Border geo-coordinates: 49.420843, 6.555984 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Non-Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Dismantled or disused line - visited by 🚲

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 20/09/2025

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: -km/h
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Number of tracks: -
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Electrification: -
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Train control system: -
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Low

Importance to countries concerned: No

Importance to TEN-T network: No

TEN-T corridor: -

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: -; -

Language of operation: -

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

Railway undertaking(s): -; -

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

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1917

Closure: 1936

Passenger services:

Length of cross border section: 4,3 km

Average speed of cross border section: -

Daily passenger flow: -

Background

Photos from Silwingen 🇩🇪 – Waldwisse 🇫🇷

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