Basel Connecting Line

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Basel Connecting Line
Overview
Native nameVerbindungsbahn
Locale
Basel SBB
  • Basel Bad Bf
    • Technical
    Line length4.4 km (2.7 mi)
    Number of tracks4 (throughout)
    Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
    Route map

    Legend
    from Saint-Louis (France)
    0.0
    Basel SBB
    SBB-
    Jura Railway to Delémont
    Basel Trams, Birseck Railway, Basel-Aesch tramway
    1.3
    to
    Olten
    Basellandschaftliche Overland Railway
    2.3
    		 Gellert connecting curve
    from Muttenz marshalling yard, from
    Olten
    Basel Trams
    3.537
    Infrastructure border SBB/DB Netze
    		 Connecting line bridge (Rhine; 216 m)
    High Rhine Railway from Konstanz–Waldshut
    Wiese Valley Railway from Zell im Wiesental
    Basel Trams
    4.4
    		 Basel Bad Bf
    Rhine Valley Railway
    to Freiburg im Breisgau
    Source: Swiss railway atlas[1]

    The Basel Connecting Line (

    Basel Baden station on the right bank of the Rhine and Basel SBB station
    on the left bank. It is located on Swiss territory.

    Most of the German long-distance trains on the

    Rhine Valley Railway end at Basel SBB station and run along the Connecting Line. Many Regional-Express trains of Deutsche Bahn (from Freiburg) and S-Bahn trains of the SBB GmbH (from Zell
    ) also run over the Connecting Line to Basel SBB.

    History

    The railway line was authorised by Article 4 of an international agreement of 15 October 1869, concerning the construction and operation of the

    Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways, the Connecting Line was built as a joint line by both companies. The project was exclusively funded by the Central Railway, which became its owner and it is now owned by the Swiss Federal Railways
    (SBB). Since the railway reform, the rail infrastructure is managed exclusively by the SBB. SBB, Deutsche Bahn and many other companies operate on the line. The property boundary is at the 3.537 km chainage mark (at the north head of the Rhine bridge).

    Technology

    Phase separation point at the Basel connecting line bridge

    The Basel Connecting Line, including railway Basel Baden station, Basel SBB station and Basel marshalling yard is equipped for Swiss locomotives without special technical equipment and can be used by services from Germany. The line is equipped with the German intermittent cab signalling system (Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung) and the Swiss train protection system (Integra-Signum). Trains runs on the right, unlike elsewhere in the SBB network, in order to avoid the need to switch sides at Basel Baden station. The overhead line can be used by trains with both Swiss and German pantographs (maximum lateral deviation of 200 mm). The border between the overhead electrification systems is at the property boundary.

    References

    Footnotes

    1. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7
      .

    Sources
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