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Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway

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Because Memmingen was not then included in plans for the first railways in the country, the city took the initiative to build the Iller Valley Railway. It granted a concession on 13 September 1861 for the original 85 km (53 mi) long route that branched off the state railway from Neu-Ulm and
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and was responsible for land acquisition and construction activities. The first section was opened to Memmingen on 12 October 1862 and the second section was opened on 1 June 1863. To finance the construction of the line, the cities of Memmingen and Kempten established a private company with a loan.
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Kempten citizens proposed a railway line to Ulm via Memmingen in 1843, as the construction of dams and water mills during the period of industrialisation had ended raft traffic on the river Iller and road transport was not viable. The Bavarian government, however, was not interested in further
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The State Railways acquired the rolling stock and ran operations on the line, which it leased. Because of the more than local importance of the railway, Bavaria acquired it on 12 April 1876 and the private company was therefore relieved of its mortgage.
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Since the completion of the Neu-Ulm 21 project in 2009, the Neu-Ulm-Kempten line has been duplicated from Neu-Ulm Finningerstraße station to Neu-Ulm station. The continuation of the line over the Danube has also been duplicated so that the line runs to
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diesel multiple units. Services on line RS 7 of the Danube-Iller Regional S-Bahn run from Ulm to Memmingen hourly. Additionally hourly services run from Ulm to Weißenhorn, using the Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway as far as
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plans to upgrade the line for a top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph). This requires the closure of some smaller crossings and adjustments at the remaining crossings, and may be delayed due to complaints.
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via Ulm to Oberstdorf and back. The trains runs from Ulm as Regional-Express services and can be used with local tickets. Between
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under the number of 975; between New Ulm and Memmingen it is also served by services running on route 756.
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The RE 75 Regional-Express service runs hourly from Ulm to Kempten and
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ran up the river to Kempten. It advanced a loan of about 3.5 million
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river for its entire length and is therefore also called the
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is a mostly single track and non-electrified main line from
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Volker Dotterweich, Karl Filser; et al., eds. (1989).
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it is hauled by two diesel locomotives of class 218.
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June 2009 1397: 160: 18: 153:140 km/h (87 mph) (maximum) 7: 1654:Buildings and structures in Kempten 1597:"Private Homepage on Ulm railways" 14: 1154: 1129: 1123: 1122: 1089: 1062: 1061: 1055: 1054: 1030: 1006: 1000: 999: 992: 968: 961: 938: 913: 888: 863: 838: 813: 788: 761: 754: 729: 702: 695: 668: 643: 618: 595: 594: 587: 562: 537: 512: 483: 458: 433: 409: 402: 377: 352: 329: 306: 274: 250: 243: 218: 194: 1405:Alexander Schatz (2009-12-05). 1031: 1664:1862 establishments in Bavaria 1249:Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund 1130: 1007: 969: 962: 755: 703: 696: 588: 410: 251: 1: 1505:(in German). 20 February 2008 1193:Source: German railway atlas 1155: 762: 403: 292:Im Starkfeld und Pfuhler Ried 244: 195: 101:86.65 km (53.84 mi) 1659:Railway lines opened in 1862 1531:(in German). 17 January 2009 1525:"Bauern bleiben bei Protest" 1453:Geschichte der Stadt Kempten 1407:"Vgl. Streckenkunde KBS 975" 1243:). The line from Neu-Ulm to 993: 914: 889: 839: 789: 644: 619: 342:Neu-Ulm Schwaighofen siding 330: 275: 86:5402 (Immenstadt–Oberstdorf) 1579:(in German). Archived from 1264:construction in this area. 1090: 1018:from Garmisch-Partenkirchen 939: 864: 814: 730: 669: 563: 538: 513: 484: 459: 434: 378: 353: 307: 219: 1680: 927:Kempten-Ursulasried siding 1577:"Information on the line" 1163: 1148: 1138: 1116: 1083: 1073: 1048: 1039: 1024: 1015: 986: 977: 955: 950: 932: 925: 907: 900: 882: 875: 857: 850: 832: 825: 807: 800: 782: 773: 748: 741: 723: 714: 689: 680: 662: 655: 637: 630: 612: 603: 581: 574: 556: 549: 531: 524: 506: 498: 477: 470: 452: 445: 427: 418: 396: 389: 371: 364: 346: 341: 323: 318: 300: 289: 268: 259: 237: 230: 212: 203: 188: 157: 83:5362 (Kempten–Immenstadt) 45:975, 976 (Senden–Neu-Ulm) 35: 1624:Railway lines in Bavaria 1477:"Das Projekt Neu-Ulm 21" 319:Neu-Ulm Finningerstraße 1223:in the German state of 1209:Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway 16:Railway line in Germany 1340: 1331:Regionalbahn service ( 1324: 1316: 1240: 80:5400 (Neu-Ulm–Kempten) 1503:Augsburger Allgemeine 1330: 1322: 1312: 1247:is integrated in the 951:Kempten (Allgäu) Ost 1583:on 27 September 2007 1233:Iller Valley Railway 1103:Kempten (Allgäu) Hbf 1075:Kempten (Allgäu) Hbf 1358:Alstom Coradia LINT 1323:Illertissen station 1283:Ulm Central Station 1042:Upper Iller bridges 802:Woringen (Schwaben) 499:Au (b Illertissen) 1341: 1325: 1317: 551:Altenstadt (Iller) 77:5302 (Ulm–Neu-Ulm) 1437:978-3-89494-146-8 1293:Development plans 1227:. 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Index

Track gauge
standard gauge
Legend
from Ulm
Neu-Ulm
to Munich
Gerlenhofen
Senden
to Weißenhorn
Vöhringen
Bellenberg
Illertissen
Altenstadt (Iller)
Kellmünz
to Babenhausen
Pleß
Fellheim
Heimertingen
from Mindelheim
Memmingen
to Lindau
Woringen (Schwaben)
Bad Grönenbach
Reicholzried
Dietmannsried
Heising
from Buchloe
from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Upper Iller bridges
Kempten (Allgäu) Hbf

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