This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(July 2016) |
NB: The scheduled routes given here are based primarily on the timetable of the Deutsche Bahn dated 9 December 2007. [1]
The numbering of German timetabled routes (Kursbuchstrecken or KBS) was changed twice by the Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War, in 1950 and 1970. In the Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) the numbering system was completely changed in 1968. The last major revision took place after German reunification in 1992, as a result of which a common system for DB and DR routes was introduced. In addition changes, usually minor, are made annually.
(former Bundesbahn division of Hamburg and Reichsbahn divisions Schwerin and Greifswald)
(ehem. Bundesbahndirektion Hanover)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Essen and Cologne, see also: List of SPNV lines in NRW)
As at timetable period 2016/2017
(former RBD Erfurt, Bundesbahn divisions Frankfurt and Saarbrücken, see also: List of RMV lines)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Karlsruhe and Stuttgart)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Nuremberg, Regensburg)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Munich, Augsburg, parts of Regensburg and Nuremberg)
Number (KBS) | Name | Route |
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11031 | Bavarian Zugspitze Railway | Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Grainau–Zugspitze |
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