| Kaiserslautern–Pirmasens railway |
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- 3300 (Kaiserslautern–Pirmasens Nord)
- 3310 (Pirmasens Nord–Pirmasens)
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| Locale | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
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| Route number | 672 |
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| Line length | 35.9 km (22.3 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Minimum radius | 250 m (820 ft) |
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| Maximum incline | 2.5% |
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0.000 |
Kaiserslautern Hbf |
250 m |
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Bundesstraße 37 |
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1.860 |
Kaiserslautern-Galgenschanze |
252 m |
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Rauschenweg |
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Leipziger Straße |
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Vogelweh |
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Burgherrenstraße/Kreisstraße 3 |
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5.500 |
Hohenecken |
286 m |
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5.805 |
| Kaiserslautern-Hohenecken | | reactivation planned for June 2017 |
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Burgherrenstraße/Kreisstraße 3 |
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8.500 |
Gelterswoog |
296 m |
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Kreisstraße 6 |
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Burgherrenstraße/Kreisstraße 3 |
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Aschbach |
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11.600 |
Karlsthal |
292 m |
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Landesstraße 500 |
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Bundesstraße 270 |
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13.059 |
Schopp |
278 m |
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Mühlstraße |
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Kreisstraße 31 |
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19.090 |
Steinalben |
273 m |
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Auf der Hohl |
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Hauptstraße |
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Moosalb |
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Bundesstraße 270 |
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Moosalb |
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23.730 |
Waldfischbach |
256 m |
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Bundesstraße 270 |
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Höheinöder Straße/Kreisstraße 24 |
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25.500 |
Burgalben (reactivation planned) |
248 m |
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Schwarzbach |
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Schwarzbach |
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Pirmasens Nord |
244 m |
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(new route since 1939) |
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Rodalber Straße/Kreisstraße 17 |
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4.000 |
New/old Fehrbach Tunnel (887/914 m) |
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(old route until 1996) |
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Kreisstraße 6 |
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6.768 |
Pirmasens Hbf |
369 m |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Biebermühl Railway (German: Biebermühlbahn)—sometimes called the Moosalbbahn (Moosalb Railway)—is a 35.9 km long railway line from Kaiserslautern to Pirmasens in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which was built between 1875 and 1913. The first section between Biebermühle (now Pirmasens Nord station) and Pirmasens connected the city of Pirmasens to the railway network, which could only be achieved via a branch line due to the topography. In 1905, another branch was opened from Biebermühl to Waldfischbach, which was extended in 1913 to Kaiserslautern. It was subsequently used by long-distance services, which operated until 1990. Since then, it has been used only by local services. It is the only one of all the Palatine railway lines that were completed in the 20th century that have never been threatened with closure.
