Border geo-coordinates: 49.111968, 7.057283 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 10/05/2023

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 1
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Electrification: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~
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Train control system: PZB
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Medium

Importance to countries concerned: No

Importance to TEN-T network: No

TEN-T corridor: -

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: DB Netz AG [DE]; SNCF Réseau [FR]

Language of operation: [FR]: French/German, [DE]: German

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: VGS [DE]; Région Grand Est [FR]

Railway undertaking(s): Saarbahn, DB Regio [DE]; SNCF [FR]

Ministry of transport: BMVI [DE]; Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire [FR]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1870

Closure: -

Passenger services: 476 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 2 km

Average speed of cross border section: 40 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

Background

Photos from Hanweiler 🇩🇪 – Sarreguemines 🇫🇷

There are no photos of this border on Flickr from the #CrossBorderRail project. Please see the main description above.