Augsburg–Buchloe railway

Augsburg–Buchloe

Overview

Locale

Bavaria, Germany

Line number

5304

Technical

Line length

39.895 km (24.790 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

Route number

971

Route map

from Donauwörth and Ulm

0.0

Augsburg Hbf

Gögginger Brücke(planned station)

to Ingolstadt and Munich

Augsburg Morellstraße

Augsburg Local Railway

3.2

Augsburg Messe

B 17

≈4.8

Augsburg Impuls Arena(planned)

6.5

Inningen

12.0

Bobingen

to Landsberg (Lech)

Industriepark Bobingen siding

15.6

Wehringen

17.8

Großaitingen siding(ex station)

20.1

Mittelstetten

23.1

Schwabmünchen

28.6

Westerringen Malteurop siding

33.1

36.8

39.9

Source: German railway atlas

The Augsburg–Buchloe railway is a double-track main line in the German state of Bavaria. It runs from Augsburg to Buchloe. Other major towns on the route are Bobingen and Schwabmünchen. It was built as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway, one of the oldest lines in Germany.

The construction of the 60.2 km long line from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof via Bobingen and Buchloe to Kaufbeuren was authorised by a Bavarian law of 25 August 1843 and opened on 1 September 1847. The 20.3 km long section from Buchloe to Kaufbeuren is now considered part of the Allgäu Railway.

Under the 2016 timetable passenger services operate on line on the following routes:

1 pair of trains to Lindau

A daily Intercity train also operates between Augsburg and Oberstdorf.

There are additional trains between Augsburg and Schwabmünchen and between Augsburg and Buchloe, creating a half-hourly service between Augsburg and Buchloe.

The trains of the Allgäu-Franken-Express operate since the timetable change on December 2006, to replace a part of the ICE trains, which since then ride the high-speed line Ingolstadt-Munich instead of Nuremberg-Augsburg route. There are operate daily 2 pairs of trains. Since the Tunel Oberstaufen is renovated in 2016, the train-operation is limited to Immenstadt and Oberstdorf.

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