Hochstadt-Marktzeuln–Probstzella railway
The Hochstadt-Marktzeuln–Probstzella railway, route no. KBS 840, is an 88 kilometre long, electrified, double-tracked main line from Lichtenfels via Kronach to Saalfeld. It is part of the Munich–Nuremberg–Bamberg–Jena–Halle/Leipzig–Berlin trunk route. It was completed in October 1885.
Trogenbach Bridge Ludwigsstadt, a Class 151 banking locomotive returning to Probstzella
Lichtenfels station is in the town of Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia in the German state of Bavaria. It is a regional rail hub and a former ICE stop on the Hamburg–Berlin Munich route and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a station of category 3.
East facade of the entrance building
Looking west, a "wrong-coloured" 218 217-8 on the right in 1995
Western view