Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line
| Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line
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Line 2651
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| 0,0
| Cologne
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| Rhein (Hohenzollernbrücke)
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| Cologne Messe/Deutz
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| 1.2
| Cologne Gummersbacher Str.
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| Extension of HSL planned
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| 2.2
| Cologne-Kalk
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| 3.9
| Cologne Vingst
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| 4.5
| Cologne Airport Northwest
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| Airport loop (Strecke 2691)
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| 7.6
| Cologne-Frankfurter Str. (to S-Bahn)
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| 7.8
| Cologne Steinstraße
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| Temporary start of HSL
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| 10.3
| Schloss-Röttgen-Tunnel (1.047 m)
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| 13.2
| Airport Tunnel (4.210 m)
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| 15.3
| Cologne/Bonn Airport
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| 17.4
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| 18.5
| Cologne Porz-Wahn Nord
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| Cologne Porz-Wahn Bft Süd
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| BAB 59
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| 20.1
| Troisdorf-Tunnel (627 m)
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| 26.3
| Bf Siegburg/Bonn
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| 27.4
| Siegauen Tunnel (2,502 m)
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| Hasenpohl Viaduct (127 m)
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| 39.2
| Ittenbach Tunnel (1,145 m)
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| Landschaftsbrücke cut and cover (255 m)
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| Logebach Viaduct (173 m)
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| 41.3
| Aegidienberg Tunnel (1,240 m)
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| Kluse cut and cover (200 m)
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| Kochenbachtalbrücke (150 m)
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| 44.5
| Rottbitze Tunnel (990 m)
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| Windhagen Fly-over (400 m)
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| Fischerhaus Viaduct (344 m)
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| 48.6
| Günterscheid Tunnel (1,130 m)
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| Hallerbach Viaduct (992 m)
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| Wied Viaduct (387 m)
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| 53.0
| Ammerich Tunnel (755 m)
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| 53.8
| Fernthal Tunnel (1,555 m)
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| 58.8
| Dasbach Viaduct (218 m)
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| 61.7
| Üst Willroth
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| 75.6
| Kutscheid Viaduct (67 m)
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| 76.4
| Deesen Tunnel (338 m)
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| 78.2
| Deesener-Wald Tunnel (1,270 m)
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| 83.8
| Dernbacher Tunnel (3,305 m)
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| from Siershahn
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| 89.1
| Montabaur railway station
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| to Limburg
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| 89.9
| Himmelberg Tunnel (2,395 m)
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| 92.5
| Wahnscheid Tunnel (735 m)
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| 93.3
| Dickheck Tunnel (570 m)
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| Eisenbach Viaduct (138 m)
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| 94.1
| Eichheide Tunnel (1,750 m)
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| Wiesengrund Viaduct (338 m)
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| Eichen-Diekenscheid Tunnel (400 m)
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| 97.5
| Lange-Issel Tunnel (1,015 m)
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| 100.4
| Elzer-Berg Tunnel (1,110 m)
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| 106.8
| Limburger Tunnel (2,395 m)
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| Lahn viaduct (438 m)
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| 110.5
| Limburg Süd railway station
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| 113.0
| Üst Lindenholzhausen
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| Wörsbach Viaduct (528 m)
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| Hessenweiler overpass (368 m)
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| Roter-Graben Viaduct (132 m)
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| Wallbach Viaduct (534 m)
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| 130.6
| Wörsdorf Flyover (525 m)
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| 133.8
| Idsteiner Tunnel (2,069 m)
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| 137.0
| Üst Idstein
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| 138.0
| Niedernhausener Tunnel (2,765 m)
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| 141.6
| Theiß Viaduct (484 m)
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| 142.9
| Hellenberg Tunnel (552 m)
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| 145.4
| Schulwald Tunnel (4,500 m)
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| 151.4
| Breckenheimer Tunnel (1,150 m)
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| 152.5
| Breckenheim toward Wiesbaden
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| Wiesbaden branch (Strecke 3509)
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| Wandersmann Nord (1,145 m/1,090 m)
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| Wandersmann Süd (795 m)
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| Overpass Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (316 m)
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| 13.2
| Wiesbaden Hbf
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| 155,0
| BridgeBAB A66 (120 m)
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| Main Bridge
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| Ticona Bridge (167 m)
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| 161.5
| Raunheim Caltex towards Kelsterbach
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| 162.1
| Caltex Bridge (351 m)
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| 163.4
| Raunheim Mönchhof from Mainz
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| 167.1
| Kelsterbacher Spange (994 m)
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| 169.3/0,5
| Frankfurt Airport Station
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| 170.3
| Frankfurter Kreuz
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| (Sportfeld Curve, 1.886 m)
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| (Zeppelinheim Curve, 1.632 m)
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| 4.8
| Zeppelinheim, towards Mannheim
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| 171.4
| Üst Frankfurter Kreuz
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| to Riedbahn, towards Gernsheim
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| Mainbahn, towards Mainz
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| 173.6
| Frankfurt Stadium
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End of high-speed line
Continuation toward Frankfurt Hbf
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The Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line (in German: Neubaustrecke Köln-Rhein/Main) is a 177-kilometre (110 mi) long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. Its route follows the Bundesautobahn 3 for the greater part. The line's grades of up to four percent require trains with a high power-to-weight ratio which is currently only met by third-generation InterCityExpress trains. It was constructed between 1995 and 2002 at a total cost of € 6 billion according to Deutsche Bahn.
[edit] Operational use
The line starts in Cologne at the Abzweig Köln-Steinstraße in the Cologne borough of Porz. Whilst the connection loop to Cologne-Bonn Airport, the Cologne Airport loop, is technically not a part of the high-speed line, it was built as a part of the general refurbishments in the Cologne area due to the line, and hence is generally regarded as part of the project. The line has four stations, Siegburg/Bonn, Montabaur, Limburg Süd and Frankfurt Airport.
The line is equipped for speeds up to 300 km/h between Siegburg and Frankfurt, closely following the A3 autobahn.
[edit] History
The former Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) began planning for a network of high-speed lines for both passenger and freight trains in the 1960s. The 1973 federal transport plan included a high-speed line between Cologne and Groß-Gerau (near Frankfurt), as well as between Hanover and Würzburg and between Mannheim and Stuttgart. This plan envisaged that mixed traffic would require:
- maximum grade of 1.25% (occasionally 2.0%)
- curves with small superelevation and minimum radii of 4,800 m to 7,000 m
- maximum line speed of 250 to 300 km/h
These specifications would be difficult to achieve either near the traditional Rhine valley route, which follows an entrenched meander, or along DB's preferred route next to the A3, which has long and steep climbs and descents. The second federal transport plan in 1985 (which was drawn up when the first TGV line had been operating for four years) included a passenger train-only railway, which meant that much steeper grades would be acceptable. The technical standards adopted were:
- maximum grade : 4.0%
- minimum radius : 3,350 m
- maximum speed : 300 km/h (186 mph)
DB negotiated with the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse over the route. Each state had objections to the bypassing of the cities on the Rhine, particularly Bonn, Andernach, Koblenz, Mainz and Wiesbaden and four other routes were examined that passed through some of these. No agreement was reached and the Federal Cabinet agreed on 20 December |
