Biessenhofen–Füssen railway

Biessenhofen–Füssen railway
Overview
Line number	5440 Biessenhofen–Marktoberdorf 5441 Marktoberdorf–Füssen
Locale	Bavaria, Germany
Service
Route number	974 (Buchloe–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 map km elev from Buchloe 0.000 Biessenhofen 700 m to Lindau 2.525 Ebenhofen 6.514 0.000 Marktoberdorf 729 m to Lechbruck (From 1899 to 1963) 0.636 Marktoberdorf Schule 4.715 Leuterschach 745 m 8.100 Balteratsried 11.399 Lengenwang 806 m 13.900 Hörmatzen 16.684 Seeg 819 m 19.800 Enzenstetten 830 m 22.195 Weizern-Hopferau 805 m 25.600 Reinertshof 27.100 Hopfensee 29.002 Füssen Stadt Füssen siding 30.619 Füssen 808 m Source: German railway atlas

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 Buchloe–Lindau railway. The Biessenhofen–Marktoberdorf section was opened in 1876 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. On 1 June 1889, the extension to Füssen 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 has been operated by the private operator Bayerische Regiobahn.

Transport

Push–pull train on the line in 2012.

The line is served hourly by Regionalbahn services on the Augsburg–Füssen route (RB77). The Munich–Füssen route (RB 68) is also served by three train pairs a day. These are operated by Bayerische Regiobahn with Alstom Coradia LINT diesel multiple units.

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

External links

• 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.