Frankfurt–Göttingen railway

Frankfurt–Göttingen
Frankfurt–Göttingen
	Intercity-Express running over the Main-Neckar Bridge
Overview
Line number	3600; 3680 (Frankfurt-Schlachthof–Hanau); 3677 (third track: Wolfgang–Hailer-Meerholz); 3826 (Schlüchtern Ziegenberg–Elm); 3825 (Flieden–Elm); 3828 (third track: Fulda Bronnzell–Fulda);
Locale	Hesse and Lower Saxony, Germany
Service
Route number	610, 615, 540.1, 611, 613
Technical
Line length	240 km (150 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (throughout)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	200 km/h (120 mph) (maximum);
Route map
Route map
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The Frankfurt–Göttingen railway is a continuously double track and electrified main line in Hesse and southern Lower Saxony, Germany. The line was initially built from Bebra towards Fulda by the Kurhessen State Railway. After the Prussian annexation of the Electorate of Hesse as a result of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, it was completed to Frankfurt as the Frankfurt-Bebra Railway. The line was later extended from Bebra to Göttingen.

During the division of Germany, it became part of one of the most important German north-south axes in long-distance rail freight and rail passenger transport, the North–South railway. The route continues to be of great importance for traffic, but has been relieved in sections since 1991 by the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway. Further new lines are being planned as part of the Aus- und Neubaustrecke Hanau–Würzburg/Fulda–Erfurt ("Hanau-Würzburg/Fulda-Erfurt upgraded and new line") project.