Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof

Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German town of Bayreuth, in northern Bavaria.

Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof
Bf
LocationBahnhofsstraße, 20[1]
Bayreuth, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates49°57′0″N 11°34′49″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms3[2]
Tracks5[2]
Other information
Station code0439
DS100 codeNBY[2]
Category3
Fare zoneVGN: 1201[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Location
Bayreuth
Location in Bavaria
Bayreuth
Location in Germany
Bayreuth
Location in Europe
Aerial view of the station

Overview

Railway lines run north to Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, and from there to Bamberg and over the Schiefe Ebene to Hof, east to Weidenberg, southeast to Weiden and south to Schnabelwaid with connections to Nuremberg on the Pegnitz Valley Railway. The lines around Bayreuth are all single-tracked and non-electrified.

Train services

Due to the fact that all four railway lines are single-track and non-electrified, Bayreuth is currently only served by regional rail services. From December 2007 until December 2013, the Franken-Sachsen-Express provided a direct connection from Nuremberg to Dresden. The technology used for this was the Class 612 diesel multiple set. After the electrification of the railway between Plauen and Hof in 2013, the Franken-Sachsen-Express required a transfer in Hof and had a longer travel time due to the use of non-tilting electric trains.[4] Later that year, the FSX was rerouted through Marktredwitz for a fully electrified railway.[5]

Regional Rail Services

Regional routes serving Bayreuth are operated by DB Regio and the private company agilis. Since 2014, regional rail services in Bayreuth have belonged to the Integrated Transport Association of Greater Nuremberg (VGN, for Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg). There are Regional-Express links via Lichtenfels to Bamberg and Würzburg, and via Lichtenfels and Kronach to Saalfeld.

Beginning on May 23, 1992, tilting diesel multiple units of Class 610 have worked the railway through the Pegnitz valley from Nuremberg to Bayreuth. These were bought by the former Deutsche Bundesbahn specifically for the winding railway. These trains proved quite reliable and reduced the travel time significantly.[6] Today, DB Regio uses the Class 612 DMUs exclusively, and agilis operates the Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1.

Train
class		 Route Frequency VGN
Route(s)
RE Hof Hbf – Münchberg – Marktschorgast – Bayreuth – Pegnitz – Nürnberg Hbf Every 2 hours[7]
RE Bayreuth – Pegnitz – Hersbruck (r. Pegnitz) – Nürnberg Hbf Hourly[7]
RE Main-Saale-Express:
Bayreuth – Trebgast – Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg – Kulmbach – Lichtenfels (– Bamberg)		 Hourly[7] R35
ag Weiden (Oberpf) – Kirchenlaibach – Bayreuth – Bayreuth-St. Georgen – Weidenberg Hourly[8]
ag Bayreuth – Neuenmarkt-Wirsbirg – Hochstadt-Markzeuln – Lichtenfels ( – Coburg) Hourly[8] R24
ag Bayreuth – Kirchenlaibach – Marktredwitz – Oberkotzau – Hof Hbf – Bad Steben Every 2 hours[8]
  • The station building seen from the track side
  • View of the platforms
  • The station in 1987

Literature
  • Robert Zintl: Bayreuth und die Eisenbahn. Gondrom, Bindlach 1992, ISBN 3811207806
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See also

References
  1. (in German) Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof on bahnhof.de (DB)
  2. (in German) Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof on DB Netz website
  3. "Tarifzonenplan: VGN-Gesamtraum" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. sz-online. "Franken-Sachsen-Express droht das Aus" [Franken-Sachsen-Express threatens to end]. SZ-Online (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  5. Germany, nordbayern.de, Nürnberg. "Franken-Sachsen-Express rollt weiter" [Franken-Sachsen-Express rolls on] (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  6. Kollorz, Wolfgang. "Baureihe 610 - Index". www.nahverkehr-franken.de. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  7. "Bayreuth Hbf 17/18 Ab - ***Heft Abfahrt/Ankunft***" (PDF). www.bahn.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  8. "Fahrpläne - agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG". agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-20.

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