Trip by rail in the northern Black Forest

From Basel ... via Karlsruhe Pforzheim Stuttgart to Singen then back to Basel

Northern Black Forest

Bern 01.07.07 ab 08:04 Basel SBB an 08:58 11

Basel SBB ab 09:12 Basel Bad Bf ab 09:22 Freiburg im Breisgau (D) ab 09:57 Baden-Baden ab 10:43 Karlsruhe an 10:58 (one hour stop anywhere on this route)

Karlsruhe Hbf ab 12:05 IRE Pforzheim Hbf an 12:25

Two hours in Pforzheim, time to take the 20 minutes Enztalbahn S6 bis Bad Wildbad. http://www.3-loewen-takt.de/d/3579/


From Pforzheim to Bad Liebenzell (also worth a stop and a swim of 2 hours) to Calw to Horb

Alternative from Pforzheim ab 14:26 to Stuttgart an 14:58 (then an hour in Stuttgart)

Stuttgart ab 16:04 Horb ab 16:42 Rottweil ab 17:09 Tuttlingen ab 17:26 Singen an 17:48

Accomodation

In a small town between Schaffhausen and Waldshut. Stop at Erzingen and take bus or taxi 4 km to Griessen.

Rail information

Trains in Baden-Württemberg on the main routes have a frequency of 1 hour, on the country routes of 2 hours. Check the connections using www.sbb.ch. You can specify a route like Berne via Baden-Baden to Singen, and then check the trains and their stops in detail. Make print copies of the alternatives which are practical.

clickable map of all rail connections

http://www.3-loewen-takt.de/d/2368/

Clickable rails
655 Mannheim - Biblis 665.1-2 Osterburken-Seckach-Heidelberg-Mannheim700 Karlsruhe-Mannheim702 Offenburg-Basel704 Bruchsal-Germersheim706 Heilbronn-Heidelberg-Mannheim719 Offenburg-Straßburg720 (Karlsruhe-) Offenburg-Singen-Konstanz727 Freiburg-Titisee-Neustadt-Donaueschingen728 Titisee-Seebrugg730 Basel-Singen731 Friedrichshafen-Singen731 Friedrichshafen-Lindau734 Steinen-Weil am Rhein735 Basel-Zell (Wiesental)740 Stuttgart-Singen742 Villingen-Rottweil750 Stuttgart-Ulm751 Ulm-Aulendorf-Friedrichshafen755 Ulm-Sigmaringen-Neustadt757 Aalen-Heidenheim-Ulm760 Stuttgart-Plochingen-Reutlingen-Tübingen766 Sigmaringen-Aulendorf770/710.5 (Stuttgart-) Bietigheim-Karlsruhe774 Tübingen-Horb-Pforzheim780 Stuttgart-Heilbronn-Würzburg782 Wertheim-Lauda-Bad Mergentheim-Crailsheim783 Heilbronn-Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental (-Crailsheim)785 Stuttgart-Backnang-Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental-Crailsheim786 Stuttgart-Aalen-Crailsheim995 Aalen-Nördlingen