
| Alstertal Railway | Hamburg-Ohlsdorf-Poppenbüttel | Hamburg | Alster river | ||
| Altensteigerle | Nagold – Altensteig | Baden-Württemberg | Location Altensteig | ||
| Altmuehlbahn (1) | Altmühltalbahn | Eichstätt Bf –Eichstätt City – Beilngries | Bavaria | River Altmühl | |
| Altmuehlbahn (2) | Eichstätt Bf – Treuchtlingen | Bavaria | River Altmühl | ||
| Altmuehlbahn (3) | Treuchtlingen – Gunzenhausen | Bavaria | River Altmühl | ||
| Old Rheinbahn | Osthofen – Rheindürkheim – Guntersblum | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Rhine | ||
| America line | Bremen – Uelzen – Stendal | Bremen, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt | Emigrants from the eastern parts of the German Reich went to Bremerhaven , where at the Columbuskaje connection to emigrant ships to America | ||
| Amiche | Alzey – Gau – Odernheim – Bodenheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Ammerseebahn | (Mering–) Geltendorf – Weilheim | Bavaria | Lake Ammersee | ||
| Ammertalbahn | Tübingen – Herrenberg | Baden-Württemberg | River Ammer | ||
| Ammergaubahn | Murnau – Oberammergau | Bavaria | Ammergau area | ||
| Angertal Railway | Lime track | Ratingen West-Wülfrath | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Angerbach | |
| Hitchhiker's train | Berlin – Jüterbog – Halle | Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt | Anhalt Province | ||
| Ardeybahn | Dortmund – Schwerte – Iserlohn | North Rhine-Westphalia | Ridge Ardeygebirge | ||
| Asdorftalbahn | Freudenberg churches | Rhineland-Palatinate | Flow ? | ||
| Aubachtalbahn | Balkan Express (1) | Haiger-Breitscheid | Hesse | River Aubach | |
| Auertalbahn | (Osterode–) Westerhof – Kreiensen | Lower Saxony | River Aue | ||
| Aurachtalbahn | Erlangen-Bruck-Herzogenaurach | Bavaria | Flow ? | ||
| Ausserfernbahn | (Kempten–) Reutte – Garmisch-Partenkirchen | (Bavaria), Tyrol | Area Außerfern |
B.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach Railway | Lampertsmühle-Otterbach-Reichenbach (Palatinate) | Rhineland-Palatinate | The route got its name because all the places it tied end in the syllable "-bach". | ||
| Baden-Kurpfalz Railway | Karlsruhe – Heidelberg | Baden-Württemberg | Territory Baden territory Kurpfalz | ||
| Baden main line | Mannheim-Heidelberg-Karlsruhe-Freiburg-Basel-Schaffhausen-Constance | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Bath railway | Bad Nauheim – Bad Homburg – Frankfurt-Höchst – Wiesbaden | Hesse | |||
| Badische Odenwaldbahn | Odenwaldbahn (Baden) | Heidelberg-Neckarelz-Osterburken | Baden-Württemberg | Low mountain range Odenwald | |
| Balkans | Quedlinburg – Gernrode – Ballenstedt – Frose | Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Balkan Express (1) | Haiger-Breitscheid (Dillkr) | Hesse | |||
| Balkan Express (2) | Remscheid-Lennep-Opladen | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Balkan Express (3) | Ulmtalbahn | Stockhausen – Beilstein | Hesse | ||
| Baumberbahn | Münster – Coesfeld (- Empel-Rees ) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mountains of trees | ||
| Bavarian Maximiliansbahn | Ulm-Augsburg-Munich-Rosenheim-Salzburg or Kufstein | Bavaria | Maximilian II. Joseph (Bavaria) | ||
| Bavarian Forest Railway | Plattling – Bayerisch Eisenstein | Bavaria | |||
| Bebra Railway | Frankfurt – Hanau – Fulda – Bebra | Hesse | Place Bebra | ||
| Begatalbahn | Lager Bahn , Lippe branch line | Barntrup – Lemgo (–Bielefeld) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bega river | |
| Bergisch-Märkische Railway | Düsseldorf – Hagen – Dortmund (trunk line) | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Berka Railway | Ilmbahn , Ilm Valley Railway | Weimar – Kranichfeld | Thuringia | Location Bad Berka | |
| Berlin outer ring and goods outer ring | Berlin, Potsdam | Berlin, Brandenburg | |||
| Berlin Northern Railway | Berlin – Neustrelitz – Stralsund | Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | |||
| Berlin's north-south S-Bahn | North-south S-Bahn, north-south S-Bahn |
Berlin Stettiner Bahnhof (Nordbahnhof) –Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof | Berlin, Brandenburg | ||
| Berlin Ringbahn | Berlin-Moabit – Gesundbrunnen – Ostkreuz – Südkreuz – Westkreuz – Moabit | Berlin, Brandenburg | |||
| Berlin light rail | Berlin-Charlottenburg-Berlin Ostbahnhof | Berlin | |||
| Betuweroute | Betuwe line | Rotterdam – Oberhausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Betuwe landscape | |
| Bexbacher Bahn | Palatine Ludwig Railway | Ludwigshafen – Homburg-Neunkirchen | Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland | ||
| Bibertbahn Biberttalbahn | "Beaver Bear Gala", "Bärbel" | Nuremberg-Stein-Unternbibert-Rügland | Bavaria | River Bibert | |
| Biebermühlbahn | Moosalbbahn | Kaiserslautern – Pirmasens | Rhineland-Palatinate | Place Biebermühle | |
| Bieberlies (chen) | Biebertalbahn | Giessen-Bieber | Hesse | ||
| Biebertal Railway (1) | Bieberlies (chen) | Giessen-Bieber | Hesse | River Bieber | |
| Biebertal Railway (2) | Spessartbahn | Gelnhausen – Lochborn | Hesse | River Bieber | |
| Biebertal Railway (3) | Götzenhof – Bieberstein – Hilders | Hesse | River Bieber | ||
| Bienwaldbahn | Wörth – Lauterburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | Forest Bienwald | ||
| Biggetalbahn | Finnentrop – Olpe | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bigge river | ||
| The Bimbel | Hünfeld-Wenigentaft-Mansbach | Hesse | |||
| Bimmel-Lutchen | * Braunschweig-Schöningen and * Braunschweig-Mattierzoll |
Lower Saxony | |||
| Bist Valley Railway | Völklingen – Thionville | Saarland | River bist | ||
| Bliestalbahn | Bierbach – Sarreguemines | Saarland | River Blies | ||
| Blomberger Pengel | Schieder-Blomberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Bodenseegürtelbahn | Lindau-Friedrichshafen-Radolfzell-Konstanz or Singen | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Böhmetalbahn | Verden (Aller) - Stemmen – Altenboitzen –Walsrode North | Lower Saxony | River Bohemia | ||
| Bördebahn | Düren – Euskirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Area Jülich-Zülpicher Börde | ||
| Bötzowbahn | Bötzow– Berlin-Spandau | Berlin, Brandenburg | Place Bötzow | ||
| Boller Bähnle | Voralbbahn | Goeppingen – Bad Boll | Baden-Württemberg | Location Bad Boll | |
| Bottwarbahn | Bottwartalbahn , duck killer | Marbach – Heilbronn | Baden-Württemberg | River Bottwar | |
| Boxteler Bahn | Boxtel – Uden (Netherlands) –Wesel | North Rhine-Westphalia | Place Boxtel | ||
| Braker Railway | Rubber railway (Oldenburg) | Oldenburg – Brake | Lower Saxony | Location Brake | |
| Brandenburg city railway | Treuenbrietzen – Brandenburg – Neustadt (Dosse) | Brandenburg | |||
| Brunswick Southern Railway | Börßum– Salzgitter – Seesen – Kreiensen | Lower Saxony | |||
| Bregtalbahn | Donaueschingen – Bräunlingen –Furtwangen | Baden-Württemberg | River Breg | ||
| Brenzbahn | Brenz Valley Railway | Aalen-Ulm | Baden-Württemberg | River Brenz | |
| Brexbachtalbahn | Siershahn-Engers | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Brexbach | ||
| Brocken Railway | Three Annen Hohne-Brocken | Saxony-Anhalt | Mountain Brocken | ||
| Bröltalbahn | Hennef – Waldbröl | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Bröl | ||
| Brohltalbahn | Vulkanexpress | Brohl – Engeln – Kempenich | Rhineland-Palatinate | Brohlbach river | |
| Brüggener Klimp | Schwalmtalbahn | Dülken – Waldniel –Brüggen | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Bruhrainbahn | Bruchsal – Germersheim | Baden-Württemberg | Bruhrain area | ||
| Buchenwaldbahn | Weimar-Buchenwald | Thuringia | |||
| Buckautalbahn | Wusterwitz – Görzke | Brandenburg | |||
| Bühlertal Railway | Bühl – Oberbühlertal | Baden-Württemberg | River Bühlot | ||
| Burgholzbahn | Samba Express | Wuppertal-Elberfeld-Wuppertal-Cronenberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Burgholz State Forest | |
| Burgwaldbahn | Frankenberg – Sarnau | Hesse | Burgwald low mountain range | ||
| Butjadinger Railway | Nordenham – Eckwarderhörne | Lower Saxony | Place Butjadingen |
C.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadolzburger Moggerla | Rangau Railway | Fürth – Zirndorf – Cadolzburg | Bavaria | Moggerla (East Franconian = calf) | |
| Carlsbahn | Hümme – Bad Karlshafen | Hesse | Landgrave Carl of Hesse | ||
| Chemnitz Valley Railway | Chemnitz-Wechselburg | Saxony | Chemnitz river | ||
| Chiemgau Railway | Prien am Chiemsee – Aschau | Bavaria | Chiemgau area | ||
| Chiemsee Railway | Prien am Chiemsee – Prien-Stock | Bavaria | Lake Chiemsee | ||
| Chiemgau local railway | Bad Endorf – Obing | Bavaria | Chiemgau area |
D.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daadetalbahn | Betzdorf-Daaden | Rhineland-Palatinate | Daade River | ||
| Deisterbahn | Weetzen-Haste | Lower Saxony | Deister mountain range | ||
| Dietzhölztalbahn | Ewersbach – Dillenburg | Hesse | Dietzhölze river | ||
| Dill range | Siegen – Giessen | Hesse | River dill | ||
| Dollnitz Railway | Wild Robert (2) | Oschatz – Mügeln – glosses | Saxony | Döllnitz River | |
| Danube Valley Railway | Immendingen – Regensburg | Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria | Danube river | ||
| Donnersbergbahn | Alzey – Kirchheimbolanden –Marnheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Donnersberg mountain range | ||
| Drachenfelsbahn | Königswinter-Drachenfels | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mount Drachenfels | ||
| Dreieichbahn | Dreieich-Buchschlag-Rödermark-Ober Roden | Hesse | Wildbann Dreieich | ||
| Triple railway | Titisee – Seebrugg | Baden-Württemberg | Titisee , Windgfallweiher and Schluchsee | ||
| Dübener Heide Railway | (Wittenberg–) Pretzsch – Eilenburg | Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt | Dübener Heide forest area | ||
| Dürkheim Railway | Palatinate Northern Railway | Neustadt-Dürkheim-Monsheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Location Dürkheim | |
| Düsseltalbahn | Düsseldorf-Derendorf-Dortmund South | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Düssel |
E.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echazbahn | Echaz Valley Railway | Reutlingen – Honau | Baden-Württemberg | River Echaz | |
| Eckbachtalbahn | Leininger valley railway | Grünstadt-Altleiningen | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Eckbach | |
| Ederberglandbahn | Upper Edertal Railway | (Bad Berleburg–) Hatzfeld – Allendorf (Eder) | Hesse | Ederbergland area | |
| Ederseebahn | Korbach – Bad Wildungen | Hesse | Lake Edersee | ||
| Harrow track | Altenbeken – Holzminden | North Rhine-Westphalia | Low mountain range Eggegebirge | ||
| Eiderstedtquerbahn | Husum-Bad St. Peter-Ording | Schleswig-Holstein | Eiderstedt peninsula | ||
| Eifelbahn | Eifel route | Cologne-Trier | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate | Eifel low mountain range | |
| Eifelquerbahn | Andernach-Mayen-Gerolstein | Rhineland-Palatinate | Eifel low mountain range | ||
| Eilenburg Railway | Leipzig – Eilenburg | Saxony | Place Eilenburg | ||
| Eilser Minchen | Bückeburg – Bad Eilsen | Lower Saxony | Wife of the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||
| Iron Rhine | Rheydt – Dalheim – Roermond – Antwerp | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Rhine | ||
| Ice Valley Railway | Grünstadt – Ramsen – Enkenbach | Rhineland-Palatinate | Eisbach river | ||
| Elbbachtalbahn | River Elbbach | ||||
| Elbbachtalbahn | Steinebach on the Sieg-Scheuerfeld | Rhineland-Palatinate | [1] | ||
| Elbschetalbahn | Witten – Schwelm | North Rhine-Westphalia | river Elbsche | ||
| Elbe Valley Railway | Dresden – Pirna – Schöna – Decin | Saxony | river Elbe | ||
| Elias Railway | Former works railway line of the Hörder Mining and Huts Association in the Hörde district of Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Elmsteiner Talbahn | Cuckoo horse | Lambrecht-Elmstein | Rhineland-Palatinate | Elmstein valley | |
| Elsenz Valley Railway (1) | Western fork lift | Neckargemünd – Steinfurt – Bad Friedrichshall | Baden-Württemberg | River Elsenz | |
| Elsenz Valley Railway (2) | Kraichgau-Stromberg Railway | Steinfurt – Eppingen | Baden-Württemberg | River Elsenz | |
| Elstertal Railway | Gera-Weischlitz | Thuringia, Saxony | White Elster River | ||
| Elz Valley Railway | Denzlingen-Elzach | Baden-Württemberg | River Elz | ||
| Emschertal Railway | Dortmund – Herne – Wanne-Eickel – Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd – Duisburg-Neumühl | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Emscher | ||
| Emsland route | Rheine-Emden | North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony | Emsland landscape | Part of the Hanover West Railway | |
| Ennepetalbahn | Hagen-Gevelsberg-Haufe | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ennepe | ||
| Duck killer | Baden-Württemberg | ||||
| Enzbahn | Enz Valley Railway (1) | Pforzheim-Bad Wildbad | Baden-Württemberg | River Enz | |
| Enzbahn (2) | Enz Valley Railway (Eifel) | Pronsfeld – Neuerburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Enz | |
| Erftbahn | Bedburf – Horrem | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Erft | ||
| Erft Valley Railway | Euskirchen – Bad Münstereifel | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Erft | ||
| Ermstalbahn | Metzingen – Bad Urach | Baden-Württemberg | River Erms | ||
| Ernstbahn | Issertalbahn | Braunfels – Philippstein | Hesse | Prince Ernst of Solms-Braunfels | |
| Erzgebirge Semmering | Karlovy Vary – Johanngeorgenstadt Karlsbad – Johanngeorgenstadt |
Saxony | |||
| Ore railway | Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck-Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Eschweiler valley railway | Indetalbahn | Eschweiler – Stollberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Place Eschweiler | |
| Euregiobahn | Heerlen – Herzogenrath-Alsdorf – Aachen – Eschweiler-Weisweiler | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Euregio-Bahn (Münster) | Münster – Steinfurt – Gronau – Enschede (NL) | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Extertalbahn | Rinteln – Barntrup | North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony | River Exter |
F.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federseebahn | Kanzachtalbahn | Bad Schussenried – Riedlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Lake Federsee | |
| Fichtelbergbahn | Cranzahl health resort Oberwiesenthal | Saxony | Fichtelberg mountain | ||
| Feldabahn | Feldatalbahn | Dorndorf – Kaltennordheim | Thuringia | Felda River | |
| Fiery Elias | different railway lines | Baden-Württemberg Hesse Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate |
Steam locomotives | ||
| Fichtelgebirgsbahn (1877) (1) | (Hof–) Oberkotzau – Marktredwitz | Bavaria | Low mountain range Fichtelgebirge | ||
| Fichtelgebirgsbahn (1877) (2) | Wunsiedel-Holenbrunn-Leupoldsdorf | Bavaria | Low mountain range Fichtelgebirge | ||
| Fichtelgebirgsbahn (2007) | Bayreuth – Weidenberg – Warmensteinach | Bavaria | Low mountain range Fichtelgebirge | ||
|
Filsbahn Filstalbahn |
Württemberg Eastern Railway | (Stuttgart–) Plochingen – Göppingen (–Ulm) | Baden-Württemberg | Fils River | Part of the Württemberg Ostbahn |
| Felt express | Grafing – Wasserburg am Inn | Bavaria | Based on earlier raised bogs ( Bavarian : felt ) | ||
| Finnebahn | Laucha – Lossa – Kölleda | Thuringia | Finns ridge | ||
| Fischbachtalbahn | Saarbrücken-Qui Various-Neunkirchen | Saarland | Fischbach river | ||
| Flitsch | Olef Valley Railway | Kall – Hellenthal | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Flöhatalbahn | * Flöha-Pockau-Lengefeld and * Pockau-Lengefeld-Neuhausen |
Saxony | River Flöha | ||
| Franconian Saale Valley Railway | Saaletalbahn | Gemünden-Bad Kissingen (-Ebenhausen) | Bavaria | River Franconian Saale | |
| Frankenbahn | Württemberg Northern Railway | Stuttgart-Heilbronn-Würzburg | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria | ||
| Frankenwaldbahn | Saalfeld – Kronach | Bavaria | Franconian Forest low mountain range | ||
| Frankfurt port railway | Frankfurt-Griesheim-Main cure | Hesse | |||
| Freiberg Muldentalbahn | Nossen – Freiberg – Holzhau (–Moldava (Moldau)) | Saxony | River Freiberger Mulde | ||
| Freystädter Bockel | Lerzerbahn | Greißelbach – Freystadt | Bavaria | Place Freystadt | |
| Friedbergbahn | Suhl-Schleusingen | Thuringia | Place Friedberg | ||
| Friedhofsbahn (Berlin) | Berlin-Wannsee - Stahnsdorf | Berlin | |||
| Friedrichrodaer Bahn | Waldsaumbahn | Fröttstädt – Georgenthal | Thuringia | Place Friedrichroda | |
| Friedrich-Wilhelms-Nordbahn | Karlshafen –Hümme – Kassel – Bebra – Gerstungen | Hesse | Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I | ||
| Fuchstalbahn | Landsberg / Lech-Schongau | Bavaria | municipality Fuchstal |
G
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden railway | Because on the Rhine-Loerrach | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Gartetalbahn | Göttingen-Rittmarshausen-Duderstadt | Lower Saxony | River garden | ||
| Gaubahn | Ochsenfurt – Bieberehren– Weikersheim | Bavaria | Area Ochsenfurt region | ||
| Gaubahn (Rheinhessen) | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||||
| Gäubahn (1) | Stuttgart – Eutingen – Rottweil | Baden-Württemberg | Region Gäu | ||
| Gäubahn (2) | Eutingen im Gäu-Freudenstadt | Baden-Württemberg | Region Gäu | ||
|
Gäubahn (3) Gäubähnel |
Peppermint rolls | Neustadt-Freisbach-Speyer | Rhineland-Palatinate | Region Gäu (Palatinate) | |
| Geestrandbahn | Lüneburg – Bleckede | Lower Saxony | |||
| Geiseltalbahn | Merseburg – Querfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | River hostage | ||
| Gelstertal Railway | Eichenberg – Großalmerode (East) –Velmeden | Hesse | Gelster River | ||
| Gersprenz Valley Railway |
Odenwälder Lieschen , Reichelsheimer Lieschen |
Reinheim – Groß-Bieberau –Reichelsheim | Hesse | River Gersprenz | |
| Gickelche | Osthofen – Westhofen | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Glantalbahn | Homburg –Münchweiler – Altenglan – Staudernheim –Bad Münster am Stein | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Glan | ||
| Gönninger Bahn | Reutlingen Hbf – Gönningen | Baden-Württemberg | Location Gönningen | ||
| Görlitz Railway | Berlin – Görlitz | Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony | Place Görlitz | ||
| Goerzbahn | Lichterfelde West – Dahlemer Weg – Zehlendorf – Lichterfelde | Berlin | Optical institute CP Goerz | ||
| Gottleubatalbahn | Pirna-Gottleuba | Saxony | Gottleuba river | ||
| Graefenbergbahn | Nuremberg northeast - Graefenberg | Bavaria | Place Graefenberg | ||
| Granite track | Passau – Hauzenberg | Bavaria | |||
| Gredl | Roth-Hilpoltstein- Greding | Bavaria | Place Greding | ||
| Gründchenbahn | Alsfeld – Grebenau – Niederaula | Hesse | Meadows and forest landscape Gründchen | ||
| Rubber track | Bypass route for the Schildescher Viaduct near Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Rubber railway (Oldenburg) | Braker Railway | Oldenburg – Brake | Lower Saxony | ||
| Günztalbahn | Ungerhausen – Ottobeuren | Bavaria | River Günz |
H
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hälvertalbahn | Halver-Schalksmühle | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Halver | ||
| Härtsfeldbahn | Peel | Aalen– Neresheim – Sägmühle –Dillingen | Baden-Württemberg | Härtsfeld plateau | |
| Haller Willem | Bielefeld – Halle (Westphalia) - Osnabrück | North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony | Fuhrmann Wilhelm pieces Meyer | ||
| Hambachbahn | Hambach opencast mine | North Rhine-Westphalia | Pit connection railway | ||
| Hamburg march train | Billbrook – Zollenspieker – Geesthacht | Hamburg | |||
| Harmersbachtalbahn | Biberach-Oberharmersbach | Baden-Württemberg | Harmersbach river | ||
| Hanau Railway | Frankfurt am Main – Hanau | Hesse | Place Hanau | ||
| Hanover Southern Railway | Hanover-Göttingen- Dransfeld -Hann.Münden-Kassel | Lower Saxony, Hesse | Direction south | ||
| Hannoversche Westbahn | Löhne – Rheine – Emden | North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony | West direction | ||
| Harzquerbahn | Nordhausen – Wernigerode | Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt | Harz low mountain range | ||
| Rabbit track (1) | Langenhagen – Celle | Lower Saxony | |||
| Rabbit track (2) | Delmenhorst – Hesepe | Lower Saxony | River hare | ||
| Hegau-Ablachtal-Bahn | Ablachtalbahn | Quantities-Stockach- (Radolfzell) | Baden-Württemberg | Hegau area , river Ablach | |
| Heidebahn | Buchholz (Nordheide) -Soltau-Hanover | Lower Saxony | Area Luneburg Heath | ||
| Heather track | * Berlin – Basdorf – Wensickendorf – Liebenwalde and * Basdorf – Groß Schönebeck |
Berlin, Brandenburg | |||
| Hein Hollenbek | Mölln – Hollenbek | Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Hein Schoenberg | Kiel – Schönberger beach | Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Heinsberg Railway | Wurmtalbahn | Lindern – Heinsberg (Rheinl) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Place Heinsberg | |
| Hellertal Railway | Betzdorf – Haiger | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate | River Heller | ||
| Helmetalbahn | Osterhagen – Nordhausen | Saxony-Anhalt | River helmets | ||
| Hercules Railway | City of Kassel | Hesse | Statue of Hercules | ||
| Hesper Valley Railway | Essen-Kupferdreh-Haus Scheppen -Hesperbrück | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Hesperbach | ||
| Hesselbergbahn | Bavaria | Mount Hesselberg | |||
| Hessian Odenwald Railway | Odenwaldbahn (Hesse) | * (Hanau-) Wiebelsbach-Heubach-Eberbach and * Darmstadt-Wiebelsbach |
Hesse | Low mountain range Odenwald | |
| Heubergbahn | Spaichingen-Reichenbach | Baden-Württemberg | Great Heuberg | ||
| Hinterland Railway | Ice field – Sonneberg | Thuringia | |||
| Hinterland Railway (Hesse) | Hesse | only planned, never realized | |||
| Hirtenbachtalbahn | Aischgrundbahn | Forchheim – Höchstadt (Aisch) | Bavaria | River Hirtenbach | |
| Hirzbergbahn | Georgenthal-Tambach-Dietharz | Thürungen | |||
| Hochrheinbahn | Basel – Constance | Baden-Württemberg | Upper Rhine | Part of the Badische Hauptbahn | |
| Hochwaldbahn | Ruwertalbahn | Trier-Hermeskeil turquoise mill | Rhineland-Palatinate | Osburger Hochwald ridge | |
| Hofheimerle | Hassfurt – Hofheim | Bavaria | Place Hofheim | ||
| Hohenlohebahn | Kocherbahn | Heilbronn – Schwäbisch Hall – Crailsheim | Baden-Württemberg | Hohenlohe area | |
| Hohenstaufenbahn | Schwäbisch Gmünd – Göppingen | Baden-Württemberg | Hohenstaufen mountain | ||
| Holland route | Oberhausen – Wesel – Arnhem (Nl) | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Höllentalbahn (Franconian Forest) | Marxgrün – Blankenstein | Bavaria | Höllental (Franconian Forest) | ||
| Höllentalbahn (Black Forest) | Freiburg – Donaueschingen | Baden-Württemberg | Höllental (Black Forest) | ||
| Hönnetalbahn | Menden-Neuenrade | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Hönne | ||
| Holzbachtalbahn | Siershahn-Altenkirchen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Holzbach river | ||
| Holzlandbahn | Weimar-Gera | Thuringia | Thuringian woodland | Part of the Central Germany connection | |
| Homburg Railway | Frankfurt – Bad Homburg – Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) | Hesse | Location Bad Homburg | ||
| Horlofftalbahn (1) | Seentalbahn | Friedberg – Mücke | Hesse | River Horloff | |
| Horlofftalbahn (2) | Beienheim – Nidda– Schotten | Hesse | River Horloff | ||
| Hornbachbahn | Hornbachtalbahn | Zweibrücken – Brenschelbach | Saarland | Hornbach river | |
| Hütter Bahn | Brüchermühle – Wildbergerhütte | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Hill railway | Georgsmarienhütte - Luise shaft | Lower Saxony | Hüggel mountain range | ||
| Hunsrück Railway | Boppard – Emmelshausen – Kastellaun –Simmern | Rhineland-Palatinate | Hunsrück low mountain range | ||
| Hunsrückquerbahn | Langenlonsheim – Hermeskeil | Rhineland-Palatinate | Hunsrück low mountain range | ||
| Huy Railway | Nienhagen - Jerxheim | Saxony-Anhalt | Huy mountain range |
I.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illertalbahn | * Ulm – Kempten and * Immenstadt – Oberstdorf |
Bavaria | River Iller | ||
| Ilmbahn , Ilm Valley Railway | Berka Railway | Weimar – Kranichfeld | Thuringia | River Ilm | |
| Innerstetalbahn | Upper Harz Railway | Langelsheim – Altenau | Lower Saxony | River innermost | |
| Ilz Valley Railway | Lower forest railway | Passau – Freyung | Bavaria | River Ilz | |
| Indetalbahn | Eschweiler valley railway | Eschweiler – Stollberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Inde | |
| Inntalbahn | Rosenheim – Kufstein | Bavaria | River Inn | ||
| Isar Valley Railway | Munich – Wolfratshausen –Bichl | Bavaria | river Isar | ||
| Isny-Bähnle | Kempten-Isny | Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg | Place Isny | ||
| Issertalbahn | Ernstbahn | Braunfels – Philippstein | Hesse | ||
| Itzgrundbahn | Itztalbahn | Creidlitz – Rossach | Bavaria | River Itz |
J
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jagst Valley Railway | Möckmühl – Widdern – Dörzbach | Baden-Württemberg | River Jagst | ||
| Jan Klein (railway) | Lower Saxony | Nickname Jan Klein | |||
| Jan Reiners | Bremen – Tarmstedt | Bremen, Lower Saxony | Jan Reiners | ||
| Jeetzeltalbahn | Dannenberg Ost – Lüchow – Salzwedel | Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt | River Jeetzel |
K
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiserbahn (1) | Imperial route | Hagenow Land – Bad Oldesloe | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein | ||
| Kaiserbahn (2) | the Gołdap - Szittkehmen / Wehrkirchen section of the Gumbinnen – Goldap railway line | East Prussia | |||
| Kaiserstuhlbahn | Breisach am Rhein-Riegel-Gottenheim | Baden-Württemberg | Kaiserstuhl low mountain range | ||
| Lime track (1) | Angertal Railway | Ratingen West-Wülfrath | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lime transport | |
| Lime track (2) | Weetzen – Bredenbecker Kalkwerke | Lower Saxony | |||
| Kalletalbahn | Lemgo-Rinteln | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Kalle | unrealized project | |
| Kammeltalbahn | Mittelschwabenbahn | (Günzburg–) Neuburg – Weilbach (–Mindelheim) | Bavaria | River Kammel | |
| Kammerforstbahn | Meuselwitz-Haselbach-Regis-Breitingen | Thuringia | Forest chamber forest | ||
| Kandertal Railway | Haltingen – Kandern | Baden-Württemberg | River Kander | ||
| Kanonenbahn ( Berlin-Wetzlar Railway ) | Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine | no separate route: * Berlin – Calbe – Blankenheim ...: * shared use of the Halle – Hann. Münden ...: * Leinefelde – Geismar - (dismantled) - Schwebda – Waldkappel –Malsfeld– Homberg (Bz Kassel) –Treysa ...: * Shared use of the Main-Weser Railway ...: * Lollar – Wetzlar ... : * Shared use of the Lower Lahn Valley Railway ... Koblenz ...: * Shared use of the Moselle Valley Railway ... Metz |
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| Kanzachtalbahn | Federseebahn | Bad Schussenried – Riedlingen | Baden-Württemberg | River Kanzach | |
| Carousel | Steinachtalbahn (2) | Ebersdorf (b Coburg) –Neustadt (b Coburg) | Bavaria | ||
| Karwendelbahn | Mittenwaldbahn | Innsbruck – Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bavaria, Tyrol | Karwendel mountain group | |
| Kasbachtalbahn | Wiedtalbahn | Linz (Rhine) -Flammersfeld | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Kasbach | |
| Kasparbahn | Burgdorf – Hänigsen | Lower Saxony | Kasparland (the area around Hänigsen) | ||
| Katzbachbahn | Bruchsal – Odenheim –Hilsbach | Baden-Württemberg | River Katzbach | ||
| Kellerwaldbahn | Zimmerrode – Gemünden (Wohra) | Hesse | Kellerwald low mountain range | ||
| Kerkerbachbahn | Dehrn – Kerkerbach –Mengerskirchen | Hesse | River Kerkerbach | ||
| Kieferer Grenzbahn |
Wachtlbahn Wachtl-Express |
Kiefersfelden - Thiersee (in Austria) | Bavaria | Location Kiefersfelden | |
| Killertalbahn | Hechingen-Gammertingen | Baden-Württemberg | Place killer | ||
| Kinzigtalbahn (Hesse) | Bebra Railway | Fulda-Hanau | Hesse | River Kinzig | |
| Kinzigtalbahn (Black Forest) | Hausach-Freudenstadt | Baden-Württemberg | River Kinzig | ||
| Kirnitzschtalbahn | Bad Schandau – Lichtenhaainer waterfall | Saxony | Kirnitzsch River | ||
| Klepperle |
|
Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Klingbachbahn | Klingbach Valley Railway | Rohrbach (Palatinate) –Klingenmünster | Rhineland-Palatinate | Klingbach river | |
| Knüllwaldbahn | Treysa – Oberaula – Bad Hersfeld | Hesse | Low mountain range Knüllgebirge | ||
| Kocherbahn | Hohenlohebahn | (Heilbronn–) Schwäbisch Hall (–Crailsheim) | Baden-Württemberg | River cooker | |
| Kochelseebahn | Tutzing – Kochel | Bavaria | Lake Kochelsee | ||
| Kochertalbahn (disambiguation) |
|
Baden-Württemberg | River cooker | ||
| Kochertalbahn | Waldenburg – Forchtenberg | Baden-Württemberg | River cooker | ||
| Köllertalbahn | Lebach – Völklingen | Saarland | Köllerbach river | ||
| King Ludwig Railway | Biessenhofen – Füssen | Bavaria | |||
| Königsseebahn | Berchtesgaden – Königssee | Bavaria | Lake Koenigssee | ||
| Koenigstein Railway | Frankfurt-Höchst-Koenigstein | Hesse | Location Königstein im Taunus | ||
| Corkscrew track | Solingen-Mitte-Wuppertal-Vohwinkel | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Kraichgaubahn | Karlsruhe – Heilbronn | Baden-Württemberg | Kraichgau area | ||
| Kraichgau-Stromberg Railway | Elsenz Valley Railway | Steinfurt – Eppingen | Baden-Württemberg | Kraichgau area , Stromberg landscape | |
| Kraichtalbahn | Ubstadt – Menzingen | Baden-Württemberg | Kraichbach river | ||
| Kremmener Bahn | Berlin – Hennigsdorf – Velten – Kremmen | Berlin, Brandenburg | Place Kremmen | ||
| Krebsbachtalbahn | Neckarbischofsheim North – Hüffenhardt | Baden-Württemberg | River Krebsbach | ||
| Kronberg Railway | Frankfurt – Rödelheim – Kronberg | Hesse | Location Kronberg | ||
| Krümmelbahn | Geesthacht crumbs | Schleswig-Holstein | Place crumbs | ||
| Cuckoo horse | Elmsteiner Talbahn | Lambrecht-Elmstein | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Spa line | Winden – Bad Bergzabern | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Kyffhäuserbahn | Bretleben-Sondershausen | Thuringia | Kyffhäuser low mountain range | ||
| Upper Kyllbahn | Jünkerath – Losheim (–Weywertz (B)) | Rhineland-Palatinate | see Vennquerbahn | ||
| Lower Kyllbahn | Jünkerath – Ehrang | Rhineland-Palatinate | see Eifel route |
L.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laabertal Railway | Eggmühl – Langquaid | Bavaria | Great Laber River | ||
| Lachtalbahn | Celle-Wittingen | Lower Saxony | River laughed | ||
| Warehouse railway | Lippe branch line , Begatalbahn | Barntrup – Lemgo (–Bielefeld) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Place location | |
| Ländchesbahn | Wiesbaden – Niedernhausen | Hesse | Ländchen area | ||
| Lahn-Kinzig Railway | Giessen-Gelnhausen | Hesse | River Lahn , River Kinzig | ||
| Lahn Valley Railway | Koblenz – Limburg – Wetzlar – Gießen | Hessen, Rhineland-Palatinate | River Lahn | ||
| Lammetalbahn | Large fertilizers - Bodenburg - Bad Gandersheim | Lower Saxony | River Lamme | ||
| Lauchert Valley Railway | (Kleinengstingen–) Gammertingen – Sigmaringen | Baden-Württemberg | River Lauchert | ||
| Lauterhöfer Bockl | Amberg – Lauterhofen | Bavaria | Place Lauterhofen | ||
| Lautertal Railway | Kaiserslautern-Lauterecken-Grumbach | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Lauter | ||
| Lautertal Railway (Württemberg) | Süßen– Donzdorf – Weißenstein | Baden-Württemberg | River Lauter | ||
| Lechfeldbahn | Lechtalbahn | Bobingen – Landsberg (Lech) | Bavaria | Lechfeld gravel plain | |
| Lechtalbahn | Lechfeldbahn | Bobingen – Landsberg (Lech) | Bavaria | River Lech | |
| Leininger valley railway | Eckbachtalbahn | Grünstadt-Altleiningen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Place Altleiningen | |
| Lennetalbahn | Ruhr-Sieg route | Hagen – Siegen | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Lenne | |
| Leppetalbahn | Marienheide – Engelskirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Leppe | ||
| Lerzerbahn | Freystädter Bockel | Greißelbach – Freystadt | Bavaria | Mayor Johann Lerzer | |
| Limburg Railway | Main-Lahn-Bahn , Taunus line | Frankfurt am Main – Eschhofen – Limburg | Hesse | Location Limburg an der Lahn | |
| Limes Railway | Bad Soden im Taunus – Niederhöchstadt | Hesse | |||
| Left Rhine route | Cologne – Mainz | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate | River Rhine | ||
| Lippe Railway | North Rhine-Westphalia | Country lip | |||
| Lippe branch line | Lager Bahn , Begatalbahn | Barntrup – Lemgo (–Bielefeld) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Country lip | |
| Lloyd Railway | Neustrelitz – Warnemünde | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Deutsch-Nordischer Lloyd | ||
| Lockwitztalbahn | Niedersedlitz-Kreischa | Saxony | Lockwitzbach river | ||
| Lossetalbahn | Kassel – Waldkappel | Hesse | River Losse | ||
| Loessnitzgrundbahn | Loessnitz dachshund , groundworm | Radebeul – Radeburg | Saxony | Loessnitzgrund | |
| Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn | Lindau – Immenstadt – Kempten – Augsburg – Donauwörth – Nördlingen – Nuremberg – Bamberg – Kulmbach – Hof | Bavaria | King Ludwig I (Bavaria) | ||
| Ludwig's West Railway | Bamberg – Schweinfurt – Würzburg – Aschaffenburg – Hanau | Bavaria, Hesse | King Ludwig I (Bavaria) | ||
| Ludwig Railway | Nuremberg – Fürth | Bavaria | King Ludwig I (Bavaria) | ||
| Luhmer Grietche | Siegburg – Overath | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Lumdatalbahn | Lollar – Londorf– Grünberg | Hesse | Lumda river |
M.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maare-Moselle Railway | Daun – Wengerohr – Bernkastel-Kues | Rhineland-Palatinate | Mulde Maar , river Moselle | ||
| Madonnenlandbahn | Seckach – Miltenberg | Bavaria | Madonnenlandchen | ||
| Main-Kinzig-Bahn | Flieden – Gemünden | Hesse | River Main , River Kinzig | ||
| Main-Lahn Railway | Limburger Bahn Taunus line | Frankfurt am Main – Eschhofen – Limburg | Hesse | River Main , River Lahn | |
| Main-Neckar Railway | Frankfurt am Main – Darmstadt – Heidelberg | Hesse | River Main , River Neckar | ||
| Main-Rhine Railway | Rhine-Main Railway | Mainz – Darmstadt – Aschaffenburg | Bavaria, Hesse | River Main , River Rhine | |
| Main-Spessart Railway | Hanau – Aschaffenburg – Würzburg | Bavaria, Hesse | River Main , Spessart low mountain range | ||
| Main-Weser Railway | Frankfurt am Main – Giessen – Kassel | Hesse | River Main , River Weser | ||
| Mainbahn | Frankfurt am Main – Mainz | Hesse | River Main | ||
| Main loop railway | Drunkards | Seligenstadt (near Würzburg) –Volkach | Bavaria | Main loop | |
| Main valley railway | Aschaffenburg – Miltenberg – Wertheim | Bavaria | River Main | ||
| Mandau Railway | Mittelherwigsdorf – Varnsdorf – Eibau | Saxony | River Mandau | ||
| Mangfallbahn | Mangfall Valley Railway | Holzkirchen – Rosenheim | Bavaria | Mangfall river | |
| Marching track | Elmshorn – Niebüll – Tondern / Westerland | Schleswig-Holstein | Landscape marshland | see. also Hamburger Marchbahn | |
| Maxau Railway | Karlsruhe (old train station) - Maxau | Baden-Württemberg | Place Maxau | ||
| Central Germany connection | (Chemnitz–) Glauchau – Gera – Jena – Weimar | Saxony, Thuringia | |||
| Mittelschwabenbahn | Kammeltalbahn | Günzburg – Neuburg – Weilbach – Mindelheim | Bavaria | Central Swabia | |
| Mittenwaldbahn | Karwendelbahn | Innsbruck – Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bavaria, Tyrol | Location Mittenwald | |
| Middle Ruhr Valley Railway | Dahlhausen (Ruhr) –Hattingen – Welper – Herbede – Wengern Ost– (Hagen) vestibule | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ruhr | ||
| Möhnetalbahn | Soest – Brilon city | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Möhne | ||
| Molli | Bad Doberan – Ostseebad Kühlungsborn | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | |||
| Mommelsteinblitz | Schmalkalden – Brotterode | Thuringia | Mommelstein rock | ||
| Montzen route | Aachen – Tongeren | North Rhine-Westphalia | Place Montzen | ||
| Moorexpress | Stade – Bremervörde – Osterholz-Scharmbeck | Lower Saxony | |||
| Moosalbbahn | Biebermühlbahn | Kaiserslautern – Pirmasens | Rhineland-Palatinate | River moss ointment | |
| Moss track | Tram stop in Munich - Bogenhausen to Finsing | Bavaria | Erdinger moss | ||
| Moselle Railway , Moselle Valley Railway | Saufbahnchen | Trier – Andel – Bullay | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Moselle | |
| Moselle route | Koblenz – Trier | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Moselle | ||
| Motzenersee Railway | (Königs Wusterhausen–) Mittelwalde – Töpchin | Brandenburg | Lake Motzener See | ||
| Müglitztalbahn | Heidenau-Altenberg | Saxony | River Müglitz | ||
| Muldentalbahn | Glauchau – Rochlitz – Wurzen | Saxony | River Mulde | ||
| Mümlingbahn | Hetzbach-Höchst (Odenwald) | Hesse | Mümling River | Part of the Odenwaldbahn (Hessen) | |
| Münstertalbahn | Bad Krozingen-Münstertal | Baden-Württemberg | Place Münstertal | ||
| Murg Valley Railway | Rastatt – Baiersbronn (–Freudenstadt) | Baden-Württemberg | River Murg | ||
| Murrbahn (1) | Murrtalbahn | (Stuttgart–) Backnang – Fornsbach (–Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental) | Baden-Württemberg | River Murr | |
| Murrbahn (2) | Murrtalbahn | Backnang – Erdmannhausen (–Ludwigsburg) | Baden-Württemberg | River Murr | |
| Mussolini Railway | Seewald – Rotenmoos | Baden-Württemberg | Human benito mussolini | ||
| Muttentalbahn | in the Muttental | North Rhine-Westphalia | Muttenbach river |
N
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naabtalbahn | Schwandorf – Reuth near Erbendorf | Bavaria | River Naab | ||
| Nagoldbahn | Nagold Valley Railway | Pforzheim – Nagold | Baden-Württemberg | Nagold River | |
| Nahe Valley Railway | Rhine-Nahe Railway | Bingen-Kreuznach-Türkismühle (-Saarbrücken) | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Nahe | |
| Nassau Rheinbahn | Wiesbaden-Niederlahnstein | Hesse | Duchy of Nassau | Part of the right Rhine route | |
| Neckar-Alb Railway | Stuttgart-Plochingen-Tubingen | Baden-Württemberg | River Neckar , low mountain range Swabian Alb | (see also Obere Neckarbahn) | |
| Neckar Valley Railway | Heidelberg – Neckarelz – Bad Friedrichshall | Baden-Württemberg | river Neckar | ||
| Neißetalbahn | * Zittau – Hagenwerder * Hagenwerder – Görlitz |
Saxony | River Neisse | ||
| Nessetalbahn | Bufleben-Grossenbehringen | Thuringia | River Nesse | ||
| Nettetalbahn | Derneburg-Bornum- Seesen | Lower Saxony | River Nice | ||
| Nibelungen Railway | Worms-Bensheim | Hesse | |||
| Niddertal Railway | Stockheimer Lieschen | Bad Vilbel-Stockheim | Hesse | River Nidder | |
| Niederelbebahn | Lower Elbe Railway | Hamburg-Harburg-Cuxhaven | Lower Saxony, Hamburg | river Elbe | |
| Dutch-Westphalian Railway | Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck-Borken-Winterswijk | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Lower Lusatian Railway | Falkenberg – Beeskow West railway line | Brandenburg | Territory of Niederlausitz | ||
| Niederbergbahn | Oberdüssel – Kettwig | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Lower Rhine Railway | Friedrich Heinrich colliery - Rheinpreußen-Hafen | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Rhine | ||
| Lower Silesian-Märkische Railway | Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) –Guben – Breslau | Berlin, Brandenburg, Silesia | |||
| Niederwaldbahn | Rüdesheim – Niederwald Monument | Hesse | Niederwald Landscape Park near Rüdesheim | ||
| Niedtalbahn | Dillingen (Saar) -Bouzonville | Saarland, Lorraine | River Nied | ||
| Nims-Sauertal Railway | Erdorf-Bitburg- Hedgehog | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Nims , River Sauer | ||
| North-South Railway (Garzweiler) | Garzweiler | North Rhine-Westphalia | Pit connection railway | ||
| North-South route | Hanover – Göttingen – Würzburg / Frankfurt | Lower Saxony, Hesse, Bavaria |
O
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Edertal Railway | Ederberglandbahn | Bad Berleburg – Allendorf (Eder) –Frankenberg | North Rhine-Westphalia / Hessen | River Eder | |
| Upper Jagstbahn | Goldshöfe-Crailsheim | Baden-Württemberg | River Jagst | ||
| Upper Kocher Valley Railway | Gaildorf – Untergröningen | Baden-Württemberg | River cooker | ||
| Upper Lahn Valley Railway | (Erndtebrück–) Feudingen – Cölbe | Hesse | River Lahn | ||
| Upper Neckar Railway | Upper Neckar Valley Railway | Baden-Württemberg | river Neckar | ||
| Upper Ruhr Valley Railway | Hagen – Schwerte – Bestwig | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ruhr | ||
| Upper Saar Valley Railway | Saarbrücken – Sarreguemines | Saarland | River Saar | ||
| Upper Steigerwaldbahn | Strullendorf – Schlüsselfeld | Bavaria | Steigerwald low mountain range | ||
| Upper Ore Mountains Railway | Schwarzenberg – Zwickau | Saxony | Low mountain range Erzgebirge | ||
| Upper Harz Railway | Innerstetalbahn | Langelsheim – Clausthal-Zellerfeld – Altenau | Lower Saxony | Harz low mountain range | |
| Upper Moselle route | Trier-Perl-Apach-Thionville (Diedenhofen) | Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine | River Moselle | ||
| Upper Rhine Railway | Rhine Valley Railway | Mannheim – Basel | Baden-Württemberg | Upper Rhine River | Part of the Badische Hauptbahn |
| Oberwaldbahn | Lauterbach-Nord – Hartmannshain – Stockheim | Hesse | Hochwald Oberwald (Vogelsberg) | ||
| Oberweißbacher Bergbahn (flat route) | Lichtenhain – Cursdorf | Thuringia | Flow [[]] | ||
| Oberweserbahn | Schwülmetalbahn | Göttingen-Bodenfelde | Lower Saxony | River Weser | |
| Oberwesterwaldbahn | Limburg – Altenkirchen | Hessen, Rhineland-Palatinate | Westerwald low mountain range | ||
| Odenwaldbahn (Baden) | Badische Odenwaldbahn | Heidelberg-Neckarelz-Osterburken | Baden-Württemberg | Low mountain range Odenwald | |
| Odenwaldbahn (Hesse) | Hessian Odenwald Railway | * (Hanau-) Wiebelsbach-Heubach-Eberbach and * Darmstadt-Wiebelsbach |
Hesse | Low mountain range Odenwald | |
| Odenwälder Lieschen |
Gersprenztalbahn , Reichelsheimer Lieschen |
Reinheim – Groß-Bieberau –Reichelsheim | Hesse | ||
| Odenwald Express | Bähnle 's Bembele, Zügle, duck killer | Mosbach – Mudau | Baden-Württemberg | Low mountain range Odenwald | |
| Odertalbahn | Scharzfeld-Sankt Andreasberg-Silberhütte | Lower Saxony | River Oder | ||
| Öchsle | Biberach - Warthausen - Ochsenhausen | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Oesetalbahn | Menden – Hemer | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Oese | ||
| Offstein snail | Pfefferdüttche, Wissegickel | Worms – Grünstadt | Rhineland-Palatinate | Place Offstein | |
| Ohm Valley Railway | Kirchhain – Nieder-Ofleiden– Burg- and Nieder-Gemünden | Hesse | River ohm | ||
| Ohratalbahn | Gotha-Graefenroda | Thuringia | Ohra river | ||
| Ohretalbahn | Wittingen – Oebisfelde | Lower Saxony | River ears | ||
| Olef Valley Railway | Flitsch | Kall – Hellenthal | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Olef | |
| Orlabahn | Orlamünde – Oppurg | Thuringia | Orla river | ||
| Örtzetalbahn | Beckedorf – Munster | Lower Saxony | River Örtzetalbahn | ||
| Ostertalbahn | Ottweiler black earths | Saarland | River Oster | ||
| East Frisian Coast Railway | Norden-Esens-Jever (- Sands) | Lower Saxony | East Frisia area | ||
| Ostlandbahn | Borkum | Lower Saxony | |||
| Eastern fork track | Lower Jagstbahn | Bad Friedrichshall-Osterburken | Baden-Württemberg | Frankenbahn | |
| East Westphalia Railway | Herford – Altenbeken – Paderborn | North Rhine-Westphalia | East Westphalia | ||
| Ourtalbahn | Losheim – Sankt Vith (B) | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Our | only planned, never built |
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| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panoramabahn | |||||
| Paartalbahn | Augsburg – Schrobenhausen – Ingolstadt | Bavaria | River couple | ||
| Pegnitztalbahn | Nuremberg-Pegnitz | Bavaria | River Pegnitz | ||
| Pellenz-Eifel Railway | Andernach – Kaiseresch | Rhineland-Palatinate | Pellenz hill country Eifel low mountain range | Part of the Eifelquerbahn | |
| Perm Railway | Laggenbeck – Perm Stollen – Hasbergen | North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony | Permanent tunnel | ||
| Petersbergbahn | Koenigswinter-Petersberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mount Petersberg | ||
| Pfaffenwinkelbahn (1) | Weilheim – Peißenberg | Bavaria | Pfaffenwinkel area | ||
| Pfaffenwinkelbahn (2) | Schongau – Peißenberg | Bavaria | Pfaffenwinkel area | ||
| Palatinate Oberland Railway | Neustadt-Edenkoben-Landau | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Palatine Ludwig Railway | Bexbacher Bahn | Ludwigshafen – Homburg-Neunkirchen | Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland | ||
| Palatine Maximiliansbahn | Neustadt (Weinstrasse) –Weißenburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Palatinate Northern Railway | Dürkheim Railway | Neustadt-Dürkheim-Monsheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Peppers | Offsteiner Schneck, Wissegickel | Worms – Grünstadt | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Peppermint train | Pfeffibahn | Straussfurt – Sömmerda – Großheringen | Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia | Transportation of the peppermint | |
| Peppermint rolls |
Gäubahn (3) Gäubähnel |
Neustadt-Freisbach-Speyer | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Pfrimm Valley Railway | Zellertalbahn | Monsheim – Langmeil | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Pfrimm | |
| Pfettrachtalbahn | Landshut – Neuhausen (b Landshut) - Rottenburg | Bavaria | River Pfettrach | ||
| Pfungstadtbahn | Darmstadt Hbf-Pfungstadt | Hesse | Place Pfungstadt | ||
| Pliessnitz Valley Railway | Herrnhut – Bernstadt | Saxony | River Pliessnitz | ||
| Pöbeltalbahn | Schmiederberg – Moldau (Moldava v Kr.h.) | Saxony | River Pöbelbach | was a project | |
| Pöhlwassertalbahn | Pöhlatalbahn | Grünstädtel – Oberrittersgrün | Saxony | River Pöhlwasser | |
| Pressnitz Valley Railway | Pressnitz Valley Railway | Wolkenstein - Steinbach - Jöhstadt | Saxony | Pressnitz River | |
| Prussian Eastern Railway | Royal Prussian Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway | Berlin – Küstrin – Königsberg (Prussia) –Eydtkuhnen | Berlin, Brandenburg | ||
| Preusslitzer coal railway | Biendorf – Gerlebogk | Saxony-Anhalt | Place Preußlitz | ||
| Primstalbahn (1) | Nonnweiler– Limbach (–Lebach – Wemmetsweiler) | Saarland | River Prims | ||
| Primstalbahn (2) | Dillingen-Primsweiler | Saarland | River Prims | ||
| Prince Wilhelm Railway | Wuppertal-Vohwinkel-Essen-Überruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | Prince Wilhelm of Prussia | ||
| Prümtalbahn | Westeifelbahn | Gerolstein – Pronsfeld –St. Vith | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Prüm | |
| Powder track | Bergedorf – Geesthacht | Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein | Duneberg powder factory |
Q
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queichtalbahn | Landau-Hauenstein (-Pirmasens North) | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Queich | ||
| Cross web (1) | Brühl-Vochem-Wesseling | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Cross web (2) | Borna – Großbothen | Saxony |
R.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robber track | Altshausen – Schwackenreute | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Rahmedetalbahn | Altena-Lüdenscheid | North Rhine-Westphalia | Rahmede River | ||
| Randenbahn | Singing-Beuren-Büßlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Randen mountain range | ||
| Rangau Railway | Cadolzburger Moggerla | Fürth – Zirndorf – Cadolzburg | Bavaria | Rangau landscape | |
| Rankbachbahn | Böblingen – Renningen | Baden-Württemberg | Rankbach river | ||
| Frenzied Emma | List – Westerland – Hörnum | Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Ravensberger Bahn | Rahden – Espelkamp – Lübbecke – Bünde – Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | Ravensberger Land | ||
| Right stretch of the Rhine | Cologne – Neuwied – Wiesbaden | Hesse; Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia | River Rhine | ||
| Reichelsheimer Lieschen | Gersprenztalbahn , Odenwälder Lieschen | Reinheim – Groß-Bieberau –Reichelsheim | Hesse | ||
| Remsbahn | Remstalbahn | (Stuttgart-) Waiblingen-Aalen | Baden-Württemberg | River Rems | |
| Renchtalbahn | Appenweier – Bad Griesbach | Baden-Württemberg | River Rench | ||
| Rennsteigbahn | Plaue – Themar | Thuringia | Rennsteig mountain trail | ||
| Rhein-Haardt Railway | Bad Dürkheim – Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Rhine , Haardt low mountain range | ||
| Rhine-Main Railway | Main-Rhine Railway | Mainz – Darmstadt – Aschaffenburg | Bavaria, Hesse | River Rhine , River Main | |
| Rhine-Nahe Railway | Nahe Valley Railway | Bingen-Kreuznach-Türkismühle (-Saarbrücken) | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Rhine , River Near | |
| Rheinbahn (Baden) | Mannheim-Karlsruhe-Rastatt-Hagenau | Baden-Württemberg | River Rhine | ||
| Rheinhessenbahn | Bingen – Alzey – Worms | Rhineland-Palatinate | Province of Rheinhessen | ||
| Rhenish donkey | Bochum-Witten-Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Rhine Valley Railway | Upper Rhine Railway | Mannheim – Basel | Baden-Württemberg | River Rhine | Part of the Badische Hauptbahn |
| Rheinuferbahn | Cologne – Wesseling – Bonn | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Rhine | ||
| Rhönbahn (1) | Fulda-Gersfeld | Hesse | Low mountain range Rhön | ||
| Rhönbahn (2) | Hilders – Wüstensachsen | Hesse | Low mountain range Rhön | ||
| Riedbahn | old: (Darmstadt–) Dornberg – Biblis (–Worms) today: (Frankfurt–) Dornberg-Biblis (–Mannheim) |
Hesse | Hessian Ried | ||
| Riesbahn | Aalen – Goldshöfe – Nördlingen – Donauwörth | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria | Nördlinger Ries | ||
| Ringbahn (Mannheim) | Grinding track | Railway line in the city of Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Rodachtalbahn | Kronach – Steinwiesen – Nordhalben | Bavaria | Rodach River | ||
| Rodgaubahn | Offenbach-Ober-Roden-Dieburg-Reinheim | Hesse | District of Rodgau | ||
| Röhrtalbahn | Neheim-Hüsten-Sundern | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Röhr | ||
| Runway | Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster | Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia | Freight and passenger trains constantly rolling day and night | ||
| Rossbergbahn | Rossberg – Bad Wurzach | Baden-Württemberg | Place Rossberg | ||
| Rosseltalbahn | Saarbrücken-Bous | Saarland | River Rossel | ||
| Rothaarbahn | Erndtebrück – Bad Berleburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Rothaargebirge low mountain range | ||
| Rottalmolle | Laupheim West – Schwendi | Baden-Württemberg | River red | ||
| Rott Valley Railway | (Passau–) Sulzbach-Neumarkt-Sankt Veit | Bavaria | River Rott | ||
| Rübelandbahn | Blankenburg-Königshütte- Fir | Saxony-Anhalt | Place Rübeland | ||
| Rügen Kleinbahn ("Rasender Roland") | Lauterbach-Göhren | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Ruegen island | ||
| Ruhr-Eder Railway | Nuttlar – Winterberg - (dismantled) - Allendorf (Eder) –Frankenberg (Eder) | Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ruhr , River Eder | ||
| Ruhr-Sieg route | Lennetalbahn | Hagen – Siegen | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ruhr River victory | |
| Ruhr Valley Railway | Düsseldorf-Rath and Mülheim-Styrum – Bochum-Dahlhausen (Bochum) –Hagen-Vorhalle, Schwerte – Bigge (–Warburg) | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ruhr | ||
| Rurtalbahn | * Heimbach – Düren * Düren – Jülich and * Jülich – Linnich – Hückelhoven |
North Rhine-Westphalia | River Rur | ||
| Ruwertalbahn | Hochwaldbahn | Trier – Hermeskeil – Turquoise Mill | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Ruwer |
S.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saalbahn / Saalebahn | Saalfeld-Großheringen | Thuringia | river Saale | ||
| Saaletalbahn | Franconian Saale Valley Railway | Gemünden-Bad Kissingen (-Ebenhausen) | Bavaria | River Franconian Saale | |
| Saar route | Saar Valley Railway | Saarbrücken-Karthaus (-Trier) | Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate | River Saar | |
| Saxony-Franconia Mainline | Dresden – Hof – Nuremberg | Bavaria, Saxony | |||
| Saxon-Bavarian Railway | Leipzig-Hof | Bavaria, Saxony | |||
| Saxon-Silesian Railway | Dresden – Görlitz | Saxony | |||
| Saxon triangle | Leipzig – Dresden – Zwickau – Leipzig | Saxony | |||
| Samba Express | Burgholzbahn | Wuppertal-Elberfeld-Wuppertal-Cronenberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Rocking the car | |
| Saufbahnchen | Moselle Railway , Moselle Valley Railway | Trier – Andel – Bullay | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Drunkards | Main loop railway | Seligenstadt (near Würzburg); Volkach | Bavaria | Day trippers who drink at the Mainschleife | |
| Sauschwänzlebahn | Aitrachtalbahn , Wutachtalbahn | (Waldshut–) wheat customs house Blumberg (–Immendingen) | Baden-Württemberg | winding course and especially because of the circular turning tunnel | Part of the Wutach Valley Railway |
| Scharmützelseebahn | Fürstenwalde – Beeskow | Brandenburg | Lake Scharmützelsee | ||
| Peel | Härtsfeldbahn | Aalen– Neresheim – Sägmühle –Dillingen | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Schefflenzbahn | Schefflenz Valley Railway | Oberschefflenz-Billigheim | Baden-Württemberg | Schefflenz river | |
| Schelden Valley Railway | Dillenburg – Wallau | Hesse | River Scheldt | ||
| Schellekattel | Hetzbach – Beerfelden | Hesse | |||
| Inclined plane | (Bamberg–) Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg - Marktschorgast (–Hof) | Bavaria | Steep stretch | Part of the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn | |
| Schleibahn | Schleswig – Schleswig old town | Schleswig-Holstein | Schlei inlet | ||
| Grinding track | Ringbahn (Mannheim) | Railway line in the city of Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Schlematalbahn | Schneeberg – Schlema und Bf | Saxony | Schlema River | ||
| Silt | St. Tönis – Hülser Berg | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Schnaittachtalbahn | Neunkirchen a Sand-Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach | Bavaria | River Schnaittach | ||
| Schönbuchbahn (1) | Boeblingen – Dettenhausen | Baden-Württemberg | Schönbuch clearing | ||
| Schönbuchbahn (2) | Siebenmühlentalbahn | Leinfelden-Waldenbuch | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Schuntertal Railway | Braunschweig – apprenticeship– Fallersleben | Lower Saxony | River Schunter | ||
| Schusterbahn | Stuttgart-Untertürkheim-Kornwestheim | Baden-Württemberg | Shoe factory Salamanderwerke in Kornwestheim | ||
| Swabian Alb Railway | Reutlingen – Lichtenstein– Kleinengstingen – Schelklingen | Baden-Württemberg | Low mountain range Swabian Alb | ||
| Schwalmtalbahn | Brüggener Klimp | Dülken – Waldniel –Brüggen | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Schwalm | |
| Schwarzatalbahn | Rottenbach – Katzhütte | Thuringia | Schwarza river | Part of the Oberweißbacher Berg- and Schwarzatalbahn | |
| Schwarzbachbahn | Goßdorf-Kohlmühle-Hohnstein | Saxony | Schwarzbach river | ||
| Schwarzbachtalbahn (Baden) | Meckesheim – Aglasterhausen –Neckarelz | Baden-Württemberg | Schwarzbach river | Part of the Odenwaldbahn (Baden) Heidelberg – Würzburg | |
| Schwarzbachtalbahn (Palatinate) | Pirmasens North-Rohrbach (Saar) | Rhineland-Palatinate | Schwarzbach river | ||
| Black track | Hermülheim – Alt-Hürth –Berrenrath | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Black Forest Railway (Baden) | Offenburg singing | Baden-Württemberg | Black Forest low mountain range | ||
| Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) | Stuttgart – Weil der Stadt – Calw | Baden-Württemberg | Black Forest low mountain range | ||
| Schweinitztalbahn | Olbernhau – Deutschneudorf | Saxony | Schweinitz river | ||
| Schwülmetalbahn | Oberweserbahn | Lödigsen-Bodenfelde | Lower Saxony | River Sultry | |
| Seehäsle | Radolfzell-Stockach | Baden-Württemberg | Part of the Ablachtalbahn | ||
| Lakeland Railway | Gunzenhausen – Pleinfeld | Bavaria | Location in the Franconian Lake District | ||
| Lakeland Express | Noerdlingen – Gunzenhausen | Bavaria | Franconian Lake District | ||
| Selbitztalbahn | Münchberg – Selbitz | Bavaria | Selbitz river | ||
| Selfkantbahn | Tüddern - Gangelt - Schierwaldenrath - Gillrath - Geilenkirchen - Puffendorf - Alsdorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | Selfkant area | ||
| Selketalbahn | Staircase – Mägdesprung (–Gernrode) | Saxony-Anhalt | River Selke | ||
| Selztalbahn | Candy Lots | Frei-Weinheim-Ingelheim-Jugenheim-Partenheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Selz | |
| Senne train | Bielefeld – Paderborn | North Rhine-Westphalia | Landscape Senne | ||
| Senneblitz | Wiedenbrück – Sennelager | North Rhine-Westphalia | Landscape Senne | ||
| Siebenmühlentalbahn | Schönbuchbahn (2) | Leinfelden-Waldenbuch | Baden-Württemberg | Siebenmühlental | |
| Sebnitz Valley Railway |
Saxon Semmering Railway Saxon-Bohemian Semmering Railway |
Neustadt – Bad Schandau | Saxony | River Sebnitz | |
| Seentalbahn (1) | Horlofftalbahn (1) | Friedberg – Mücke | Hesse | ||
| Siebertalbahn | Herzberg – Siebertal | Lower Saxony | River Sieber | ||
| Winning stretch | Siegtalbahn | Cologne victories | North Rhine-Westphalia | River victory | |
| Siemensbahn | Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Gartenfeld | Berlin | Builder, the company Siemens & Halske | ||
| Silscheder coal railway | Hagen-Haspe-Silschede | North Rhine-Westphalia | Place Silschede | ||
| Sinntalbahn | Jossa – Wildflecken | Hessen, Bavaria | River sense | ||
| Soden Railway | Frankfurt-Höchst-Bad Soden | Hesse | Location Bad Soden | ||
| Söhrebahn | Kassel – Wellerode | Hesse | Söhre forest area | ||
| Solling Railway | Northeim – Ottbergen | Lower Saxony | Solling low mountain range | ||
| Solmsbachtalbahn or Solmstalbahn | Grävenwiesbach – Wetzlar | Hesse | River Solmsbach | ||
| Solztalbahn | Bad Hersfeld- Schenklensfeld-Heimboldshausen | Hesse | River Solz | ||
| Sormitztalbahn | Hockeroda – Unterlemnitz | Thuringia | Sormitz river | ||
| Sösetalbahn | Osterode – Förste (–Kreiensen) | Lower Saxony | River Söse | ||
| Spessartbahn (1) | Obernburg-Elsenfeld-Heimbuchenthal | Bavaria | Spessart low mountain range | ||
| Spessartbahn (2) | Biebertalbahn | Gelnhausen – Lochborn | Hesse | Spessart low mountain range | |
| Spreetalbahn | Seidau loading point Seidau | Saxony | River Spree | ||
| Spreewaldbahn | "Spreewaldguste", "Bimmelguste" "Tschuchte" | Lübben-Straupitz-Cottbus | Brandenburg | Spreewald | |
| Stammbahn (Berlin-Potsdamer Bahn) | Berlin Potsdamer Bf - (partially dismantled) –Berlin-Lichterfelde West – Berlin-Zehlendorf– (dismantled) –Potsdam Griebnitzsee – Potsdam Hbf | Berlin, Brandenburg | Part of the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line | ||
| Perennial track | Gessertshausen market in Wald-Türkheim | Bavaria | Perennial area | ||
| Stechlinseebahn | Gransee-Wolfsruh -Neuglobsow | Brandenburg | Lake Stechlinsee | ||
| Steinach Valley Railway (1) | Neckarsteinach – Schönau | Baden-Württemberg | Steinach river | ||
| Steinachtalbahn (2) | Carousel | Ebersdorf (b Coburg) –Neustadt (b Coburg) | Bavaria | Steinach river | |
| Szczecin Railway | Berlin – Szczecin | Berlin, Brandenburg | Location Szczecin | ||
| Stockheimer Lieschen | Niddertal Railway | Bad Vilbel-Stockheim | Hesse | ||
| Stolberger Talbahn | Stolberg-Walheim | North Rhine-Westphalia | Location to the Vichtbach | ||
| Streutalbahn | Mellrichstadt – Fladungen | Bavaria | River Streu | ||
| Strohgäubahn | Korntal-Weissach | Baden-Württemberg | Strohgäu area | ||
| Strube Railway | Eilenstedt | Saxony-Anhalt | Seed breeding company Strube | ||
| Southern Railway (Württemberg) | Ulm – Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg | Direction south | ||
| Southern Harz route | Northeim – Herzberg am Harz – Nordhausen | Lower Saxony, Thuringia | Harz low mountain range | ||
| Südpfalzbahn | Pirmasens north-Zweibrücken | Rhineland-Palatinate | Southern Palatinate area | Part of the Schwarzbachtalbahn (Pfalz) | |
| Sulztalbahn | Neumarkt-Beilngries- Dietfurt | Bavaria | River Sulz | ||
| Sülztalbahn | ((Cologne-Mülheim-Bergisch Gladbach) -Bensberg-) Lindlar | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lindlarer Sülz river | ||
| Sünteltalbahn | Bad Münder – Bad Nenndorf | Lower Saxony | Süntel low mountain range |
T
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Railway (1) | Nürtingen-Neuffen | Baden-Württemberg | Neuffen valley | ||
| Valley Railway (2) | Valley skaters | Geislingen – Geislingen-Altenstadt –Wiesensteig | Baden-Württemberg | Valley of the Fils | |
| Talgangbahn | Albstadt-Ebingen-Onstmettingen | Baden-Württemberg | running section of the Schmiecha valley | ||
| Taubertal Railway | Wertheim (Main) -Lauda-Weikertheim (-Crailsheim) | Baden-Württemberg | River Tauber | ||
| Taunusbahn |
|
Hesse | Taunus low mountain range | ||
| Taunus route | Main-Lahn-Bahn , Limburger Bahn | Frankfurt am Main – Eschhofen – Limburg | Hesse | Taunus low mountain range | |
| Teckbahn | Wendlingen – Oberlenningen | Baden-Württemberg | Mount Teckberg | ||
| Tecklenburger Nordbahn | Osnabrück – Recke – Rheine | Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia | Area Tecklenburger Land | ||
| Teuringertal Railway | Friedrichshafen – Oberteuringen | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Teutoburg Forest Railway | Teuto Express | Ibbenbüren – Gütersloh – Hövelhof | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mittelgtebirge Teutoburg Forest | |
| Teuto Express | Teutoburg Forest Railway | Ibbenbüren – Gütersloh – Hövelhof | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Thuringian Railway | Thuringian trunk line | Halle – Bebra | Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt | ||
| Thuringian Oberland Railway | Triptis – Ziegenrück – Lobenstein – Blankenstein | Thuringia | State of Thuringia | ||
| Thyrial diesel | Berga-Kelbra – Stolberg (Harz) | Saxony-Anhalt | Thyra River | ||
| Todtnauerli | Zell im Wiesental – Todtnau | Baden-Württemberg | Place Todtnau | ||
| Trajectory | Bonn – Oberkassel | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Triebisch Valley Railway | Borsdorf – Coswig | Saxony | River Triebisch | ||
| Trier western route | Ehrang hedgehog | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Trossingen Railway | Trossingen city – Trossingen state train station | Baden-Württemberg | Place Trossingen | ||
| Trusebahn | Wernshausen – Trusetal | Thuringia | River Truse | ||
| Twist Valley Railway | Warburg - Korbach | Hesse | River Twiste |
U
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Überwaldbahn | Mörlenbach – Wald-Michelbach –Elections | Hesse | Überwald area | ||
| Uetersener Railway | Tornesch-Uetersen | Schleswig-Holstein | Location Uetersen | ||
| Ulmtalbahn | Balkan Express (3) | Stockhausen – Beilstein | Hesse | River Ulmbach | |
| Ulstertal Railway | Vacha – Hilders | Hesse | River Ulster | ||
| Unstrutbahn | Naumburg – Artern | Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia | River Unstrut | ||
| Lower Edertal Railway | Korbach – Frankenberg | Hesse | River Eder | ||
| Lower Jagstbahn | Eastern fork track | Bad Friedrichshall-Möckmühl | Baden-Württemberg | River Jagst | Frankenbahn |
| Lower Kochertalbahn | Duck killer | Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld – Kochersteinsfeld –Ohrnberg | Baden-Württemberg | River cooker | |
| Lower Queichtalbahn | Landau – Germersheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Queich | ||
| Lower Ruhr Valley Railway | Essen-Kettwig-Mülheim-Styrum | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Ruhr | ||
| Lower Steigerwaldbahn | Schweinfurt – Gerolzhofen – Kitzingen | Bavaria | Steigerwald low mountain range | ||
| Lower forest railway | Ilz Valley Railway | Passau – Freyung | Bavaria | ||
| Untreichsfeldbahn | Wulften – Duderstadt – Leinefelde | Lower Saxony | Subfield | ||
| Lower Elbe Railway | Niederelbebahn | Hamburg-Harburg-Cuxhaven | Lower Saxony, Hamburg | river Elbe | |
| Unterwesterwaldbahn | Limburg-Staffel – Siershahn | Hessen, Rhineland-Palatinate | Westerwald low mountain range | ||
| Uplandbahn | Brilon-Wald-Willingen-Korbach | Hesse | Upland area |
V
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaihinger light rail | Vaihingen / Enz Nord – Enzweihingen | Baden-Württemberg | |||
| Valtinche | Nierstein-Undenheim-Koengernheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Vennbahn | Aachen-Monschau-St. Vith – Troisvierges | North Rhine-Westphalia | High Fens | ||
| Vennquerbahn | Jünkerath – Losheim (–Weywertz (B)) | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate | High Fens | ||
| Versetalbahn | Lüdenscheid-Werdohl | North Rhine-Westphalia | River verses | ||
| Vierländer Bahn | Hamburg-Bergedorf Süd-Zollenspieker | Hamburg | Vierlande area | ||
| Bird airline | Hamburg – Fehmarnbelt – Copenhagen | Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark | parallel flight route of the cranes and other arctic water birds between Central Europe and Scandinavia | ||
| Vogelsbergbahn | old: Glauburg-Stockheim-Oberwald- Lauterbach new: Gießen-Alsfeld-Fulda |
Hesse | Vogelsberg low mountain range | ||
| Vogelsberger Südbahn | Wächtersbach – Hartmannshain | Hesse | Vogelsberg low mountain range | ||
| Vogelsberger Westbahn | Friedberg – Hungen – Laubach – Mücke | Hesse | Vogelsberg low mountain range | ||
| Volmetalbahn | Hagen – Meinerzhagen (–Dieringhausen) | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Volme | ||
| Voralbbahn | Boller Bähnle | Goeppingen – Bad Boll | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Voreifelbahn | Bonn – Euskirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Settlement area Voreifel | ||
| Foothill railway | Cologne – Brühl – Bonn | North Rhine-Westphalia | Ridge foothills | ||
| Vorwaldbahn | Deggendorf – Kalteneck | Bavaria | |||
| Vulkanexpress | Brohltalbahn | Brohl – Engeln – Kempenich | Rhineland-Palatinate | Vulkaneifel area |
W.
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Wachtlbahn Wachtl-Express |
Kieferer Grenzbahn | Kiefersfelden – Wachtl (A) | Bavaria | Place Wachtl | |
| Walddörferbahn | Hamburg | ||||
| Waldsaumbahn | Friedrichrodaer Bahn | Fröttstädt – Georgenthal | Thuringia | ||
| Valhalla Railway | Valhalla delicacies | Regensburg-Stadtamhof-Wörth on the Danube | Bavaria | Walhalla memorial | |
| Wallückebahn | Wallücker Willem | Kirchlengern / Löhne – Wallücke | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wallücke Pass | |
| Walsumbahn | North Rhine-Westphalia | Location Duisburg-Walsum | |||
| Wannseebahn | Berlin Potsdamer Wannseebahnhof –Berlin Yorckstrasse (Großgörschenstrasse) –Berlin-Wannsee – Potsdam Hbf | Berlin, Brandenburg | |||
| Warnautalbahn | Bomlitz – Walsrode | Lower Saxony | Warnau river | ||
| Warning valley railway | Börßum – Salzgitter-Bad | Lower Saxony | River Warne | Part of the Braunschweiger Südbahn | |
| Wasgaubahn | Wieslauterbahn , Wieslautertalbahn | Hinterweidenthal Ost-Bundenthal-Rumbach | Rhineland-Palatinate | Wasgau low mountain range | |
| Wasgauwaldbahn | Wasgenwaldbahn | Bundenthal – Ludwigswinkel | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Wendlandbahn | Lüneburg – Dannenberg | Lower Saxony | Wendland area | ||
| Wehratalbahn | Schopfheim – Bad Säckingen | Baden-Württemberg | River Wehra | ||
| Weiltalbahn | Weilburg – Grävenwiesbach | Hesse | River Weil | ||
| Weißeritzbahn | Weißeritztalbahn | Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf | Saxony | Weisseritz River | |
| Weldenbahn | Neusäß – Welden | Bavaria | Place Welden | ||
| Wendelsteinbahn | Brannenburg-Wendelstein | Bavaria | Wendelstein mountain | ||
| Werntalbahn | Waigolshausen – Arnstein – Gemünden | Bavaria | River Wern | ||
| Werra Railway | Eisenach-Lichtenfels | Bavaria | river Werra | ||
| Werra Valley Railway (1) | Gerstungen – Vacha | Hesse | river Werra | ||
| Werra Valley Railway (2) | Bad Salzungen – Vache – Unterbreizbach | Thuringia | river Werra | ||
| Werra Valley Railway (3) | Schwebda – Wartha | Hesse | river Werra | ||
| Weschnitz Valley Railway | Weinheim – Fürth (Odenw) | Hesse | River Weschnitz | ||
| Weser-Aller Railway | Rotenburg-Verden-Nienburg-Minden | Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia | River Weser , River Aller | ||
| Weserbahn (1) | Wages – Hameln (–Elze) | Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia | River Weser | ||
| Weserbahn (2) | Bremen – free port | Bremen | River Weser | ||
| Weser Valley Railway | Aachen – Verviers – Liège | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Weser | ||
| Westeifelbahn | Prümtalbahn | Gerolstein – Pronsfeld –St. Vith | Rhineland-Palatinate | Eifel low mountain range | |
| Western Railway | |||||
| Westerwaldbahn | * Scheuerfeld (Sieg) –Weitefeld– Emmerzhausen and junction * Bindweide – Rosenheim– Nauroth |
Rhineland-Palatinate | Westerwald low mountain range | ||
| Westerwaldquerbahn | Herborn –Rennerod – Westerburg– (dismantled) –Wallmerod – Montabaur | Hessen, Rhineland-Palatinate | Westerwald low mountain range | ||
| West Harz route | Herzberg – Seesen | Lower Saxony | Harz low mountain range | ||
| Western fork lift | Elsenz Valley Railway (1) | Neckargemünd – Steinfurt – Bad Friedrichshall | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Westrichbahn | Turquoise Mill - Kusel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Landscape of the Westrich plateau | ||
| Wetterertalbahn | Butzbach-Lich | Hesse | River weather | ||
| Wetzlar Railway | Berlin – Blankenheim | Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt | Part of the cannon train | ||
| Wiedtalbahn | Kasbachtalbahn | Wiedmühle-Flammersfeld | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Wied | |
| Wiehengebirgsbahn | (Bad Bentheim – Rheine–) Osnabrück-Herford (–Bielefeld) | Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Wiehltalbahn | Osberghausen – Waldbröl | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Wiehl | ||
| Wiesbachtalbahn | Armsheim-Wendelsheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Wiesbach | ||
| Wiesentalbahn | Basel Bad Bf – Zell in the Wiesental | Baden-Württemberg | River meadow | ||
| Wiesent Valley Railway | Forchheim – Behringersmühle | Bavaria | River Wiesent | ||
| Wieslauftalbahn | Schorndorf – Rudersberg – Welzheim | Baden-Württemberg | River Wieslauf | ||
| Wieslauterbahn , Wieslautertalbahn | Wasgaubahn | Hinterweidenthal Ost-Bundenthal-Rumbach | Rhineland-Palatinate | River Lauter | |
| Wild Erika | Handeloh | Lower Saxony | |||
| Wild bitch | Tram Naumburg | Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Wild Robert (1) | Klingenthal – Sachsenberg-Georgenthal | Saxony | |||
| Wild Robert (2) | Dollnitz Railway | Oschatz – Mügeln – glosses | Saxony | ||
| Wilisch Valley Railway | Wilischthal-Thum | Saxony | Wilisch River | ||
| Wilzschtalbahn | Wilkau-Haßlau-Carlsfeld | Saxony | Wilzsch river | ||
| Windbergbahn | Saxon Semmering Railway , Possendorfer Heddel | Freital– (Dresden-) Gittersee– Possendorf | Saxony | Mountain Windberg | |
| Wipperliese (l) | Klostermansfeld – Wippra | Saxony | River Wipper | ||
| Wippertal Railway | Marienheide – Wipperfürt (–Bergisch Born) | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Wipper | ||
| Wisentatalbahn | Schönberg – Schleiz | Saxony, Thuringia | Wisenta River | ||
| Wissegickel | Pfefferdüttche, Offsteiner Schneck | Worms – Grünstadt | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Wissertalbahn | Hermesdorf knowledge | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate | River Wisser Bach | ||
| Wohratalbahn | Kirchhain – Gemünden (Wohra) | Hesse | River Wohra | ||
| Worms Hex | Weinheim – Worms | Hesse | |||
| Wriezener Bahn | Berlin – Werneuchen – Wriezen | Berlin, Brandenburg | Place Wriezen | ||
| Wuppertal Railway | Wuppertal-Rauenthal-Wilhelmstal- Radevormwald- Halver-Oberbrügge | North Rhine-Westphalia | River Wupper | ||
| Wurmtalbahn | Heinsberg Railway | Lindern – Heinsberg (Rheinl) | North Rhine-Westphalia | River worm | |
| Würschnitztalbahn | Chemnitz – Stollberg –Zwönitz | Saxony | River Würschnitz | ||
| Württemberg Northern Railway | Frankenbahn | Stuttgart – Heilbronn – Lauda (- Würzburg) | Baden-Württemberg | North direction | |
| Württemberg Eastern Railway | Filsbahn , Filstalbahn | Stuttgart – Plochingen – Ulm | Baden-Württemberg | Direction east | |
| Wurzbachbahn | Würzbachtalbahn | Schwarzenacker – St. Ingbert | Saarland | ||
| Wutach Valley Railway | Aitrachtalbahn , Sauschwänzlebahn | (Waldshut–) Lauchringen – Hintschingen (-Immendingen) | Baden-Württemberg | River Wutach |
Y
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y-route | Hamburg / Bremen – Hanover | Lower Saxony | Y shape |
Z
| designation | Another name |
route | state | named after the |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zabergäubahn | Lauffen am Neckar-Leonbronn | Baden-Württemberg | Zabergäu area | ||
| Zellertalbahn | Pfrimm Valley Railway | Langmeil – Monsheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Zellertal area | |
| Zenngrundbahn | Siegelsdorf – Market Erlbach | Bavaria | River Zenn | ||
| Zentralbahn (Württemberg) | Ludwigsburg – Stuttgart – Esslingen | Baden-Württemberg | later part of the North or Württemberg East Railway | ||
| Zollernalbbahn | Tübingen – Sigmaringen | Baden-Württemberg | Landscape Zollernalb | ||
| Anger Willem | Ellrich-Zorge | Lower Saxony, Thuringia | |||
| Zschopautalbahn | Annaberg-Buchholz and Bf-Flöha | Saxony | Zschopau river | ||
| Candy Lots | Selztalbahn | Frei-Weinheim-Jugenheim-Partenheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Zugspitzbahn | Garmisch-Zugspitzplatt | Bavaria | Zugspitze mountain | ||
| Zwönitztalbahn | Chemnitz – Zwönitz (–Aue – Adorf) | Saxony | Zwönitz river |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 28 .