Scheuerfeld–Emmerzhausen railway

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Scheuerfeld–Nauroth/Emmerzhausen
Overview
Line number9278 (Scheuerfeld–Emmerzhausen)
9279 (Bindweide–Nauroth new Bf)
Service
Route number194j(1949)
Technical
Line length20.2 km (12.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Maximum incline 2.5  %
Route map

Contents

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Scheuerfeld (Sieg)
175 m
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0.0
Scheuerfeld WEBA
177.45 m
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Scheuerfelder Tunnel (302 m)
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5.6
Elben
297.32 m
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7.3
Gebhardshain-Steinebach
334.75 m
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10.6
Bindweide
410.32 m
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1.8
Rosenheim (Westerwald) / Rosenheim Bk
427.08 m
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3.8
Luckenbach
391.04 m
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4.4
Nauroth
(new station)
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11.7
Dickendorf
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12.0
Buchenkopf
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(original line)
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13.7
Elkenroth
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16.8
Nauroth
(old station)
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14.0
Elkenroth
(new halt)
457.08 m
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14.9
Elkenroth Gbf
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15.8
End of industrial siding 1926
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16.7
Weitefeld
473.1 m
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18.2
Oberdreisbach
487.0 m
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20.3
Friedewald
495.95 m
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22.5
Derschen
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24.0
Mauden
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26.4
Emmerzhausen
597.2 m
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33.0
Lippe Airfield

The Scheuerfeld and Emmerzhausen railway, also known as the Westerwald Railway (German : Westerwaldbahn), is a railway line in the northernmost part of the German federated state of Rhineland-Palatinate. There was a pit railway here as early as the last decades of the 19th century, used to transport ore and other minerals, but after the turn of the century, a standard gauge railway was built for public transport.

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