Classic route
Danube Valley Railway
Ulm → Immendingen · Germany
- Distance
- 142 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 10 min
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- DB Regio
- Train
- RE 55 · Regional-Express
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1868
Page last updated 2026-07-27 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Threads the young Danube from Ulm through Blaubeuren and Riedlingen to Sigmaringen, single-tracked and largely unelectrified — once part of the Munich–Freiburg main line.
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