[4] It ended in its own station in Bayreuth south of the former Brandenburger Thor (Brandenburg Gate, the location of the station of the state railway, the current Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof), which had a roundhouse, a goods shed, a carriage shed and a residential block for railway officials.

Near the Brandweiher estate the route swings to the southwest and then runs northwest through the Manteler forest and from Schwarzenbach along the Haidenaab to Pressath.

Next, the line runs along the Haidenaab, passing to the east side of Rauher Kulm and meets the Nuremberg–Cheb railway at Kirchenlaibach station.

After Kirchenlaibach station the line runs to the northwest along the B 22 through the Seybothenreuth forest and between the Pensenberg and Schlehenberg mountains to Bayreuth.

Rail services on the line are operated by Agilis with Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 diesel railcars.