| Kaiserslautern–Enkenbach railway |
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| Line number | 3303 |
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| Locale | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
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| Route number | 672 |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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0.0 |
Kaiserslautern Hbf |
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Bundesstraße 37 |
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2.5 |
Kaiserslautern Nord |
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Mannheimer Straße |
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Friedenstraße |
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Landesstraße 395 |
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Kaiserslautern interchange |
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Landesstraße 395 |
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5.5 |
Eselsfürth to US Army base |
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9.2 |
Fröhnerhof |
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Kreisstraße 44 |
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Schützenkanzel Tunnel (57 m) |
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Bundesstraße 48 |
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13.1 |
Enkenbach |
297 m |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Kaiserslautern–Enkenbach railway is a single-track main line in the Western Palatinate. It runs within the area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhene-Neckar transport association, VRN). It was built in 1875 to shorten the route for trains on the Alsenz Valley Railway (Alsenztalbahn) running to Kaiserslautern. In the following years, several express trains ran over this line. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1987, but it was reactivated ten years later.