The Neufahrn Link (german: Neufahrner Spange) is a double-track and electrified main line in the German state of
Bavaria. It connects
Neufahrn bei Freising station on the
Munich–Regensburg railway with
Munich Airport.
Route
The line branches to the northeast from Neufahrn bei Freising station at a grade-separated junction from the Munich–Regensburg railway. After a few hundred metres it meets the
A92 autobahn and then runs parallel with it. In Achering it passes under the
B11 at Freising South interchange. After that, the line runs along the autobahn through the
Isar
The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria, and Bavaria, Germany, which is not navigable for watercraft above raft size. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munic ...
grassland, crosses the Isar and then follows the airport access road. Just before the perimeter of the airport, it reaches München Flughafen (Munich Airport) West junction on the
Munich East–Munich Airport railway.
History
After the opening of the Munich Airport in 1992, the only line that connected it to the rail network was the Munich East–Munich Airport railway. The Neufahrn Link was built to establish a second connection. The first sod was turned for the construction on 18 March 1997 and the line was opened on 29 November 1998.
Operations
The line is served at 20-minute intervals by the of the
Munich S-Bahn. This runs from
Munich East via the
S-Bahn trunk line and the Munich–Regensburg railway to Neufahrn. Here trains are usually uncoupled. The front section continues on to
Freising and the rear section runs over the Neufahrn Link to the airport. In addition to the S-Bahn, occasional freight trains run to the airport.
Future
As part of the
Erding Ring Closure
The Erding ring closure (german: Erdinger Ringschluss) is a project to build a long, double-track railway that is planned to run from Freising via Munich Airport to Erding.
Route
Line 5559 would run from Freising station as a four-track line ...
(''Erdinger Ringschluss'') project, the airport will also be linked to eastern Bavaria. This project includes the construction of the so-called ''Neufahner Gegenkurve'' ("Neufahn counter curve"), which would branch off before Neufahrn station to cross the and then join the line towards Freising and
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
.
References
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Munich S-Bahn lines
Airport rail links in Germany
Buildings and structures in Freising (district)
Railway lines opened in 1998
1998 establishments in Germany