Bobingen–Landsberg am Lech railway

The Bobingen–Landsberg am Lech railway (also called Lechfeld railway or Lechtal railway) is a branch line in Swabia and Upper Bavaria.

Lechfeld Railway
A DB Regio train at Bobingen station in 2014
Overview
Owner	DB Netz
Line number	410
Locale	Bavaria, Germany
Service
Route number	986
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Technical
Line length	27.4 km (17.0 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	non-electrified
Route map km elev from Augsburg 0.0 Bobingen 525 m to Buchloe 3.7 Oberottmarshausen Graben (Lechfeld)-Gewerbepark 9.9 Lagerlechfeld 551 m 13.2 Klosterlechfeld 16.7 Hurlach from Buchloe 22.6 0.0 Kaufering 591 m to Munich A 96 4.0 Landsberg (Lech) Schule 4.8 Landsberg (Lech) 586 m to Schongau Source: German railway atlas

The existing Bobingen-Kaufering railway since 1877 is a 22.6 km long single-track link between the Augsburg-Buchloe and Munich-Buchloe lines. From the perspective of railway operations, part of the Lechfeld railway was opened (Kaufering-Landsberg am Lech branch) five years before the main part was finished.

History

Pre-WWII

On 1 September 1847, the 60.19 km long connection from Augsburg Central Station via Bobingen and Buchloe to Kaufbeuren was opened up as a result of the Bavarian Act of 25 August 1843. In Bobingen a branch was opened on 15 May 1877, which is a 22.6 km long Lechfeld track to Kaufering.

A 4.83 km extension was opened on 1 November 1872 to Landsberg am Lech. The Fox Valley Railway leads from there for 28.71 km to Schongau and has traveled for the first time on 16 November 1886. The Landsberg station is the interface between the Lechfeld railway and the Landsberg am Lech–Schongau railway (or Fuchstalbahn: Fox Valley Railway) between Landsberg am Lech and Schongau.

In addition to the civilian use, Lechfeld railway was also used in military. So a 7.4 km long parallel track between Klosterlechfeld and the military training area was relocated. In this way, equipment and soldiers could be implemented quickly. In addition, there was a siding for ammunition depot.

Post-WWII

The scale of the 19th century infrastructure along the railway was dismantled after World War II. The military railway was closed in 1957. The freight was set similar to many other secondary lines in the 1990s and terminated appropriate systems (freight tracks and goods warehouses). The route is only used by the Augsburg Localbahn as connection towards Schongau.

The railcar service were not abandoned despite prolonged discussions. After integration in the Allgäu-Swabia clock face service the frequency of trains was increased and then new railcars were put into service. In 2002, Lechfeld railway celebrated its 125th anniversary.

On 21 October 2012, the Graben (Lechfeld)-Gewerbepark station opened between Oberottmarshausen and Lagerlechfeld. It improved connections to an industrial park, which had opened in recent years.

References

Sources

• Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.