Gräfenberg Railway

The Gräfenberg Railway (German: Gräfenbergbahn) is the railway line from the Nuremberg Nordost station via Heroldsberg, Kalchreuth and Eschenau to Gräfenberg. It is a successful reference project for the revitalisation of railway lines threatened with closure.

Nuremberg Nordost – Gräfenberg
Gräfenbergbahn
Overview
Line number5920 (Germany)
Technical
Line length28.0 km
(Line class: C2 (Nuremberg Nordost – Eschenau)
B1 (Eschenau – Gräfenberg))
Track gauge1,435 mm
Minimum radius250
Operating speed80 km/h max.
Maximum incline20  %
Route number861 (Germany)
Route map
Ringbahn from Fürth (Bay) Hbf
 0,0 Nuremberg Nordost
 (321 m)
Ringbahn to Nuremberg Ost
 1,3
Äußere Bayreuther Straße (B 2)
 2,3
Nuremberg-Ziegelstein siding
 2,9 Ziegelstein
(to 1926)
 4,3 Nuremberg-Buchenbühl
(1926–1983)
 4,8
5,6
Nuremberg Nordost Holzwerk siding
9,2 Heroldsberg
 (353 m)
 11,2 Heroldsberg Nord
(since 2002)
 13,6 Kalchreuth
(station until 1984)
 (410 m)
 16,4 Großgeschaidt
 (366 m)
 18,3
Brander Hauptstraße (B 2)
Sekundärbahn from Erlangen
 18,7 Eschenau (Mittelfr)
 (340 m)
 19,4
Miele factory siding
 19,6
B 2 (since 2008)
 21,0
B 2
 21,4 Forth
(station until 1984)
 (324 m)
 21,7
B 2
 23,6 Rüsselbach
 24,9 Igensdorf
(station until 1984)
 (335 m)
 26,5 Weißenohe
 28,0 Gräfenberg
(former station)
 (388 m)

Services

Passenger services are operated by DB Regio. They are in integrated into the Nuremberg Regional Transport Association (Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nuremberg) and designated as line R 21.

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References
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