The Gräfenberg Railway () is the

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from the Nuremberg Nordost station via Heroldsberg, Kalchreuth and

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to Gräfenberg. It is a successful reference project for the revitalisation of railway lines threatened with closure.

Services

Passenger services are operated by

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. They are in integrated into the Nuremberg Regional Transport Association (''Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nuremberg'') and designated as line R 21.

Future

An electrification of this line has variously been debated as has been extending passenger service along the Nuremberg Ringbahn. There have also been calls for additional stops in the northern Nuremberg boroughs of Ziegelstein and Buchenbühl which had had stops in the past.

Gallery

File:Nürnberg Nordost, Baureihe 648 und 622.jpg, alt=, Nürnberg Nordost station (2021) File:Baureihe 614 im Bahnhof Eschenau (2001).jpg, alt=, Eschenau station (2001) File:Bogenbrücke Kohlengasse Heroldsberg Gräfenbergbahn 2020.jpg, alt=, Arch bridge in Heroldsberg, built 1908 File:Lokschuppen Eschenau.JPG, alt=, Former locomotive shed in Eschenau

References

External links

1944 timetable

Page on the Gräfenberg Railway
(private)

at Nahverkehr Franken (private) {{DEFAULTSORT:Grafenberg Railway Branch lines in Bavaria Forchheim (district) Buildings and structures in Erlangen-Höchstadt Rail transport in Nuremberg