Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 20/09/2022

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: 60km/h
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Number of tracks: 1
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Electrification: [DE]: 15kV/16.7Hz~; [FR]: 25 kV/50 Hz~
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Train control system: [DE]: PZB, [FR]: KVB
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Medium

Importance to countries concerned: Medium

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: Core Network

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: NVBW [DE]; Région Grand Est [FR]

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

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

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1878, 2006 (RP)

Closure: 1980 (P)

Passenger services: 90 / 26 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 4,5 km

Average speed of cross border section: 45 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

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