Biessenhofen–Füssen railway
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. Until the end of 2018, the track was operated by Deutsche Bahn and also known by the name König-Ludwig-Bahn ("King Ludwig Railway"). Since then, it is operated by the private operator Bayerische Regiobahn.
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Locale | Bavaria, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route number | 974 (Buchloe–Füssen) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 37.133 km (23.073 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Transport
The route along its entire length is served every two hours of trains between Munich and Füssen, as well as trains between Augsburg and Füssen also every two hours, with the two services providing an hourly service on the branch line.
There is a bus connection from Füssen station to Neuschwanstein chateau.
Notes
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marktoberdorf–Füssen railway. |
- Kursbuchtabelle aus dem Jahr 1944 (damalige KBS 404r)
- Geschichte des Füssener Bahnhofs auf www.füssen.de
- Balogh Zsolt (2012). "vonatmagazin.hu » Blog Archive » A füsseni kastély". vonatmagazin.hu. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.