Nuremberg–Crailsheim railway

The railway line Nuremberg - Crailsheim is a major railway in the north of Bavaria and Baden- Württemberg, which connects the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region of the Central Franconian district capital Ansbach with Crailsheim. The route with today's Route number number 891.7 has a great importance in the German rail traffic. It is used in section Nuremberg -Ansbach in disorders as detour route for long-distance traffic between Nuremberg and Würzburg ( about Uffenheim ) or Nuremberg and Treuchtlingen ( about Gunzenhausen ) and relieves the railway line Nuremberg -Würzburg from one part of the freight trains.

• 4.1 S-Bahn extension Ansbach - Dombühl

History

Minister Gustav von Schlör advocated at first plans in 1862 a guide for the route over Fürth and Fuerth to Crailsheim. On 15 May 1875, the Royal Bavarian State Railways opened the section Nuremberg - Ansbach directly, since the Industrial Lothar von Faber could enforce a guide near its factories in stone. June 15, 1875, the extension followed by Dombühl and 15 April 1876, the extension across the state line to Crailsheim. Due to the ever-growing volume of traffic, the section between Nuremberg and the border was expanded to double track until 1888. On 19 May 1972, the electrical equipment was recorded between Nuremberg and Ansbach and renewed on 19 May 1985 on Crailsheim addition to Goldshöfe.

By 1970, considered the German Federal Railroad in a pre-planned to build a new railway line from Nuremberg via Crailsheim and Heidelberg towards Saarland. This new line should Ansbach south drive around and run north to Crailsheim past towards Heidelberg. Ansbach and Crailsheim should be connected via connecting curves on the commuter train.

The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 1985, the route was part of the expansion of the Nuremberg- Stuttgart. The course should be established as for speeds up to 200 km / h line improvements and signal modifications. The project was not included in the following Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 1992.

On 12 December 2010, the line was extended S4 of the Nuremberg S- Bahn network between Nuremberg and Ansbach in operation. For this, were, except for the not yet established plan of reorganization Obersasbach, all intermediate stations expanded S-Bahn just and accessible. The additional maintenance Petersaurach North, located between Wicklesgreuth and Heilsbronn is realized only in 2013.

Route description

Course

The route leaves the Nuremberg main station with the distances to Bamberg to Augsburg west and separates at the point " to the ramps " of them. After crossing the franc expressway and the connecting tracks to the former main freight station and to the stockyards, the route along the Schweinau district with gleichlautendem railway station and the business park " Tilly Park " over, crossed circle line, Südwesttangente and the Main -Danube Canal and reached the station located on Nuremberg city area Nuremberg - stone on which branched off to 1986 Bibertbahn after Unternbibert - Rügland. Following the route crosses the Rednitz, leads to upper and lower Asbach past and further between Beavers in the north and in the south on state road 14 Rosstal and Heilsbronn after Wicklesgreuth. There, on the one branches off the branch line to the wind stream and a military connection to the base of the United States Army in Katterbach from. By the light Forst, the route continues to Saxony in Ansbach and from there parallel to the Frankish Rezat and from the Ansbach district Eyb together with the railway line from Treuchtlingen to Ansbach Station.

After the station, the route branches off to Würzburg to the northwest, whereas the distance to the southwest Crailsheim expended to perform along by Leutershausen - Wiedersbach on the southern edge of the Franks height. In Eichholz bends the track to drive around the trunk wood, to the northwest and leads after a left bend between it and the mountain monastery through the former railway station Dombühl. This was the starting point of the routes to Rothenburg and Steinach and still is for the route of Nördlingen, on the place but only freight and museum trips. In following the course of the route passes under the federal motorways 7 and 6 passes, crosses into the Quick village station the border Bayern Baden -Württemberg and meets at the Tauber Valley Beuerlbach on track with which she ends together in Crailsheim railway station.

Expansion of state

The route is double track and electrified throughout. The line speed between Nuremberg and Ansbach main station is located between 120 and 160 km / h In regional and suburban rail services are just 80 km / h between Rosstal - road bridge and Rosstal for track change. In addition to the end points of the stations Nürnberg -Stein, Rosstal, Wicklesgreuth, Ansbach and Dombühl are equipped with passing loops. In passenger traffic will only track one used in Dombühl in both directions.

Stations

The renovated freight shed of the former station in Ellrichshausen 1989 was one of the five winners of the Peter -Haag Prize. The 1874 built by George of Morlok shed now houses a private car museum.

Transport associations

The section Nuremberg - Quick village is integrated as a regional train line R7 in the regional transport system Nürnberg ( VGN ).

Stuttgart - - In the long-distance intercity trains the relation Nuremberg traveled Karlsruhe the route, some of which are extended in an easterly direction to Passau. From the end of 2017 double-deck intercity trains to be used in long-distance transport between Nuremberg and Karlsruhe.

Stuttgart used in electric locomotives of the series 111 or 143 and n -car sets pull trains formed - regional services are for the regional express services Nuremberg - Crailsheim. The train running between Nuremberg and Ansbach S-Bahn S-Bahn Nürnberg associate with trains series 442 (Bombardier Talent 2 ).

Future

S-Bahn extension Ansbach - Dombühl

On 7 October 2009, the Bavarian Ministry of Transport and the German Bahn signed the planning agreement to extend the S -Bahn line S4 Ansbach afield to Dombühl. The completion of some five -million-euro project, which involves adjusting the distance and safety systems as well as the re-opening of the stop - Leutershausen Wiedersbach was originally scheduled for December, 2013, now delayed until at least 2017 (as of 2013).

In the contest which was the end of 2013 traffic contract of the S -Bahn Nürnberg for the period from December 2017 to December 2019, the S -Bahn is included to Dombühl.