Allersberg-Express
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RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...
train service between Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
and Allersberg
Allersberg
Allersberg is a municipality in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany....
in southern Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, operated by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
. It became operational on December 10, 2006 and is one of the few regional trains to run on a German high-speed line
High-speed rail in Germany
Construction on the first German high-speed lines began shortly after that of the French LGVs . Legal battles caused significant delays, so that the InterCityExpress trains were deployed ten years after the TGV network was established...
. The total journey time is about fifteen minutes; the train is subject to the fare structure of the Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg. The Allersberg-Express is also called the R9 Express on VGN network diagrams.
Service operation
The train operates as a shuttle service without further stops between the stations Nürnberg HbfNürnberg Hauptbahnhof
Nuremberg Central Station is the main railway station for the city of Nuremberg in Germany. It is the largest station in north Bavaria and belongs to the 20 stations in the highest category of importance allocated by DB Station&Service....
and Allersberg (Rothsee)
Allersberg (Rothsee) railway station
Allersberg is a railway station situated at km 25.4 of the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed line.The station is situated about 3 km west of the Middle Franconian town Allersberg, adjacent to the A 9 motorway. Together with Kinding and Ingolstadt Nord it is one of three regional stations on...
. It utilises the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed line
Nuremberg-Munich high-speed rail line
The Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway line is a German high-speed railway in length. It links the two largest cities in Bavaria, Nuremberg and Munich....
, where it can reach a maximum speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). The 25 km (15.5 mi) journey takes 15 minutes in the 2007 schedule. Connections to seven regional bus lines are offered at Allersberg station, as well as a park and ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
facility with 286 parking bays and 112 bicycle racks.
On weekdays, the train departs from Allersberg in hourly intervals between 5:04 and 0:04. No services run on 11:04, 12:04, 14:04 and 23:04. Likewise, it departs hourly between 4:40 and 23:40 from Nuremberg, with gaps in the timetable at 10:40, 11:40, 13:40 and 22:40. Together with the München-Nürnberg-Express
München-Nürnberg-Express
The München-Nürnberg-Express is a RegionalExpress train service in the southern German state of Bavaria, connecting the two main cities of the state, Munich and Nuremberg. With its maximum speed of 200 km/h , the train is currently the fastest regional train service in Germany...
, there are train connections every 30 minutes during the 5:00 to 8:00 rush hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
.
Services on the weekend are limited to only five train pairs a day, departing from Nuremberg at 10:40, 11:40, 16:40 and 18:40.
Rolling stock
The consist usually is operated with a Class 112DR Class 243
The DR Class 243 is a universal electric locomotive of the Deutsche Reichsbahn which is used for general rail service. Deutsche Bahn lists the locomotive as Class 143. The locomotives of class 143/243 still belong to the most successful class of German electric locomotives.- Development :Since...
locomotive and three modernised n coaches
Silberling
Silberling is the colloquial name for the n-coaches of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, a type of regional passenger coach of which more than 7,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981...
(two Bndrz 451.9 coaches and a Bnrbdzf 480.3 driving van trailer
Driving Van Trailer
A Driving Van Trailer is a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train. Trains operating with a DVT therefore do not require the locomotive to be moved around to the other end of the train at terminal stations...
). When the service was first established, a "sandwiched" train consist (112+Bn+Bn+Bnf+112) was used as the driving van trailer for the service did not have the necessary LZB
Linienzugbeeinflussung
Linienzugbeeinflussung is a cab signalling andtrain protection system used on selected German and Austrian railway linesas well as the AVE in Spain.In Germany, the system is mandatory on all lines where trains exceed speeds of...
equipment installed yet.
Contrary to the usual coaches of this type, the Allersberg-Express coaches are equipped with an electronic passenger information system and pushbutton-operated exterior doors. The train offers 240 2nd class seats and 34 bicycle racks.
Specialities
- On the open line, the train set runs with the LZBLinienzugbeeinflussungLinienzugbeeinflussung is a cab signalling andtrain protection system used on selected German and Austrian railway linesas well as the AVE in Spain.In Germany, the system is mandatory on all lines where trains exceed speeds of...
in-cab signalling, where available. Due to technical restrictions, however, the train cannot depart on LZB after reversing in Allersberg, as the earliest possible entry point to the LZB signalling is located on the open line north of the station, at km 23. For that reason, the train has to wait at Allersberg until the next conventional signal, which is located about 15 km down the line on the Reichswald branch, has cleared. If the Allersberg-Express allows an ICEInterCityExpressThe Intercity-Express or ICE is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries. It is the highest service category offered by DB Fernverkehr and is the flagship of Deutsche Bahn...
to pass, it therefore takes a minimum wait of four minutes before the train can depart.
- The Allersberg-Express, with its top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph), is the only non-pressurised regional train which regularly passes ICE 3InterCityExpressThe Intercity-Express or ICE is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries. It is the highest service category offered by DB Fernverkehr and is the flagship of Deutsche Bahn...
trains running at their top speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). The service also is one of the few regional trains to perform a scheduled run on a German high-speed line, the other notable train being the München-Nürnberg-ExpressMünchen-Nürnberg-ExpressThe München-Nürnberg-Express is a RegionalExpress train service in the southern German state of Bavaria, connecting the two main cities of the state, Munich and Nuremberg. With its maximum speed of 200 km/h , the train is currently the fastest regional train service in Germany...
.