page_title: Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway / Route
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Trennung der Donautalbahn (links) und der Zollernalbbahn (rechts) ins Schmeiental, westlich von Inzigkofen, Baden-Württemberg. Links im Bild die Donau.
context_page_description: The Tübingen Hbf–Sigmaringen railway is a main line railway in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. It runs from Tübingen to Sigmaringen. It is consistently single track and non-electrified, but it is equipped for the operation of tilting trains.
  Deutsche Bahn calls the Zollernalb line the Zollern-Alb-Bahn 1 to distinguish it from the Zollern-Alb-Bahn 2, the trunk line of the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn.
context_section_description: The line starts at 320 metres above sea level, when it leaves Tübingen Central Station to the west, with some services from Stuttgart running on from the Neckar-Alb Railway, and immediately swings to the south along the valley of Steinlach, which it follows to Bodelshausen. In Hechingen, the station is located north of the city and above the station of the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn; there is a track connecting the lines. After leaving Hechingen station, the Zollernalb Railway runs around the town to the south and continues to run to the southwest to Balingen, where it reaches a height of 517 m. South of Balingen the line runs to the southeast, up the valley of the Eyach and overcomes a long climb of 1 in 45, reaching the highest point of the line of about 730 metres before Albstadt-Ebingen. On the climb is the largest bridge on the line, the 77.35 metre-long viaduct in Albstadt-Lautlingen. The line continues down the Schmeie river, which it frequently crosses and, after passing through two tunnels, eventually reaches the valley of the Danube at Inzigkofen, where it joins the Tuttlingen–Inzigkofen railway. Immediately after crossing the river, the line reaches Sigmaringen station at 574 m above sea level.
caption: Separation of the Tuttlingen–Inzigkofen railway and the Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway west of Inzigkofen
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