Augsburg–Buchloe
Overview
OwnerDB Netz
Line number5304
LocaleBavaria, Germany
Service
Route number971
Technical
Line length39.895 km (24.790 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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
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
 Lamerdingen
36.8
 Dillishausen
from Munich
39.9
 Buchloe
to Kaufbeuren
to Memmingen
Source: German railway atlas[1]

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.

History

The route was created as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway from Lindau via Kempten, Augsburg and Nuremberg to Hof. 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 Buchloe–Lindau railway.

Operations

Under the 2022 timetable passenger services operate on line on the following routes:

Line Route Frequency
ICE 18 Hamburg-Altona – Augsburg – Buchloe – Kempten – Oberstdorf Some trains
RE 7

RE 17

 (Nuremberg) – Augsburg – Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Kempten (Allgäu) – Immenstadt (split) –
– Lindau-Reutin (RE 7) /
– Oberstdorf (RE 17)		 Every 2 hours,

Nuremberg–Augsburg twice a day

RE 71

RE 73

 Augsburg – Buchloe – Türkheim (Bay) (split) –
– Mindelheim – Memmingen (RE 73) /
– Bad Wörishofen (RE 71)		 Every 2 hours
RB 69 Augsburg – Bobingen – Kaufering (– Landsberg (Lech)) Hourly
RB 77 Augsburg – Bobingen Mon–Fri half-hourly, Sat+Sun hourly
(...) – Schwabmünchen – Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Biessenhofen – Marktoberdorf – Füssen Hourly, extra trains in the peak

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 Allgäu-Franken-Express operated from the timetable change in December 2006 to replace some ICE trains, which since then have run on the Nuremburg–Ingolstadt–Munich route instead of the Nuremberg–Augsburg route. There are operated 2 pairs of trains daily, now as the RE 7/RE 17.

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

References

  • Erhart, Ernst (2000). Eisenbahnknoten Augsburg. Drehscheibe des Eisenbahnverkehrs (Augsburg rail junction. Rail transport hub) (in German). Munich: GeraMond Verlag. ISBN 3-932785-23-1.
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