The S5 is a service on the

Nuremberg S-Bahn The Nuremberg S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Nürnberg) is an S-Bahn network covering the region of Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen which started operations in 1987 and is now integrated into the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association ( Verkehrsverbund G ...

network since 13 December 2020.

History

The Allersberg-Express has been integrated as the S5 in the system of the

.Bayerisches Staatsministerium de Inneren, für Bau und Verkehr (Hrsg.)
''Herrmann informiert sich über Ausbau Nürnberger S-Bahn''
Presseinformation 30 July 2014. For this purpose, a

request for tender An invitation to tender (ITT, otherwise known as a call for bids or a request for tenders) is a formal, structured procedure for generating competing offers from different potential suppliers or contractors looking to obtain an award of business ...

for a 12-year transport contract was made in mid-2013, which will provide annually seven million train kilometers.''Bayern: Allersberg-Express wird ins S-Bahnetz Nürnberg integriert''
''eurailpress.de''-Meldung 9 July 2012. The timetable is expected to remain largely unchanged, and new vehicles will be used on the route. The

Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEG; German for ''Bavarian Railways Company'') is the passenger transport company for regional railways in Bavaria. Founded in 1995, it is organised as a GmbH wholly owned by the Bavarian Government. The company ...

renounced according to own data for cost reasons to announce the new offer together with the

München-Nürnberg-Express The München-Nürnberg-Express (literally: ''Munich-Nuremberg Express'') is a RegionalExpress train service in the southern German state of Bavaria, connecting the two main cities of the state, Munich and Nuremberg. With its maximum speed of ...

. An extension, for example to

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rez ...

, will be examined.Rainer Messingschlager
''Mit der S-Bahn an den Rothsee''
donaukurier.de, 30 August 2012. In January 2015, the

announced that the

National Express Germany National Express Germany is a railway operator in Germany. A subsidiary of National Express, it commenced trading in December 2015. History In February 2013 National Express was awarded two regional rail contracts in Germany by the Verkehrsverb ...

had won both lots of the

and thus also the Allersberg-Express and will operate this from December 2018.International Railway Journal: DB loses Nuremberg S-Bahn to National Express, Tuesday, February 03, 2015
retrieved 3 February 2015. On 19 December 2016, it was decided that DB Regio Franken would continue operating the S5 from 2018 onwards. The new "S5" started service with the December 2020 schedule change. It is operated with two

Alstom Coradia Continental The Alstom Coradia is a family of diesel and electric multiple units for intercity and regional service manufactured by Alstom, with variants operating in Europe, North America, and Africa. Design The Coradia is a family of high-performance ...

( DB Class 1440) specially equipped with

LZB Linienzugbeeinflussung (or LZB) is a cab signalling and train protection system used on selected German and Austrian railway lines as well as on the AVE and some commuter rail lines in Spain. The system was mandatory where trains were allowed ...

to be able to operate on the

Nuremberg Munich high speed line Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants ...

Network

References

External links

* {{Public Transport in Nuremberg Nuremberg S-Bahn lines 2020 establishments in Germany