![]() ![]() The entire section between Freiburg and Donaueschingen has now been electrified, following extensive building work on the eastern half of the route. The name translated into English means ' Hell's Valley Railway', although these days the winding route is somewhat tamer. It links three of the main tourist attractions in the region as its route takes it from Freiburg im Breisgau in the east through Titisee to Donaueschingen. This rail connection links east and west in the southern part of the Black Forest. Photo: Wikimedia | Florian Jesse The Höllentalbahn (The Württemberg Schwarzwaldbahn runs from Stuttgart to Weil der Stadt.) There is actually another 'Black Forest Railway' - the one referred to here is the Baden one. This Black Forest line is one of the popular rail routes for visitors as it traverses the Kinzig valley with its attractive villages, the town of Triberg with its famous waterfalls, and Donaueschingen with the source of the Danube. The Black Forest Railway (or ' Schwarzwaldbahn' in German) runs from Offenburg in the midwest through to Singen in the southeast of the region. There are quite a number of rail routes in and around the Black Forest, some of them small local branch lines and others which are quite useful to the visitor. To the south, the Upper Rhine Railway runs from Basel in Switzerland along the river, swapping between German and Swiss territory, through to Singen and, eventually, Konstanz. The line actually connects with the Black Forest Railway further south at Immendingen. But it does offer good connections to two important towns on the eastern edge of the southern part of the Black Forest in Donaueschingen and Villingen-Schwenningen. To the east, the main train route between Stuttgart and Singen near Lake Constance is a little bit further away from the Black Forest. To the north, the major rail routes running through Karlsrühe serve the cities of Pforzheim and Stuttgart before heading off in the direction of Ulm and Munich. To the west, the major Rhine Valley rail route from Basel in Switzerland runs up to Karlsrühe, passing the important Black Forest entry points at Freiburg, Offenburg and Baden-Baden. The Black Forest region in the German state of Baden-Württemberg can be thought of as an upright rectangle - and there are major rail routes running along all sides of that rectangle. This allows people staying in most types of accommodation free travel on rail (and bus) routes within the Black Forest. Not only is there a good network of rail infrastructure to get you around different parts of the region, many towns and villages are participating members of the Konus Guest Card scheme. I also recommend, an excellent selection of European rail maps.Īs soon as any error is spotted, the map will be updated along with the version number.Using the German rail network to get to the Black Forest is a convenient - and ecologically-friendly - way to arrive.Īnd the options are just as good once you are there. I found the website to be very helpful with station locations (© Swisstopo). Details outside the national border are not covered at all. I show all rail routes, including preserved lines, rail museums also cable cars, gondolas etc that are shown in the Swiss national rail timetable. It is not intended to be 100% geographically accurate but near enough to be useful I hope. I stayed in Ponte Tresa (at a hotel 10 meters inside Italy), on the end of a branch line from Lugano, and that's where my love for mountains was rekindled.Īfter 2010, in 2011 I went to Luzern with another regional pass and spent the week in a converted prison – some fantastic destinations nearby: Engelberg, Titlis, Pilatus, Rigi 2012 to Austria (Innsbruck) 2013 to Chur: UNESCO heritage railways, fantastic walks under the curved railway viaducts 2014 to Interlaken: Jungfraujoch (top of Europe), the beautiful Aare Gorge, Reichenbach Falls, Ernst Stavro Bloefeld's pad at Schilthorn, Schynige Platte, Thun and Bern.Ģ016 to Zermatt for the Matterhorn, 2017 Bad Ischl (Austria), 2018 Vevey on Lake Geneva, 2019 St Gallen. Switzerland was a place we tended to go through and not stay but that ended in 2010 when I first went to the Ticino region (Lugano) with regional travel pass in hand. Using the excellent mapping application from for the Mac I commenced in late December 2014 and completed the first stage in early February 2015. I wanted a map that clearly showed all railways, all stations, lake ports, cablecars, gondolas, chairlifts and funiculars. ![]() This project started due mainly to my interest in cartography, railways, trams, walking, photography and holidays in Switzerland over the last few years. Removed old maps 34a, 34e and rearranged maps 34, 34a-d.
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