The Sinn Valley Railway (German: Sinntalbahn, Sinn pronounced "zin") was a branch line that began in the Hessian village of Jossa and ran to Wildflecken via Altengronau in the Bavarian borough of Bad Brückenau.

Jossa–Wildflecken
Train crossing in Bad Brückenau (1988)
Overview
Line number5211
Service
Route number801 (1988)
Technical
Line length30.7 km
Track gauge1435 mm
Route map

0.0
Jossa
L 2304
L 2304
Flieden–Gemünden railway
L 2304
2.4
Altengronau Süd
Sinn
Hesse/Bavaria state border
6.7
Zeitlofs
9.2
Trübenbrunn
until 1922
9.9
Rupboden
12.3
Eckarts
13.3
Wernarz
until 1922
14.4
Brückenau Bad
15.4
Brückenau Sinntalhof
until 1922
17.1
Brückenau Stadt
18.0
Brückenau Ost
until 1942
20.3
Römershag
23.5
Oberriedenberg
26.8
Oberbach
30.7
Wildflecken
Oberwildflecken
(only goods station)

The line runs from Jossa, initially on the same railway tracks as the line from Flieden to Fulda (the Flieden–Gemünden railway). Shortly after Jossa it branches off onto its own trackbed and runs up the Sinn Valley and into the Rhön Mountains. The railway largely follows the course of the Sinn.

References

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Literature

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  • Jürgen Lieb: Dampf und Diesel auf der Nebenstrecke Jossa – Bad Brückenau – Wildflecken. Eigenverlag, 2004 edition.
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