page_title: Landstuhl–Kusel railway
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: Landstuhl–Kusel railway / Operations / Rolling stock
context_page_description: The Landstuhl–Kusel railway is a branch line in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, connecting the town of Kusel to the railway network. It was the first line built by the Palatine Northern Railway Company, which was then responsible within the Palatinate for all railway lines to the north of the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway between Ludwigshafen and Bexbach and the first in the North Palatine Uplands. It was also the only railway in the western part of these uplands that was not threatened with closure at any time. The main purpose of its establishment was the development of the quarries in the area of the Altenglan area, leading to it being sometimes called the Steinbahn.
  From 1904, the Glan-Münchweiler–Altenglan section was also part of the Glan Valley Railway, which was built for strategic reasons, but closed for passenger services between 1961 and 1986. In 1936, an extension to Türkismühle was opened for military reasons, but it was closed down in stages between 1964 and 1970. The route is operated by DB Regio using class 643 diesel multiple units at hourly services with additional services in the peak hour.
context_section_description: At the opening of the Kusel–Landstuhl line, a class 1 B locomotive was used, although it was originally designed for hauling freight trains. Locomotives of class A 1 also ran over the line in the first years of operations. The latter were retired in the late 1870s, because they had been built in the 1840s. From about 1870 to about 1920 passenger services were hauled by class P 1.I locomotives and freight was hauled by class G 2.I and G 2.II locomotives. From about 1890 to about 1920 class T 1 locomotives were also used.
  From the late 1960s, the steam locomotives were gradually replaced by diesels of class V100. By the end of the winter 1974/75 timetable, Kaiserslautern locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) no longer operated steam engines of class 23 and 50 for hauling passenger trains. In 1973, class 218 diesel locomotives were introduced. The class V100 locomotives operated on the line until May 1988. Both classes were used to haul Silberling coaches. In January 2000, the class V100 locomotives once again hauled trains for a few months, because they were less noisy during the winter when train heating was required.
  From the end of the 1950s to the late 1980s, battery electric railcars of class 515 ran on the line. From 1960 to the early 1980s, Uerdingen railbuses also operated some passenger services. From the late 1980s passenger services were operated with class 628/928 diesel multiple units. From 2000 to 2008 these were operated by trans regio with Regioshuttles. Since December 2008, the section is mainly operated by DB Regio with modern diesel multiple units of class 643.
caption: RegioShuttle to Kusel at the time of Trans regio operations in Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof
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