Augsburg–Buchloe railway

The Augsburg–Buchloe railway is a double-track main line in the German state of Bavaria. It runs from Augsburg to Buchloe. Other major towns on the route are Bobingen and Schwabmünchen. It was built as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway, one of the oldest lines in Germany.

Augsburg–Buchloe
Overview
Owner	DB Netz
Line number	5304
Locale	Bavaria, Germany
Service
Route number	971
Technical
Line length	39.895 km (24.790 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map from Donauwörth and Ulm 0.0 Augsburg Hbf Gögginger Brücke (planned station) to Ingolstadt and Munich Augsburg Morellstraße Augsburg Local Railway 3.2 Augsburg Messe B 17 6.5 Inningen 12.0 Bobingen to Landsberg (Lech) Industriepark Bobingen siding 15.6 Wehringen 17.8 Großaitingen siding (ex station) 20.1 Mittelstetten 23.1 Schwabmünchen 28.6 Westerringen Malteurop siding 33.1 Lamerdingen 36.8 Dillishausen from Munich 39.9 Buchloe to Kaufbeuren to Memmingen Source: German railway atlas

History

The route was created as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway from Lindau via Kempten, Augsburg and Nuremberg to Hof. The construction of the 60.2 km long line from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof via Bobingen and Buchloe to Kaufbeuren was authorised by a Bavarian law of 25 August 1843 and opened on 1 September 1847. The 20.3 km long section from Buchloe to Kaufbeuren is now considered part of the Buchloe–Lindau railway.

Operations

Under the 2022 timetable passenger services operate on line on the following routes:

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 18	Hamburg-Altona – Augsburg – Buchloe – Kempten – Oberstdorf	Some trains
RE 7 RE 17	(Nuremberg) – Augsburg – Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Kempten (Allgäu) – Immenstadt (split) – – Lindau-Reutin (RE 7) / – Oberstdorf (RE 17)	Every 2 hours, Nuremberg–Augsburg twice a day
RE 71 RE 73	Augsburg – Buchloe – Türkheim (Bay) (split) – – Mindelheim – Memmingen (RE 73) / – Bad Wörishofen (RE 71)	Every 2 hours
RB 69	Augsburg – Bobingen – Kaufering (– Landsberg (Lech))	Hourly
RB 77	Augsburg – Bobingen	Mon–Fri half-hourly, Sat+Sun hourly
	(...) – Schwabmünchen – Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Biessenhofen – Marktoberdorf – Füssen	Hourly, extra trains in the peak

A daily Intercity train also operates between Augsburg and Oberstdorf.

There are additional trains between Augsburg and Schwabmünchen and between Augsburg and Buchloe, creating a half-hourly service between Augsburg and Buchloe.

The Allgäu-Franken-Express operated from the timetable change in December 2006 to replace some ICE trains, which since then have run on the Nuremberg–Ingolstadt–Munich route instead of the Nuremberg–Augsburg route. There are operated 2 pairs of trains daily, now as the RE 7/RE 17.

References

• Erhart, Ernst (2000). Eisenbahnknoten Augsburg. Drehscheibe des Eisenbahnverkehrs (Augsburg rail junction. Rail transport hub) (in German). Munich: GeraMond Verlag. ISBN 3-932785-23-1.