Network
The following routes were published in the 2008 timetable.
| Line | Route | Distance | Stations | Startdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex1 | München Hbf–Landshut Hbf–Regensburg Hbf–Schwandorf– –Weiden–Marktredwitz–Hof Hbf –Furth im Wald–Plzeň hl.n.–Praha hl.n. |
318 443 km | 16/16 | 9. December 2007 |
| Alex2 | München Hbf–Buchloe–Kempten Hbf–Immenstadt– bOberstdorf –Hergatz–Lindau Hbf |
172 221 km | 17/14 | 9. December 2007 |
| VB 1 | Zwickau Zentrum–Zwickau Hbf–Lengenfeld–Auerbach –Falkenstein–Zwotental–Klingenthal–Kraslice |
73 km | 23 | |
| VB 2 | Zwickau Zentrum Zwickau Hbf–Reichenbach ob Bf–Plauen ob Bf–Weischlitz–Adorf Bad Brambach–Cheb–Mariánské Lázně |
158 km | 34 | |
| VB 3 | Hof Hbf–Marktredwitz–Wiesau–Neustadt (Waldnaab)–Weiden –Nabburg–Schwandorf–Regensburg Hbf |
180 km | 25 | |
| VB 4 | Gera Hbf–Greiz–Elsterberg–Plauen unt Bf–Weischlitz | 62 km | 19 | |
| VB 5 | Hof Hbf–Mehltheuer–Plauen ob Bf–Herlasgrün–Auerbach –Falkenstein–Zwotental–Adorf |
121 km | 28 | |
| VB 8 | Marktredwitz–Schirnding–Cheb | 27 km | 5 | 28. Mai 2000 |
| RB | (Hof Hbf–) Schwarzenbach (Saale)–Münchberg–Helmbrechts |
34 km | 10 | 8. December 2006 |
| RB | Lichtenfels–Kulmbach–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg |
42 km | 10 | 8. December 2006 |
The trains on the Lines VB 1 und VB 5 from Zwickau and Hof-Plauen meet at Falkenstein station where they are coupled together to make one train. They travel coupled to Zwotental, where they are separated and continue their journey to Kraslice and Adorf respectively. This is said to give twice as much capacity on the popular Falkenstein–Zwotental section. There is also a cost saving.
Half the trainsets on Line VB 2, those that terminate at Adorf, are of the "RegioSprinter" type. They are light enough to run as tram-trains into Zwickau town centre. The trains from Zwickau to Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) are the heavier "Desiro" train sets, not suitable to be used on the tram tracks through Zwickau town centre; so they start and terminate at the Hauptbahnhof. Consequently, since 12 December 2004, there has been an hourly service on the core route between Zwickauer Hauptbahnhof and Adorf, and a two-hourly service on the extended route from Zwickau Zentrum to Adorf, and a two-hourly service from Zwickau Hbf to Mariánské Lázně.
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