Neumarkt-Sankt Veit – Landshut railway

Neumarkt-Sankt Veit – Landshut railway
Overview
Line number	5720
Technical
Line length	38.9 kilometres (24.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	120 km/h
Route number	945
Route map

The Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway is a single-tracked, unelectrified main line in Bavaria in southern Germany. It is operated by SüdostBayernBahn (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn).

Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
–Landshut railway

					from Mühldorf
				0,0	Neumarkt-St. Veit
					to Passau
				6,3	Egglkofen
				11,0	Aich (Niederbay.)
					Große Vils
				16,5	Vilsbiburg
					Kleine Vils
				19,7	Höhenberg
				25,6	Geisenhausen
				28,9	Götzdorf
				35,7	Landshut (Bay) Süd
					B11
					Isar
					from Munich
				38,9	Landshut (Bay) Hbf
					to Plattling-Passau
					to Regensburg

History

Construction of the line from Landshut to Neumarkt a. Rott (now Neumarkt St. Veit) was authorised on 1 February 1880 and the 38.88 km long route was opened on 4 October 1883. Initially the permitted speed on the route was just 30 km/h. On 1 June 1889 the railway was designated as a main line and its top speed raised to 50 km/h.

Operation

In the 2009 timetable 37 passenger trains and 8 goods trains will work the line daily.[1] Regionalbahn trains run generally every hour between Salzburg (every 2 hours), Rosenheim and Landshut. Occasionally trains from Landshut also travel over the Mühldorf–Burghausen railway to Burghausen. Passenger services are provided by Class 628 multiples. Since 10 June 2007 school specials have been introduced to and from Landshut with a DB Class 218 diesel locomotive hauling four double-decker coaches.

Upgrade

On 22 June 2007 the upgrade of the route to handle a top speed of 120 km/h was begun. That will enable, initially from December 2008, almost hourly services from Mühldorf to Landshut. In addition, the platforms at Vilsbiburg, Geisenhausen and Neumarkt-St. Veit will be raised to 55 cm.[2] In 2009 the platform of the halt at Landshut-Süd will be also raised to 55 cm. Additional measures to speed traffic up will mean that in December 2009 there will also be hourly services at the stops en route.

Sources

Eisenbahnen in Niederbayern und der Oberpfalz, Walther Zeitler, Buch&Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg 1985/1997, ISBN 3-924350-61-2

References

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