Trip to Germany - May 2012
General Notes
This trip was planned to take in a three-day railtour organised by IBSE from München via Regensburg to Passau. An extra day was planned to cover some other lines of interest in Bayern.
Operating Company Abbreviations:
- DB - Deutsche Bahn AG
- RM - RATP Metrolink (operator of Greater Manchester Metrolink)
| Place | Arrive | Depart | Train | Traction details & notes |
Friday 25th May 2012
| Timperley | 14:40 | RM tram 1013 | ||
| Altrincham | 14:44 | 14:55 | '18' | Arriva bus |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) | 15:15 | 17:25 | LH2503 | Lufthansa D-AILA A319-100 |
| München Flughafen (MUC) | 20:25 | 21:04 | 'S8' | DB EMU 423 213 + 087 sets |
| München Hbf | 21:45 | |||
| Overnight at Hotel Helvetia, Schillerstr. 6, München (5 minutes walk from railway station) | ||||
| Notes Standard routing to München. Lufthansa are doing some good flight prices at the moment, and you get a hold baggage allowance and a snack+drink included. |
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Saturday 26th May 2012
| München Hbf Gl.35 | 07:30 | - | Passauer Eisenbahnfreunde e.V. DR 798 706-8 + 998 840-3 | |
| via Mü-Donnersbergerbrücke (delayed) - Mü-Heimeranplatz - Mü-Solln - Wolfratshausen - shunt to Geretsried (km4.8) - Wolfratshausen (dep 09:56) - Mü-Solln - - Mü-Heimeranplatz West - Mü-Laim Rbf (line 5525) - Mü-Moosach - Mü-Milbertshofen (arr 10:45) - shunt 500m towards BMW - Mü-Milbertshofen (dep 11:25) - Mü-Nord Rbf Ausfahrt (rev at km17.8) - Mü-Feldmoching - Lohhof (arr 11:42) - shunt to Anschl. Altmann km4.4 - Lohhof (dep 13:14) - Langenbach (Obb) - Anglberg km5.5 - Langenbach (Obb) (dep 15:02) - Landshut (Bay) Hbf - Neuhausen (b Landshut(Bay)) (dep 16:15, on time) - Landshut (Bay) Hbf - Eggmühl (arr 18:05, 20 late; dep 19:15, 85 late) - Eichbühl - shunt into Bundeswehr sidings, 2.3km, out and back via different sidings - Eichbühl - Langquaid (dep 21:00, 105 late) - Eggmühl | ||||
| Regensburg Hbf | 20:25 | arr 101 late | ||
| Overnight at Ibis Hotel Regensburg City (5 minutes walk from railway station) (3 nights) | ||||
| Notes First day of the IBSE railtour. The late running after Eggmühl was due to a late-running train already on the branch. |
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Sunday 27th May 2012
| Regensburg Hbf | 07:57 | - | DR 798 706-8 + 998 840-3 | |
| via Regensburg Ost (reverse 08:02/08:07) - Regensburg Bayernhafen [Preymesser - Osthafen Nordkai - western extremity beyond Nibelungenbrücke - Donaulände/Budapester Straße - Westhafen Nordkai - Wiener Straße - Auweg - Osthafen Südkai] - Regensburg Ost (dep 11:21) - Obertraubling - shunt to Neutraubling Krones (rev at km3.6) - Obertraubling (dep 12:40) - Regensburg Hbf - Saal (Donau) - shunt to Hafen Kehlheim/Saal - Saal (Donau) (dep 14:20) - Regensburg Bbf (dep 14:41) - Neumarkt (Opf) - Sengenthal Max Bögl - Neumarkt (Opf) - Regensburg Ost (dep 17:11) - Maxhütte-Haidhof - Burglengenfeld Heidelberg Cement - Maxhütte-Haidhof | ||||
| Regensburg Hbf | 20:39 | |||
| Overnight at Ibis Hotel Regensburg City | ||||
| Notes Second day of the IBSE railtour. |
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Monday 28th May 2012
| Regensburg Hbf | 07:36 | - | DR 798 706-8 + 998 840-3 | |
| via Straubing - Sand Hafen (rev at ~2km) - Straubing (dep 09:22) - shunt to Bundeswehr Mitterharthausen - Straubing - (dep 10:21) - Plattling - shunt to Papierfabrik (rev at km2.2) - Plattling (dep 11:18) - Deggendorf Hbf (11:26/11:47) - Deggendorf Hafen (rev at 3.4km) - Deggendorf Hbf (12:36/12:53) - Plattling - Vilshofen - Neustift-Blindham (rev at 7.7km, dep 14:35) - Vilshofen - Schalding - shunt to Schalding Hafen - Schalding - Passau Güterbahnhofgleise | ||||
| Passau Hbf | 16:26 | 17:10 | P17 | Oberpfalzbahn DR VT39 + VT35 (photo) |
| Freyung (photo) | 18:25 | 19:30 | P18 | Oberpfalzbahn DR VT35 + VT39 |
| Passau Hbf | 20:45 | 20:55 | - | Oberpfalzbahn DR VT39 + VT35 |
| Plattling | 21:30 | 22:11 | agilis EMU 440 403 set | |
| Regensburg Hbf | 22:53 | |||
| Overnight at Hotel Ibis Regensburg City | ||||
| Notes Last day of the IBSE railtour. The branch to Freyung has recently re-opened and sees weekend spring/summer services, plus holidays so was running today. Very scenic, though it was raining a fair amount of the time. Pizzas at Freyung courtesy of the train crew phoning the order through! |
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Tuesday 29th May 2012
| Regensburg Hbf | 07:30 | RE3548 | DB DMU 610 001 + 610 005 sets | |
| Schwandorf | 07:56 | 08:02 | VBG81108 | Vogtlandbahn DR VT16 |
| Weiden (Oberpfalz) | 08:41 | 08:46 | RE3509 | DB DMU 610 020 set |
| Neustadt (Waldnaab) (photo) | 08:53 | 09:02 | RE3510 | DB DMU 610 020 set |
| Weiden (Oberpfalz) | 09:09 | 09:14 | ALX84102 | alex DL 223 063 + 5C |
| Hof Hbf | 10:19 | 10:30 | IRE3807 | DB DMU 612 471 set |
| Plauen (Vogtl) ob bf | 10:57 | 11:07 | VBG81168 | Vogtlandbahn DR VT45 |
| Netschkau | 11:28 | |||
| Göltzschtalbrücke | 12:06 | D-OABB tethered helium balloon (photo photo photo) | ||
| Göltzschtalbrücke | 12:23 | |||
| Netschkau | 13:29 | VBG81170 | Vogtlandbahn VT44 | |
| Reichenbach (Vogtl) ob bf | 13:33 | 13:51 | RE3786 | DB DMU 612 111 + 612 112 |
| * Hof Hbf | DB DMU 612 111 only | |||
| * Pegnitz | DB DMU 612 ??? + ??? + 111 | |||
| Nürnberg Hbf | 16:14 | arr 8 late due to track fault at Lauf (rechts Pegnitz) | ||
| Nürnberg Hbf | 17:08 | RE4019 | DB EL 101 108-9 + 5C | |
| via SFS to Ingolstadt | ||||
| München Hbf | 18:54 | 19:15 | 'S8' | DB EMU 423 117 + 108 + 148 |
| München Flughafen (MUC) | 19:55 | 21:55 | LH2504 | Lufthansa A321 |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) | 23:00 | 23:15 | taxi | |
| Timperley | 23:30 | |||
| Notes Today's plan was to travel over a few lines in Bayern that I'd not managed to previously. The branch to Neustadt (Waldnaab) is a comparitively recent re-opening and is just 1km long. I'd never travelled over the Schnellfahrstrecke (SFS) between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt - and this is one of the few SFS routes that is traversed by RE trains and so can be used on cheaper tickets. I also wanted to travel over the Schlömener Kurve avoiding Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg; however these only run on alternate hours. Finally I wanted to spend some time viewing the Göltzschtalbrücke, which involves a walk of a few km from Netschkau station. Göltzschtalbrücke is the largest masonry viaduct in the world. When I got there I found that there was a tethered helium balloon giving rides to view the bridge (cost: 15EUR) which was well worth it and I got some excellent photos. Unfortunately this meant that I would have to miss out on the Schlömener Kurve - never mind. Today's tickets: single from Regensburg Hbf to Neustadt (Waldnaab) to avoid the 09:00 starting time limit, then Bayern-Single and Sachsen-Single tickets, all pre-purchased at a ticket machine. |
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