Stauden Railway

Stauden Railway (Gessertshausen–Türkheim (Bay) Bahnhof)
Legend
 km
Ulm–Augsburg line from Augsburg
 0.0 Gessertshausen
 Bavarian Maximilian Railway to Ulm
 3.0 Margertshausen
 8.0 Fischach (Schwaben)
 Schmutter
 10.2 Wollmetshofen
 13.3 Langenneufnach
 16.4 Gumpenweiler
 17.7 Walkertshofen
 21.1 Reichertshofen (Schwaben)
 23.6 Mittelneufnach
 25.8 Oberneufnach
 27.0 Markt Wald
 28.9 Schnerzhofen
 to the factory Lang Papier
 34.1 Ettringen
 39.7 Türkheim (Bay)
 Railway Buchloe–Memmingen (from Augsburg/Munich
 42.4 Türkheim (Bay) Bahnhof
 Railway Buchloe–Memmingen to Memmingen/Lindau (Bodensee)
 Railway Türkheim–Bad Wörishofen to Bad Wörishofen

The Stauden Railway (German: Staudenbahn) is a railway line through the Stauden (hence the name), the southern part of the Augsburg-Westerwald Nature Park (in the districts of Augsburg and Unterallgäu, Bavaria, Germany). The line was built from 1908 to 1912 and had a length of 42.4 kilometres (26.3 mi). One section (Ettringen – Markt Wald) was closed in 1983 because of low passenger numbers and the poor state of the track. The line from Türkheim to Ettringen is used by the factory Lang Papier. The section from Markt Wald to Gessertshausen is only used by an excursion train association. Every second Sunday a diesel fuel train runs from Augsburg Hbf to Markt Wald.

Future

With the discussion about the suburban railway Augsburg there is a railway line planned to the planned station Langenneufnach Süd. Furthermore, the passenger traffic from Augsburg to Bad Wörishofen should be recommissioned.

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