Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
Section As part of the route Opened on Operator
Heidelberg - Weinheim - Frankfurt ( Main ) Main-Neckar Line 1 August 1846 Main-Neckar Line
Mühlacker - Bretten - Bruchsal Württemberg Western Railway 1 December 1853 K.W.St.E
Pforzheim - Bad Wildbad Enz Valley Railway 11 June 1868 K.W.St.E
Rottweil - Villingen - 26 August 1869 K.W.St.E
Jagstfeld - Osterburken - 27 September 1869 K.W.St.E
Tuttlingen - Immendingen Danube Valley Railway 26 July 1870 K.W.St.E
Konstanz - Kreuzlingen Hafen- Romanshorn Seelinie 1 July 1871 Swiss Northeast Railway
Basel Baden station -Basel Central station Basel Link Line 3 November 1873 Swiss Central Railway
Pforzheim - Calw Nagold Valley Railway 1 June 1874 K.W.St.E
Singen -Etzwilen- Winterthur - 17 July 1875 Swiss National Railway
Konstanz - Kreuzlingen -Etzwilen - 17 July 1875 Swiss National Railway
Pfullendorf - Aulendorf - 14 August 1875 K.W.St.E
Mannheim Neckarstadt- Biblis Ried Railway 15 October 1879 Hessian Ludwig Railway
Mannheim-Waldhof - Käfertal -Mannheim Haupt station Ried Railway 1 May 1880 Hessian Ludwig Railway
Schwaigern - Eppingen Kraichgau Railway 18 August 1880 K.W.St.E
Lohr - Wertheim Main Valley Railway 1 October 1881 K.Bay.Sts.B
Erbach - Eberbach Odenwald Railway 27 May 1882 Hessian Ludwig Railway
Freudenstadt - Schiltach Kinzig Valley Railway 4 November 1886 K.W.St.E
Tuttlingen - Sigmaringen Danube Valley Railway 27 November 1890 K.W.St.E
Schramberg - Schiltach - 9 November 1892 K.W.St.E
The network
The railway lines in Baden State Railway network were opened as follows : Section As part of the route : Opened on Mannheim–Heidelberg Rhine Valley Railway 12 September 1840 Heidelberg–Karlsruhe Rhine Valley Railway 10 April 1843 Karlsruhe–Ettlingen–Rastatt Rhine Valley Railway 1 May 1844 Rastatt–Baden-Oos Rhine Valley Railway 6 May 1844 Baden-Oos–Offenburg Rhine Valley Railway 1 June 1844 Appenweier–Kehl Appenweier–Strasbourg railway 1 June 1844 Baden-Oos–Baden-Baden – 27 July 1845 Offenburg–Freiburg im Breisgau Rhine Valley Railway 1 August 1845 Freiburg im Breisgau–Müllheim ( Baden ) Rhine Valley Railway 1 June 1847 Müllheim ( Baden ) –Schliengen Rhine Valley Railway 15 June 1847 Schliengen–Efringen-Kirchen Rhine Valley Railway 8 November 1848 Efringen-Kirchen–Haltingen Rhine Valley Railway 22 January 1851 Port line Mannheim – 9 November 1854 Haltingen–Basel Baden station Rhine Valley Railway 20 February 1855 Basle Baden station–Bad Säckingen Upper Rhine Railway 4 February 1856 Bad Säckingen–Waldshut Upper Rhine Railway 30 October 1856 Durlach–Wilferdingen-Singen Karlsruhe–Mühlacker 10 August 1859 Waldshut–Koblenz ¹ Waldshut–Turgi 18 August 1859 Kehl–Straßburg ¹ Appenweier–Strasbourg railway 11 May 1861 Wilferdingen-Singen–Pforzheim Karlsruhe–Mühlacker 4 July 1861 Heidelberg–Meckesheim–Mosbach Baden Odenwald Railway 23 October 1862 Pforzheim–Mühlacker Karlsruhe–Mühlacker 1 June 1863 Waldshut–Schaffhausen–Singen–Konstanz Upper Rhine Railway 13 June 1863 Offenburg–Hausach Black Forest Railway ( Baden ) 2 July 1866 Mosbach–Osterburken–Lauda–Heidingsfeld Baden Odenwald Railway 25 August 1866 Singen–Engen Black Forest Railway 6 September 1866 Radolfzell–Stockach Hegau-Ablachtal Railway 20 July 1867 Mannheim–Ludwigshafen am Rhein ¹ Mannheim–Ludwigshafen 10 August 1867 Lauda–Hochhausen Tauber Valley Railway 10 October 1867 Engen–Donaueschingen Black Forest Railway 15 June 1868 Meckesheim–Bad Rappenau Elsenz Valley Railway 25 June 1868 Hochhausen–Wertheim Tauber Valley Railway 15 October 1868 Bad Rappenau–Jagstfeld Elsenz Valley Railway 5 August 1869 Donaueschingen–Villingen Black Forest Railway 16 August 1869 Königshofen–Bad Mergentheim Tauber Valley Railway 23 October 1869 Stockach–Meßkirch Hegau-Ablachtal Railway 3 February 1870 Weil am Rhein–Saint-Louis ¹ – 11 February 1872 Schwackenreute–Pfullendorf Altshausen–Schwackenreute railway 11 August 1873 Meßkirch–Mengen Hegau-Ablachtal Railway 6 September 1873 Krauchenwies–Sigmaringen Sigmaringen–Krauchenwies railway 6 September 1873 Hausach–Villingen Black Forest Railway 1 November 1873 Bruchsal–Graben-Neudorf–Rheinsheim Bruchsal–Germersheim 23 November 1874 Lauchringen–Stühlingen Wutach Valley Railway 22 April 1875 Stühlingen–Weizen ( bei Stühlingen ) Wutach Valley Railway 15 October 1876 Rheinsheim–Germersheim ¹ Bruchsal–Germersheim 15 May 1877 Müllheim–Neuenburg am Rhein–Mülhausen ¹ Müllheim–Mulhouse railway 6 February 1878 Hausach–Wolfach Kinzig Valley Railway 15 July 1878 Neckargemünd–Eberbach–Jagstfeld Neckar Valley Railway 24 May 1879 Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld–Schwetzingen – 1 June 1880 Wolfach–Schiltach Kinzig Valley Railway 4 November 1886 Freiburg im Breisgau–Neustadt ( Black Forest ) Höllental Railway 23 May 1887 Weil am Rhein–Lörrach – 20 May 1890 Schopfheim–Bad Säckingen Wehra Valley Railway 20 May 1890 Weizen ( near Stühlingen ) –Immendingen Wutach Valley Railway 20 May 1890 Seckach–Walldürn Seckach–Miltenberg 1 December 1887 Graben-Neudorf–Blankenloch–Karlsruhe–Durmersheim–Rastatt–Roppenheim ( Alsace ) ¹ Rhine Railway 1 May 1895 New Karlsruhe marshalling yard – 1 May 1895 Karlsruhe marshalling yard–Karlsruhe West–Knielingen – 1 May 1895 Stahringen–Überlingen Bodenseegürtel Railway 18 August 1895 Walldürn–Amorbach ¹ Seckach–Miltenberg 20 September 1899 Steinsfurt–Eppingen – 15 November 1900 Waldkirch–Elzach Elz Valley Railway 20 August 1901 Neustadt ( Black Forest ) –Donaueschingen Höllental Railway 20 August 1901 Überlingen–Friedrichshafen ¹ Bodenseegürtel Railway 1 October 1901 Oberuhldingen–Unteruhldingen – 2 October 1901 Marbach ( near Villingen ) –Bad Dürrheim – 31 July 1904 Freiburg im Breisgau goods relief line – 4 September 1905 Mannheim-Rheinau–Brühl ( Baden ) Rheinau–Ketsch 1 October 1905 Mimmenhausen-Neufrach–Frickingen – 1 December 1905 New Basel goods station – 15 December 1905 Bruchsal goods relief line – 29 January 1906 New Mannheim marshalling yard , southern section – 1 October 1906 New Mannheim marshalling yard , northern section – 1 May 1907 Kappel-Gutachbrücke – Lenzkirch – Bonndorf – 24 September 1907 Weisenbach–Forbach Murg Valley Railway 15 June 1910 New Offenburg station and Windschläg–Offenburg goods line – 6 November 1911 Walldürn–Hardheim Walldürn–Hardheim 23 November 1911 Brühl ( Baden ) –Ketsch Rheinau–Ketsch 1 July 1912 New Basle Baden station – 13 September 1913 New Karlsruhe central station – 23 October 1913 Singen–Beuren-Büßlingen – 21 November 1913 New Heidelberg goods station – 2 March 1914 Tauberbischofsheim–Königheim Tauberbischofsheim–Königheim 1 December 1914 Forbach–Raumünzach Murg Valley Railway 4 June 1915 On the cross-border lines marked with ¹ only the section as far as the border belonged to the Baden State Railways . The Basle link line was built by the Swiss Central Railway and co-financed by the Baden State Railway . The state railway had a special role for the only narrow gauge line , from Mosbach–Mudau , that opened on 3 June 1905 . The firm of Vering & Waechter were contracted to build and run this line . State-operated private lines : Section As part of the route Opened on Built by Basel Baden station–Schopfheim Wiese Valley Railway 7 June 1862 Wiesental Railway Company Karlsruhe–Maxau Maxau Railway 5 August 1862 City of Karlsruhe Maxau–Maximiliansau ¹ Maxau Railway 8 May 1865 City of Karlsruhe Dinglingen–Lahr ( Black Forest ) – 15 November 1865 Lahr Railway Company Rastatt–Gernsbach Murg Valley Railway 1 June 1869 Murgthal Railway Company Mannheim–Schwetzingen–Graben-Neudorf–Eggenstein–Karlsruhe Rhine Railway 4 August 1870 City of Mannheim Freiburg im Breisgau–Breisach – 6 February 1871 City of Freiburg , Town of Breisach Heidelberg–Schwetzingen Heidelberg–Speyer 17 July 1873 N.N . Schwetzingen–Speyer Heidelberg–Speyer 10 December 1873 N.N . Denzlingen–Waldkirch Elz Valley Railway 1 January 1875 Town of Waldkirch Schopfheim–Zell im Wiesental Wiese Valley Railway 5 February 1876 Schopfheim-Zeller Railway Company Appenweier–Oppenau Rench Valley Railway 1 June 1876 Renchtal Railway Company Breisach–Colmar ¹ Freiburg–Colmar 5 January 1878 City of Freiburg , Breisach , Baden Grötzingen–Bretten–Eppingen Kraichgau Railway 15 October 1879 Town of Karlsruhe Ettlingen West–Ettlingen Erbprinz Alb Valley Railway 25 August 1885 Town of Ettlingen Ettlingen Erbprinz–Ettlingen Stadt Alb Valley Railway 15 July 1887 Town of Ettlingen Gernsbach–Weisenbach Murg Valley Railway 1 May 1894 Murgthal Railway Company Apart from the Ettlingen West–Ettlingen Stadt line , taken over by the B.L.E.A.G . ( Baden Branch Lines ) on 1 January 1899 , all state-operated private lines went into state ownership over the course of time . In addition to those lines run by the Baden State Railways there were also fully private lines after 1889 that are not listed . The Deutsche Reichs Railway completed the following routes within the Baden railway network by 1945 : Section As part of the route Opened on Oppenau–Bad Peterstal Rench Valley Railway 28 November 1926 Titisee–Seebrugg Three Lakes Line 1 December 1926 Raumünzach–Klosterreichenbach Murg Valley Railway 13 April 1928 Neckarsteinach–Schönau ( Odenwald ) Neckarsteinach–Schönau 21 October 1928 Bad Peterstal–Bad Griesbach Rench Valley Railway 25 May 1933 Tuttlingen–Hattingen ( Baden ) Gäu Railway ( Stuttgart–Singen ) 15 May 1934 Freiburg im Breisgau–Freiburg-Wiehre Höllental Railway 8 November 1934 In addition several routes were built by foreign state railways that ran through Baden territory . The section from Bretten to Bruchsal was transferred in 1878 to the ownership of the Baden State Railways .
The Grand Duchy of Baden was an independent state in what is now southwestern Germany until the creation of the German Empire in 1871. It had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen or G.Bad.St.E. ), which was founded in 1840. At the time when it was integrated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1920, its network had an overall length of about .