Schönbuchbahn

Schönbuch Railway

Schönbuch Railway

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The Schönbuch Railway (German: Schönbuchbahn) is a branch line in the Stuttgart region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is single-track and standard gauge, and is 17.0 kilometres (10.6 mi) long. It links Dettenhausen with Böblingen, where a connection is made with lines S1 and S60 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Line S1 provides a direct service to Stuttgart.[2]

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The Schönbuchbahn is owned by the Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn (ZVS), and is operated by the Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG), a member of the Veolia Transport group.[2]

The typical service pattern consists of two trains an hour, although the frequency may reduce to one train an hour at weekends or in the evenings.[3]

Rolling stock

Passenger services on the Schönbuchbahn use a fleet of 6 partially low floor Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 units.[4] In December 2016 transport authority Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn selected Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles for a €51·3m contract to supply nine three-car light rail vehicles of a new design.[5][6]

  • Dettenhausen station
  • Regio-Shuttles at Böblingen station

References

  1. [1]
    Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. [2]
    Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. [3]
    "Dettenhausen - Böblingen" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. Retrieved 2011-03-29.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "Fahrzeuge der WEG" [WEG fleet] (in German). Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  5. [5]
    "CAF to supply new fleet for Schönbuchbahn modernisation". Metro Report International. 21 December 2016.
  6. [6]
    Christeller, Reinhard (17 May 2021). "The modernisation of the Schönbuchbahn". urban-transport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.


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