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The opening of the Alb Valley
Railway from Karlsruhe to Busenbach on 14 May 1898 was followed by the opening of the Busenbach–Ittersbach section on 10 April 1899. These lines were originally metre gauge. The extension to Brötzingen, then a suburb of Pforzheim, followed on 2 January 1900. The line was
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was founded in 1971 that it was decided to reconstruct the
Langensteinbach–Ittersbach section. This section was reopened on 16 October 1975. The new line left its original route to improve the connection to Spielbergof. So in 1975, operations ended on the Langensteinbach station–Langensteinbach Süd
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In 1911, the line from
Busenbach to Ittersbach was electrified with single-phase AC at 8,000 volts 25 Hz (later increased to 8,800 volts). Technical problems and a lack of thermal coal forced the BLEAG in 1917 to abandon electrical service on the branch line from Busenbach and later to remove
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On 1 April 1957, the AVG finally took over the line. Unlike the neighbouring Alb Valley
Railway, the line to Ittersbach by AVG was not upgraded for full operations, but instead it was temporarily closed down on 14 November 1964. It was not until almost two years later, on 30 June 1966, that the
1355:(Alb Valley Transport Company, AVG) is responsible for the railway infrastructure and is the only company operating on the 14.4 kilometre-long line. Originally the Busenbach–Ittersbach railway was operated together with the Ittersbach to Pforzheim line, which later became the
1458:, the BLEAG came under pressure and therefore it abandoned the unprofitable operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach in early 1931. The remaining section to Pforzheim, however, was sold to the town of Pforzheim, which then operated it as the Pforzheim Light Railway.
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The platform height at most stations is 38 centimetres. Turning loops at
Langensteinbach St. Barbara and Ittersbach Rathaus enable trains to be reversed. The whole line is operated under the regulations for operations applying to non-federally owned railways
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since 1994. Previously the service on both the line to Bad
Herrenalber and to Ittersbach had been called line A. The trains to and from Ittersbach run over the Alb Valley Railway and continue through Karlsruhe and usually end on the
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In 1979, the
Busenbach–Reichenbach section was realigned and shortened. In 2011, a short double track section was also built between Langensteinbach and the newly created station of Schießhüttenäcker.
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1469:), DEBG) in 1932 were operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach resumed. The line was electrified again by 1936.
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Pforzheim Light Railway was closed. The line has been operated as part of line S 11 of the
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1557:[Detailed description of lines] (in German). www.geralds-bahnseiten.de
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1326:. The mostly single-track and continuously electrified line branches in
1443:(Baden Local Railway Company, BLEAG), a newly formed subsidiary of the
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Die Albtalbahn: von der Bimmelbahn zum modernen Nahverkehrsbetrieb
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Unter Strom: Geschichte des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs in Karlsruhe
1758:"Karlsruhe Albtalbahnhof - Ettlingen - Bad Herrenalb/Ittersbach"
1735:(in German). Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag. pp. 52–60.
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Die Museums-Eisenbahn: Zeitschrift für Kleinbahn-Geschichte
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1682:"Der elektrische Betrieb der Albtalbahn in Schmalspur"
1782:"Die Panoramabahn Ettlingen - Ittersbach - Pforzheim"
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Fahrdienstvorschriften Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen
1391:, later the section from Busenbach to Ittersbach was
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Peter-Michael Mihailescu, Matthias Michalke (1985).
1627:(in German). Ubstadt-Weiher: verlag regionalkultur.
1663:Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Volume 2: Baden
1577:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)
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1496:Track plan of the line (not to scale) as of 2006
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1716:(in German). Gifhorn: Verlag Wolfgang Zeunert.
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1714:Albtalbahn und Kleinbahn Pforzheim-Ittersbach
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1461:Only after the take over of the BLEAG by The
1441:Badische Lokal-Eisenbahnen Aktiengesellschaft
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1697:(in German). Munich: Andreas-Braun-Verlag.
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1579:. Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 93, 161.
1436:initially operated with steam locomotives.
1537:, FV-NE). There is a depot in Ittersbach.
622:incorrect length: 21.770 m, 22 m or 27.7 m
1512:The end of the line at Ittersbach Rathaus
1608:(in German). Karlsruhe: Badenia Verlag.
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1467:Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft
366:(former flatter/longer route until 1979)
1661:Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges (1992).
1646:(in German). Nordhorn: Verlag Kenning.
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1733:Vergessene Bahnen in Baden-Württemberg
424:Kilometrage: (until 1974) / since 1979
1447:(West German Railway Company, WeEG).
1504:A train of line S 11 near Ittersbach
1644:Straßen- und Kleinbahn in Pforzheim
1445:Westdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
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1819:Standard gauge railways in Germany
1809:Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg
1665:(in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag.
463:(formerly Reichenbach b Ettlingen)
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1834:Railway lines in the Black Forest
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1784:(in German). verkehrsrelikte.de
1555:"Strecken Detailbeschreibungen"
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1829:1898 establishments in Germany
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81:14.4 km (8.9 mi)
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1688:(in German) (3): 21–47.
1357:Pforzheim Light Railway
1322:in the German state of
16:Railway line in Germany
1712:Dieter Höltge (1976).
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1680:Günter König (1992).
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1361:Pforzheimer Kleinbahn
1642:Kurt Schwab (1997).
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1058:Ittersbach Industrie
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1586:978-3-89494-139-0
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65:Route number
1454:During the
1388:metre gauge
1212:Ittersbach
1022:(1944–1964)
816:(1932–1964)
321:Reichenbach
149:metre gauge
87:Track gauge
78:Line length
41:Line number
1803:Categories
1598:References
1488:Operations
1349:Ittersbach
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1072:314 m
1020:Industrie
1018:Ittersbach
983:344 m
976:Spielberg
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266:170 m
262:Busenbach
1527:Hardtbahn
1337:‹See Tfd›
1328:Waldbronn
897:Enzstraße
237:Karlsruhe
190:Route map
161:750
122:Old gauge
73:Technical
55:, Germany
1788:13 April
1772:13 April
1561:13 April
1478:Karlsbad
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169:overhead
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36:Overview
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