Burgthann – Allersberg railway line

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Burgthann-Allersberg
Section of the Burgthann – Allersberg railway line
Route number : 5932
Course book section (DB) : 897
Route length: 14.78 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 14.9  ‰
Minimum radius : 300 m
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Nürnberg Hbf
Stop, stop
 0.0 Burgthann (until 1902: Rübleinshof)
   
 to Regensburg Hbf
   
 Bundesstrasse 8
   
 2.8 Unsatisfied
   
 6.5 Pyrbaum
   
 8.2 Rengersricht
   
 10.3 Blessed Porten
   
 14.8 Allersberg

The Burgthann – Allersberg railway was a branch line in Bavaria . It branched off the Nuremberg – Regensburg railway line in Burgthann and led to Allersberg . The line, built as a local railway, was popularly known as the Allersberger Bockl .

Routing

The abandoned railway line was single-track, not electrified and led from Burgthann on the main Nuremberg – Regensburg line via Unterferrieden , Pyrbaum , Seligenporten to Allersberg.

history

Planning and construction

At the end of the 19th century, plans to connect Allersberg to the railway network included lines from Nuremberg , Ochenbruck or Roth . Ultimately, the branch from the Nuremberg – Regensburg railway in Burgthann was realized by the Bavarian State Railways .

The construction of the local railway was legally approved on June 30, 1900. Construction work began on March 25, 1901. The technical acceptance took place on December 14, 1902. The line was officially opened on December 14, 1902; the scheduled operation started one day later.

business

Class 86 steam locomotives were in use until recently . In the end, diesel locomotives such as the V100 were also used . The demolished viaduct at Bachmühle below Oberferrieden was an impressive building . Remnants of the bridge are still visible today on the bike path parallel to the B8. The high costs for the renovation of this ailing bridge led to the closure of the line by the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Shutdown

In 1960 freight traffic was stopped. The final closure of the line had already been decided by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the 1970s. The dilapidation of the bridge over the federal highway 8 accelerated this project, so that on June 2, 1973 the last train of the "Allersberger Bockl" left the Allersberg station.

The shutdown took place on June 3, 1973.

The route today

The Burgthann station was reduced to a stop and continues to serve as a station on the Nuremberg Hbf - Neumarkt S-Bahn line . After the route was dismantled, large parts of the route were converted into a cycle and hiking trail. However, the cycle path is not continuous and mostly gravel. The 7.4 km long Bocklbahnweg, signposted with a red triangle ( ), leads from Unterferrieden to Seligenporten . Few bridges and dam fragments have survived from the former route. The former station buildings in Pyrbaum, Seligenporten and Allersberg have been renovated and are in use. Between the S-Bahn stations Burgthann and Oberferrieden, at kilometer 77.8 on the Regensburg – Nuremberg route and near the town of Ezelsdorf, part of the gravel bed is available from the branch of the branch line to Allersberg. Likewise, a bridge that is now overgrown by trees and wild growth, which used to be used for agricultural traffic. S3 White red triangle.svg

Former Pyrbaum station

The two-storey plastered hipped roof building with sandstone structures and bay windows with half-timbered upper floor from 1902 is listed as a monument (D-3-73-156-3). The property has been lovingly restored and has been able to retain its typical railroad character. Today (2018) the property at Am Alten Bahnhof 2 is inhabited. To the north of the train station there is a small green area with an information board about the history of the railway line.

Former Seligenporten train station

The two-storey half-hipped roof building with floor bay windows and sandstone structures as well as the single-storey hipped roof building (auxiliary building) from 1902 is listed as a monument (D-3-73-156-54). Today (2018) the property at Kesselstrasse 6 is inhabited. South of Seligenporten is a railway bridge that spans a dirt road. The former dam is unused.

Former Allersberg train station

The two-storey half-hipped roof building with half-timbered gables from 1902 is listed as a monument (D-5-76-113-1). Today (2018) the building at Bahnhofstrasse 14 is used as a library.

Allersberg Rothsee train station

In the Allersberg district of Altenfelden and near the A9 , 33 years later, on December 6, 2006, the new Allersberg (Rothsee) station went into operation. It is on the Nuremberg – Ingolstadt high-speed line , but is only served by local trains.

Stops

There were the following stops along the route:

  • Burgthann train station (kilometer 0)
  • Unterferrieden stop (kilometer 2.8)
  • Pyrbaum train station (kilometer 6.5)
  • Requirement stop Rengersricht (kilometer 8.2)
  • Seligenporten train station (10.3 km)
  • Allersberg train station (kilometer 14.8)

Picture gallery

  • Gravel bed and bridge over the route near Ezelsdorf

  • Bridge over the bike path on the B8

  • Railway embankment with remains of the gravel bed

  • Former Pyrbaum station

  • Bridge over the Lachwiesengraben near Pyrbaum

  • Former Seligenporten train station

  • Bridge south of Seligenporten

  • Former Allersberg train station

  • Bocklbahnweg cycle path marking

literature

  • Ulrich Rockelmann: Searching for traces of dismantled railway lines in the Nuremberg area . Hofmann Verlag Nürnberg, Nürnberg 1999. ISBN 3-87191-270-0 .
  • Manfred Bräunlein: Ludwig Canal and Railway . Publishing house Ph.CWSchmidt, Neustadt / Aisch, Nürnberg 2003. ISBN 3-87707-613-0
  • Wolfgang Bleiweis / Ekkehard Martin, Franconian branch lines once and now Middle and Lower Franconia , Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag 1987. ISBN 3-922138-30-6 .

Web links

Commons : Burgthann – Allersberg railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Bleiweis, Ekkehard Martin: Franconian branch lines: then and now; Middle and Lower Franconia . Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham / Munich 1987, ISBN 3-922138-30-6 , p. 105-109 .
  2. ↑ Course of the Bocklbahnweg in OpenStreetMap (accessed on June 11, 2018)
  3. ↑ Allersberg Library (accessed June 11, 2018)