Schnabelwaid–Bayreuth railway

Schnabelwaid–Bayreuth railway
Kreuzstein junction (left: Ostbahn to Weiden)
Overview
Line number5001
LocaleBavaria, Germany
Service
Route number512, 860
Technical
Line length18.2 km (11.3 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph)
Route map

from Nuremberg
0.0
Schnabelwaid
(472 m)
to Cheb
(Nürnberg–Cheb)
5.6
Creußen (Oberfr)
(434 m)
9.1
Red Main
(90 m)
9.7
B 2 and B 85
9.8
Neuenreuth (b Creußen)
12.2
A 9
15.4
B 2 and B 85
from Hollfeld (and Thurnau)
16.6
Kreuzstein junction)
17.2
B 22
(40 m)
Badstraße
Mill canal
17.8
B 2 and
17.8
Red Main
(110 m)
Tunnelstraße
from Weiden–Bayreuth
18.2
Bayreuth Hbf
(344 m)
to Weidenberg
to Neuenmarkt
Source: German railway atlas

The Schnabelwaid–Bayreuth railway is an 18.2 km long single-track main line from Schnabelwaid via Creußen to Bayreuth in the German state of Bavaria. It is part of the Saxon-Franconian trunk line (German: Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale).