Biessenhofen–Füssen railway

Biessenhofen–Füssen railway
Overview
Locale Bavaria, Germany
Line number
  • 5440 Biessenhofen–Marktoberdorf
  • 5441 Marktoberdorf–Füssen
Technical
Line length 37.133 km (23.073 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
  • 80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum)
Route number 974 (Buchloe–Füssen)
Route map
Legend
 From Allgäu Railway from Buchloe
 0.000 Biessenhofen 700 m above sea level (NN)
 To Allgäu Railway to Lindau
 2.525 Ebenhofen
6.514
0.000
 Marktoberdorf 729 m above NN
 To Lechbruck (From 1899 to 1963)
 0.636 Marktoberdorf Schule
 4.715 Leuterschach 745 m above NN
 8.100 Balteratsried
 11.399 Lengenwang 806 m above NN
 13.900 Hörmatzen
 16.684 Seeg 819 m above NN
 19.800 Enzenstetten 830 m above NN
 22.195 Weizern-Hopferau 805 m above NN
 25.600 Reinertshof
 27.100 Hopfensee
 29.002 Füssen Stadt Füssen siding
 30.619 Füssen 808 m above NN

Source: German railway atlas[1]

Füssen station at the end of the line

The Biessenhofen–Füssen railway is a single-track and non-electrified branch line in the German state of Bavaria and it is a branch line connecting Füssen with the village of Biessenhofen on the Allgäu Railway. The Biessenhofen–Marktoberdorf section was opened in 1876 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. On 1 June 1889, the extension to Fussen was opened, but it was built and operated by the private Lokalbahn AG (LAG). After its bankruptcy, the Marktoberdorf–Füssen section was nationalised on 1 August 1938. The track is still operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is also known as the König-Ludwig-Bahn ("King Ludwig Railway").

Transport

Push–pull train on the line in 2012.

The route along its entire length is served every two hours of Regional-Express trains between Munich and Füssen, as well as Regionalbahn trains between Augsburg and Füssen also every two hours, with the two services providing an hourly service on the branch line. Additional Regionalbahn services run from Monday to Friday from Augsburg or Kaufbeuren to Marktoberdorf. Marktoberdorf Schule station is only served by some trains. On weekends in the summer there are additional services called the Fahrrad-Express towards Buchloe. This service stops only at Weizern-Hopferau, Marktoberdorf, Ebenhofen, Biessehofen and Kaufbeuren. On Sundays and public holidays, the Neuschwansteinexpress also runs to Munich Central Station and serves Weizern-Hopferau, Lengenwang, Marktoberdorf and Munich-Pasing.

There is a bus connection from Füssen station to Neuschwanstein chateau.

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

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