Bayreuth–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg railway

Bayreuth–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
Overview
Locale Bavaria, Germany
Line number 5051
Technical
Line length 21.0 km (13.0 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route number 852
Route map

Legend
 Operating points and lines[1] 
 from Schnabelwaid
 from Hollfeld
 from Weiden
 58.05 Bayreuth Hbf 344 m
 to Warmensteinach
 62.21 Bindlach 356 m
 65.49 Ramsenthal
 68.48 Harsdorf 344 m
 A 70
 73.73 Trebgast
 White Main
 76.4 from Bischofsgrün)
 76.4 Schlömen junction
 76.2 Schlömen curve to Bamberg–Hof railway
 from Hof
 79.1 Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg 348 m
 to Bamberg

The Bayreuth–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg line is a single-track main line railway in the German state of Bavaria. It is an important section of the so-called Saxon-Franconian trunk line from Dresden to Nuremberg. The line was opened in 1853 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

History

It was the first Bavarian railway line to be built and leased to the state. That is, it was financed by the city of Bayreuth and the line was built and subsequently leased by the Bavarian government. The route from Neuenmarkt to Bayreuth was opened on 28 November 1853 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways as one of the first branch lines of the Ludwig South-North Railway. In 1905 the line was nationalised.

Operations

The line connects with the Bamberg–Hof line in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, leading to Bamberg and Hof.

In the past trains from Bayreuth had to change direction in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg to continue up the famous Schiefe Ebene (German: inclined plane) to Hof. The opening of the Schlömen curve in 2001, which allows Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg to be bypassed to the east, improved the connectivity of the line to the northeast considerably. As a result, even some long-distance trains (ICE TD) on the Nuremberg–Dresden route now use the line. Since December 2006, services of the Franken-Sachsen-Express have run on the line at 2-hour intervals; after a period when no trains used the Schloemen curve at all.

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

References

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