Augsburg–Buchloe railway

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.

Augsburg–Buchloe
Overview
Owner	DB Netz
Line number	5304
Locale	Bavaria, Germany
Service
Route number	971
Technical
Line length	39.895 km (24.790 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 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 ≈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 Lamerdingen 36.8 Dillishausen from Munich 39.9 Buchloe to Kaufbeuren to Memmingen Source: German railway atlas[1]

History

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.

Operations

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

Line	Route	Frequency
IC	Hamburg-Altona – Augsburg - Buchloe – Kempten – Oberstdorf	Individual services
RB	Augsburg – Bobingen (– Schwabmünchen – Buchloe)	Hourly
RB	Augsburg – Bobingen – Kaufering – Landsberg am Lech	Hourly
RB	Augsburg – Buchloe – Mindelheim – Memmingen (– Lindau)	Several services 1 pair of trains to Lindau
RE	Augsburg – Buchloe – Türkheim – Bad Wörishofen/ Mindelheim - Memmingen	Every 2 hours
RB	Augsburg – Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Füssen	Every 2 hours
RE	Augsburg – Bobingen – Schwabmünchen – Buchloe	Every 2 hours
RE	Allgäu-Franken-Express: Nuremberg – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Buchloe – Kempten (Allgäu) – Immenstadt – Lindau/ Oberstdorf	Every 2 hours
RE	Augsburg – Buchloe – Kempten (Allgäu) – Immenstadt – Lindau/ Oberstdorf

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.

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.