Classic route
Palatine Ludwig Railway
Mannheim → Saarbrücken · Germany
- Distance
- 129 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 23 min
- Operator
- DB Fernverkehr
- Train
- ICE
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1847
Page last updated 2026-07-27 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn of 1847, the Palatinate's main artery through Neustadt, Kaiserslautern and Homburg — and today part of the Paris–Frankfurt run.
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