A Verbindungsbahn ('' link line, connecting line, junction line'') is in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

language a railway line that links stations or lines, in some cases of different railroad companies, sometimes bypassing specific stations. Its most simple form is a Umgehungsbahn (''bypass railway''). A Verbindungsbahn can often be found near Terminus stations (''Kopfbahnhof'' in German), interlinking them in large cities with several terminus stations. Sometimes the Verbindungsbahn is also called Stammstrecke (lit. ''original line''). The term can also be found in other European languages in a similar form. As an abbreviation for Verbindungsbahn sometimes V-Bahn is used.Barbara Schmucki: ''Der Traum vom Verkehrsfluss: städtische Verkehrsplanung seit 1945 im deutsch-deutschen Vergleich''
Campus Verlag 2001, , p.246

Examples

Examples for a Verbindungsbahn are:

Germany

* * Verbindungsbahn (Frankfurt) * Verbindungsbahn (Hamburg) * Stammstrecke (München) *

Verbindungsbahn (Stuttgart) The name Verbindungsbahn (German for ''connection line'') is used in Stuttgart to describe the railway line between the subterranean S-Bahn Stuttgart station at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and the tunnel exit at the station in Stuttgart-Österfeld, ...

Austria

Switzerland

* Verbindungsbahn (Basel)

References

{{Reflist Rail transport in Germany Rail transport in Austria Rail transport in Switzerland