Nuremberg – Feucht railway line

Nürnberg Hbf - Feucht
Route number (DB) :	5970
Course book section (DB) :	890.2, 890.3
Route length:	12.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	120 km / h
Legend from Crailsheim by Roth from Treuchtlingen from Bamberg 0.0 Nuremberg Central Station 312 m after Cheb to Regensburg Hbf 1.1 Nuremberg-Dürrenhof to Schwandorf Railway line Nuremberg – Cheb 2.3 Nuremberg-Gleißhammer 3.2 Bundesstrasse 4 R 3.2 Nürnberg-Dutzendteich Hp 4.4 Nuremberg Frankenstadion Ringbahn 8.1 Fischbach (near Nuremberg) Üst (until 2011) 8.2 Fischbach (near Nuremberg) 345 m Federal motorway 6 Federal motorway 9 from Nürnberg Hbf from Wendelstein 12.5 Wet 368 m to Regensburg Hbf to Altdorf (b Nuremberg)

The Nuremberg – Feucht railway is a 12.5-kilometer main line in Bavaria that runs from Nuremberg to Feucht . It was built as part of the first construction phase of the Nuremberg S-Bahn parallel to the Nuremberg – Regensburg line and opened on November 21, 1992.

history

→ Main article: Nuremberg S-Bahn - history

As early as 1966, the first demands for a S-Bahn network in the Nuremberg metropolitan area were made. A step in this direction was taken in 1969 by the Deutsche Bundesbahn by increasing the frequency on the main routes during rush hour. The connection Nuremberg - Feucht (- Altdorf) was also included and from then on was served every 30 minutes (Nuremberg - Feucht) or 60 minutes (Feucht - Altdorf). This offer had to be withdrawn in the following years for operational reasons and due to the sometimes poor utilization of the trains, but the railway continued to strive to improve the train offer. For this purpose, the then Federal Railway Directorate (BD) Nuremberg was given the planning order in 1971 to develop solutions to improve the local transport offer. The results were presented on March 20, 1975 as a "framework plan for the Nuremberg S-Bahn", which also included an S-Bahn line from Nuremberg via Feucht to Altdorf. This was part of the “1. Construction stage ”of the Nuremberg S-Bahn as well as the financing contract signed on November 2, 1981, with which the in-depth planning could begin.

Preliminary planning

→ Main article: Development towards the new Nuremberg – Ingolstadt line

The detailed planning for this line was dependent on the decision of the Deutsche Bundesbahn how the high-speed line ending in Würzburg should be connected to Munich via Nuremberg. The options were the "long-distance replacement line" through the Nuremberg Reichswald and expansion of the Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg line, as well as the new Nuremberg – Ingolstadt line and expansion of the Munich – Ingolstadt line proposed as an alternative by BD Nürnberg on August 3, 1983. There was resistance to the second variant from Swabia , so that the railway, on behalf of the Free State of Bavaria, commissioned an expert opinion to examine the two variants. Since a result was not to be expected in a timely manner, which would have postponed the start of construction for the S2 indefinitely, those involved in the S-Bahn project worked out a variant-neutral solution for the S-Bahn route in 1987, for which, after the approval process had been completed, from June 1988 building rights existed.

construction

The construction work for the line began on June 15, 1988 and cost 587 million D-Marks (300.13 million euros) for the entire S2. In addition to the reconstruction of the existing and the new construction of additional stations, this sum also included the adaptation of the rail infrastructure to the new conditions.

Infrastructure

The existing stations in Nürnberg-Gleißhammer , Fischbach (near Nuremberg) and Feucht were provided with 145 m long and 96 cm high platforms and made barrier-free . The Nürnberg-Dürrenhof stop was newly built above the Dürrenhof tunnel as a separation station for the S1 (Nürnberg Hbf - Lauf (left Pegnitz)) and S2 lines. The Nuremberg-Dutzendteich train station was shut down and replaced by two stations that made the surrounding buildings more accessible. To the west of the station at the flyover over the Südring ( B 4 R ), the new Nuremberg-Dutzendteich stop was built and to the east, the Nuremberg Frankenstadion station at the overpass over the Hans-Kalb-Strasse. At that time, the Nuremberg-Altenfurt stop could not be realized . In order to link up with private transport , there are parking spaces for bicycles ( B + R ) at the Nuremberg-Gleißhammer , Nuremberg Dutzendteich , Fischbach (b Nuremberg) and Feucht stations, as well as for cars ( P + R ) at the Nuremberg Dutzendteich , Fischbach (near Nuremberg) stations. and erected damp .

An electronic interlocking was built at the Fischbach (near Nuremberg) stop to control the entire Nuremberg - Feucht - Altdorf S-Bahn line .

route

So that the S-Bahn trains could run independently of the already heavily used railway line to Regensburg in the future, a separate route was built east of the existing one. With the exception of a short section between Fischbach and Feucht, this was laid out on two tracks and provided with noise barriers where necessary . Further construction work concerned the area of ​​the eastern exit of the station to improve the possibility of changing to the underground , as well as the Dutzendteich station. In order to have the two S-Bahn lines end at tracks 2/3, as planned by the planners, a separate double-track route was created on the north side of the eastern station exit by September 1990. This is followed by the level-free extension of the line to Schwandorf as well as the overpass over the Nuremberg – Cheb railway line and the access tracks to the "Abstellgruppe Ost". At Dutzendteich station, the track plan had to be unbundled, also with regard to the high-speed route to Ingolstadt , which was already planned at the time . The S-Bahn tracks were arranged in the middle between the route of the ring line from Nürnberg Ost or Nürnberg-Mögeldorf in the direction of the Nürnberg marshalling yard and the Nuremberg – Regensburg railway line, which is why the previous level crossing of the Nuremberg – Regensburg passenger train traffic with the freight trains from Hof / Schirnding / Furth im Wald in the direction of the Nuremberg marshalling yard had to be abandoned. As a replacement for this, a level-free crossing structure was built between the railway stations in Nürnberg Frankenstadion and Fischbach (near Nürnberg) for the circular railway tracks branching off to the south-west to or from the tracks coming from the marshalling yard towards Regensburg.

As part of the S-Bahn to Neumarkt , the single-track section between Fischbach and Feucht was to be expanded to double-track by December 12, 2010 at the latest to increase capacity, which could not be met due to the weather. The construction work was rescheduled from April 15 to 17, 2011, and since April 18, 2011, the line has been completely double-tracked.

Route description

course

The line leaves Nuremberg Central Station to the east and runs to Nuremberg-Dürrenhof station , where the railway line to Schwandorf branches off with the S1 that runs on it. Following this, the S2 line turns in a right curve to the southeast and crosses the Nuremberg – Cheb railway line , then runs along the St. Peter and Gleißhammer districts to the Nürnberg-Gleißhammer stop on the flyover via Zerzabelshofstraße and reaches the Nürnberg-Dutzendteich stop on the flyover over the Südring . The route continues parallel to Regensburger Straße ( B 4 ), past the Zeppelin grandstand, passes the Nürnberg Frankenstadion train station and then crosses the ring line towards the marshalling yard. At Grundig terrain and the industrial zone in Altenfurt North over the route reaches the breakpoint Fischbach (near Nuremberg) on the overpass over the lion Straße. The route then turns to the southeast, passes the eastern edge of Altenfurt and under the A 6 and then leaves the Nuremberg city area. Running through the Fischbacher Forst , the route reaches the urban area of ​​Feucht, is then crossed by the A 9 and finally reaches the Feucht train station .

State of development

The line has been expanded to double-track and electrified. The maximum route speed is 120 km / h. All stations and stops along the route have platforms that are 145 m long and 96 cm above the top of the rails . Nürnberg Frankenstadion train station has a 272 m long platform so that longer special trains can be used for major events.

Train traffic

On the route to be electric locomotives of the series 143 of four-piece x-car used -Wendezügen, under the designation line S2 operate (Roth - Altdorf Nürnberg - - Wet). For major events in the arena or in the Frankenstadion , the frequency on the section Hauptbahnhof - Frankenstadion is increased by special trains. The route is also used by the S-Bahn line S3 (Nuremberg - Feucht - Neumarkt), which has been in service since December 10, 2010, but does not stop between Nuremberg main station and Feucht.

See also

• Nuremberg S-Bahn
• Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg railway line

literature

• S-Bahn Nuremberg network '92 . In: Deutsche Bundesbahn (Ed.): The Deutsche Bahn . No. 11 . Hestra-Verlag, Darmstadt 1992.

Web links

• OpenRailwayMap with route, operating points, permissible speeds and some signals
• Route description on local traffic Franconia (private)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürgen Seiler: First construction stage of the Nuremberg S-Bahn completed . In: ETR . No. 7/8, 2001, p. 438.
2. ↑ Dr.-Ing. Alexius Schilcher: S-Bahn Nuremberg - operational infrastructure planning for the next expansion measures . In: ETR . No. 01 + 02, 2007, ISSN  0013-2845 , p. 32.
3. ^ Nürnberger Zeitung: Stations not ready and trains missing . Article dated December 9, 2010.
4. ^ DB Mobility Logistics AG (publisher): S-Bahn Nuremberg: S 2 Altdorf / S 3 Neumarkt: from April 18 on two separate tracks . Traffic report from April 1, 2011.