Allersberg (Rothsee) station

Allersberg (Rothsee)
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General information
Location	Altenfeldener Str 1, Allersberg, Bavaria Germany
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed line
Other information
Station code	99
DS100 code	NALB
IBNR	8000498
Category	6
Fare zone	VGN: 636
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	6 December 2006
Services
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Allersberg (Rothsee) is a railway station situated at km 25.4 of the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed line.

The station is situated about 3 km west of the Middle Franconian town Allersberg, adjacent to the A 9 motorway. Together with Kinding (Altmühltal) (km 58.6) and Ingolstadt Nord (km 86.8) it is one of three regional stations on the high-speed line. It was opened on December 6, 2006, connecting Allersberg to the rail network again 33 years after the closure of the Burgthann–Allersberg railway. The station is administrated by the station management at Nuremberg station.

Operational usage

Trains call at the station since December 10, 2006. Prior to that date, the railway line was exclusively used by ICE trains that did not call at Allersberg.

Allersberg is a stop for the RegionalExpress trains of the München-Nürnberg-Express service. The service calls at Allersberg every two hours, with additional trains in hourly intervals during peak times. Additionally, a RegionalBahn service, the Allersberg-Express, connects Allersberg to Nürnberg Hbf. The train calls at Allersberg once per hour, with less trains in off-peak times and on the weekend. The München-Nürnberg-Express reaches a maximum speed of 200 km/h (120 mph), the Allersberg-Express travels at 140 km/h (87 mph). Travel time to Nuremberg is about 15 minutes, the journey to Munich takes circa 90 minutes.

Infrastructure

Nuremberg-bound platform, 2007.

The station is built on a dam and equipped with two through tracks in the centre. The maximum speed on these tracks is 300 km/h (190 mph) , they are built utilising UIC 60 rails on concrete slab trackbeds. The two outer tracks are built using conventional S54 rails on gravel and are equipped with a platform each. The platforms are 170 m (560 ft) long. North of the station, a set of four points is installed.

Southbound München-Nürnberg-Express trains (to Ingolstadt and Munich) depart from platform 4, northbound trains on that line (to Nuremberg) depart from platform 1. The Allersberg-Express trains always depart from platform 1.

Both platforms are equipped with passenger shelters, a short-distance ticket machine and several ticket cancellation machines. There is no staff present on the station. The only permanent structures apart from the passenger shelters are a substation of the electronic signal box and a GSM-R transmitter.

A road tunnel and a passenger subway cross underneath the tracks. Both platforms are accessible with two stairwells and a ramp each.

Allersberg (Rothsee) is one of the four stations in Germany that can be passed through at a speed of 300 km/h (190 mph). The other stations are Kinding (Altmühltal) (south on the line) and Limburg Süd and Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt line.

Local transport

The station is situated adjacent to the A9 autobahn junction Allersberg. There are six bus stands and 112 bicycle ranks at the station. Furthermore, there are 286 parking bays with an electronic guidance system and a cycle path connecting the station to the Rothsee recreation area.

Seven bus lines connect the station to local towns and villages. Apart from the connection to Allersberg, bus lines operate to Thalmässing, Greding, Heideck, Pyrbaum and Freystadt. Two lines connect the station to the two main towns in the area, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and Roth. One bus line also connects to Hilpoltstein, with yet unknown consequences for the Roth-Hilpoltstein railway.

Gallery

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  Fall 2005, the platforms have since been renumbered.
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  The station at night.
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  Bus station
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  The station has about 290 parking bays.
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  Car park
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  The platform
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  Northern end of track 1, with flyover.
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  Haptic information in normal writing and Braille on the railing.
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  The station under construction, 2003.

External links

• Information page of the Nuremberg Regional Transport Union (Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg) on the R9 Express
• Pendlerstrom nach Allersberg nimmt zu Report from the Mittelbayerischen Zeitung dated 11 December 2006
• Current departure timetable
• Data sheet in the DB AG's station fact file
• Platform information on the DB web pages