Buchloe–Memmingen railway

Overview

Native name

Bahnstrecke Buchloe-Memmingen

Type

Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Regional rail, Intercity rail

Status

Operational

Locale

Bavaria

Termini

Buchloe
Memmingen

Stations

Line number

5360

Operation

Opened

1872

Owner

Deutsche Bahn

Operator(s)

DB Bahn

Technical

Line length

46.1 km (28.6 mi)

Number of tracks

Single track

Track gauge

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

Operating speed

140 km/h (87 mph)

Route number

971

Route map

from Schwabmünchen

Allgäu Railway from Kaufering

0.000

Buchloe

616 m

Allgäu Railway to Kaufbeuren

3.790

Wiedergeltingen

Wertach

Stauden Railway from Markt Wald

8.261

Türkheim

606 m

to Bad Wörishofen

10.500

Rammingen

12.646

Unterrammingen

Central Swabian Railway from Pfaffenhausen

18.734

606 m

24.831

624 m

32.419

616 m

38.022

40.003

41.800

Eisenburg

Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway from Neu-Ulm

46.140

Memmingen

595 m

Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway to Kempten

to Legau

to Leutkirch

Source: German railway atlas

The Buchloe–Memmingen railway is an approximately 45 kilometre long single-track, non-electrified main line in the German state of Bavaria. It connects Buchloe and Memmingen and is part of the railway axis from Augsburg to Lindau.

The line from Buchloe to Memmingen was opened in 1872. The line closed the gap between Buchloe and Leutkirch.

The line branches off the Bavarian Allgäu railway in Buchloe. The Türkheim–Bad Wörishofen railway branches off at Turkheim station. The Central Swabian Railway (Mittelschwabenbahn) branches off towards Krumbach and Günzburg in Mindelheim. There are some through services on the Central Swabian Railway towards Memmingen and in the opposite direction. The Ungerhausen–Ottobeuren railway formerly branched off in Ungerhausen, but it has now been converted into a cycle path. In Memmingen the line connects with the Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway and the Leutkirch–Memmingen railway, which connects to Lindau via the Württemberg Allgäu and the Kißlegg–Hergatz railways.

Services on the line are set out in table 971 of the German railway timetable:

Trains to/from Augsburg or Munich operate on the Buchloe–Memmingen section hourly.

Since December 2011, coupled class 642 (Siemens Desiro Classic) railcars operate from Augsburg to Memmingen every two hours. In Türkheim, these are uncoupled and one railcar runs to Bad Wörishofen.

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