Hersbruck – Pommelsbrunn railway line

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Hersbruck (right Pegnitz) –Pommelsbrunn
Route number : 5926
Course book section (DB) : 870
Route length: 5.4 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed: 100 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Nürnberg Hbf
Station, station
 0.0 Hersbruck (right Pegnitz) 345 m
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
 2.8 Hersbruck (right Pegnitz) East (since 1992)
   
 after Cheb
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
 4.1 Pegnitz
Bridge (medium)
 4.6 Bundesstrasse 14
   
 from Nürnberg Hbf
Station without passenger traffic
 5.4 Pommelsbrunn 355 m
Route - straight ahead
 to Schwandorf

The Hersbruck – Pommelsbrunn line is a 5.4 km long main line that connects the Nuremberg – Cheb and Nuremberg – Schwandorf lines.

history

In order to be able to transport the iron ore mined in the Auerbach area by rail to the Maxhütte in Sulzbach-Rosenberg , the route was planned by the Bavarian State Railway and opened on October 15, 1877.

View from Hersbruck Ost to the east: the right track leads to Pommelsbrunn

Route description

The line begins at Hersbruck train station (Pegnitz on the right) and runs in an easterly direction parallel to the double-track Nuremberg – Cheb main line to the level crossing with the Hersbruck – Hohenstadt connection road (formerly station 30). There she climbs a dam with the help of a ramp structure and at the beginning of Hohenstadt turns south-east, first crosses the Pegnitz and then federal highway 14 and meets the Nuremberg – Schwandorf railway at Pommelsbrunn station, an operating point with no passenger traffic.

View of the switch field in Hersbruck Ost

Trains

The connecting line is now used by the Regional Express trains on the routes Nuremberg - Hersbruck (on the right of the Pegnitz) - Neukirchen (near Sulzbach-Rosenberg) - Neustadt (Waldnaab) / Schwandorf (- Regensburg). These run from Nuremberg to Hersbruck on the right Pegnitz route partly together with the train routes towards Bayreuth / Marktredwitz and are then winged in Hersbruck . Are being introduced DMUs Series VT 612 ( "Regioswinger"). In addition, the ALEX trains Nuremberg - Prague ran on this route until they were discontinued when the timetable changed in December 2012 , but without a stop in Hersbruck. In addition to passenger traffic, the route is also used by freight trains, which are mostly hauled by the DB AG series 232 and 233 .

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