The Stuttgart Rack Railway is an electric rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany. It is the only urban rack railway in Germany, and one of only four rack railways operating in Germany, along with the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Wendelstein Railway.
Rack Railway at Haigst
Rack Railway at Marienplatz
Rack Railway going northwards between Pfaffenweg and Liststraße stations, with wagon to transport bicycles
Steam Rack Railway 1897
Bavarian Zugspitze Railway
The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway is one of four rack railways still working in Germany, along with the Wendelstein Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Stuttgart Rack Railway. The metre gauge line runs from Garmisch in the centre of Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Zugspitzplatt, approximately 300 metres below Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. The line culminates at 2,650 metres above sea level, which makes it the highest railway in Germany and the third highest in Europe. It is also the railway in Europe with the biggest height difference: 1,945 metres, the lower half being open-air and the upper half being underground.
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 102 11678, Bergbahn auf die Zugspitze
Image: Landkarte Zugspitzbahn
The starting point of the railway in August 1982
...... and in June 2010
