Eglisau–Neuhausen railway line
The Eglisau–Neuhausen railway line is a cross-border railway line in Germany and Switzerland. It links Eglisau in the Swiss canton of Zurich with the city of Schaffhausen in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, crossing some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of the German state of Baden-Württemberg in between. It thus crosses the Germany–Switzerland border twice. The line is 17.88 kilometres (11.11 mi) long, standard gauge and electrified at 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC supplied by overhead line. It is formed of a mixture of single and double track sections.
The Eglisau railway bridge carries the Eglisau–Neuhausen line across the Rhine
Peak hour train between Jestetten and Neuhausen
The Eglisau–Neuhausen line in background and the Rheinfall line with a train
Neuhausen Rheinfall station, showing lift to the falls
Germany–Switzerland border
The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to 362 kilometres (225 mi), mostly following Lake Constance and the High Rhine, with territories to the north mostly belonging to Germany and territories to the south mainly to Switzerland. Exceptions are the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, the Rafzerfeld of the canton of Zürich, Bettingen and Riehen municipalities and part of the city of Basel in the canton of Basel-City and the old town of the German city of Konstanz, which is located south of the Seerhein. The canton of Schaffhausen is located almost entirely on the northern side of the High Rhine, with the exception of the southern part of the municipality of Stein am Rhein. The German municipality of Büsingen am Hochrhein is an enclave surrounded by Swiss territory.
Rötteln Castle, Hohentengen am Hochrhein (Germany) as seen across the Rhine from Kaiserstuhl (Switzerland)
Historic Rhine bridge between Diessenhofen (left) and Gailingen (right), completed in 1816
Customs facilities between Konstanz (Germany) and Kreuzlingen (Switzerland)
Waldshut–Koblenz railway bridge over the High Rhine between Germany (left) and Switzerland (right)