The Reutlingen–Schelklingen railway or Swabian Jura Railway (German: ''Schwäbische Albbahn'') is a 58.25 kilometre long branch line from

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...

Schelklingen Schelklingen () is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Ehingen, and 20 km west of Ulm. Schelklingen and 82% of its territory form part of the Swabian Jura Biosphere Reserv ...

, which crosses the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...

in southern

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. Its route no. is 4620. The section from Reutlingen to Honau is also known as the Echaz Railway (''Echazbahn'') or Echaz Valley Railway (''Echaztalbahn''). The 15.28 kilometre long northern section from Reutlingen to Kleinengstingen is closed nowadays, this section has been largely converted into a

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Photos

File:Honau-Zahnradbahn-1905.jpg, Honau-Lichtenstein rack railway (postcard from 1905) File:LichtensteinHonau.jpg, Lichtenstein castle File:Ulmer Spatz an der Lauter.jpg, The "Ulmer Spatz" File:Bahnhof Münsingen.jpg, Münsingen station File:Hebelbank des Stellwerks Münsingen.jpg, Interior of

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at Münsingen station File:Württemberger Güterwagen im Bahnhof Münsingen.jpg, Old goods wagon

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Friends of the Honau-Lichtenstein Rack Railway SocietySwabian Jura Railway Society1944/45 timetableHonau Station Preservation SocietyFriends of the Railbus Society, Ulm - Ulmer Spatz
Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg Swabian Jura {{Germany-rail-transport-stub