German state:	Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
French region:	Alsace Alsace Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

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The Freiburg–Colmar railway was an international railway that formerly connected Freiburg im Breisgau, in the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 state of Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

, with Colmar

Colmar

Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....

, in the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 department of Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

. The line crossed the River Rhine on a bridge between Breisach

Breisach

Breisach is a town with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar — 20 kilometres away from each — and about 60 kilometres north of Basel near the...

 and Neuf-Brisach

Neuf-Brisach

Neuf-Brisach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The town's name means New Breisach, referring to the German town Breisach, located on the other side of the Rhine....

. Since that bridge was destroyed in 1945, the line from Freiburg has terminated at Breisach, and this stretch of line is now commonly called the Freiburg–Breisach railway, or the Breisachbahn. The section from Freiburg to Breisach was completed in 1871 and the remainder in 1878.

Route

The line commences from a junction with the Rhine Valley Railway just to the north of Freiburg Hauptbahnhof

Freiburg Hauptbahnhof

The Freiburg Hauptbahnhof is the main train station in the German city of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is a Category 2 station serving southern Baden-Württemberg. It was modernized in 1999, replacing a temporary station built in 1949 after the original 1845 station was destroyed in World War II....

 and runs in a general westerly direction to Breisach via Gottenheim

Gottenheim

Gottenheim is an independent village at the northern tip of the Tuniberg, 15 km west of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located in the administrative region Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany....

 and Ihringen

Ihringen

Ihringen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

. At both Gottenheim and Breisach, junctions are made with two branches of the Kaiserstuhlbahn, both linking to Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl is a German municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg. It is accessed by the motorway A5 .-Education:...

.

Beyond Breisach, the route of the railway across the Rhine is now occupied by a road crossing, and the piers of the former railway bridge have been reused to support the road bridge.

At Volgelsheim

Volgelsheim

Volgelsheim is a communes in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 the railway recommences, with a link to the nearby Rhine port and the Chemin de Fer Touristique du Rhin heritage railway

Heritage railway

thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...

. The line continues through Neuf-Brisach

Neuf-Brisach

Neuf-Brisach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The town's name means New Breisach, referring to the German town Breisach, located on the other side of the Rhine....

 and Sundhoffen

Sundhoffen

Sundhoffen is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 to a junction with the Strasbourg–Basel railway

Strasbourg–Basel railway

The railway from Strasbourg to Basel is a French and Swiss 141.3-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger and freight traffic...

 in the Gare de Colmar

Gare de Colmar

The gare de Colmar is a rail station located in Colmar, in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. The same design was used in the construction of Gdansk's principal train station in Poland...

.

In Germany

Whilst the track of the Breisachbahn is owned by DB Netz AG

DB Netz

DB Netz AG is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn is a railway infrastructure provider, which owns and operates a majority of the German railway system . The company was established in the course of the second stage of the German rail reform as a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn...

, passenger services are provided by the Breisgau S-Bahn

Breisgau S-Bahn

The Breisgau S-Bahn is a regional railway operator in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a subsidiary of Freiburger Verkehrs AG , the municipal transport operator of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, and the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft , a transport company owned by the...

, a railway company partially owned by the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft

Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft

The Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft or SWEG is a transport company in southwest Germany that operates railway lines and bus services...

(SWEG), who also own and operate the Kaiserstuhlbahn. Typical service is two trains per hour from Freiburg to Breisach, with a hourly service on Sundays.