Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line enters regular service
- Location
- Baden-Württemberg (Wendlingen am Neckar to Ulm, crossing the Swabian Alb) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed rail line
- Investment
- approx. EUR 3.99 billion total project cost (as of 2022; original 2009 budget was EUR 2.025 billion)
- Status
- Completed / In operation (since 11 Dec 2022)
The 59.6 km new line between Wendlingen am Neckar and Ulm crosses the Swabian Alb (about 30.2 km, or 50.7%, in tunnels) and allows speeds up to 250 km/h. It entered regular service on 11 December 2022 (ceremonial opening on 9 December 2022) as part of the larger Stuttgart–Ulm rail project. Total costs rose from an original 2009 budget of EUR 2.025 billion to a final EUR 3.99 billion.
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