| Alb Valley Railway |
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| Native name | Albtalbahn |
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| Line number | 9420 |
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| Locale | Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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| Route number | 710.1 |
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| Line length | 41.5 km (25.8 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Old gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 25 m (82 ft) |
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| Electrification | 750 V DC overhead |
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| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) (max) |
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| Maximum incline | 2.5% |
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Karlsruher Lokalbahn
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Karlsruhe
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to storage sidings
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Albtal (2nd) | on second line | | originally sidings |
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Albtal 1st (on original line)
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Karlsruhe Nebeniusstraße
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Albtal (3rd)
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connection to tram network
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1958–
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0.0
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Karlsruhe Albtal (4th)
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| southern Karlstraße | | (to tram network) |
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1996–
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1913–
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| DB | | to Karlsruhe freight yard & K9657 |
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1.3
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| Karlsruhe Dammerstock | | formerly Beiertheim |
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| Karlsruhe Schloss Rüppurr | | formerly Klein-Rüppurr |
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2.3
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| Rüppurr Ostendorfplatz | | formerly Gartenstadt |
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1924–
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2.9
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| Rüppurr Tulpenstraße | | formerly Rüppurr Bahnhoff |
115 m
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3.5
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Rüppurr Battstraße
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1958–
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4.5
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Battstraße terminal loop
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1958–
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5.0
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Ettlingen Neuwiesenreben
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1972–
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| Ettlingen Wasen | | formerly Exerzierplatz |
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0.0
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Ettlingen West
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Ettlingen Erbprinz
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Ettlingen Erbprinz
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| Ettlingen Stadt | | formerly Ettlingen Holzhof |
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136 m
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Ettlingen Albgaubad
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1959–
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7.5
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Albgaubad terminal loop
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Ettlingen Waldkolonie
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Ettlingen Wattsteig
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Ettlingen Spinnerei
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10.5
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Busenbach
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11.0
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former terminal loop
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12.4
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Etzenrot
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202 m
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15.3
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214 m
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Spielberg
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18.2
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Marxzell
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251 m
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23.6
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Steinhäusle request stop
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1981–
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21.4
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Frauenalb-Schielberg
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308 m
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24.7
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Bad Herrenalb Kullenmühle
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1927–
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25.8
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Bad Herrenalb station
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351 m
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25.8
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Bad Herrenalb terminal loop
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1961–
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Alb Valley Railway (German: Albtalbahn, pronounced [ˈalptaːlˌbaːn] ) is a railway line in southern Germany that runs from Karlsruhe via Ettlingen to Bad Herrenalb with a branch to Ittersbach. The line is owned and operated, as part of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG).