Bavarian Forest Railway

Bavarian Forest Railway
Overview
Native nameBayerische Waldbahn
Line number5634
Service
Route number905
Technical
Line length71.7 km (44.6 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Maximum incline1.25%
KBS 905 - Stations and Structures

Legend
from Landshut
from Regensburg
62,9
 Plattling
(Landshut km 0)
to Passau
66,6
 Pankofen
Bundesautobahn 3
Danube (365 m)
from Hengersberg
from Metten
72,4
 Deggendorf Hbf
79,7
 Grafling-Arzting
82,2
 Ulrichsberg
Kühberg tunnel (475 m)
89,5
 Grafling
Hochbühl tunnel (569 m)
95,9
 Gotteszell
to Viechtach (formerly Blaibach)
102,7
 Triefenried
Ohe (315 m)
110,5
 Regen
Regen (119 m)
Regen (79 m)
116,3
 Bettmannsäge
Regen (131 m)
from Bodenmais
from Grafenau
120,7
 Zwiesel (Bayern)
Deffernik bridge (118 m)
126,4
 Ludwigsthal
134,6
 Bayerisch Eisenstein/Železná Ruda-Alžbětín
722 m
(Gemeinschaftsbahnhof DB/ČD)
to Plzeň

The Bavarian Forest Railway (Bayerische Waldbahn often just called the Waldbahn) (KBS 905) links the heart of the Bavarian Forest around Regen and Zwiesel to Plattling and the Danube valley on one side, and the Czech Republic through Bayerisch Eisenstein on the other. In the Danube valley it forms a junction with the Nuremberg–Regensburg–Passau long-distance railway (KBS[1] 880) and, to the south, regional lines to Landshut and Munich (KBS 931).

  1. ^ KBS stands for Kursbuchstrecke or 'timetable route'; the KBS numbers are the route numbers given in the official railway timetables