Railway line Nuremberg – Irrenlohe

Nürnberg Hbf – Irrenlohe
Route number (DB) :	5904
Course book section (DB) :	870, 890.1; 423 (1944)
Route length:	93.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	Nürnberg Hbf - Hartmannshof: 15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	160 km / h
Train control :	PZB , ZUB122 (from Pommelsbrunn)
Dual track :	Nürnberg Hbf – Amberg
Legend from Crailsheim from Roth (S-Bahn) from Treuchtlingen from Bamberg 0.0 Nuremberg Central Station (312 m) after Cheb to Regensburg Hbf 1.2 Nürnberg-Dürrenhof (since Sept. 29, 1990) after damp 1.9 Railway line Nuremberg – Cheb 2.5 Ringbahn 2.9 Bundesstrasse 4 R 3.0 Nürnberg Ostring (since Sept. 26, 1987) Route 5924 from Nuremberg-Dutzendteich 4.1 Nuremberg-Mögeldorf (317 m) 5.7 Nürnberg-Rehhof (since Sept. 26, 1987) 6.7 Nürnberg-Laufamholz (since 1878; formerly Bf ) 8.2 Federal motorway 3 9.2 Schwaig 11.6 Röthenbach (Pegnitz) (327 m) 12.8 Röthenbach-Steinberg (since Sept. 26, 1987) 13.3 Röthenbach (Pegnitz) Ost (until Sept. 26, 1987) 14.2 Röthenbach-Seespitze (since Sept. 26, 1987) 15.9 Lauf West (since Sept. 26, 1987) 16.0 Bundesstrasse 14 16.8 Lauf (left Pegnitz) (331 m) 17.6 Federal motorway 9 20.7 Ottensoos (formerly Bf) (342 m) 24.4 Henfenfeld (340 m) 28.0 Hersbruck (left Pegnitz) (339 m) 30.4 Happurg (until 1873) 30.5 Happurg (since Dec. 12, 2010) from the Doggerwerk from Hersbruck (right Pegnitz) 32.3 Pommelsbrunn (since 1873, Pv until December 3, 2010) (355 m) 33.8 Pommelsbrunn Hp (since Dec. 4, 2010) 36.2 Bundesstrasse 14 37.0 Hartmannshof (376 m) Two-arch bridge Weigendorf cultural monument 38.6 Railway bridge Oed cultural monument Deindsdorfer Brücke cultural monument South bridge Lehenhammer cultural monument North bridge Lehenhammer cultural monument ( Etzelbach ) Penzendorfer Bridge cultural monument (Etzelbach) Etzelwanger Bridge cultural monument (Etzelbach) 42.5 Etzelwang (427 m) Bundesstrasse 85 45.1 Neukirchen (b Sulzbach-Rosenberg) (450 m) to Weiden (Oberpf) 50.0 Mainshof ( Bk ) 55.2 Sulzbach-Rosenberg (Hp, Bk until Nov. 2011, Bf until Dec. 2009) (404 m) 58.2 Sulzbach-Rosenberg Hut (388 m) 61.6 Altmannshof 63.9 Luitpoldhütte (since 1912; Pv until 1985) Vils Bundesstrasse 299 from Schnaittenbach 67.1 On the mountain (385 m) to Lauterhofen Bundesstrasse 85 Bundesstrasse 85 73.7 Hiltersdorf (since 1878, Pv until 1985) (388 m) Federal motorway 6 81.1 Freihöls (387 m) from Weiden (Oberpf) 89.3 Insane wages (360 m) to Regensburg Hbf

The Nuremberg – Irrenlohe railway line is a main line in Bavaria . It runs from Nuremberg via Lauf an der Pegnitz , Hersbruck , Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Amberg to Irrenlohe , where it joins the Weiden – Regensburg railway line . It is referred to in the Nuremberg area as the counterpart to the parallel Nuremberg – Cheb railway ("right Pegnitz line") on the Nuremberg – Pommelsbrunn section as the left Pegnitz line or, according to the original railway company, as the Ostbahn .

history

The former eastern signal box in Hersbruck (left Pegnitz) is now an architecture office

former signal box in Lauf (left Pegnitz)

concession

The concession to build the Nuremberg – Amberg – Schwandorf – Regensburg line was granted to the private company of the Bavarian Eastern Railways on April 12, 1856 by King Maximilian II of Bavaria.

nationalization

The company was nationalized on January 1, 1876.

Two-track expansion

In the same year 1876, the single-track route between Nuremberg and the suburb of Mögeldorf was extended by a second track, as was the case with many railway lines at the time .

1910-12 followed by the installation of the second track on the main part of the line from Mögeldorf to Amberg. The second track was put into operation: on May 1, 1911 from Neukirchen to Sulzbach, in October 1912 from Mögeldorf to Neukirchen and in December 1912 from Sulzbach to Amberg. It is unclear whether and when the Amberg - Irrenlohe section was operated on two tracks. The second track since the Schwandorf – Irrenlohe – Weiden line went into operation on October 1, 1863, lies between Irrenlohe and Schwandorf.

Dismantling the second track

Due to the lack of rail material during the war, the line between Nuremberg-Laufamholz and Hersbruck (left of the Pegnitz) was dismantled on a track.

Nuremberg S-Bahn

In 1983, with the construction of the S-Bahn on the Nuremberg - Lauf section (left of the Pegnitz), a second track was installed and the line electrified. In the course of the expansion of the S-Bahn service from Lauf to Hartmannshof, the route between Lauf and Hersbruck was closed to all traffic from August 1 to September 14, 2009. During this period, the second track and the systems for the overhead line were rebuilt and the expansion of the stations began. On December 14, 2009, the newly built platforms in Ottensoos, which are now around 300 meters closer to the town center, went into operation. On November 15, 2010, the rebuilt second track between Lauf and Hersbruck went into operation.

Opening dates

• Nuremberg - Hersbruck: May 9, 1859
• Hersbruck - Schwandorf (- Regensburg): December 12, 1859

Route description

course

Hersbruck train station (left of the Pegnitz)

Henfenfeld station

The route leaves Nuremberg main station in an easterly direction and runs to Pommelsbrunn on the left of the Pegnitz . Between Hartmannshof and Etzelwang , the Franconian Alb is crossed by means of a steep stretch (the "small inclined plane"). The route continues to the Neukirchen separation station (branch of the train to Weiden in the Upper Palatinate ), to Sulzbach-Rosenberg and past the former Maxhütte to Amberg. After the station, the branch lines branched off to Lauterhofen and Schmidmühlen, and there is still a branch line with goods traffic to Schnaittenbach today. The route continues to Irrenlohe, where it meets the Regensburg – Weiden railway line and ends after four kilometers at Schwandorf station .

State of development

The line from Nuremberg to Amberg is double-tracked and electrified for S-Bahn operations between Nuremberg and Hartmannshof. The remaining line is not electrified and is single-track from Amberg to Irrenlohe. At the Pommelsbrunn junction, the connecting track of the “right Pegnitz line” meets the line.

Transport associations

Since 1997, the Nuremberg - Amberg section has been integrated into the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association (VGN) as the R4 regional train line. The Regensburger Verkehrsverbund (RVV) tariff has been in effect from Amberg to Schwandorf since 2009 .

business

Train traffic today

Pommelsbrunn stop in October 2015

The line has a so-called system stop at Neukirchen station, at which the trains from the 612 series ( Regioswinger ) are winged or combined.

The regional express trains (RE) on the route Nuremberg - Neukirchen - Schwandorf / Weiden - Neustadt all run between Nuremberg and Hersbruck train station (right Pegnitz) on the right Pegnitz route and then switch to the "left Pegnitz route" via the Hersbruck-Pommelsbrunn connection “To Pommelsbrunn. Some of the trains stay together until the Neukirchen system stop, where they are separated in the direction of Neustadt and in the direction of Schwandorf. The greater part of the trains, however, already run separately from Nuremberg or together with the Bayreuth part of the train to Hersbruck. In the opposite direction, the trains from Weiden and Schwandorf - with a few exceptions - are combined in Neukirchen.

On the section Nuremberg - Hartmannshof, the trains of the S-Bahn line S1 run with multiple units of the series 442 (Talent 2).

Since December 9, 2012, there has been no long-distance traffic on the route.

In addition to the passenger trains, several freight trains run on the route during the day, mostly pulled by class 232 diesel locomotives .

Train traffic earlier

Hersbruck station (left Pegnitz) in January 1977

A connection between Nuremberg and Prague was introduced as early as 1891 , to which the express train pair 152/153 Stuttgart - Nuremberg -Prague came in 1896 . The 001 series was used as an express steam locomotive until 1973 . Local trains were carried by class 50 steam locomotives until September 1973 . These were then of diesel locomotives of the series 221 , 211 and 218 as well as diesel railcars the series 624 detached. From 1972 to 2008 the series 614 and from the beginning of the 1990s to 2010 the series 628 could be found on the route. The 610 series ran until December 2014.

For the 150th anniversary of the German railways in 1985, this line was one of the few on which steam locomotives with special trains were again in service after the DB's steam ban in 1977.

Until December 11, 2010, the regional trains , consisting of class 628 diesel multiple units, ran on the Lauf (left Pegnitz) - Hartmannshof route as a connection to the S-Bahn in Lauf, which ended there. Some of these services were also provided by class 614 railcars until the timetable change in December 2008 . In the rush hour , additional regional trains ran directly from / to Nuremberg.

Extension of the S-Bahn from Lauf to Hartmannshof

Hartmannshof in the renovation phase with new platforms, still without catenary, August 2009

Until December 2010, the S-Bahn , which was running, was extended via Hersbruck to Hartmannshof. For this purpose, the line between Lauf and Hersbruck was equipped with a second track and electrified from Lauf to Hartmannshof. All stations along the route were brought to S-Bahn level (140 m long and 76 cm high platforms) and provided with barrier-free access. A new stop was built in Happurg (between Hersbruck and Pommelsbrunn), the previous passenger train stop in Pommelsbrunn was given up on December 4, 2010 and relocated to a new local stop. The cost of the expansion amounted to around 55 million euros.

Monument protection

An arch of the listed bridge from Weigelsdorf over the Etzelbach

The Oed railway bridge at kilometer 38.586 and six other brick stone bridges from the construction time of the line in the area of ​​the steep ramp between Hartmannshof and Etzelwang are cultural monuments based on Article 1 paragraph 1 of the Bavarian Monument Protection Act . For the bridge in Oed it is stated that it is of outstanding architectural quality , with the other bridges that they are outstanding evidence of the engineering art of the 19th century .

planning

Several local politicians from the Amberg, Schwandorf regions and the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce are trying to advertise the route as a section of a railway connection between Nuremberg and Prague. An appraisal commissioned by neighboring communities came to a good cost-benefit ratio between 1.6 and 2.3 for the Nuremberg – Amberg – Schwandorf route. Due to the joint use of the remaining route from Schwandorf via Furth iW to Prague as well as the costly renovations of the listed tunnels and bridges of the alternative northern route Nuremberg – Cheb , it was hoped for a better cost-benefit factor and thus inclusion in the urgent need plus Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2015 (BVWP).

An electrification of the line and a double-track expansion if necessary were registered by the State of Bavaria for the BVWP, but with the note that this should only be done after the electrification of the north line. The project was initially included in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 as a potential need , i.e. it was classified lower than Nuremberg − Cheb. In November 2018, the project rose to the priority area .

literature

• Manfred Bräunlein: From the Eastern Railway Line to the S-Bahn Line . 1st edition. Fahner-Verlag, Lauf an der Pegnitz 1987, ISBN 3-924158-08-8 .
• Franz Stark: Traffic junction Upper Palatinate . Knauf, Weiden 1978.

Web links

Commons : Nuremberg – Schwandorf railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Location, course as well as some signals and permissible speeds of the route on the OpenRailwayMap
• Route description of the KBS 870 on Nahverkehr-Franken.de (private)
• Route description of KBS 890.1 (S-Bahn line S1) on Nahverkehr-Franken.de (private)
• The "left Pegnitz line" on Christian's side of the railway (private)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Deutsche Bahn AG (ed.): Completion of the summer construction phase in the Nuremberg S-Bahn and long-distance railway network. Press release from September 14, 2009.
2. ^ DB Mobility Logistics AG (ed.): New Ottensoos platform completed . Press release of December 11, 2009 (accessed on August 5, 2010 from www.pressrelations.de ).
3. ↑ DB Mobility Logistics AG (Ed.): Line between Lauf (left Pegnitz) and Hersbruck (left Peg.) Will be double-tracked again from Monday . Traffic report from November 11, 2010.
4. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG: Green light for S-Bahn projects in Nuremberg . Press release from September 4, 2007.
5. ^ Mathias Conrad: The railway bridge in Oed . In: Monument Preservation Information 166 (2017), p. 27f.
6. ^ Mathias Conrad, Walter Schraml: The historic railway bridges in the Lehenbachtal near Neukirchen in the Amberg-Sulzbach district . In: Monument Preservation Informations173 (2020), p. 29f.
7. ^ Mathias Conrad: The railway bridge in Oed . In: Denkmalpflege Informations 166 (2017), pp. 27f (27).
8. ^ Mathias Conrad, Walter Schraml: The historic railway bridges in the Lehenbachtal near Neukirchen in the Amberg-Sulzbach district . In: Monument Preservation Informations173 (2020), p. 29f. (30).
9. ↑ Expert opinion for the expansion and electrification of the Nuremberg-Amberg-Schwandorf line. Amberg-Sulzbach district, December 21, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Metropolitan Railway : Everyone pulls together. Amberg-Sulzbach district, April 16, 2014, accessed on January 17, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Express trains to Prague via Amberg? In: owz-online.de. April 23, 2014, accessed January 17, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Registration of the Free State of Bavaria for the update of the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2015 - Rail transport ( Memento from May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
13. ^ Federal traffic route plan 2030: ABS Nuremberg / Munich - Landshut - Regensburg - Furth im Wald - border D / CZ. Retrieved January 26, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Assessment of the railway expansion project of the potential demand