page_title: Katzbach Railway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Katzbach Railway / History
caption_attribution_description: S31 im Bf. "Ubstadt Ort", selbst fotografiert
context_page_description: The Katzbach Railway is a branch line in southwestern Germany from Bruchsal to Odenheim that opened in 1896, and was extended in 1900 to Hilsbach. In 1960 services between Tiefenbach and Hilsbach were withdrawn, in 1975 the section between Odenheim Ost and Tiefenbach followed and, in 1986, the 600-metre-long section from Odenheim station to Odenheim Ost was closed. Since 1994 the line has been operated by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, who electrified it in 1998 and integrated it into the network of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn.
  The line follows its namesake, the Katzbach stream, from Stettfeld to Odenheim. Together with the neighbouring Kraich Valley Railway from Bruchsal to Menzingen, with which it shares a common trackbed as far as Ubstadt Ort, it has formed a single operating unit since its inception.
caption: Stadtbahn train from Odenheim at the entrance to Ubstadt Ort station
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