Hochstadt-Marktzeuln–Probstzella railway

The Hochstadt-Marktzeuln–Probstzella railway (also called in German the Frankenwaldbahn, "Franconian Forest Railway"), route no. KBS 840, is an 88 kilometre long, electrified, double-tracked main line from Lichtenfels via Kronach to Saalfeld. It is part of the Munich–Nuremberg–Bam­bergJenaHalle/Leipzig–Berlin trunk route. It was completed in October 1885.

Hochstadt-Marktzeuln–Probstzella
Trogenbach Bridge Ludwigsstadt, a Class 151 banking locomotive returning to Probstzella
Overview
Native nameFrankenwaldbahn
Line number5100, 5010, 6383, 6340, 3800
LocaleBavaria, Thuringia, Germany
Service
Route number840, 841
Technical
Line length88 km (55 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius300 m (984 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Maximum incline2.9%
Route map

km
31.90
Lichtenfels
see Bamberg–Hof railway
40.20
0.00
Hochstadt-Marktzeuln
Main Bridge
3.50
Redwitz
7.24
Oberlangenstadt
9.00
Küps
from Weißenbrunn
12.70
Neuses bei Kronach
15.44
Kronach
305
20.30
Gundelsdorf
from Sonneberg
23.67
Stockheim
343 m
from Tettau
29.22
Pressig-Rothenkirchen
376 m
35.12
Förtschendorf
455 m
41.44
Steinbach am Wald
594 m
from Lehesten
Trogenbach Bridge (200 m)
47.61
Ludwigsstadt
457 m
Taugwitz Valley Bridge (56 m)
50.56
Lauenstein
410 m
52.80
Falkenstein
375 m
52.91
166.66
164.99
Probstzella
365 m
to Ernstthal
to Leipzig
km
Source: German railway atlas

The Franconian Forest line branches off from the Ludwig South-North Railway at Marktzeuln. Climbing the ramps from Pressig-Rothenkirchen and Probstzella to Steinbach am Wald the line ascends the heights of the Franconian Forest (Frankenwald). The ramps have a maximum incline of 29 ‰ and, even today, heavy goods trains require an additional banking locomotive at the front or rear of the train.

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