List of railway lines in Saarland
The table contains all standard-gauge lines built up to 1968 in the area of today's Saarland according to EBO (Railway Construction and Operating Regulations) , sorted by construction date. Sections of the route (outside of Saarland are in brackets), but listed in full. Lines that are no longer in use today (some no longer exist and / or have been de-dedicated) are highlighted in gray. If the route number is missing, the route is or was not subject to the EBO, as is the case with private railways, for example, or the route had already been de-dedicated before the EBO came into force (May 1905).
| Surname | route | DB no. | km | opening | Shutdown * | comment |
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| Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line | (Ludwigshafen -) Kaiserslautern - Homburg (Saar) | 3280 | 35.39 | 07/01/1848 | = | |
| Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line | Homburg (Saar) - Bexbach, former Prussian border | 3282 | 8.76 | 08/26/1849 | = | |
| Homburg – Neunkirchen railway line | Bexbach, former Prussian border - Neunkirchen (Saar) | 3282 | 7.57 | 10/15/1850 | = | |
| (Pit connection) | Speeches - Neunkirchen | ? | <2.0 | 06/14/1851 | ? | |
| Nahe Valley Railway | Neunkirchen - Sulzbach - Saarbrücken (- Forbach) | 3231 | 26.77 | 11/15/1852 | = | today part of the Nahe Valley Railway |
| Saarbrücken – Von der Heydt railway line | Saarbrücken - Von der Heydt | 3221 | 5.45 | 11/15/1852 | x | |
| Heinitz - Dechen | 3270 | 4.09 | 12/29/1856 | ? | Passenger traffic only dismantled from 1873 | |
| Homburg – Zweibrücken railway line | Homburg (Saar) - Zweibrücken | 3283 | 11.2 | 05/07/1857 | x | reactivation is being considered |
| (Pit connection) | Friedrichsthal - Friedrichsthal pit | ? | 1.03 | 07/01/1858 | ? | freight traffic only |
| Saar route | Saarbrücken - Merzig | 3230 | 39.16 | December 16, 1858 | = | |
| Nahe Valley Railway | Kreuznach - Neunkirchen | 3511 | 104.49 | 05/26/1860 | = | |
| Saar route | Merzig - Trier | 3230 | 48.28 | 05/26/1860 | = | |
| (Pit connection) | Speeches - Itzenplitz mine | ? | 1.87 | 08/07/1860 | ? | |
| (Pit connection) | Sulzbach - Sulzbach pit | ? | 0.70 | December 15, 1860 | ? | |
| (Pit connection) | Ensdorf - Griesborn pit | 3299 | 3.17 | 04/03/1861 | ? | |
| (Connecting curve) | Saarbrücken-Burbach - Forbacher Bahn | 3220 | 0.8 | 05/15/1861 | = | |
| (Port connection) | Saarbrücken - Malstatt harbor | 3239 | 2.87 | = | ||
| Wurzbachbahn | Schwarzenacker - Bierbach - Hassel | 3450 | 19.8 | 11/26/1866 | = | |
| Würzbachbahn (including Hasseler tunnel ) | Hassel - St. Ingbert | without | 5.74 | 06/01/1867 | 09/01/1895 | 1895 2 km replaced by a route via Rohrbach (Saar) |
| Upper Saar Valley Railway | Saarbrücken - Brebach - Sarreguemines (F) | 3251 | 16.93 | 06/01/1870 | = | |
| (Pit connection) | Neunkirchen - König Pit | 3271 | 1.24 | 07/01/1872 | ? | |
| Völklingen-Heidstock - Püttlingen pit | Völklingen - Püttlingen pit | 3292 | 5.95 | 07/01/1872 | October 1, 1911 P 1965 G | Dismantled in 1970 |
| (Factory connection) | Saarbrücken Malstatt - Saarbrücken-Burbach | 3235 | 1.56 | 07/01/1872 | = | South curve |
| Upper Moselle Valley Railway | (Thionville -) Perl - Trier | 3010 | 25.90 | 05/15/1878 | = | |
| Bliestalbahn | Zweibrücken - (B) Bierbach (- (A) Reinheim) (- Saargemünd) |
3285 | 25.90 | 04/01/1879 | 04.10.1952 ( A ) 01.04.1997 ( B ) |
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| Fischbachtalbahn | Saarbrücken - Wemmetsweiler - Neunkirchen | 3240 | 26.42 | October 15, 1879 | = | |
| (Connecting curve) | Saarbrücken-Schleifmühle - Saarbrücken-Malstatt | 3241 | 2.64 | October 15, 1879 | = | |
| Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line | Saarbrücken - St. Ingbert | 3250 | 12.57 | October 15, 1879 | = | |
| Völklingen – Thionville railway line | Téterchen - Hostenbach - Bous (Saar) | 3290 | 21.7 | 04/01/1880 | = | Hostenbach - Bous section destroyed since 1945 |
| Völklingen – Thionville railway line | Hostenbach - Völklingen | 3290 | 3.0 | October 15, 1880 | x | |
| (Pit connection) | Brefeld - Maybach | 3244 | 2.3 | 04/06/1881 | ? | |
| (Pit connection) | Merchweiler - Göttelborn | 3243 | 2.3 | 10/01/1891 | = | |
| Landau – Rohrbach railway / Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway | Hassel - Rohrbach (Saar) - St. Ingbert | 3450/3250 | 6.7 | 09/01/1895 | = | Replacement for Hasseler Tunnel |
| Hochwaldbahn | Hermeskeil - Nonnweiler - turquoise mill | 3131 | 22.37 | 05/15/1897 | 06/01/1969 | Museum trips |
| Primstalbahn | Wemmetsweiler - Lebach | 3274 | 17.39 | 05/15/1897 | = | |
| Primstalbahn | Lebach - Nonnweiler | 3274 | 35.56 | 12/10/1897 | May 30, 1980 P May 30, 1992 G | A few kilometers of track still exist from Nonnweiler |
| Primstalbahn | Wemmetsweiler - Lebach | 3274 | 17.39 | 05/15/1897 | = | |
| (Factory connection) | St. Ingbert - Drahtwerk Nord area | 3252 | ? | ? | = | |
| Niedtalbahn | Dillingen - Niedaltdorf (- Bouzonville) | 3212 | 20.3 | 07/01/1901 | = | |
| Primstalbahn | Dillingen - Primsweiler | 3211 | 12.8 | 09/01/1901 | = | |
| Merzig-Büschfeld Railway (MBE) | Merzig - Büschfeld | without | 22.5 | 07/06/1903 | = | Private railway, today a museum railway up to km 16.6 |
| Glantalbahn | Bad Munster am Stein - Homburg | 3281 | 96.3? | 05/01/1904 | x | |
| Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line | Homburg - Rohrbach | 3250 | 96.3? | 01/01/1904 | = | |
| (Connecting curve) | Scheidt (Saar) - Brebach | 3252 | 1.0 | 07/29/1905 | ? | |
| Rosseltalbahn | Saarbrücken - Fürstenhausen - Großrosseln | 3232 | 17.04 | 07/01/1907 | = | |
| Rosseltalbahn | Fürstenhausen - Bous | 3232 | 1.13 | 10/01/1908 | ? | Reactivation in the course of the Saarbahn is sought (VEP Saarbrücken 2016) |
| Köllertalbahn | Völklingen - Püttlingen - Heusweiler - Lebach | 3291 | 21.92 | 10/01/1911 | 09/27/1985 | Since 2014 reactivated by the Saarbahn from Etzenhofen to Lebach |
| (Pit connection) | Etzenhofen - Dilsburg | 3291? | 4.9 | 10/02/1911 | 1936 | |
| Heimbach (Nahe) –Baumholder railway line | Heimbach - Baumholder | 3200 | 8.93 | 07/15/1912 | 05/31/1981 P | Used again for passenger traffic since December 14, 2014 |
| St. Wendel – Tholey railway line | St. Wendel - Oberthal | 3203 | 8.84 | 08/03/1915 | 1984 P 1.12.1996 G |
today foot and bike path |
| St. Wendel – Tholey railway line | Oberthal - Tholey | 3203 | 4.17 | 10/01/1915 | 1984 P 1.12.1996 G |
today foot and bike path |
| Hornbachbahn | Hornbach - Brenschelbach | 3311 | 3.7 | 10/01/1916 | 09/24/1967 P 05/23/1971 G |
today partly footpath and bike path |
| (Pit connection) | Neunkirchen - Kohlwald | 3311 | 0.775 | 05/09/1917 | = | |
| Merzig – Bettelainville railway line | Merzig - Mondorf - Bettelainville | 3213 | 40.5 | 11/1/1917 | 1948/1957 | |
| Westrichbahn | Türkismühle - Wolfersweiler | 3201 | 5.6 | 05/15/1934 | 01/01/1970 P 06/10/2001 G |
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| Westrichbahn | Wolfersweiler - Freisen | 3201 | 5.8 | October 6, 1935 | 01/01/1970 P 06/10/2001 G |
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| Westrichbahn | Diedelkopf - Kusel | 3201 | 2 | 05/15/1936 | 01/01/1970 P 06/10/2001 G |
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| Westrichbahn | Freisen - Schwarzerden - Diedelkopf | 3201 | 19.2 | 11/16/1936 | 01/01/1970 P 06/10/2001 G |
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| Ostertalbahn | Ottweiler - Niederkirchen | 3204 | 10.59 | 09/26/1937 | = | today museum train service |
| Ostertalbahn | Niederkirchen - Black Earth | 3204 | 10.22 | 05/15/1938 | = | today museum train service |
| Rosseltalbahn | Großrosseln - Warndt (pit) | 3236 | 6.4 | 07/17/1962 | x | |
| Saar route | Realignment of Dillingen South - Dillingen East | 3230 | ? | 09/29/1968 | = | freight traffic only |
| * Legend: = in operation, x tracks available but unused / unusable,? Date of dismantling / deedication not known. P Passenger traffic G Freight traffic | ||||||