DB Regio Oberfranken
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DB Regio Oberfranken is a business area with the German national railway company, Deutsche Bahn
, with its headquarters in Hof (Saale). It is responsible for the majority of regional and local railway services in the Bavarian province of Upper Franconia
(Oberfranken).
coaches to modern diesel multiple units. Today in Hof there are 45 VT 612
tilting train
s and 27 conventional VT 628
units stationed there. The VT 612 are mainly employed on Regional-Express routes. One exception is the through connexion of RE trains from Würzburg/Lichtenfels via Hof as Regionalbahn
trains to Bad Steben
. This enables passengers to travel the whole route without changing.
, which specialises in tilting train technology. Here the Class 612 and 628 are inspected, maintained and repaired. The workshop was modernised in 2000 and 2001 for about 4 million euro
s.
This transport region covers most of the routes in Upper Franconia. The following are some of the routes for which
DB Regio Oberfranken supplies railway vehicles:
The RE services are mainly operated with VT 612 units. On the Hof / Bayreuth–Marktredwitz
–Nuremberg
line they alternated with VT 610
trains from Nuremberg depot until the timetable change in December 2007. The RB services are - with the aforementioned exception – worked by
VT 628 units.
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
, with its headquarters in Hof (Saale). It is responsible for the majority of regional and local railway services in the Bavarian province of Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia , all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern .With more than 200 independent breweries which brew...
(Oberfranken).
Trains
Because there are no electrified railways from Hof, the city can only be reached by diesel-engined rail vehicles. After heavy investment by Deutsche Bahn around the turn of the century, trains have changed in just a few years from diesel-hauledDiesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...
coaches to modern diesel multiple units. Today in Hof there are 45 VT 612
DBAG Class 612
The DBAG Class 612 is a two car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn for fast regional rail services on unelectrified lines.-General Information:...
tilting train
Tilting train
A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest due to...
s and 27 conventional VT 628
DB Class 628
The DB Class 628 is a twin-car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn AG for local passenger rail services.- Design :...
units stationed there. The VT 612 are mainly employed on Regional-Express routes. One exception is the through connexion of RE trains from Würzburg/Lichtenfels via Hof as Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...
trains to Bad Steben
Bad Steben
Bad Steben is a market town in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany. In 2007 Bad Steben celebrated its 175th anniversary as Bavarian State Spa....
. This enables passengers to travel the whole route without changing.
Locomotive depot
DB Regio Oberfranken owns the locomotive depot at Hof, Betriebswerk Hof, a 68,000 m², modern workshopWorkshop
A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods...
, which specialises in tilting train technology. Here the Class 612 and 628 are inspected, maintained and repaired. The workshop was modernised in 2000 and 2001 for about 4 million euro
Euro
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s.
Routes
DB Regio Oberfranken supplies railway vehicles:
- RE Hof / Bayreuth–Lichtenfels–Würzburg
- RE Hof / Bayreuth–Lichtenfels–Saalfeld (Saale)
- RE Hof / Bayreuth–Nürnberg Hbf
- RE Hof–Marktredwitz–Weiden (Oberpf)–Regensburg
- RE Hof–Marktredwitz–Nürnberg
- RE Marktredwitz–Eger/Cheb
- RB Marktredwitz– Kirchenlaibach–Bayreuth Hbf
- RB Hof–Bad Steben
- RB Hof–Selb
- RB Bayreuth–Weiden (Oberpf)
- RB Coburg-Bad Rodach
The RE services are mainly operated with VT 612 units. On the Hof / Bayreuth–Marktredwitz
Marktredwitz
Marktredwitz is a municipality in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 22 km west of Cheb, 50 km east of Bayreuth and 50 km south of Hof/Saale.The town celebrated the Horticultural Show 2006 in cooperation with Cheb....
–Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
line they alternated with VT 610
DB Class 610
The DB Class 610 is a Diesel Multiple Unit train type operated by the Deutsche Bahn in Germany. They were built from 1991 to 1992 by MAN and DUEWAG. The class has a tilting system and was inspired by Italian Pendolino trains.-General Information:...
trains from Nuremberg depot until the timetable change in December 2007. The RB services are - with the aforementioned exception – worked by
VT 628 units.