Deutsche Bahn renovates Kinzig valley line between Gelnhausen and Fulda
- Location
- Main-Kinzig district / Fulda district, Hesse (Gelnhausen–Fulda section) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- General overhaul of the Kinzigtal rail corridor (Hanau–Fulda)
- Investment
- not specified
- Status
- Planning complete, full closure scheduled to start 13 August 2027
Deutsche Bahn is comprehensively renewing the roughly 58-kilometre, heavily used Gelnhausen–Fulda section in the Kinzig valley: about 100 km of overhead line, 75 km of track, 87 switches, five electronic signal boxes and five stations (including Steinau, Schlüchtern, Flieden) are being replaced. A full closure with rail-replacement buses and long-distance rerouting is planned from 13 August 2027 to 4 February 2028; DB has not disclosed a specific investment figure.
Source: deutschebahn.com ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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