It is the extension of the Nuremberg–Feucht railway, which ends at Feucht station, and runs from there to the east through the Lorenzer Reichswald (“St.

There were plans as early as 1836 to extend the Ludwig Railway via Feucht to Altdorf and then continuing along the Lauterach, Vils and the Naab rivers to Regensburg.

The line was finally opened on 15 October 1878 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

The efforts were successful, so that the first electric railcars ran on the line on 2 September 1952.

[2] The works included the refurbishment of the superstructure and the removal of many level crossings to improve line speed from 60 to 100 km/h and the rehabilitation of the track bed.