Ancienne gare de Bischofsgrün

The Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg – Bischofsgrün line was a branch line in Bavaria. It branched off from the Bayreuth – Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg railway line at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg at the Schlömen junction and led to Bischofsgrün. It was one of the seven railway lines that previously opened up the Fichtel Mountains.
The line began at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station (50 ° 5 ′ 35.1 ″ N, 11 ° 34 ′ 54.1 ″ E) and initially used the track of the leased railway in the direction of Bayreuth. At Schlömen it branched off to the south-east, for this purpose a signal box (with a block) (50 ° 4 ′ 32.5 ″ N, 11 ° 34 ′ 41 ″ E) was built on the outskirts. Then the route roughly followed the course of the White Main. From Bad Berneck to Bischofsgrün it ran with a steep slope parallel to the river. The difference in altitude between Himmelkron and Bischofsgrün was 266 meters, the 33 ‰ climb from Röhrenhof far exceeded that of the inclined plane. The terminus at Bischofsgrün (50 ° 3 '14.1 ″ N, 11 ° 46 ′ 28.5 ″ E) was in the Glasermühle district over a kilometer outside and a good 50 meters below the main town.
The route was built in three sections. On November 28, 1896, the railway reached the spa town and former district office of Berneck, the following year Goldmühl and finally the Bischofsgrün station on October 20, 1898. A locomotive station was set up there for the maintenance and servicing of the steam locomotives. There were freight sidings to a company in Goldmühl and for gravel transport to a hard stone works in Röhrenhof.
Passenger traffic on the entire route was discontinued on May 26, 1974, and freight traffic between Röhrenhof and Bischofsgrün on May 31, 1986. The Goldmühl – Hartsteinwerk Röhrenhof section has been a siding since then.
The railway line was completely dismantled.

Beginning of the entry into a great bike path (formerly railway line)