Langlau passing station opens, RB 62 now runs hourly throughout

With the commissioning of the rebuilt Langlau passing station and its electronic interlocking on 24 October 2025, the infrastructure of the Pleinfeld–Wassertrüdingen line (route 912) is complete; since 27 October 2025 the 32 km RB 62 service has run hourly throughout, whereas until then every second trip on the busier section had to be run as a replacement bus. The Hesselbergbahn between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen, reactivated in December 2024, was thus able to run its target timetable only after almost a year, because the interlocking missed both the planned date in April and the one in July. On the 15 km BayernBahn section, technically supported train control has replaced strict single-train operation since 17 July 2025, so freight trains can now also cross the passenger train at Cronheim; the Ansbach interlocking, also planned, did not go live during the October possession. The report gives no costs. (LOK Report, 30 Oct 2025)