List of disused railway lines in Rhineland-Palatinate

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Suspension of passenger traffic on railway lines since 1900

Before 1950

year
 date
 Route between the
stations 		Part of the
overall connection		 Length
(km)
 State
2000
1917 01st Mar Braubach - Oberlahnstein Nassau small train 3.5 reduced 1000 mm track width
1920   Bingen am Rhein fruit market - Bingerbrück AG Binger branch lines
1929 May 15 Naststätten - Braubach Nassau small train 29.6 reduced 1000 mm track width
1930 0Nov 1 Bundenthal - Ludwigswinkel warehouse Wasgenwaldbahn 14.5 reduced 600 mm track width
1931 Sep 15 Bindweide - Rosenheim Scheuerfeld – Nauroth 1.8 Out of service
1931 Sep 15 Rosenheim - Nauroth (old train station) Scheuerfeld – Nauroth reduced
1936 01 Aug Bad Kreuznach - Winterburg Bad Kreuznach – Winterburg 18.5 reduced 750 mm track width
1936 01 Aug Bad Kreuznach junction - Wallhausen Bad Kreuznach-Wallhausen 6.9 reduced 750 mm track width
1945 20 Mar Kirchheimbolanden - Marnheim Alzey – Kirchheimbolanden 5.4 reduced
1945 26th Mar Weitefeld - Oberdreisbach - Emmerzhausen Scheuerfeld – Emmerzhausen 1.7 Out of service
1945 26th Mar Oberdreisbach - Emmerzhausen Scheuerfeld – Emmerzhausen 14.8 reduced

1950s

year
 date
 Route between the
stations 		Part of the
overall connection		 Length
(km)
 State
2000
1950 May 14th Herschbach - Hachenburg Selters – Hachenburg 18.2 reduced 1000 gauge
1950 Oct 31 Herdorf - Unterwilden Herdorf – Unterwilden
1950 May 19th Bindweide - Nauroth (new train station) Scheuerfeld – Emmerzhausen alternatively, December 4th
1950   Alzey - Kirchheimbolanden Alzey – Kirchheimbolanden 14.4 in operation reactivated since May 29, 1999
1950 0Oct 7 Nierstein - Undenheim - Koengernheim Nierstein-Undenheim-Koengernheim 10.2 reduced
1952 0Jan. 1? Sankt Goarshausen - Naststätten Nassau small train 16.1 reduced alternatively: (summer timetable?)
1952   Ingelheim am Rhein North - Frei-Weinheim Frei-Weinheim-Jugenheim-Partenheim 5.0 reduced
1952   Losheimergraben - Weywertz Jünkerath – Weywertz 14.9 Freight transport
1953 0Jan. 1? Naststätten - Customs House Nassau small train 27.8 reduced 1000 mm track width
1953 31 Mar Sprendlingen - Fürfeld Sprendlingen – Fürfeld 14.2 reduced
1953 31 Mar Osthofen - Westhofen Osthofen – Westhofen 6.1 reduced
1953 17th of May Edenkoben - Landau in the Palatinate Palatinate Oberland Railway 13.7 reduced 1000 mm track width
1953 17th of May Edenkoben - Villa Ludwigshöhe Palatinate Oberland Railway 1.8 reduced 1000 mm track width
1954 31. May Ingelheim am Rhein North - Jugenheim - Partenheim Frei-Weinheim-Jugenheim-Partenheim 16.5 reduced
1954 0Oct. 2 Ebertsheim - Hettenleidelheim Ebertsheim - Hettenleidelheim 4.1 reduced
1954 0Oct. 3 Lampertsmühle - Otterbach - Otterberg Lampertsmühle-Otterbach-Otterberg 4.1 reduced
1955 Jan. 31 Edenkoben - Neustadt an der Weinstrasse Palatinate Oberland Railway 9.1 reduced 1000 mm track width
1955 0Oct. 2 Freisen - black earth Turquoise Mill - Kusel 11.8 reduced
1955 0Oct. 2 Ludwigshafen - Mundenheim - Meckenheim Ludwigshafen – Meckenheim 14.5 reduced 1000 mm track width
1955 Oct. 22 Bingen am Rhein - Dietersheim AG Binger branch lines 5.0 reduced
1956 02th of June Speyer - Neustadt an der Weinstrasse Neustadt – Speyer 29.1 reduced 1000 mm track width
1957 30th Mar AG Binger branch lines reduced Freight transport
1957 0June 1st Rohrbach - Steinweiler - Klingenmünster Klingbach Valley Railway 9.5 reduced
1957 02th of June Elkenroth - Weitefeld Scheuerfeld – Emmerzhausen 3.0 Freight transport

1960s

year
 date
 Route between the
stations 		Part of the
overall connection		 Length
(km)
 State
2000
1960 May 29th Worms - Weinheim Worms - Weinheim
1960 May 29th Linz on the Rhine - Kalenborn Linz (Rhine) -Flammersfeld 8.9 Freight transport since 199_ museum traffic
1960 May 29th Kalenborn - Flammersfeld Linz (Rhine) -Flammersfeld 26.3 reduced
1960 May 29th Flammersfeld - Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Engers-Au 9.5
1960 May 29th Lambrecht (Palatinate) - Elmstein Lambrecht-Elmstein 13.0 Freight transport since 1984 museum traffic
1960 16th of July Selters - Herschbach Selters – Hachenburg 5.2 reduced 1000 mm track width
1960 0Oct. 2 Kempenich - Angels Brohl – Kempenich 6.4 reduced
1960 0Oct. 2 Angels - Oberzissen Brohl – Kempenich 5.5 Freight transport 1000 mm track width, since 19__ museum traffic
1960 Oct 31 Scheuerfeld - Elkenroth Scheuerfeld – Emmerzhausen 13.7 Freight transport
1961 28th of May Worms - Gundheim Worms - Gundheim 11.3 reduced There is now a cycle path on part of the former route
1961 0Sep 1 Brohl - Oberzissen Brohl – Kempenich 12.0 Freight transport 1000 mm track width, since 19__ museum traffic
1961 Sep 30 Polch - Münstermaifeld Polch – Münstermaifeld 10.1 reduced
1961 Sep 30 Bad Munster am Stein - Odernheim am Glan Homburg (Saar) - Bad Munster am Stein 16.5 Branch line
1961 Sep 30 Bullay South - Traben-Trarbach East Trier – Bullay 23.8 reduced
1962 29 Sep Neubrücke (Nahe) - Birkenfeld Neubrücke – Birkenfeld 5.3 reduced
1963 0Jan. 1 Traben-Trarbach Ost - Niederemmel-Piesport Trier – Bullay 38.7 reduced
1963 May 26 Jünkerath - Losheimergraben border Jünkerath – Weywertz 23.3 Freight transport Reactivated in 1986, now shut down and dismantled
1963 29 Sep Simmern / Hunsrück - Gemünden (Hunsrück) Simmern – Gemünden 14.7 reduced
1964 31. May Kusel - black earth Turquoise Mill - Kusel 10.3 reduced
1965 14 Aug Philippsheim - Binsfeld (Eifel) Small train Philippsheim – Binsfeld 8.1 reduced 750 mm track width
1966 0Jan. 1 Pronsfeld - your limit St. Vith-Gerolstein reduced
1966 0Jan. 1 Pronsfeld - Waxweiler Pronsfeld – Waxweiler 8.5 reduced today footpath and bike path
1966 May 22 Niederemmel-Piesport - Neumagen-Dhron Trier – Bullay 4.2 reduced
1966 25 Sep Armsheim - Wendelsheim Wiesbachtalbahn 9.3 Out of service
1966 25 Sep Hinterweidenthal Ost - Bundenthal - Rumbach Hinterweidenthal Ost-Bundenthal-Rumbach 15.1 in operation reactivated
1967 Sep 24 Zweibrücken - Ixheim - Hornbach Zweibrücken – Brenschelbach 1.9 Freight transport
1967 Sep 24 Zweibrücken - Ixheim - Hornbach Zweibrücken – Brenschelbach 7.5 reduced
1968 0Feb 1 Neumagen-Dhron - Trier North Trier – Bullay 35.5 reduced
1968 29 Sep Worms - Offstein Worms – Grünstadt reduced
1968 29 Sep Neuoffstein Offstein - Neuoffstein Worms – Grünstadt Out of service
1968 29 Sep Neuoffstein - Grünstadt Worms – Grünstadt Freight transport
1968 29 Sep Hedgehog - Irrel Bitburg-Erdorf-Hedgehog 24.8 reduced
1969   Hermeskeil - turquoise mill Trier turquoise mill 22.4 Freight transport from ... to ? Museum train
1969 0June 1st Pronsfeld - Neuerburg Pronsfeld – Neuerburg 25.4 reduced
1969 0June 1st Osthofen - Rheindürkheim Osthofen – Rheindürkheim – Guntersblum 2.7 Freight transport
1969 0June 1st Rheindürkheim - Guntersblum Osthofen – Rheindürkheim – Guntersblum 16.1 Out of service
Tracks on the Osthofen – Rheindürkheim – Guntersblum railway line, which was closed in 1969
1969 27 Sep Grünstadt - wire drawing Grünstadt - Altleiningen 8.3 Freight transport
1969 27 Sep Wire drawing - Altleiningen Grünstadt - Altleiningen 2.4 reduced
1969 28 Sep Irrel - Bitburg Bitburg-Erdorf-Hedgehog 16.0 reduced

1970s

year
 date
 Route between the
stations 		Part of the
overall connection		 Length
(km)
 State
2000
1970 17 Sep Bitburg - Erdorf Bitburg-Erdorf-Hedgehog 6.2 Freight transport
1971 26 Sep Nistertal - Bad Marienberg Erbach-Fehl-Ritzhausen 5.9 Out of service
1971 26 Sep Bad Marienberg - Fehl-Ritzhausen Erbach-Fehl-Ritzhausen 6.1 reduced
1972 May 27th Prüm - Pronsfeld Gerolstein – St. Vith 8.2 Out of service
1972 May 27th Lampertsmühle-Otterbach - Weilerbach Lampertsmühle-Otterbach-Reichenbach 7.9 Freight transport
1972 May 27th Weilerbach - Reichenbach Lampertsmühle-Otterbach-Reichenbach 8.6 reduced
1972 0Oct. 1 Höhr-Grenzhausen - Hillscheid Grenzau-Hillscheid 2.6 Out of service
1972 0Oct. 1 Grenzau - Höhr-Grenzhausen Grenzau-Hillscheid 4.1 reduced
1973 03rd of June Jünkerath - Dümpelfeld Dümpelfeld – Lissendorf 43.3 reduced
1974 29 Sep Osthofen - Gau-Odernheim Osthofen – Gau Odernheim 18.8 reduced
1976 30th May Simmern - Hermeskeil Langenlonsheim – Hermeskeil 72.6 Out of service
1976 30th May Grünstadt - Ramsen Grünstadt-Enkenbach 13.5 in operation reactivated 1994/5
1976 30th May Ramsen - Enkenbach Grünstadt-Enkenbach 9.8 Out of service
1976 30th May Winden - Weißenburg / Wissembourg Neustadt – Wissembourg 15.8 in operation reactivated March 1997

1980s

year
 date
 Route between the
stations 		Part of the
overall connection		 Length
(km)
 State
2000
1980 30th May Zewen - Cross Conc
1980 0June 1st Mountain - Lauterbourg Wörth – Strasbourg 2.4 in operation Reactivated in 1999
1980 28 Sep Gerolstein - Gondelsheim Gerolstein – St. Vith 16.0 Freight transport
1980 28 Sep Gondelsheim - Prüm Gerolstein – St. Vith 16.6 Out of service
1981 30th May Kell am See - Hermeskeil Trier turquoise mill 13.4 Out of service
1981 30th May Pluwig - Kell am See Trier turquoise mill 21.2 reduced
1981 30th May Heimbach - Baumholder Heimbach – Baumholder 8.9 Freight transport Reactivated in 2014
1981 30th May Homburg - Jägersburg-Waldmohr Homburg (Saar) - Bad Munster am Stein Freight transport
1981 30th May Jägersburg-Waldmohr - Glan-Münchweiler Homburg (Saar) - Bad Munster am Stein reduced
1981 26 Sep Winden - Bad Bergzabern Winden – Bad Bergzabern 10.0 in operation Reactivated on September 24, 1995
1981 Oct 31 Daun - Wittlich Wengerohr-Daun 36.5 dismantled in 1995
1983 May 27th Hedgehog - Trier-West - Ehrang Ehrang – Igel
(Trier western route) 		15.6 Reactivation planned, continuation in regional traffic to Luxembourg City & via Konz to Saarburg
1983 28th of May Simmern - Emmelshausen Boppard – Emmelshausen
(Hunsrück Railway) 		38.1
1983 23 Sep Langmeil - Monsheim Langmeil-Monsheim
(Zellertal Railway) 		reactivated for weekend operation
1983 Sep 24 Landau in the Palatinate - Herxheim Landau-Herxheim 10.9
1983 09 Dec Koblenz-Lützel - Mayen East Koblenz-Lützel-Mayen East 34.1
1984 0June 1st Simmern - Langenlonsheim Langenlonsheim – Hermeskeil
(Hunsrückquerbahn) 		37.8 Reactivation planned
1984 0June 1st Waldrach - Pluwig Trier – Türkismühle
(Hochwaldbahn) 		8.4
1984 0June 1st Wörth - mountain Wörth – Strasbourg
(Bienwaldbahn) 		9.7 reactivated
1984 0June 1st Landau in the Palatinate - Germersheim Germersheim – Landau 21.0 only trolley operation
1984 0June 1st Altenkirchen - Siershahn Engers-Au
(Holzbachtalbahn) 		39.5 Reactivation possible
1984 02th of June Monsheim - Grünstadt Neustadt (Weinstrasse) –Monsheim
(Palatinate Northern Railway) 		9.5 Reactivated on May 28, 1995
1985 31. May Wengerohr - Bernkastel-Kues Wengerohr – Bernkastel-Kues 15.1
1985 31. May Altenglan - Lauterecken-Grumbach Homburg (Saar) - Bad Münster am Stein
(Glantalbahn) 		43.3 only trolley operation
1985 31. May Alzey - Bodenheim Bodenheim – Alzey 30.9
1985 0June 1st Kreuzberg (Ahr) - Adenau Remagen – Adenau
(Ahr Valley Railway) 		15.7 On June 2, 1996, the Kreuzberg - Ahrbrück section of the route was put back into operation
1985 27 Sep Trier central station - Waldrach Trier – Türkismühle
(Hochwaldbahn) 		7.3
1986 28 Sep Diez - Bad Schwalbach Wiesbaden – Diez
(Aartalbahn) 		28.2 Draisine operation between Diez and Michelbacher Tunnel, since 1994 and 1985 museum railway traffic between Hohenstein and Wiesbaden-Dotzheim
1986 30th May Staudernheim - Lauterecken-Grumbach Homburg (Saar) - Bad Münster am Stein
(Glantalbahn) 		only trolley operation
1988 Sep 24 Wittlich city ​​- Wengerohr Wengerohr-Daun 4.3
1989 May 26 Engers - Siershahn Engers – Au
(Brexbachtalbahn) 		21.6
1989 May 26 Kaiserslautern Hbf - Eselsfürth Kaiserslautern – Enkenbach 13.1 reactivated

1990s

year
 date
 Route between the
stations 		Part of the
overall connection		 Length
(km)
 State
2000
1991 Jan. 11 Gerolstein - Kaisersesch Andernach – Gerolstein 51.4 Freight transport reactivated for weekend traffic by 2013
1991 Jan. 11 Kaisersesch - Mayen West Kaisersesch – Andernach 16.6 in operation traffic resumed on August 6, 2000
1993 0Oct. 2 Betzdorf (victory) - Daaden Betzdorf-Daaden 9.9 in operation was reactivated

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