Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway

Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway
Overview
Line number
  • 5860 (Irrenlohe – Schwandorf)
  • 5904 (Nürnberg Hbf – Irrenlohe)
LocaleBavaria, Germany
Service
Route number870, 890.1
Technical
Line length93.7 km (58.2 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Nürnberg Hbf – Amberg,
Irrenlohe – Schwandorf)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary (Nürnberg Hbf – Hartmannshof)
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map
from Crailsheim
from Roth
from Augsburg
from Bamberg
0.0
 Nürnberg Hbf
terminus of
(312 m)
to Cheb
to Regensburg
1.2
 Nürnberg-Dürrenhof
(since 29 Sep 1990)
to Feucht
1.9
Nuremberg–Cheb railway
2.5
Ring railway
2.9
B 4 R
3.0
 Nürnberg Ostring
(since 26 Sep 1987)
Line 5924 from Nürnberg-Dutzendteich
4.1
 Nürnberg-Mögeldorf
(317 m)
5.7
 Nürnberg-Rehhof
(since 26 Sep 1987)
6.7
Nürnberg-Laufamholz
(since 1878; former station)
8.2
A 3
9.2
 Schwaig
11.6
 Röthenbach (Pegnitz)
(327 m)
12.8
Röthenbach-Steinberg
(since 26 Sept 1987)
13.3
Röthenbach (Pegnitz) Ost
(until 26 Sep 1987)
14.2
Röthenbach-Seespitze
(since 26 Sep 1987)
15.9
Lauf West
(since 26 Sep 1987)
16.0
B 14
16.8
 Lauf (left Pegnitz)
(331 m)
17.6
A 9
20.7
 Ottensoos
(former station)
(342 m)
24.4
 Henfenfeld
(340 m)
28.0
 Hersbruck (left Pegnitz)
(339 m)
narrow gauge branch line to Doggerstollen
30.4
 Happurg
(until 1873)
30.5
 Happurg
(since 12 Dec 2010)
from Doggerstollen
Hersbruck–Pommelsbrunn line
from Hersbruck (right Pegnitz)
32.3
Pommelsbrunn
(passenger station 1873–2010)
(355 m)
33.8
 Pommelsbrunn
(since 4 Dec 2010)
36.2
B 14
37.0
 Hartmannshof
terminus
(376 m)
42.5
 Etzelwang
(427 m)
B 85
45.1
 Neukirchen (b Sulzbach-Rosenberg)
(450 m)
Neukirchen–Weiden line to Weiden (Oberpf)
50.0
 Mainshof
(Bk)
55.2
Sulzbach-Rosenberg
(Bk, station until Dec 2009)
(404 m)
58.2
 Sulzbach-Rosenberg Hütte
(388 m)
61.6
 Altmannshof
63.9
Luitpoldhütte
(since 1912; station until 1985)
Vils
B 299
from Schnaittenbach
67.1
 Amberg
(385 m)
to Lauterhofen
B 85
B 85
73.7
Hiltersdorf
(since 1878, passenger station until 1985)
(388 m)
A 6
81.1
 Freihöls
(387 m)
from Weiden (Oberpf)
89.3
46.9
 Irrenlohe
(360 m)
see Regensburg–Weiden railway
42.6
 Schwandorf
(359 m)
to Furth im Wald
to Regensburg
Source: German railway atlas

The Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway is a 93.7 km long railway from Nuremberg, running along the Pegnitz river, to Hersbruck and continuing via Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Amberg to Schwandorf in the German state of Bavaria. It runs parallel to the Nuremberg–Cheb line (the Right Pegnitz line, German: rechte Pegnitzstrecke) between Nuremberg and Pommelsbrunn and this section is known as the Left Pegnitz line (linke Pegnitzstrecke). It was opened in 1859 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

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