page_title: Ries Railway
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Ries Railway / Operations
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bahnhofsgebäude des Haltepunkts Aalen-Wasseralfingen
context_page_description: The Ries Railway is the current name of the line between Aalen and Donauwörth via Nördlingen. The name is derived from the Nördlinger Ries depression, and the line is operated by Deutsche Bahn.
  The line consists of a section of the Aalen–Nördlingen railway built by the Kingdom of Württemberg as the Rems Railway and a section of the Nördlingen–Donauwörth railway built as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway by the Kingdom of Bavaria, two of the oldest lines in Germany.
context_section_description: The line is electrified and built as a single-track, except for the two-track section between Aalen and Goldshöfe.
  The height of some platform edges is below the minimum standard of about 38 cm above the rails and the island platforms of smaller stations can only be reached by plank crossings over the tracks. The stations of Hoppingen, Ebermergen and Wörnitzstein have gravel platforms. The stations between Aalen and Nördlingen were extensively renovated with the exception of Goldshöfe station in 2009. Dynamic information displays were installed and the underpass was rebuilt at Nördlingen station in 2011. In addition, the stations of Wörnitzstein and Möttingen received new shelters. The latter station as well as the halts of Hoppingen and Ebermergen were also equipped with dynamic information displays in 2012.
caption: Wasseralfingen station
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