Augsburg–Buchloe railway

The Augsburg–Buchloe railway is a double-track main line in the German state of Bavaria. It runs from Augsburg to Buchloe. Other major towns on the route are Bobingen and Schwabmünchen. It was built as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway, one of the oldest lines in Germany.

History
The route was created as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway from Lindau via Kempten, Augsburg and Nuremberg to Hof. The construction of the 60.2 km long line from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof via Bobingen and Buchloe to Kaufbeuren was authorised by a Bavarian law of 25 August 1843 and opened on 1 September 1847. The 20.3 km long section from Buchloe to Kaufbeuren is now considered part of the Buchloe–Lindau railway.

Operations
Under the 2022 timetable passenger services operate on line on the following routes:

A daily Intercity train also operates between Augsburg and Oberstdorf.

There are additional trains between Augsburg and Schwabmünchen and between Augsburg and Buchloe, creating a half-hourly service between Augsburg and Buchloe.

The Allgäu-Franken-Express operated from the timetable change in December 2006 to replace some ICE trains, which since then have run on the Nuremberg–Ingolstadt–Munich route instead of the Nuremberg–Augsburg route. There are operated 2 pairs of trains daily, now as the RE 7/RE 17.