Regensburg–Hof railway

The railway Regensburg Oberkotzau is an approximately 175 km long main line, which connects the Upper Palatinate district capital of Regensburg Schwandorf, Weiden and Marktredwitz with Oberkotzau at court in Upper Franconia. On the Regensburg -Weiden section the route runs parallel to the river Naab, the section is often referred to as Naabtalbahn. The section Marktredwitz - Oberkotzau was built as part of the Fichtelgebirge mountain railway.

• 2.1 History
• 2.2 Increasing state
• 2.3 transport associations

• 4.1 Electrification of the
• 4.2 Diesel Power Upper Franconia
• 4.3 breakpoint Regensburg Walhalla Road

History

On April 12, 1856, King Maximilian II of Bavaria granted the AG Bayerische Ostbahnen permission to build the southern part of the route from Ratisbon to Wiesau and on to Forest Assen. The first section was on 12 December 1859, section Regensburg Schwandorf ( continue to Hersbruck (left Pegnitz ) ), four years later, opened the extension to pasture on 1 October 1863. Another year later, the portion of willows on Wiesau be opened to traffic on August 15, 1864 from Forest Assen. After the extension of forest Assen to Eger in Bohemia on 15 October 1865 and the connection from farm to Eger on November 1, 1865 was put into operation, they could travel from Regensburg Eger to court.

The railway line Nuremberg - Cheb built - 13 years later - now, however, of the Bavarian State Railways. Also, this line went on to the railway node Eger. On August 15, 1877, taken from Marktredwitz from a port after Oberkotzau shortly before court in operation. After another five years, the gap between Wiesau and Marktredwitz was closed on June 1, 1882 finally.

Opening data

Route description

Course

The route begins in the Regensburg Central Station and from there along with the first railway line to the east of Passau. At the level of Saffer Linger ridge, the separate routes: the route to Passau swings to the south, the route to the courtyard to the north by the Regensburg port area and crosses first the western harbor and then the Danube on a bridge. Next, the route leads east to the Regensburger districts Konradsiedlung, Wutzlhofen and Haslbach over, swung to the northwest and then follows the rain to rain Stauf. After Regenstauf the route crosses the rain continues northwest, crossing the A 93 and crosses the Ponholzer forest in a loop. Locally Ponholz over the route continues north to Maxhütte- Haidhof where the railway line branches off to Burglengenfeld, and then between Naab and motorway A 93 to Schwandorf.

The Schwandorfer railway station is an important railway junction in the Upper Palatinate. There, take the North-South connection from Dresden court in Regensburg and Munich, to the east-west connection from Frankfurt via Nuremberg to Furth im Wald and Prague. The route from Furth im Wald meets south of the station on the Naabtalbahn, the route to Nuremberg branches in Irrenlohe station, four kilometers away from her.

Has After the route crosses the river Naab and allowed the separation station Irrenlohe behind her, she passes by Black box and meets at Stulln on the remains of the railway line from Schoensee with which she runs together after Nabburg where the branch line to 1994 had its starting point. The route continues on the right bank of the river Naab along Pfreimd, Wernberg and Luhe- Wildenau over to Weiden in der Oberpfalz. The railway station is like that of Schwandorf a point because there branch off the routes of Nuremberg ( about Neukirchen bei Sulzbach -Rosenberg ) and to Bayreuth. In addition to a former depot, which existed until the 1990s, is located in a wicker repair work for passenger coaches (PFA pastures ), which now belongs to the Stadler Rail.

In the course of the route that leads to forest and Fichtelnaab along about Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Windisch Eschenbach, settlement near heritage village after Wiesau, travels around the stone forest on its eastern side and ends with the railway line from Nuremberg from the west in the station of Marktredwitz. Between pastures and Marktredwitz branched off the track four branch lines from: wedge in Neustadt railway station the route Eslarn, in Reuth the route to Heritage Village and in Wiesau the routes of Baernau and after forest Assen. From Marktredwitz from the route of the line after Schirnding and Eger branches off to the north through the villages of Holenbrunn, Röslau and Marktleuthen and crossed to the other way to farm the eastern foothills of the Fichtelgebirge. From Fattigau the route runs parallel to the Saale and the railway line from Bamberg, with which it unites in Oberkotzau.

Expansion of state

The route is expanded to double track at full length and not electrified. The distance-based top speed is 160 km / h after the line was extended to December 2005 for sheet- fast operation.

Transport associations

The section Regensburg - Schwandorf is integrated in the Regensburg Transport Association ( RVV ).

Traffic

The regional train services on the total distance provided by the Vogtlandbahn with diesel railcars Desiro. There is also a Regional Express link Regensburg - the courtyard of the Regentalbahn with alex and Deutsche Bahn (DB ) with the series 612 ( " Regioswinger " ) is operated.

On the section Marktredwitz - Hof coming from Nuremberg regional express trains pulled by diesel railcars of Class 610 ( " Pendolino "). On the section Weiden - Neustadt ( Waldnaab ) run coming from Nuremberg regional express trains with diesel railcars of Class 612 from Munich leads with the Bavaria - Bohemia Express a Regional Express Line to Schwandorf and from there along with the alex every four hours over Furth im Wald and Plzeň to Praha (Prague). These train services are provided by the Regentalbahn ( Netinera ).

Future

Electrification of the line

The 35.9 km long section Marktredwitz - Oberkotzau to as part of the Franken- Sachsen- highway, in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan as Project No. 16 (ABS Nuremberg - Marktredwitz - Reichenbach / D / CZ border ( - Prague) ) is subject to be electrified. The cost for the overall project are given by the federal government with 467 million euros.

The electrification of the 137.7 km long distance remaining Marktredwitz -Regensburg is also of particular pages of the new Bavarian State Government and the DB Bavaria also continuously required in particular for freight. As part of the project Danube Moldova train a southeastern bypass curve Schwandorfs is planned, which makes the recent change in direction of trains running from Munich to Prague trains superfluous and should thus lead to a shorter journey times.

Diesel Power Upper Franconia

The previously rendered by Vogtlandbahn regional rail services should be re-assigned to the stretch Marktredwitz farm as part of the on 8 February 2008 which was organized by the Bavarian Railway Company "Diesel Power Upper Franconia ". In December 2012, the agilis took this route. It is an improved operating range, give a solid RB- yard line Marktredwitz et al. As new vehicles Regioshuttle DMUs are used.

Breakpoint Regensburg Walhalla Road

It is planned that just south of the former location to reactivate 1984 closed stop Walhalla road north of Walhalla Avenue near the Donau-Arena. This is to receive two 210 m long platforms. It is expected that over 1000 in-and -outs. The regional trains will serve this stop every hour. The city of Regensburg plans in the course of constructing the city bus to the bus stop to align. The construction work at the bus stop to the end of construction of the ring road east, currently planned for 2015, connect, and take two years. So could 2017, the station will be opened.