Burgthann–Allersberg railway

The Burgthann–Allersberg railway was a ca. 15 kilometre long Lokalbahn or branch line in Bavaria, southern Germany, that began at Burgthann on the Nuremberg–Regensburg main line.

Burgthann–Allersberg railway
Overview
Line number	5932
Service
Route number	897
Technical
Line length	14.8 km (9.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map from Nuremberg 0.0 Burgthann (to 1902: Rübleinshof) to Regensburg B 8 2.8 Unterferrieden 6.5 Pyrbaum 8.2 Rengersricht 10.3 Seligenporten 14.8 Allersberg Source: German railway atlas

History

Planning and Construction

Plans to link Allersberg to the railway network at the end of the 19th century variously envisaged routes from Nuremberg, Ochenbruck or Roth, but in the end the Royal Bavarian State Railways built a branch from the Nuremberg–Regensburg railway at Burgthann. The route was finally opened on 15 December 1902.

Closure

The Deutsche Bundesbahn decided to close the route as early as the 1970s. The dilapidated state of the bridge over the B 8 accelerated this process, so that on 2 June 1973 the last train on the Allersberger Bockl left the station of Allersberg.

The trackbed today

After the line was dismantled, large sections of the trackbed were converted into a footpath and cycle way. The former station buildings at Pyrbaum and Allersberg are now homes. At another location, 33 years later, on 6 December 2006, the new Allersberg (Rothsee) station on the Nuremberg–Ingolstadt high-speed railway was opened.

See also

• Bavarian branch lines
• Royal Bavarian State Railways
• List of closed railway lines in Bavaria

References

Sources

• Ulrich Rockelmann: Spurensuche Abgebaute Strecken im Raum Nürnberg. Hofmann Verlag Nürnberg, Nürnberg 1999. ISBN 3-87191-270-0.
• Manfred Bräunlein: Ludwigskanal und Eisenbahn. Verlag Ph.C.W.Schmidt, Neustadt/Aisch, Nürnberg 2003. ISBN 3-87707-613-0
• Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.