Editing Aalen (section)

==== Rail ====
[[Aalen station]] is a regional railway hub on the [[Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt–Nördlingen railway]] from [[Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof|Stuttgart]] and {{stn|Nördlingen}}, the [[Aalen–Ulm railway]] from [[Ulm Hauptbahnhof|Ulm]] and the [[Goldshöfe–Crailsheim railway]] to [[Crailsheim]]. Until 1972, the [[Härtsfeld Railway]] connected Aalen with [[Dillingen an der Donau]] via [[Neresheim]]. Other railway stations within the town limits are ''Hofen (b Aalen)'', ''Unterkochen'', ''Wasseralfingen'' and [[Goldshöfe station]]. The ''Aalen-Erlau'' stop situated in the south is no longer operational.

Aalen station is served at two-hour intervals by trains of [[Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)|Intercity]] line 61 [[Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof|Karlsruhe]]–Stuttgart–Aalen–[[Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof|Nuremberg]]. For regional rail travel, Aalen is served by various lines of the [[Interregio-Express]], [[Regional-Express]] and [[Regionalbahn]] categories. Since the beginning of 2019, the British company [[Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland|Go-Ahead]] took over the regional railway business of [[DB Regio]] in the region surrounding Aalen. The town also operates the Aalen [[industrial railway]] ''(Industriebahn Aalen)'', which carries about 250 carloads per year.<ref>{{harvnb|City of Aalen|2002}}</ref>