Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line

Nürnberg Hbf – Bamberg
Route number (DB) :	5900 (long-distance track Nuremberg – Eltersdorf, 0000 ( middle track pair Eltersdorf – Bamberg) 5919 (outer track pair Eltersdorf – Bamberg) 5907 (south track Nuremberg – Fürth) 5972 (S-Bahn track Nuremberg – Fürth)
Course book section (DB) :	820, 890.1
Route length:	62.4 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	(continuous)
Legend from Hof ​​Hbf from Würzburg from the port of Bamberg from Scheßlitz 62.4 Bamberg (240 m) Bundesstrasse 22 55.5 Bundesstrasse 505 54.8 Strullendorf (249 m) to Ebrach 51.2 Hirschaid 48.5 Buttenheim 45.3 Eggolsheim (256 m) 41.7 Federal motorway 73 38.5 Bundesstrasse 470 38.3 Forchheim (Oberfr) (266 m) to Ebermannstadt formerly to Höchstadt (until ~ 1990) Trubbach 36.8 Augraben Bridge ( Abzw ) to Höchstadt (since ~ 1990) 34.6 Kersbach 31.0 Baiersdorf (268 m) 27.5 Bubenreuth 24.9 Burgberg tunnel (306.65 m) 23.5 gain (278 m) to Graefenberg 22.3 Erlangen Gbf 21.6 Erlangen Paul-Gossen-Strasse 21.6 Bundesstrasse 4 20.6 Erlangen-Bruck (288 m) to Frauenaurach 19.4 Federal motorway 3 18.8 Eltersdorf 16.8 Großgründlach (until June 2, 1991) (former route until 1876) planned Freight bypass to Nürnberg Rbf 15.6 Federal motorway 73 14.5 Vach (290.3 m) 12.1 Regnitz (176 m) 10.2 Fürth-Unterfarrnbach 10.1 Bundesstrasse 8 Poppenreuth from Würzburg from Cadolzburg 8.289 Seven arch bridge (186.7 m), Rednitz 7.6 Fürth (Bay) Hbf (297 m) 6.1 Ringbahn to Nürnberg Rbf 5.7 A 73 Pegnitz Fürth crossing of the former Ludwig Railway (former route until 1876) 5.4 Nürnberg-Doos ( Pv until 1991) planned Freight bypass Nuremberg Rbf – Erlangen 5.0 Ringbahn to Nuremberg northeast 4.8 Ringbahn Nürnberg Rbf – Nürnberg Nordost (until 2009) 3.6 Nürnberg-Neusündersbühl (until 2006) 3.6 Bundesstrasse 4 R 3.2 Nuremberg Jansenbrücke ( Abzw ) to Nuremberg Hgbf 2.1 Nuremberg Rothenburger Strasse Nürnberg Rbf – Nürnberg Hgbf from Crailsheim by Roth from Treuchtlingen 1.1 Nuremberg-Steinbühl 0.0 Nuremberg Central Station (312 m) to Regensburg , SFS to Ingolstadt after damp after Cheb to Schwandorf

The Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line is a double-track main line in Bavaria that was originally built and operated as part of the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn . It leads from Nuremberg via Fürth , Erlangen , Forchheim to Bamberg . It runs as one of the most important German traffic axes along the Regnitz valley .

Since German reunification, the route has again played a major role in long-distance traffic. As part of the transport project German unit no. 8 will present it as a feed to the new Ebensfeld-Erfurt expanded .

history

Construction work on the line began after the Bavarian State Parliament had approved the law to build the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn on August 25, 1843, in the same year. The Royal Railway Construction Commission in Nuremberg was responsible for the land acquisition and the routing. The line was opened on September 1, 1844.

The original route between Nuremberg and Erlangen parallel to the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal and east of Fürth was changed in 1862 and 1876 with the construction of the railway line to Würzburg and the so-called Fürther Bogen. Until then, the Ludwigs-Süd-Nord-Bahn crossed the Ludwigseisenbahn on the Nuremberg - Fürth city limits, for which a separate stop was set up at the Fürth intersection with extensive shunting facilities for freight cars.

Probably the oldest surviving engine shed in Germany, the engine shed in Fürth , is on the line and is noticeably deteriorating.

The originally single-track line, like all railway lines built in Bavaria at that time, was expanded to two tracks in four stages between 1862 and 1892. On May 10, 1939, the electrification of the line was completed.

During test drives, German passenger trains between Bamberg and Forchheim achieved a speed of 200 km / h for the first time. These test drives took place between Forchheim and Bamberg in 1963 and 1964 under the influence of liner trains .

Between 1965 and 1968, the previous interlockings were replaced by push-button interlockings with self- block operation. In the Nuremberg – Fürth section, the manually operated block and branch points in Kohlenhof, on Rothenburger Strasse and in Neusünderbühl were replaced. The branch points were remotely controlled from Nuremberg Central Station. With investments of 900,000 DM, a return of 40 percent was achieved by saving three old signal boxes and 15 signal box operators.

Opening dates

• September 1, 1844: Nuremberg – Fürth junction - Großgründlach – Bamberg
• October 1, 1862: Fürth junction – Fürth train station
• August 1, 1876: Fürth train station - Großgründlach (Fürther Bogen)

Route description

course

The line leaves Nuremberg main station together with the lines to Würzburg, Treuchtlingen and Crailsheim to the west, the latter two of which branch off to the south and south-west at An der Rampen, and then turn to the north-west parallel to the Frankenschnellweg . Between this junction in the south and the districts of Gostenhof and Eberhardshof as well as the container station and the Nuremberg West depot in the north, the route passes the Rothenburger Strasse stop , crosses the Frankenschnellweg at the Nuremberg - Fürth city limits and finally reaches the Fürth main station .

Regional Express on the seven arch bridge in Fürth

After the train station, the line to Würzburg branches off to the west and the Rangaubahn to the south. Then the route crosses the Rednitz on the seven arch bridge and then turns in a long right-hand bend (the so-called Fürth arch) to the north and crosses the river now called Regnitz south of Stadeln . Then the route swings to the left, reaches the Vach train station located between Stadeln and Herboldshof, then changes to the east side of the Frankenschnellweg and reaches the Erlangen city area near Eltersdorf . Before reaching Erlangen train station , the former branch line to Herzogenaurach joins Erlangen-Bruck . After the train station, the route goes through the 306 meter long Burgberg tunnel and continues parallel to the Frankenschnellweg via Bubenreuth , Baiersdorf and Kersbach to Forchheim .

After crossing the Frankenschnellweg between it on the right and the Main-Danube Canal on the left , the route continues via Eggolsheim , Buttenheim and Hirschaid to Strullendorf station , where the Obere Steigerwaldbahn branched off to Ebrach and Schlüsselfeld. After the route has crossed under the federal highway 505 and touched the southern foothills of the Hauptsmoor state forest , it reaches the Bamberg train station .

The route between the Fürth and Bamberg junction has been classified as an " overloaded rail line " since 2007 .

expansion

The line is double-tracked and electrified along its entire length. In addition to GSM-R train radio on the entire route, the section between Nuremberg main station (km 0) and Bubenreuth (km 28) is equipped for active tilting technology.

Transport associations

The entire Nuremberg – Bamberg route is integrated with the regional train line R2 and the S-Bahn line S1 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn in the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association .

Train traffic

In long- distance passenger rail transport , Intercity Express trains on the Munich  - Nuremberg  - Leipzig  - Berlin (-  Hamburg ) line run every hour . Are used ICE T , sporadically ICE 1 . A pair of ICE trains is replaced daily by an Intercity with the same travel times.

In local rail passenger transport , the route is served hourly by several Regional Express and S-Bahn lines (as of December 2014).

Specifically, these are:

• RE Nürnberg – Bamberg– Schweinfurt - Würzburg with the second part of the train ( wing in Bamberg) towards Sonneberg (Thuringia)
• RE Nuremberg – Bamberg– Lichtenfels - Coburg –Sonneberg with a second train part (wing in Lichtenfels) to Jena via Kronach and Saalfeld
• RE Nürnberg – Bamberg / –Lichtenfels / –Sonneberg as single repeater trains on weekdays at rush hour in the intermediate cycle (mostly with a set of the 442.1 series)
• S1 Hersbruck left d. Pegn./Lauf left d. Pegn. – Nuremberg – Fürth – Erlangen – Forchheim
• S1 Hartmannshof – Nuremberg – Fürth – Erlangen – Forchheim – Bamberg

The two Regional Express lines run every two hours; overlapping results in hourly intervals. The S-Bahn runs every hour from Nuremberg to Bamberg and every 20/40 minutes only to Forchheim. All regional trains on this route were replaced by the S-Bahn. Since mid-2011 there have been individual agilis regional trains on the section from Bamberg to Forchheim to continue towards Ebermannstadt . Since the introduction of the S-Bahn, there are no more RE stops in Baiersdorf. With a few exceptions, DB Regio uses the 442 series for its regional express express trains .

The traffic on the S1 line of the Nuremberg S-Bahn is also provided with the 442 series. At the edge of the day and on weekends it consists partly of one, otherwise of two railcars .

Agilis uses the 650 series for its connections .

After the tender by the Bavarian Railway Company , there was a change in the train offer on the regional express lines. There is an hourly RE to Sonneberg (Thür) Hauptbahnhof . This group consisting of two railcars each from the 442 series is alternately winged in Bamberg or Lichtenfels or brought together again. The parts of the train that do not go to Sonneberg reach Würzburg main train station and Jena Saalbahnhof every two hours or return to Nuremberg in the opposite direction after the train has merged. The trains run as the Franconia-Thuringia Express between Nuremberg and Jena / Sonneberg.

future

Four-track expansion Nuremberg – Fürth

With the groundbreaking on August 10, 2006 at the Rothenburger Strasse railway overpass , the four-track expansion of the 7.7 kilometer long section between Nuremberg and Fürth began. It is part of the Nuremberg – Erfurt high-speed line and the 38-kilometer Nuremberg – Forchheim S-Bahn line . Investments of 170 million euros were planned for the section. Commissioning should take place in December 2010.

In February 2008, the planned costs were given as 162 million euros.

The embankment between Nuremberg and Fürth was widened to a length of 1.75 kilometers, which from March 2008 included two additional tracks south of the existing line. As part of the four-track expansion, a total of 22.3 kilometers of track and eight bridges were built or rebuilt.

A new platform was built at the Fürth main station and at the Nürnberg-Steinbühl stop, and the Nürnberg Rothenburger Str. Station was converted to meet the requirements of the S-Bahn. The western end of the Nuremberg main station and the eastern end of the Fürth freight station have also been adapted.

An electronic signal box was built during the expansion in Fürth station . Its first construction phase went into operation on September 14, 2009. Since December 2011 the Fürth train station has been partially controlled from there and the section between Nuremberg and Fürth has been completely controlled with a total of 87  main signals and 94  axle counters .

Since December 18, 2010, a third track has been available for the S-Bahn between Nuremberg and Fürth. All four tracks have been in use since November 21, 2011. The northernmost track is intended for the S-Bahn in both directions, one track for regional traffic and two tracks for long-distance traffic. The S-Bahn platform at Fürth main station has also been completed since then. The Nuremberg-Steinbühl S-Bahn stop was not yet operational on this route at the time, but was completed at the end of 2012.

S-Bahn expansion Nuremberg – Forchheim

→ Main article : “S-Bahn to Forchheim” in the article S-Bahn Nürnberg

In the course of the transport project, the entire route from Nuremberg to Bamberg is to be expanded to four tracks.

Construction work on the Fürther Bogen near Fürth main station began in 2008. The route between Fürth main station and the bridge over the Regnitz in Fürth has been completed. Two new tracks for the S-Bahn were laid there. For this purpose, another bridge had to be built next to the seven arch bridge in Fürth. In the further course the previous tracks were relocated to the west. This had already been completed by the end of 2010. The construction of the S-Bahn tracks in this area has started, but has remained unfinished since 2012 with hardly any construction activity taking place (as of April 2020). After completion, planned for December 2016, the Fürth-Unterfarrnbach stop was to be renamed the Fürth-Klinikum. No further work has yet been carried out north of this expansion area up to the city limits of Erlangen.

The route is controversial between the city ​​of Fürth and Deutsche Bahn and was approved by the Federal Railway Authority on January 30, 2014. The city of Fürth filed a lawsuit against this planning approval decision with the Federal Administrative Court in April 2014 . According to information from the Bavarian Ministry of Transport from December 2010, the planned S-Bahn route (so-called Fürth swivel) via Schmalau achieves a benefit-cost factor of 1.18. The two routes along the existing road favored by the city of Fürth, on the other hand, are not economically profitable and therefore not eligible for funding. On October 16, 2014, the Federal Administrative Court granted the urgent applications of the city of Fürth, an environmental association and several private property owners against the immediate enforceability of the planning approval decision in this section, insofar as the S-Bahn was used to develop the districts of Steinach (city of Fürth) and Schmalau (city of Nuremberg ) is to be built on a separate route that swings east from the existing route. The Federal Administrative Court ordered the claims to have suspensive effect because the applicants' interest in not taking enforcement measures until their legal objections have been examined in the main proceedings outweighed the interests of the DB Netz AG summoned and the public interest in the immediate implementation of the planning approval decision. In 2017, DB announced that if the court made a positive decision, it would finish the Fürth arch by 2021. On November 9, 2017, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig declared the S-Bahn swing in the north of Fürth to be illegal and unenforceable. Since the plan approval decision of the EBA has not been revoked, there is room for improvement in the planning. New calculations should show whether an expansion of the tracks along the existing route is possible and, above all, eligible for funding. Deutsche Bahn wants to reassess the route by 2020 (status: 2018).

On April 8, 2015, Land and DB signed a planning agreement to provisionally connect the three-kilometer route section with switches from 2019. Their installation and removal will each cost two million euros. The planning for this is still pending, as is a financing agreement. Commissioning will be possible in 2019 at the earliest, the estimated costs including the subsequent dismantling should now amount to 10.4 million euros instead of the previous 2.6 million euros. A financing and implementation contract is to be signed in October 2018. The installation of five switches at Fürth-Unterfarrnbach and two switches at Eltersdorf is planned. After completion of the measure, in 2021, three S-Bahn trains per hour and direction should be able to run between Nuremberg and Fürth at irregular intervals. Investments of 24 million euros are planned, which will be borne by the Free State. When the next S-Bahn line will be realized is not foreseeable (as of September 2018). A corresponding change to the plan for the installation of seven points was requested by Deutsche Bahn in April 2019.

In November 2018, Deutsche Bahn announced that it would reassess the route variants “Verschwenk” through the Knoblauchsland and “expansion” along the existing route by 2020.

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The expansion of the line was approved in 2011 in the urban area of ​​Erlangen and north of Baiersdorf. Work in this area began in 2011. In December 2015, the Paul-Gossen-Straße S-Bahn station in Erlangen went into operation, and the Unterfarrnbach / Fürth Klinikum station was to follow a year later. The expansion between Eltersdorf and Erlangen should also be completed by the end of 2016, as should the Fürther Bogen, where the Stadeln and Steinach stations are to be built. The expansion between Erlangen and Baiersdorf should be completed by the end of 2017, and the further section to Forchheim by the end of 2018. Commissioning is planned in two stages, on October 27 and November 30, 2018. This should meet the requirements for a 20-minute cycle in rush hour traffic. According to DB Netz, the expansion of the Bamberg node should not start before 2020 (status: mid-2014). At the end of 2010, construction work was planned to start there in 2017 at the earliest. A plan approval procedure started in 1994 has been suspended since 1998 and is to be resumed in 2019. The sections adjoining Bamberg are to be completed by 2024, completion in Bamberg is not conceivable until 2030 at the earliest (status: 2018).

The establishment of a stop Forchheim Nord is being considered. A planning agreement was concluded in January 2016. As long as there is no increase in costs, the stop should be implemented.

The design speed of the S-Bahn is 140 km / h.

Expansion of the Nuremberg – Ebensfeld line

The upgraded line forms the southern section of the VDE 8.1 sub-project

→ Main article : “Expansion of the Nuremberg – Ebensfeld line” in the article on the Nuremberg – Erfurt high-speed line

The upgraded line between Nuremberg and Ebensfeld is to be expanded for speeds of up to 230 km / h in order to further reduce the travel time from Munich to Berlin, which has already been significantly reduced with the high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich . To relieve the Fürth junction, where freight traffic on the Nuremberg Rbf - Fürth - Bamberg route crosses the continuous passenger train connections Nürnberg Hbf - Bamberg or Würzburg, the modernization and electrification of the marshalling yard - main freight yard connection is planned for 20 million euros . Furthermore, an approximately 13-kilometer-long freight bypass route is to be implemented in a tunnel below the Nuremberg and Fürth urban areas.

As part of a closure of the Bamberg – Forchheim section from August 1 to September 14, 2009, a. the stations of Buttenheim and Strullendorf were converted for the S-Bahn and the new tracks between Nuremberg and Fürth were connected.

Web links

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

• OpenRailwayMap - route, operating points and permissible speeds

Individual evidence

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