Rheinpfeil (train)

Route map
	Map showing the route of the TEE Rheinpfeil in red, and the TEE Rheingold in blue, as of 1965.

*Rheinpfeil*
Overview
Service type	Fernzug (F); (1952–1953); (1958–1965); Trans Europ Express (TEE); (1965–1971); InterCity (IC); (1971–1987); EuroCity (EC); (1987–1991)
Status	Replaced by an ICE
Locale	Netherlands; Germany; Switzerland
First service	18 May 1952
Last service	2 June 1991
Former operator(s)	Deutsche Bundesbahn /; Deutsche Bahn (DB); SBB-CFF-FFS
Route
Start	Hoek van Holland /; Dortmund Hbf /; Hannover Hbf /; Hamburg-Altona
End	München Hbf /; Basel SBB /; Zürich HB /; Chur
Service frequency	Daily
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	15 kV AC, 16.7 Hz; (Germany, Switzerland)
Route map
	Map showing the route of the TEE Rheinpfeil in red, and the TEE Rheingold in blue, as of 1965.

The word Rheinpfeil was used to name a number of express trains that ran in Germany between the 1950s and 1991. For much of that period, a train carrying the name Rheinpfeil also linked Germany with at least one neighbouring country.

Rheinpfeil is a German word meaning "Rhine arrow", and alludes to the Rhine valley, which always formed part of the route of the train carrying that name.

During its time as a Trans Europe Express (TEE), the Rheinpfeil's formation (consist) included a "vista-dome car",[1] a rarity on European railways. Seating in the dome car was unreserved.[1] As Eurocity, nr 8/9, conveyed two through DB 2 class carriages Hannover-Koln-Basel-Bern-Lotschberg Bergstrecke-Brig-Milano Porta Garibaldi-Florence-Rome,in summer 1990/1991,conveyed in EXP 324/5 Rome-Milan-Brig-Basel

Route

The core of the Rheinpfeil's route was the West Rhine Railway, a 185 km (115 mi) section of line through the Rhine valley:

Köln Hbf – Bonn Hbf – Koblenz Hbf – Mainz Hbf

The train continued southeast via Frankfurt Hbf and Wurzburg Hbf to Munich until its route was changed in 1979 to run via Mannheim Hbf and Karlsruhe Hbf towards Switzerland. However, the northern and southern termini of the train, varied a great deal over the years.

References

Notes

"Table 19: Rheinpfeil (Rhine Arrow)", Cooks Continental Timetable (February 1967 edition), p. 63; also p. 61. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.

Bibliography

Goette, Peter (2008). TEE-Züge in Deutschland [TEE Trains in Germany]. Freiburg i.B.: EK-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8. (in German)
Malaspina, Jean-Pierre; Mertens, Maurice (2007). TEE: la légende des Trans-Europ-Express [TEE: The Legend of the Trans Europ Express]. Auray: LR Presse. ISBN 978-29-03651-45-9. (in French)
Malaspina, Jean-Pierre; Mertens, Maurice (2008). TEE: la leggenda dei Trans-Europ-Express [TEE: The Legend of the Trans Europ Express]. Salò: ETR – Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. ISBN 978-88-85068-31-5. (in Italian)
Mertens, Maurice; Malaspina, Jean-Pierre; von Mitzlaff, Berndt (2009). TEE - Die Geschichte des Trans-Europ-Express [TEE - The History of the Trans Europ Express]. Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation. ISBN 978-3-87094-199-4. (in German)

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[cooks1967feb-1] "Table 19: Rheinpfeil (Rhine Arrow)", Cooks Continental Timetable (February 1967 edition), p. 63; also p. 61. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.