page_title: Kiel–Flensburg railway
section_title: Alignment
hierarchical_section_title: Kiel–Flensburg railway / Alignment
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Schlachtschiff Hessen im Nord-Ostsee-Kanal unter der Levensauer Hochbrücke, circa 1925-1934. English: The German battleship Hessen passing under the Levensau Bridge while transiting the Kiel Canal, circa 1925-1934.
context_page_description: The Kiel–Flensburg railway is a single-track railway in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The railway connects the city of Kiel on the Baltic Sea with Eckernförde and Flensburg. Travel time over the 80 km railway is around 75 minutes with a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
context_section_description: The railway crosses three peninsulas: from Kiel, it crosses the Kiel Canal and then traverses the Dänischer Wohld to Eckernförde. From that town to the Schlei it crosses Schwansen. North of the Schlei, the line runs through the typical landscape of Angeln, the location of the station of Süderbrarup. At the end point, Flensburg, the original terminal was at the Kiel Station, directly in the harbour. Since the current Flensburg station was completed in 1927, the railway now terminates there, entering from the east.
  Important structures along the line are the Levensau High Bridge over the Kiel Canal and the Lindaunis Bridge crossing the Schlei, which is a combined road-rail bridge.
caption: German battleship Hessen sails under Levensau High Bridge ca. 1925–1934
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