Ulm–Augsburg railway

The Ulm–Augsburg line is a German railway line. It was constructed as part of the Bavarian Maximilian's Railway. It was built for the Royal Bavarian State Railways as part of the east-west connection between Neu-Ulm in the west via Augsburg, Munich and Rosenheim to the Austrian border at Kufstein and Salzburg in the east.

Augsburg–Ulm railway
Overview
OwnerDB Netz
Line number5302
Service
Route number980
Technical
Line length85.0 km (52.8 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Operating speed200 km/h (125 mph)
Route map
from Munich and from Ingolstadt
from Buchloe
0.0
 Augsburg Hauptbahnhof
Augsburg Local Railway
Wertach
2.0
 Augsburg-Oberhausen
to Gleisbauhof and Welden
to Nuremberg
Augsburg–Nuremberg railway
4.4
 Augsburg Hirblinger Straße
6.3
 Neusäß
to Welden
Augsburg–Welden railway (old)
from Oberhausen and Gleisbauhof
7.9
Westheim (Schwab)
12.4
 Diedorf (Schwab)
16.6
 Gessertshausen
Schmutter
to Türkheim
19.4
 Kutzenhausen
from Thannhausen
27.8
 Dinkelscherben
Zusam
33.3
 Gabelbach
37.7
 Freihalden
42.5
 Jettingen
A 8
45.7
 Burgau (Schwab)
49.4
 Mindelaltheim
53.2
 Offingen
 from Ingolstadt
55.9
 Neuoffingen
61.4
 Günzburg
61.8
Günz
62.0
to Mindelheim
66.5
 Leipheim
Danube Bridge, Leipheim; A 8
69.4
Biber
71.0
 Unterfahlheim
72.2
Roth
74.2
 Nersingen
75.4
Leibi
A 7
78.4
 Burlafingen
81.1
EvoBus siding
from Memmingen
Neu-Ulm Ost cut and cover (200 m)
83.8
 Neu-Ulm
Neu-Ulm West cut and cover
(250 m)
85.0
Danube
Bavaria
Baden-Württemberg
state
border
from Friedrichshafen
94.0
 Ulm Hauptbahnhof
 to Sigmaringen
 to Aalen
 to Stuttgart
Source: German railway atlas[1]

History
Main article: Bavarian Maximilian's Railway

The line was constructed as part of the Bavarian Maximilian Railway (German:Bayerische Maximiliansbahn), named after Maximilian II, king of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864. In 1851, it was decided to build a line connecting the German states and Italy via the Brenner Pass and via Salzburg towards Vienna and the Semmering Pass. It promised good traffic flows to and from the Austrian Adriatic port at Trieste. Appropriate conventions were agreed with the Kingdom of Württemberg and with the Austrian government in 1851. The Munich–Augsburg line, which had been opened by the Munich–Augsburg Railway Company (München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) in 1839 and 1840 and nationalised in 1846 was included in the new line.

The line connected to the Württemberg Southern Railway in Ulm and ran for 84 kilometers to Augsburg.

Construction

The 83.7 km line from Augsburg to Ulm was opened in four sections:

  • 1 May 1854 – Mitte Donaubrücke Ulm–Neu-Ulm, 1.3 km.
  • 26 September 1853 – Neu-Ulm–Burgau, 38.1 km.
  • 1 May 1854 – Burgau–Dinkelscherben, 17.9 km.
  • 26 September 1853 – Dinkelscherben–Augsburg, 26.4 km.

The line today

The line is a major traffic axis. Every hour or two Intercity-Express and InterCity trains run from Munich via Augsburg and Ulm to Stuttgart and from there to various other destinations.

Ulm–Augsburg upgraded line

The line between Ulm and Augsburg is part of the Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded line project. Eventually this line should be part of the Magistrale for Europe from Paris via Strasbourg, Stuttgart and Ulm to Munich, Salzburg and Vienna.

Notes
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 105–6, 163. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

References
  • Ücker, Bernhard, 150 Jahre Eisenbahn in Bayern, Fürstenfeldbruck 1985 (in German)
  • Wolfgang Klee/Ludwig v. Welser, Bayern-Report, volumes 1–5, Fürstenfeldbruck, 1993–1995. (in German)
  • Dt. Reichsbahn, Die deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835–1935, Berlin, 1935. (in German)

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