Filzenexpress

Grafing–Wasserburg

Overview

Locale

Bavaria, Germany

Line number

5710 Grafing–Wasserburg Bahnhof
5711 Wasserburg Bf–Wasserburg Stadt

Technical

Line length

29.1 km (18.1 mi)

Track gauge

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

Electrification

15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary (Grafing–Ebersberg)

Route number

948

Route map

from Munich (Munich–Rosenheim railway)

0.0

Grafing station

542 m above sea level (NN)

to Glonn (Grafing–Glonn railway)

to Rosenheim (Munich–Rosenheim)

2.1

Grafing town

522 m above NN

3.6

Wiesham

6.0

Ebersberg

563 m above NN

9.1

Oberndorf bei Ebersberg

10.3

Neuhausen

12.1

Steinhöring

510 m above NN

14.2

Tulling

16.7

Forsting(station and siding)

503 m above NN

19.5

Brandstätt

495 m above NN

22.7

Edling

Ebrach

from Rosenheim (Rosenheim–Mühldorf)

4.4

Wasserburg (Inn) town

426 m above NN

Wasserburger Tunnel (40 m)

24.7

0.0

Wasserburg (Inn) station

481 m above NN

to Mühldorf (Rosenheim–Mühldorf)

Source: German railway atlas

The Grafing–Wasserburg railway is a 29.1 km long, wholly single-track branch line in Upper Bavaria. It was partly built between 1899 and 1905. It is also called the Filzenexpress, which refers to the former raised bog (known in Bavarian as Filz)) it crosses in the Ebrach valley.

A six-kilometer section at the western end from Grafing station to the town of Ebersberg is electrified as part of line S 4 of the Munich S-Bahn. It is also, along with the rest of the line to Wasserburg (Inn) Bahnhof (the name of the village where the station—Bahnhof in German—is located, which is outside the town of Wasserburg), served by regional services of the SüdostBayernBahn. The 4.4 km long link from Wasserburg (Inn) Bahnhof to Wasserburg (Inn) Stadt (town) has been out of service since 2 March 1987.

The rail infrastructure of the Grafing–Ebersberg section is owned and maintained by DB Netz. The following section to Wasserburg is owned by SüdostBayernBahn. The town of Wasserburg owns the infrastructure from Wasserburg station to Wasserburg town.

The route of the Filzenexpress branches to the east at the southern end of Grafing station from the Munich–Rosenheim railway. Trains to and from Ebersberg (–Wasserburg) at Grafing station can use tracks 1 and 2, which are both reversible, and track 11, a bay platform; all three have platforms. There are crossovers to the west of the station giving access to the main line tracks to Munich.

After about two kilometres the line reaches the centre of the town of Grafing at Grafing Stadt station. It then runs through some tight curves to the north through the hamlet of Wiesham, which once had a station, uphill to Ebersberg. Ebersberg station is located on a hill orientated in a west-east direction and it has two platforms, one of which is only accessible from the Grafing direction and is served only by the S-Bahn. The overhead line ends east of the station. The line has been laid over the next two kilometres in a large loop to the south to provide a reasonable slope to cope with the difference in height between Ebersberg station and the Ebrach river. Once the line has reached the bottom of the valley it runs to the east through Oberndorf bei Ebersberg and the hamlet of Neuhausen bei Ebersberg, both of which once had stations, before it reaches Steinhöring station.

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