Fils Valley Railway

Fils Valley Railway
The Fils Valley Railway in Esslingen
Overview
Native nameFilstalbahn
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Termini
  • Stuttgart
  • Ulm
Service
Route number750
Technical
Line length94 km (58 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Route map

km
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
0.136
0.139
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
247 M
0.800
Stuttgart Hbf Em
Wolframstraße (yard)
1.900
1.900
Stuttgart Hbf Gw Rosenstein
(yard)
331 m
Rosenstein Bridge
across the Neckar
75 m
to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (
under
construction
)
to Stuttgart Mittnachtstraße (
under
construction
)
3.419
3.413
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
222 M
5.575
Stuttgart Neckarpark
7.092
6.933
229 M
freight line to Stuttgart port
to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (
under
construction
)
9.338
9.338
Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
229 M
11.094
11.094
Esslingen-Mettingen
236 M
13.211
13.211
Esslingen (Neckar)
236 M
15.429
15.429
Oberesslingen
242 M
17.936
17.932
Esslingen-Zell
248 M
19.762
19.768
Altbach
249 M
22.228
22.944
22.197
22.947
Plochingen
253 M
former link
Schnaitwald siding
27.2
+163
Reichenbach (Fils)
263 M
27.2
27.300
+203.1
+34.2
31.994
Ebersbach (Fils)
278 M
36.622
Uhingen
295 M
39.075
Faurndau
306 M
Hohenstaufen Railway
to Schwäbisch Gmünd
42.082
Göppingen
315 M
Voralb Railway
to Boll
46.110
Eislingen (Fils)
336 M
48.587
Salach
351 M
50.406
Süßen
354 M
Lauter Valley Railway
to Weißenstein
53.662
Gingen (Fils)
394 M
54.078
Gingen Süd
56.295
Kuchen
420 M
57.974
Geislinger Steige West
436 M
Eybtal turnback
Geislingen an der Steige–Wiesensteig railway
to Wiesensteig
61.297
Geislingen (Steige)
469 M
67.003
Amstetten (Württ.)
581 M
Amstetten–Laichingen railway
to Laichingen
(
metre
gauge
)
Amstetten–Gerstetten local railway
to Gerstetten
70.910
Urspring
570 M
71.6
Urspring freight yard
72.851
Lonsee
562 M
75.951
Westerstetten
(
until
2005
)
550 M
76.659
Westerstetten
(
since
2005
)
555 M
81.993
Beimerstetten
591 M
85.5
Jungingen (Württ)
583 M
Örlingen
92.900
Ulm Hbf Em Nord
93.975
Ulm
478 M
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Source: German railway atlas

The Fils Valley Railway (German: Filstalbahn [ˈfɪlstaːlˌbaːn], historically Filsbahn or Württembergische OstbahnWürttemberg Eastern Railway) designates the Württemberg line from Stuttgart via Göppingen to Ulm. It runs from Plochingen to Geislingen an der Steige through the Fils Valley.