Nuremberg–Bamberg line: Baiersdorf–Eggolsheim section completed
- Location
- Forchheim / Erlangen-Höchstadt district, Bavaria (Baiersdorf – Forchheim – Eggolsheim) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Four-track expansion of the Nuremberg–Bamberg railway between Baiersdorf and Eggolsheim (VDE 8.1, planning sections PFA 18/19)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 300 million (2013 planning estimate for the full PFA 18/19 section); construction costs of EUR 115–190 million were cited for the 8 km Forchheim-Süd sub-section
- Status
- Completed / brought into operation (November 2024)
The roughly 14 km four-track expansion section between Baiersdorf and Eggolsheim (planning sections PFA 18/19) is part of the VDE 8.1 Nuremberg–Bamberg/Ebensfeld upgrade project. The two additional high-speed tracks between Baiersdorf and Forchheim already entered service on 30 November 2018; the remaining four-track section between Forchheim and Eggolsheim Süd was completed and released in November 2024. Total investment for the project was estimated at around EUR 300 million in 2013, with construction costs of EUR 115–190 million cited for the 8 km Forchheim-Süd sub-section.
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