DB Regio Middle Franconia

DB Regio Middle Franconia

Basic information
Company headquarters	Nuremberg
Web presence	www.regio-mittelfranken.de
Reference year	2009
owner	Deutsche Bahn
Managing directors	Hilmar Laug, Anja Steidl
Transport network	Transport association for the greater Nuremberg area
Employee	880
number of vehicles
Locomotives	136
Railcar	59
statistics
Mileage	13.2 million km per year
Stops	154
Catchment area	7th 246 km²
Residents in the catchment area	1.704 million
Length of line network
Railway lines	688 km
Operating facilities
Depots	Bw Nürnberg West Passenger Car Workshop

DB Regio Mittelfranken based in Nuremberg was a division of DB Regio Bayern and for the rail-based regional transport in Region of Middle Franconia and the S-Bahn Nuremberg responsible. Since the merger with DB Regio Unterfranken on October 1, 2010, DB Regio Mittelfranken has merged into DB Regio Franken .

vehicles

DB Regio Mittelfranken had a total of 136 of its own locomotives and 303 passenger coaches, all of which are based in Nuremberg and are serviced in the company's own workshops. In addition to the electric mainline locomotives of the series 111 (57), 143 (66) and 146 (8), five diesel- powered shunting locomotives of the series 214 were in their inventory. Diesel multiple units of the series 610 (20), 642 (12) and 648 (27) are used on the non-electrified routes . The passenger car park consists of 198 Silberling , Halberstadt and x-cars as well as 105 double-deck cars .

workshops

With the railway depot Nürnberg West in the Gostenhof district and the passenger coach workshop east of the main train station on Regensburger Straße, DB Regio Mittelfranken had two workshops for the maintenance of its vehicles. A total of 250 people are employed at both locations.

By 2011, the two locations are to be combined in a new facility on the current container station area on Austraße.

Train performance

The following regional express , regional train and S-Bahn lines were operated by DB Regio Mittelfranken :

RE Nuremberg - Fürth - Erlangen - Bamberg - Schweinfurt
RE Nuremberg - Fürth - Erlangen - Bamberg - Coburg - Sonneberg (Thr.)
RB Fürth - Zirndorf - Cadolzburg
RB Fürth - Siegelsdorf - Market Erlbach
RB Gunzenhausen - Pleinfeld
RB Neustadt (Aisch) - Bad Windsheim - Steinach (near Rothenburg)
RB Nuremberg - Fürth - Siegelsdorf - Neustadt (Aisch) - Markt Bibart
RB Nürnberg - Lauf (right Pegnitz) - Neunkirchen am Sand - Hersbruck (right Pegnitz) - Neuhaus (Pegnitz)
RB Nuremberg - Allersberg (Rothsee)
RB Nürnberg - Lauf (right Pegnitz) - Neunkirchen am Sand - Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach
RB Nürnberg Nordost - Eschenau - Graefenberg (Graefenbergbahn)
RB Roth - Hilpoltstein
RB Steinach (near Rothenburg) - Rothenburg ob der Tauber
RB Wicklesgreuth - Windsbach
S Nürnberg Hbf - Lauf (left Pegnitz)
S Nürnberg Hbf - Feucht - Altdorf
S Nürnberg Hbf - Schwabach - Roth

Tender for the Nuremberg diesel network

Route network of the Middle Franconia

On March 2, 2005, the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) tendered the "Nuremberg Diesel Network". The tender included the regional train services on the routes Nuremberg Northeast - Graefenberg , Nuremberg - Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach , Nuremberg - Neuhaus (Pegnitz) , Nuremberg - Neustadt (Aisch) (- Markt Bibart) , Fürth - Cadolzburg , Fürth - Markt Erlbach , Neustadt (Aisch) - Steinach (near Rothenburg) and Steinach (near Rothenburg) - Rothenburg and comprised a transport performance of 3.2 million train kilometers per year over a period of ten years.

Railcar of the BR 648 in Hersbruck station (Pegnitz on the right)

DB Regio Mittelfranken emerged as the winner of this competition with the “Franklin” on November 18, 2005, for which 30 LINT 41 diesel multiple units were initially ordered from Alstom for 70 million euros . The operating concept originally envisaged connecting the lines Nuremberg - Siegelsdorf - Neustadt (Aisch) and Neustadt (Aisch) - Steinach (near Rothenburg) to one continuous line and connecting the Fürth - Siegelsdorf - Markt Erlbach line to Nuremberg by means of wings in Siegelsdorf . Due to the decision by BEG and DB to build the Neustadt (Aisch) stop in mid-December 2009, this concept had to be changed because the diesel multiple units could not have served the stop without affecting the line capacity due to their lower performance. The order for the vehicles was therefore modified by DB and three LINT-41 units were replaced with three more powerful Alstom Coradia Continental electric multiple units with financial support from BEG . In future, these will operate on the Nuremberg - Neustadt (Aisch) line, which means that direct connections from Nuremberg to Markt Erlbach and Steinach (near Rothenburg) can no longer be offered. On November 27, 2007, DB Regio Mittelfranken announced the change of the brand name from "Franklin" to "Mittelfrankenbahn", the reason for this was a survey among passengers and employees.

At the beginning of January 2008, the delivery of the multiple units began, which initially had to complete 6000 kilometers of test drives in their future area of operation. Since April 30, 2008, the first multiple units had been in regular passenger service on the Nuremberg - Neunkirchen am Sand - Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach / Neuhaus (Pegnitz) routes, and the Central Franconian Railway began operating with the timetable change on December 14, 2008.

In 2016, eight new vehicles of the type VT 622 were ordered for the routes to Cadolzburg , Graefenberg , Markt Erlbach , Neuhaus (Pegnitz) and to Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach , which are intended to complement the old vehicles of the type VT 642 and VT 648 . The first vehicles were delivered punctually at the beginning of January 2019, so that, after test and training drives, they are scheduled to be used from June of the same year.

Web links

The rolling stock of DB Regio Mittelfranken (inter alia) on local transport Franconia (private)

Individual evidence

^ Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH: Competition on the rails in the Nuremberg conurbation . Press release of March 2, 2005.
^ ^A ^b ^c Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH: Construction of the new Neustadt (Aisch) Mitte stop finally decided . Press release from August 24, 2007.
↑ DB Group: Countdown: “Middle Franconia Railway” starts in 12 months . Press release from November 27, 2007.
↑ DB Group: First vehicles for Central Franconia have arrived ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2 . Press release from January 23, 2008.
↑ DB Group: New regional trains (VT 648.3) of the Middle Franconia are in advance use . Press release of April 30, 2008.
↑ More space for schoolchildren: new trains for the Central Franconian Railway. nordbayern.de, January 16, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 .

[BEG_2005-03-02-1] Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH: Competition on the rails in the Nuremberg conurbation . Press release of March 2, 2005.

[BEG_2007-08-24-2] A ^b ^c Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH: Construction of the new Neustadt (Aisch) Mitte stop finally decided . Press release from August 24, 2007.

[DB_PI_525/2007-3] DB Group: Countdown: “Middle Franconia Railway” starts in 12 months . Press release from November 27, 2007.

[DB_PI_014/2008-4] DB Group: First vehicles for Central Franconia have arrived ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2 . Press release from January 23, 2008.

[DB_PI_158/2008-5] DB Group: New regional trains (VT 648.3) of the Middle Franconia are in advance use . Press release of April 30, 2008.

[6] More space for schoolchildren: new trains for the Central Franconian Railway. nordbayern.de, January 16, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 .