page_title: Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway / History
caption_attribution_description: Stellwerk Lauf (links Pegnitz)
context_page_description: The Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway is a 93.7 km long railway from Nuremberg, running along the Pegnitz river, to Hersbruck and continuing via Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Amberg to Schwandorf in the German state of Bavaria. It runs parallel to the Nuremberg–Cheb line between Nuremberg and Pommelsbrunn and this section is known as the Left Pegnitz line. It was opened in 1859 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.
context_section_description: On 12 April 1856, King Maximilian II of Bavaria gave the Bavarian Eastern Railway (Königlich privilegirte Actiengesellschaft der bayerischen Ostbahnen) permission to build the line, which was completed as a single-track line in 1859. The company was nationalised and became part of the Bavarian State Railways on 1 January 1876. In the same year, the line between Nuremberg and the suburb of Mögeldorf  was duplicated. In 1910–12 the line was duplicated between Mögeldorf to Amberg. The second track was put into operation from Neukirchen to Sulzbach on 1 May 1911, from Mögeldorf to Neukirchen in October 1912 and from Sulzbach to Amberg in December 1912. The line had been duplicated between Irrenlohe and Schwandorf on 1 October 1863.
  As a result of the shortage of railway materials during the Second World War, the line between Nuremberg-Laufamholz and Hersbruck was reduced to single track in 1943. During the reconstruction of the Nuremberg–Lauf section for the Nuremberg S-Bahn in 1983, the second track was re-installed and electrified. As part of the extension of S-Bahn operations from Lauf to Hartmannshof, the line was blocked to all traffic between Lauf and Hersbruck from 1 August to 14 September 2009. During this period, the second track was restored, installations for overhead wire were built and the upgrading of stations was started. On 14 December 2009, new platforms were opened at Ottensoos, located about 300 metres closer to the centre of the town than the old station. On 15 November 2010, the reconstructed second track was opened between Lauf and Hersbruck.
caption: The former eastern signal box in Lauf (left Pegnitz)
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