Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof

Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German town of Bayreuth, in northern Bavaria.

Bayreuth Hbf
The station building
General information
Location	Bahnhofsstraße, 20[1] Bayreuth, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	49°57′0″N 11°34′49″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg Bayreuth–Warmensteinach Weiden–Bayreuth Schnabelwaid–Bayreuth Bayreuth–Hollfeld
Platforms	3[2]
Tracks	5[2]
Other information
Station code	0439
DS100 code	NBY[2]
Category	3
Fare zone	VGN: 1201[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station Creußen (Oberfr) towards Nürnberg Hbf RE 30 Münchberg towards Hof Hbf Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg towards Coburg RE 32 Pegnitz towards Nürnberg Hbf Trebgast towards Bamberg RE 38 Creußen (Oberfr) towards Nürnberg Hbf Preceding station Following station Bindlach towards Coburg RB 24 Terminus Seybothenreuth towards Weiden (Oberpfalz) RB 34 Bayreuth-St Georgen towards Weidenberg Terminus RB 97 Stockau towards Bad Steben
Location

Aerial view of the station

Overview

Railway lines run north to Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, and from there to Bamberg and over the Schiefe Ebene to Hof, east to Weidenberg, southeast to Weiden and south to Schnabelwaid with connections to Nuremberg on the Pegnitz Valley Railway. The lines around Bayreuth are all single-tracked and non-electrified.^{[citation needed]}

Train services

Due to the fact that all four railway lines are single-track and non-electrified, Bayreuth is currently only served by regional rail services. From December 2007 until December 2013, the Franken-Sachsen-Express provided a direct connection from Nuremberg to Dresden. The technology used for this was the Class 612 diesel multiple set. After the electrification of the railway between Plauen and Hof in 2013, the Franken-Sachsen-Express required a transfer in Hof and had a longer travel time due to the use of non-tilting electric trains.^[4] Later that year, the FSX was rerouted through Marktredwitz for a fully electrified railway.^[5]

Regional Rail Services

Regional routes serving Bayreuth are operated by DB Regio and the private company agilis. Since 2014, regional rail services in Bayreuth have belonged to the Integrated Transport Association of Greater Nuremberg (VGN, for Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg). There are Regional-Express links via Lichtenfels to Bamberg and Würzburg, and via Lichtenfels and Kronach to Saalfeld.^{[citation needed]}

Beginning on 23 May 1992, tilting diesel multiple units of Class 610 have worked the railway through the Pegnitz valley from Nuremberg to Bayreuth. These were bought by the former Deutsche Bundesbahn specifically for the winding railway. These trains proved quite reliable and reduced the travel time significantly.^[6] Today, DB Regio uses the Class 612 DMUs exclusively, and agilis operates the Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1.

Line	Route	Frequency	Operator
RE 30	Hof – Bayreuth – Pegnitz – Nürnberg	60 min	DB Regio Bayern
RE 32	Nürnberg – Bayreuth – Kulmbach – Lichtenfels – Coburg	120 min
RE 38	Nürnberg – Bayreuth – Kulmbach – Lichtenfels – Bamberg	120 min
RB 24	Bayreuth – Kulmbach – Lichtenfels – Coburg	60 min	agilis
RB 34	Weiden (Oberpf) – Kirchenlaibach – Bayreuth – Weidenberg	60 min
RB 97	Bad Steben – Hof – Marktredwitz – Kirchenlaibach – Bayreuth	60 min

Gallery

• 
  The station building seen from the track side
• 
  View of the platforms
• 
  The station in 1987

Literature

• Robert Zintl: Bayreuth und die Eisenbahn. Gondrom, Bindlach 1992, ISBN 3811207806

See also

• List of railway stations in Bavaria