Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg–Bischofsgrün railway

The Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg–Bischofsgrün railway was one of the seven railways that used to serve the Fichtelgebirge area.

Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg–Bischofsgrün railway
Overview
Line number5006
Technical
Line length18.3 km (11.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route number818
Route map
 from Bamberg
 79,1 Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
 to Hof Hbf
(Bamberg–Hof)
76,4
2,7
 Schlömen siding
(signal box only)
 to Bayreuth Hbf
4,8 Himmelkron
White Main
 6,8 Lanzendorf
 A 9
 10,9 Berneck (Fichtelgeb)
White Main
 13,0 Goldmühl
 15,1 Röhrenhof
 21,0 Bischofsgrün

Route

It began at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station (50°05′35.11″N 11°34′54.13″E) and initially followed the line to Bayreuth. In Schlömen the line branched off to the southeast which is why the village had its own branch and signal box (50°04′32.47″N 11°34′41.00″E). After that the line roughly followed the course of the White Main. From Bad Berneck to Bischofsgrün it ran parallel to the river. Bischofsgrün station
(50°03′14.05″N 11°46′28.53″E) lay over a kilometre outside and a good 50 metres above the village.

History

The line was built in three stages. In 1896 the railway reaches the spa town and former district capital of Bad Berneck, in 1897 Goldmühl and finally in 1898 the terminus at Bischofsgrün. There a locomotive shed was provided for the stabling and maintenance of steam locomotives.

Passenger traffic on the entire line was suspended on 26 May 1974 and goods traffic ended between Goldmühl and Bischofsgrün on 31 May 1986. On 31 December 1993 goods traffic east from Lanzendorf was also withdrawn due to a landslide in the Fichtelgebirge. The section from Schlömen to Lanzendorf was finally closed on 30 June 2006.

The line today
Bischofsgrün Station

Today the line has been dismantled, and trackbed disrupted by the new A 9 motorway. In Bad Berneck the station (50°02′36.15″N 11°39′52.99″E) has been demolished and, on the old station yard the new B 303 road runs. East of Bad Berneck the trackbed is being used as a cycle path. The station building at the terminus in Bischofsgrün is still standing.

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