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Stuttgart Rack Railway

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Each of the third and fourth generation railcars has a trailer for the transport of bikes. These are flat wagons which are always on the uphill side of the railcar. Bikes can only be carried in the uphill direction and only for the entire journey from Marienplatz to Degerloch.
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vehicles, also built by Stadler, but the rack railway vehicles are only single cars and have a low-floor section in the centre, to improve accessibility for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Each railcar has 51 seats and a total capacity of 115 passengers.
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1977: As a result of the rebuilding of the rack railway's Degerloch station, the connecting track to the adhesion railway was lifted and the rack railway became isolated from the rest of the SSB network.
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The rack railway was modernised in 1982 with the third generation of electric railcars. These bogie railcars are type ZT 4.1 and as well as being numbered 1001-1003 were named
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Three new bike trailers were also built for use with the new railcars. These are more than twice as long as the previous bike trailers and have capacity for 20 bikes and one
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routes from Degerloch to Hohenheim and from Möhringen to Vaihingen. Electrification of the rack railway line was delayed by two years due to technical problems.
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to the rack railway to handle the increased school traffic. This was however extremely rarely done and then only up to 1965 when the practice was discontinued.
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Over its first 1.7-kilometre (1.1 mi) route the line climbs a height of 205 metres (673 ft) (from 260 to 465 metres (853 to 1,526 ft)
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1950: Last two coaches of the second generation railcars delivered, number 104 (today a museum railcar) and 105 (dismantled in 1995).
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1984: Centenary celebrations and last school run on the traditional rack railway route by motor coach 104 and demonstration car 120.
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1936: Relocation of the rack railway's Stuttgart terminal station from the valley to Marienplatz to improve transfers to the trams.
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1935: First two railcars with 3 axles are delivered, number 101 (in service until 1982) and 102 (scrapped due to damage in 1974).
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1974: Railcar number 102, recently taken out of service, is paraded in the Stuttgart Shrove Tuesday procession as an attraction.
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1971: As a result of changes to the track layout at Marienplatz and the construction of the underground station the
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in Neresheim. Hitherto it had been displayed by a private collector as a monument. The museum employs it today as
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1989: Replacement of the former swinging leaf doors on the ZT4 by appropriate external swing out doors on the DT8.
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ZT 4.1 railcar heading downhill between Pfaffenweg and Liststraße stations, with wagon to transport bicycles
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at Wielandshöhe. Between the stops at Pfaffenweg and Wielandshöhe there is a view of Stuttgart's city centre.
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1980: Refurbishing of the complete rack railway track for use with newly commissioned railcars of type ZT4.
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2004: Replacement of the track superstructure; partial laying of a new, slightly narrower rack rail.
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1904: Electrical operation begins on the rack railway, steam operation limited to Sunday excursions.
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2002: Reopening of the rebuilt terminal and bridge at the entirely redesigned and modernized
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23 August 1884: Opening of the Stuttgart - Degerloch rack railway, the first section of the
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station, half of which is located on the bridge across a water reservoir (later filled in).
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1954: Last railcar of the first generation, number 109, is taken out of service.
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103 was the first vehicle built entirely of steel to be delivered to the SSB.
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The line one of only four rack railways operating in Germany, along with the
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taken over by the city of Stuttgart and its management transferred to the
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1918: Two additional steam engines taken over second-hand from the Swiss
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bridge (commonly called the Turkish bridge because its manufacturer,
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that leads to the forest cemetery, and operates as SSB line 20.
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built at the same time, while the rack bogies were supplied by
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railway for steam services which had increased due to the war.
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1994: Extension of the route at the top of the line to the
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A ZT 4.2 railcar with a new bicycle trailer in front.
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The fourth generation of electric railcars were built by
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and the rack railway transfer to the ownership of the
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Kochems, Michael (August 2019). "Zacke vor Wandel".
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Urban Transport Magazine. 2021-10-02 878:1956: Transfer of trailer(s) from the 88: 609:(Albplatz). The route runs along the 7: 589:in Stuttgart; the other being the 554:plateau. 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Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen
Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen
Riggenbach system
Track gauge
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Electrification
750 V DC
Maximum incline



rack railway
Stuttgart
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Drachenfels Railway
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