Nuremberg Ring Railway  The Nuremberg Ring Railway is the ring railway for freight that runs at a distance of three to four kilometres from the center of Nuremberg in the German state of Bavaria. The first section ("south ring") was opened on 1 October 1898 and joined the lines from Crailsheim, from Augsburg and from Regensburg with the "Rangierprovisorium" (temporary marshalling yard) on the site of today's Nuremberg marshalling yard ("Nürnberg Rbf"). Just a year later, on 1 July 1899, the first part of the "northern ring" from Nuremberg East ("Nürnberg Ost") station (on the Nuremberg–Cheb railway) via Nuremberg Northeast ("Nürnberg Nordost") station to Nuremberg North ("Nürnberg Nord") station was put into operation. This was connected to the south ring on 1 May 1900 with the opening of the Dutzendteich–Mögeldorf/Ostbahnhof line. The "closing of the ring" finally took place in two stages: the extension from Nuremberg North to Nuremberg West was opened on 1 May 1905 and this was followed by the last section from Nuremberg Northwest ("Nürnberg Nordwest") to Muggenhof junction and from there to Fürth (over the Nuremberg–Bamberg railway) and via Großreuth to the existing southern part of the Ring Railway on 1 October 1910. Thus, the 30 km long ring was completed. The southern part of the Ring Railway was duplicated in 1903. The section from Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof via Dutzendteich and the marshalling yard to the Nuremberg–Augsburg line was electrified in 1935. For the construction of the Nazi party rally grounds in the area between Luitpoldhain, Dutzendteich and Langwasser, the connection from the marshalling yard to the Nuremberg–Regensburg line was moved by 1.6 km to the southeast in 1938. The original line ran from the western end of the reception sidings in an arc north to Zollhaus and the area of the swimming stadium and an area currently used for allotments, where the tracks separate to run towards Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof or the Nuremberg–Regensburg line. The new line connects at the eastern end of the reception sidings, then turns left and runs straight through today's district of Langwasser (formerly Märzfeld north and the SA camp south of the line) and, after crossing Gleiwitzer Straße, branches to connect with the Nuremberg–Regensburg line.