Railway line Nuremberg marshalling yard – Nuremberg main freight yard

Nürnberg Rbf – Nürnberg Hgbf
Main building of the main freight station 2011
Route number (DB) :	5952
Route length:	5.9 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	6.67  ‰
Legend Ringbahn from Nürnberg-Dutzendteich 0.0 Nürnberg Rbf exit 321 m 1.6 Federal motorway 73 (Minervabrücke, 118 m) Ringbahn to Fürth and Nürnberg-Eibach Bypass marshalling yard to the Sandreuth thermal power station Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg railway line Bundesstrasse 4 R (45 m) 3.6 Nuremberg Viehhof (1905–?) 3.9 MVA (since 2002) MVA (horse market) (1969–2001) Railway line Nuremberg – Crailsheim Frankenschnellweg (2 × 24 m) Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line Siding from Nürnberg-Steinbühl (deep) Nuremberg Hgbf (until 2009) 5.9 Junction Nuremberg Hgbf 309 m to the Nuremberg regional workshop (formerly AW Nuremberg and container station) Nuremberg Hgbf to the Nuremberg regional workshop to the Nuremberg West depot Nuremberg Jansen Bridge to Bamberg

The railway line Nürnberg Rangierbahnhof – Nürnberg Hauptgüterbahnhof (abbreviation: Bahnbahn Nürnberg Rbf – Nürnberg Hgbf) is a freight line in Nuremberg and connects the marshalling yard with the former main freight yard , the railcar workshop of DB Regio Franken (formerly AW Nürnberg, afterwards container station) and the railway line Nuremberg – Bamberg .

history

With the law of March 16, 1904, the Bavarian state parliament decided to connect the old freight yard at the Kohlenhof, which was only used for local freight traffic, with the marshalling yard opened in 1903 in the south of the city. Construction of the section from the marshalling yard to the cattle yard began in May 1904 and was opened by the Bavarian State Railways on October 25, 1905 . The further stretch from the Viehhof junction to the Kohlenhof was technically more demanding because of the crossing of the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal and the crossing under the Nuremberg – Crailsheim and Nuremberg – Bamberg railway lines and was therefore only opened to traffic on January 28, 1907.

On September 26, 1999, the line was formally shut down by Deutsche Bahn and has only been operated as a station siding ever since.

On the site of the motor vehicle workshop, which was built in 2011, there was previously the Nuremberg container station and before that the Kgl's Nuremberg Central Station in 1870 . Bavarian State Railways founded the repair shop in Nuremberg (Austraße) , to which today's AW in Ingolstädter Straße belonged as an operating part of the marshalling yard from 1912 . The AW Nürnberg Hbf was later converted into a works department of the AW Nürnberg Rbf, this works department was closed on March 31, 1954.

Route description

course

The route has its starting point at the exit station of the marshalling yard, which it leaves to the west, crosses the Frankenschnellweg together with the Ringbahn and turns in a long right curve to the north. After crossing the Treuchtlingen – Nürnberg railway line , the line then runs parallel to it on its west side, crosses Nopitschstrasse ( B 4 R ) and leads to the siding of the waste incineration plant. The line then runs under the Nuremberg – Crailsheim railway line, crosses the Frankenschnellweg with two short bridges and, after crossing under the Nuremberg – Bamberg line, ends at the main freight station. The continuation of the route leads to the railcar workshop of DB Regio Franken (formerly AW Nuremberg, then container station) and then to the Nuremberg West depot and the Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line.

State of development

The line was not electrified for several years. For the construction of the S-Bahn to Forchheim , the railway line was interrupted in June 2007 at the crossing of the Nuremberg – Bamberg line.

The line was electrified in the late 2010s so that the freight trains from the marshalling yard in the direction of Bamberg no longer have to use the western ring line in the future and, by crossing at the same level, obstruct the continuous train traffic in the Fürth main station .

20 million euros are earmarked for this (as of 2008). The corresponding contract was put out to tender in June 2014 and should be completed by the end of 2016. On February 28, 2019, DB Netz announced in a customer information sheet that the line would go into operation on April 7, 2019. Only freight trains in the direction of Nuremberg Rbf - Bamberg are planned for scheduled traffic.

Goods connections

The branch to the cattle yard was dismantled after the abattoir was closed, as was the connection to the old waste incineration plant (MVA), which has since been completely demolished. From the new waste incineration plant, which also has a siding, occasionally goods traffic (slag removal, waste container delivery) takes place.

The tracks of the main freight station were still used to park freight wagons (including flat wagons for the container station). After the container station was relocated to the port of Nuremberg , the tracks were dismantled as part of the construction of the new regional workshop.

Web links

• Description of the railway line. Nürnberg Rbf - Nürnberg Viehhof - Nürnberg Ortsgüterbahnhof on www.kbaystb.de (private)
• Route and operating points on the OpenRailwayMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Motor vehicle workshop opened
2. ^ History of the Nuremberg railway workshops
3. ^ History of the BD Nuremberg, closure of the WAbt. Nürnberg Hbf of the Aw Nürnberg Rbf
4. ↑ Rolf Syrigos: Billion investment in the rail network . Nürnberger Zeitung online, February 2, 2008.
5. ^ Germany-Frankfurt am Main: demolition work . Document 2014 / S 110-195114 of June 11, 2014 in the supplement to the Electronic Official Journal of the European Union .
6. ↑ https://www.dbnetze.com/inf Infrastruktur-de/Kundeninformationen/2019_KW09_Inbetriebnahme-3845232?contentId= 1444106