Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof

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Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof
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General information
LocationBahnhofsstraße, 20 [1]
Bayreuth, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 49°57′0″N11°34′49″E / 49.95000°N 11.58028°E / 49.95000; 11.58028
Owned by Deutsche Bahn
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Line(s)
Platforms3 [2]
Tracks5 [2]
Other information
Station code0439
DS100 code NBY [2]
Category 3
Fare zone VGN: 1201 [3]
Website www.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Bayern Following station
Creußen (Oberfr)
towards Nürnberg Hbf
RE 30 Münchberg
towards Hof Hbf
Trebgast
towards Bamberg
RE 32 Creußen (Oberfr)
towards Nürnberg Hbf
Trebgast
towards Lichtenfels
RE 38 Terminus
Preceding station Agilis Logo.svg Following station
Bindlach
towards Coburg
RB 24 Stockau
towards Bad Steben
Seybothenreuth RB 34 Bayreuth-St Georgen
towards Weidenberg
Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof
Location
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Bayreuth
Location in Bavaria
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Bayreuth
Location in Germany
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Bayreuth
Location in Europe
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Aerial view of the station

Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German town of Bayreuth, in northern Bavaria.

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Overview

Railway lines run north to Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, and from there to Bamberg and over the Schiefe Ebene to Hof, east to Weidenberg, southeast to Weiden and south to Schnabelwaid with connections to Nuremberg on the Pegnitz Valley Railway. The lines around Bayreuth are all single-tracked and non-electrified.

Train services

Due to the fact that all four railway lines are single-track and non-electrified, Bayreuth is currently only served by regional rail services. From December 2007 until December 2013, the Franken-Sachsen-Express provided a direct connection from Nuremberg to Dresden. The technology used for this was the Class 612 diesel multiple set. After the electrification of the railway between Plauen and Hof in 2013, the Franken-Sachsen-Express required a transfer in Hof and had a longer travel time due to the use of non-tilting electric trains. [4] Later that year, the FSX was rerouted through Marktredwitz for a fully electrified railway. [5]

Regional Rail Services

Regional routes serving Bayreuth are operated by DB Regio and the private company agilis. Since 2014, regional rail services in Bayreuth have belonged to the Integrated Transport Association of Greater Nuremberg (VGN, for Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg). There are Regional-Express links via Lichtenfels to Bamberg and Würzburg, and via Lichtenfels and Kronach to Saalfeld.

Beginning on 23 May 1992, tilting diesel multiple units of Class 610 have worked the railway through the Pegnitz valley from Nuremberg to Bayreuth. These were bought by the former Deutsche Bundesbahn specifically for the winding railway. These trains proved quite reliable and reduced the travel time significantly. [6] Today, DB Regio uses the Class 612 DMUs exclusively, and agilis operates the Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1.

Train
class
RouteFrequencyVGN
Route(s)
RE Hof – Münchberg – Marktschorgast – Bayreuth – Pegnitz – Nürnberg Every 2 hours [7] Nurnberg R3.png
REBayreuth – Pegnitz – Hersbruck (r. Pegnitz) – Nürnberg HbfHourly [7] Nurnberg R3.png
REMain-Saale-Express:
Bayreuth – Trebgast – Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg – KulmbachLichtenfels (– Bamberg)
Hourly [7] R35
agWeiden (Oberpf) – Kirchenlaibach – BayreuthBayreuth-St. Georgen – WeidenbergHourly [8] Nurnberg R32.png Nurnberg R34.png
agBayreuth – Neuenmarkt-Wirsbirg – Hochstadt-Markzeuln – Lichtenfels ( – Coburg)Hourly [8] Nurnberg R34.png R24
agBayreuth – Kirchenlaibach – Marktredwitz – Oberkotzau – Hof Hbf – Bad StebenEvery 2 hours [8] Nurnberg R43.png

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References

  1. (in German) Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof on bahnhof.de (DB)
  2. 1 2 3 (in German) Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof on DB Netz website
  3. "Tarifzonenplan: VGN-Gesamtraum" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg. 1 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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