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789:, to build a railway from Müllheim to Mulhouse. The Baden government granted a concession under a 30 March 1872 law "concerning the creation of a railway from Müllheim to Neuenburg and possibly to Mulhouse." On 13 May 1874, concessions were awarded for three line crossings over the Rhine; construction began on the line from Müllheim to Mulhouse at the end of 1876. The line was opened on 6 February 1878 to supply the Mulhouse area with food and wood from the Müllheim area. The owners of the railways to the east of the Rhine with 4,592 km of track, the
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Mulhouse and Müllheim. Passenger services on the Müllheim–Neuenburg section were abandoned on 31 May 1980. On the Alsatian side, three pairs of trains daily ran between Mulhouse and
951:, that goods originating in France and Switzerland and continuing on the German Rhine Valley Railway use the Müllheim-Mulhouse route as the preferred future option for bypassing the bottleneck in Basel. This would require the construction of a new south curve at Müllheim.
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bridge). It was demolished following the withdrawal of German troops and replaced by a pontoon bridge. The German troops destroyed the railway bridge again during their retreat on 9 February 1945 by an order by
962:), an upgrade of the section on the German side of the Rhine to two tracks and permitting speeds of up to 160 km/h was estimated to cost €40 million. It was decided not to include the project in the Plan.
860:. The Neuenburg–Mulhouse line was electrified in 1981. The remaining passenger services on the French side were discontinued on 28 September 1986. The annual deficit was 2.5 million
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The railways of Baden. A contribution to the transport and economic history
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on behalf of the Région Alsace. These were operated with
1290:"Bahnstrecke Freiburg–Mulhouse nimmt Betrieb wieder auf"
1354:] (in German). Stuttgart: Fleischhauer & Spohn.
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1288:Bärbel Nückles (23 November 2012).
1215:"Badisch-elsässische Verbundenheit"
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1434:Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg
1259:Joachim Röderer (26 August 2013).
1141:Winfried Studer (7 October 2009).
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76:Route number
49:124 (France)
1323:(in German)
1296:(in German)
1269:(in German)
983:Bantzenheim
707:Upper Rhine
591:(Mülhausen)
484:(Grünhütte)
455:Bantzenheim
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98:Track gauge
89:Line length
41:Line number
1423:Categories
1170:Linck 2012
1129:Linck 2012
1092:Linck 2012
1007:References
562:from Basel
482:Grunhutte
399:(Eichwald)
1035:Footnotes
938:Offenburg
853:Neuenburg
178:Route map
84:Technical
1273:29 April
1199:29 April
1155:28 April
1074:28 April
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902:DB Regio
858:Chalampé
809:for the
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741:and the
735:Müllheim
719:catenary
709:between
645:to Paris
588:Mulhouse
396:Chalampé
277:to Basel
121: in
66:, France
36:Overview
1340:Sources
1327:4 April
1300:4 April
1227:3 April
1001:Sasbach
979:Blauwal
971:X 73900
926:Blauwal
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836:Swabian
828:sappers
776:History
362:Germany
116:⁄
71:Service
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1070:Réseau
715:Alsace
478:10.555
450:14.330
391:16.937
367:France
352:bridge
333:17.548
193:Legend
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711:Baden
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242:0.000
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1365:ISBN
1329:2016
1302:2016
1275:2016
1229:2016
1201:2016
1157:2016
1076:2015
1068:SNCF
910:SNCF
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168:0.5%
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