The Wicklesgreuth–Windsbach railway is an 11.8 kilometre long

branch line A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Branch lines may serve one or more industries, or a city or town not located ...

, that branches off at Wicklesgreuth from the

Nuremberg–Crailsheim railway The Nuremberg–Crailsheim railway is a major railway in the north of the German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, which links Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof, Nuremberg, Ansbach station, Ansbach and Crailsheim station, Crailsheim. The line has the ...

. It was opened on 1 December 1894. Since 27 September 1987 the line has been integrated into the Nuremberg Regional Transport Union (''Verkehrsverbund Grossraum Nürnberg'') as ''

Regionalbahn The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...

'' route number ''R71''. Passenger traffic is served today by diesel multiple units of

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, that run every 60 minutes Monday to Friday and every 120 minutes at the weekend. Goods services are no longer operated. Neuendettelsau Bahnhof 4460

External links

Route description at ''Nahverkehr Franken''
(private)
Private website about the route
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