Mödling – Hinterbrühl local railway

Mödling – Hinterbrühl

First generation railcars, 1883

Route length:

4,428 km

Gauge :

1000 mm ( meter gauge )

Power system :

550 volts =

Legend

0.000	Mödling transition to the southern runway	213 m above sea level A.
0.120	Mödlingbach (17.14 m)
0.360	Mödling-Bahngasse (from 1927)
0.520	Demelgasse (1900–1927)
0.710	Spechtgasse (1903-1916)
0.710	Kielmannsegg – Spechtgasse (from 1916)
0.865	Spechtgasse – Viechtlgasse (1901–1903)
0.940	Viechtlgasse (until 1901)
1,000	Viechtlgasse – Turnergasse (1917–1930)
1.045	Turnergasse – Stadtbad (from 1930)
1,270 1,300	Neusiedlerstrasse
1.523	Klausen
2,000	Adlerbrücke (from 1890)
2.235	Mühlgasse (1884–1903)
2.235	Mühlgasse (from 1903)
2,320	Mödlingbach (12.77 m)
2.820	Mödlingbach (14.32 m)
2.944	Vorderbrühl (from 1884)
3.535	Königswiese (1885–1903)
3.565	Sports field (from 1906)
3.735	Königswiese (from 1903)
3.925	Hinterbrühl-Helmstreitmühle (from 1885)
4.458	Hinterbrühl-Bahnplatz (from 1885)	252 m above sea level A.

The Mödling – Hinterbrühl local railway was a meter-gauge electric local railway . The connection, which was largely flush with the street - and therefore often referred to as a tram - was the first electric train in Austria and the first electric tram in the narrower sense of the world to maintain continuous operation. It ran from Mödling to Hinterbrühl in the Mödling district of Lower Austria . The 4.458-kilometer line was closed in 1932.

history

Beginning in 1881, issued kk Ministry of Commerce of the Locomotiv-Fabrik company Krauss and Comp. the permit, including one from the Linienwall in Vienna via Hietzing, Lainz, Speising, Mauer, Liesing, Kalksburg, Rodaun, Perchtoldsdorf, Brunn a. G., Maria-Enzersdorf, Mödling and Vorderbrühl to carry out technical preparatory work on the standard-gauge local railway line leading to Hinterbrühl .

As a result of objections launched to the higher authority, the private southern railway company , which was in competition with Krauss, was subsequently able to secure the local railway construction to Hinterbrühl, which is linked to the southern railway from Vienna to Trieste at the Mödling station . Another route handed over to the Südbahngesellschaft in the above-mentioned permit was the Kaltenleutgabeer Bahn .

At the beginning of 1882 the Südbahngesellschaft negotiated with Siemens & Halske about the delivery of the electrical part of the railway. The year before, Siemens had built the world's first permanent electric tram, Groß-Lichterfelde, in Berlin (1881–1930). The order was to be placed at the beginning of March 1882 and operations were to open on July 15 of the same year. The actual course of the proceedings, however, gave Siemens & Halske time until the summer of 1883 to prepare for the construction of power generators, five motor vehicles and the delivery of all components of the tubular overhead line, which would be assembled with the help of an engineer from Siemens & Halske.

In a sequence directed to the Department of Commerce kk solicitation, a first official inspection of the projected distance was 23 August 1882 with the Concessionsurkunde for a railway from Mödling to Vorderbrühl [...] possibly after Hinterbrühl the favor priv. Südbahngesellschaft issued.

With a decree of October 6, 1882, the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Commerce approved the detailed project presented in accordance with Section 5 of the concession document in principle; The Imperial Lieutenancy set the political route inspection for November 17, 1882, the result of which was noted by the Ministry of Commerce in the spring of 1883 with regard to the building permit. In June of the same year, various construction-relevant plans, including the track plan for the Mödling station , were submitted to the Ministry of Commerce , which were approved by the higher authority.

The approval for this operation was not easy to get, since until then there was no permanent electric railway operation worldwide apart from the Lichterfelde – Kadettenanstalt tram in Berlin, although in St. Petersburg the first line of Fjodor Pirozki and shortly before Mödling the Volk's Electric Railway was built.

In consideration of the increasing volume of transport to the excursion area in the narrow valley, however, the permit was granted. In the road area, however, it was only allowed to drive at a maximum speed of ten kilometers per hour , even if, in total, the driving speed was accelerated two weeks after the start of operations .

In 1883, the line was initially built by the Südbahngesellschaft to Vorderbrühl, a modern district of Mödling, and the opening of a section was planned for August 15, 1883.

Route with stations 1883/1885 and 1932 at the end of operation

On September 25, 1883, Carl Frischen , who was responsible for the project at Siemens & Halske , was able to take a test drive with a single car on a third of the route ; on October 18, 1883, a test drive took place in the presence of the 1.7-kilometer route held by representatives of the authorities; Journey time: six minutes. For the opening of the Mödling – Klausen section of the Mödling – Vorderbrühl local railway, which is exclusively used for passenger traffic, with electrical operations on October 22, 1883, the General Management of the Southern Railway issued a notice in advance, with which all fares with regard to the time after the entire railway went into operation , so until Vorderbrühl were published. Shortly after the successful on April 6, 1884 release of the route Klausen - Vorderbrühl allowed the Department of Commerce with respect to any buoyancy technology and or or vehicle capacities zurückzuführender interruptions or disturbances, the aushilfsweise application of Locomotivbetriebes , which include the tractor a bright paint have to obtain because Experience has shown that horses are less afraid of it .

According to the new traffic regulations, from June 25, 1885, 35 trains ran daily in each direction between Mödling and Vorderbrühl, which were supposed to offer the shortest possible connections to the local trains coming and going to Vienna on the southern line . In 1885 the route was extended to Hinterbrühl.

The single-track route with a turnout ran on a route along the Mödlingbach through the Klausen. Because of the cramped space, it was partly run like a tram. Air pressure brakes (Hardy brakes) have already been used as brakes for all cars. For the first time, the train could be operated from the Zugspitze using the drive switches at the ends of the car.

Switch of a slotted pipeline of the FOTG

The railway was fully electrified from the start. In contrast to the usual today power of railways two slotted tubes were as current guidance on ropes above the track body seam pipe catenary mounted. Metal boats with insulated cables sliding in the pipes served as current collectors. Three locomobiles and four dynamo machines generated 550 volts DC voltage , and the electricity was supplied from the central station built at the Mödling train station .

Reserve steam locomotive

Second generation railcar, 1903

Route around 1888

Timetables from the first four years of operation 1883–1886

A train ( ) in the Klausen, after 1900

The first railcars and sidecars only had 18 seats and standing room for twelve and, due to the tight curves, had a center distance of only one and a half meters. Only rubber buffers were provided as suspension , leaf springs were not yet used. The electric motor was in the middle of the railcar. A steam locomotive of the type SB M was made available as a reserve, but since there were no problems with the power supply, it was initially only used for construction trains and later rented to Slovenia and finally sold.

In contrast to the Baden - Rauhenstein (Helenental) or Baden - Vöslau electric train, which is located a river valley further south and is often used for comparison , the Mödling - Hinterbrühl local train operated with considerable effort, even during the winter months.

On January 1, 1903, the electricity company "Union" was to take over the Mödling – Hinterbrühl railway line from the Südbahngesellschaft in return for payment of a fixed pension for the duration of the concession. With an investment sum of 700,000 crowns , this would have been contractually linked to the complete modernization of the operating equipment and the expansion of the company . However, the contract did not materialize due to the unacceptability of conditions set by the government.

In 1903, however, the railway was completely rebuilt and the power supply switched to the construction method that is still common today, with a contact wire and return line via the rails . The generators were also converted to two 100 HP gas-fired generators. The substructure was reinforced so that the new cars already had a center distance of three meters and had 21 seats and 24 standing places. At peak times, the trains ran every seven minutes.

The investment had already paid for itself in 1912 , and the railway was making a profit. In the early summer of 1914, the railways had their first competition: a bus line run by the Oesterreichische Motor-Omnibusgesellschaft between Wiener Neudorf and Vorderbrühl, which offered the further advantage of connecting Wiener Lokalbahn and Südbahn.

After the First World War , the Austrian Federal Railways (then BBÖ ) took over the operation, the operating expenses skyrocketed. The number of passengers also rose steadily and reached almost a million in 1926, the highest number in its history.

In 1927, however, the LOBEG ( Liesinger Omnibus-Betriebs-Gesellschaft ) set up a bus service on the same route. The result was a mutual undercutting of the tariffs, which made the profitability of both modes of transport impossible. The average income of the "electric" was only 16 groschen per passenger, and the frequency fell by almost half. Compared to the pre-war period, operating income fell by 60 percent; however, LOBEG also had to fight for its existence, as the volume of traffic at this time was just too weak for two parallel means of transport. The BBÖ wanted to keep the Mödling-Hinterbrühler tram , as it was now also known, up and running . In 1931 she bought LOBEG and considered closing the car lines running parallel to the railway; Railway operations should be preserved, and economic recovery achieved through the acquisition of new modern vehicles.

The negotiations, arguments and deliberations about the suspension of the railway lasted almost three years. Since the closure of the bus routes was facing major difficulties, the decision of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Transport of March 9, 1932 sealed the fate of the "Hinterbrühler". The earliest approval was granted on March 16, 1932 - and on March 31, 1932, the last train finally left the Hinterbrühl for Mödling at 10:26 p.m. (although the concession, like that of the Südbahn, was to be valid until the end of 1968).

More than 1000 spectators said goodbye to the very last “Blauen”; there were party slips, mourning flags, farewell speeches, and a torchlight procession accompanied the last journey of the three sets of two. The driver who drove the first car in 1883 took part in the last drive as a guest of honor.

Immediately after the closure, the communities Mödling and Hinterbrühl tried to resume operations, because the population was by no means satisfied with the bus routes. Their capacity was insufficient to meet the traffic requirements; The neighbors also brought the dust plague into the meeting. The removal of the tracks and station systems could be held back for years, but by 1935 the condition of the systems was so bad that they could no longer be reopened.

Emergence

In Hinterbrühl, which at that time was a well-known summer resort, more and more villas that could be lived in all year round were built, so that the traffic here also increased more and more. As early as 1872 there were initial plans to replace the numerous fiakers and carriages from Mödlinger Bahnhof with a narrow-gauge railway . However, the project failed at the time due to objections from the population, who feared contamination and a high level of noise.

It was not until the then general director of the Südbahngesellschaft Friedrich Julius Schüler (1832–1894) obtained a concession to build the railway. Again, there was great resistance, as electricity was not very well known. In addition, it was feared that the train, which was racing at 20 kilometers per hour, would pose a risk to children on the street.

The railway was built by Marcel Braumüller , after whom the Braumüllerstiege in the Hinterbrühl, better known as the Bettelstiege , is still named today. On October 22, 1883, the first train ran from the train station in Mödling to the Klausen station , and on April 6, 1884 to the Vorderbrühl. On July 14, 1885, the first trip to the final station was at what is still known as the Bahnplatz. The land was made available to the Südbahngesellschaft free of charge by the community. An extension to the Höldrichsmühle was dropped again due to problems with property redemption. Even before it opened, it was a highly regarded exhibit at the International Electrical Exhibition in Vienna by the rotunda in 1883.

Traction vehicles

Railcar 25 ( ), around 1925 on the way from Klausen to Mödling station

Others

The Mödling-Hinterbrühl local railway was the first permanently operated electric railway in Austria, previously there were only exhibition railways in Austria. It is considered to be the first electric, permanently operated tram in the world because other railways at that time cannot be understood as trams in the narrower sense, as they are structurally, u. a. were separated for safety reasons (such as the permanent Groß-Lichterfelde tram and the structurally separated Volk's Electric Railway , which also soon underwent a system change), or were not yet in continuous operation. The first electric test track was also presented by Siemens just four years earlier; see the chronological overview of the first electric tracks for this and other predecessor trains around the world .

Early 1884, the approved kk Ministry of Commerce of the Southern Railway Company technical preparations "for a narrow gauge local train from the end points of the electrical railway Mödling-Hinterbrühl starting over Gaaden (possibly Sparbach ) and Sittendorf to Holy Cross , and from then on Sattelbach to St. Helena for Connections to Baden Tramway ".

In the spring of 1899, the Ministry of Railways granted the Viennese building contractor L. Jarath preliminary technical work "for an electric train from Hinterbrühl via Gaaden and Alland to Weißenbach-Neuhaus."

Also in 1899 there was a plan to incorporate the Mödling – Hinterbrühl railway into the Vienna Local Railways , with the aim of creating a continuous electrical line between Vienna - Mödling - Hinterbrühl - the continuation of which via Gaaden and Siegenfeld to the Helenenthale would be likely. In the imaginary direction were between the Vienna Local Railways Company and the Southern Railway has already been plowed meetings . - At the end of November 1899, the project was discarded for cost reasons: the adjustment of the gauge on the railway station-Mödling - Hinterbrühl line and track renovations were foreseeable.

In 1900 there was a rumor in the press that the Viennese company Siemens and Halske had bought the train; the extension of the line to Heiligenkreuz should therefore be assumed. - may stand in connection with a new railway project , with which the engineers Ekert and Spielmann , in complete bypass bathing, wanted to connect with Gaaden Mödling .

In 1926 it was read that the project of the Wienerwaldbahn, which is to establish a railway connection between Baden, Helenental, Heiligenkreuz, Alland, Gaaden and Mödling , [...] was about to be realized .

What is less well known is that a trolleybus line was to be run on the Mödling - Heiligenkreuz route in 1946 . This project was never realized for financial reasons.

literature

Ad (olf) Thomälen : Electric railways. Your development at Siemens & Halske from 1878 to 1884 . In: Conrad Matschoss (ed.): Contributions to the history of technology and industry . Volume 11. Springer, Berlin 1921, ZDB -ID 2238668-3 , pp. 39-62. - Full text online .
Manfred Hohn , Dieter Stanfel, Hellmuth R. Figlhuber: Mödling – Hinterbrühl. Europe's first electric train for continuous operation . Slezak publishing house, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-85416-079-8 .
Hellmuth R. Figlhuber: The electric train Mödling-Hinterbrühl . In: 100 years of the Mödling – Hinterbrühl electric railway. Festschrift . 2nd Edition. Medilihha, series of publications by the Mödling District Museum Association, ZDB -ID 2303571-7 . District Museum Association, Mödling 1983, OBV .
Wolfgang Kaiser: Trams in Austria . GeraMond Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7654-7198-4 .
Cultural magazine medelihha . Issues 04/2010 and 05/2011. District Museum Association Mödling, ZDB -ID 2503341-4 .
Gregor Gatscher-Riedl: On rails through the Mödling district - railways in the south of Vienna , 2015, Kral-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-99024-303-9

Web links

Commons : Lokalbahn Mödling - Hinterbrühl - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Mödling City Transport Museum
Preserved rail vehicles
Impassable track on the boundary wall to today's address Mödling, Neuweg 1 or Frauensteingasse 8. (In the picture on the left, truncated building: Frauensteingasse 6) - On the night of April 7th to 8th 1900, when crossing from Mühlgasse to the stop “ Klausen “ caused the Mödlingbach Bridge, which was touched by the route, to flood. - See: Terrible flooding in Mödling. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 29/1900 (XXth year), April 11, 1900, p. 4, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
Railcar 23 (around 1930) on the way to Mödling station, shortly before entering the Klausen stop. On the left in the picture the boundary wall to today's address Mödling, Neuweg 1 or Frauensteingasse 8. To the right of the railcar the Mödlingbach bridge, which was partially covered by this, the former transition from Frauensteingasse to Spitalmühlgasse.
Rainer Leitner: The electric local railways of the Danube Monarchy were among the first in the world. A few remarks on an almost forgotten phenomenon .
Austria's first electric train, Mödling-Hinterbrühl , special post stamp, 1983 . In: Austria-Forum , August 18, 2011, accessed on May 18, 2012.

Individual evidence

^ Ignaz Konta: History of the Austrian railways from 1867 to the present. In: (Karl Prochaska): History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. (Superb edition) . Volume 1, 2, Vienna 1898, OBV , p. 294.
↑ ^a ^b Brief general historical outline. In: Mödlinger Stadtverkehrmuseum. Peter Standenat, accessed June 7, 2020 .
↑ Localbahn. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 16/1881 (1st year), April 16, 1881, p. 7, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ ^a ^b Thomälen: Electric Railways , p. 57.
^ Electric train in Mödling. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 15/1882 (2nd year), February 21, 1882, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
^ News from the districts. (…) Electric Railway Mödling-Hinterbrühl. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 26/1882 (2nd year), April 1, 1882, p. 7, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ RGBl 1882/131. In: Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrath , year 1882, pp. 531-535. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rgb, announced in: News from the Districts. (...) Südbahn-Gesellschaft. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 44/1882 (Volume II), June 3, 1882, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
^ News from the districts. (...) southern runway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 60/1882 (2nd year), July 29, 1882, p. 2, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
^ News from the districts. (...) Mödling-Vorderbrühl railway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 80/1882 (2nd year), October 7, 1882, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
^ News from the districts. (...) Local train Mödling-Vorderbrühl. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 88/1882, November 4, 1882, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
^ News from the districts. (...) Localbahn Mödling-Vorderbrühl and Liesing-Kaltenleutgabe. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 31/1883 (3rd year), April 17, 1883, p. 2, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ Trade, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. Local train Mödling-Brühl. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 192/1883, 23 August 1883, p. 4, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
^ The electrical exhibition. (...) The Mödling-Vorderbrühl electric local train. In: Die Presse , No. 230/1883 (36th year), August 22, 1883, p. 10, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.
^ Southern runway. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 169/1885, July 26, 1885, p. 6, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
^ News from the districts. (...) Local railways on the southern runway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 50/1883 (3rd year), June 23, 1883, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ ^a ^b Little Chronicle. (...) Electric trip from Mödling to Brühl. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6877/1883, October 19, 1883, p. 4, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Mödling-Vorderbrühl electric train. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6881/1883, October 23, 1883, p. 4, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ Volkswirthschaftliche Zeitung. Local train Mödling-Vorderbrühl. In: Das Vaterland , No. 288/1883 (XXIV. Year), October 20, 1883, p. 6, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly.
^ Southern runway. Mödling-Vorderbrühl electric train. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6878/1883, October 20, 1883, p. 4, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d F. R. Engel: The small railways in Austria. In: (Karl Prochaska): History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. (Superb edition) . Volume 1, 2, Vienna 1898, OBV , p. 554.
^ Railway Mödling-Vorderbrühl. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 7105/1883, June 8, 1884, p. 9, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ News-Rundschau. (...) Midsummer driving regulations of the southern railway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 75/1885 (5th year), June 23, 1885, p. 3, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ From the area. (...) Electric train in Mödling. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 67/1883 (5th year), June 4, 1885, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ Baden-Vöslau Electric Railway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 46/1885 (15th year), June 8, 1895, p. 4, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
↑ Correspondence. (...) From the electric train. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 63/1902 (XXIIIth year), August 6, 1902, p. 5, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
↑ Mödling – Hinterbrühl electric train. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 80/1902 (XXIIIth year), October 4, 1902, p. 5, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
↑ Mödling-Hinterbrühl electric tram. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 13888/1903, April 26, 1903, p. 8, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ Liesing – Vösendorf bus service. (…) The Oesterreichische Motor-Omnibusgesellschaft (…). In: Reichspost , Morgenblatt, No. 280/1914, June 19, 1914, p. 11, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 28.
↑ RGBL 1882/131 § 8.
↑ The discontinuation of the Mödling-Hinterbrühl local railway. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 24264/1932, April 2, 1932, p. 6 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 36.
↑ Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 29.
↑ Kurt Janetschek: Hinterbrühl in the course of time . Marktgemeinde Hinterbrühl, Hinterbrühl 1983, OBV , p. 77.
↑ Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 25
^ The Electrical Exhibition. In: Die Presse , Local-Anzeiger der "Presse" , supplement to No. 229/1883 (XXXVI. Year), August 21, 1883, p. 10, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.
^ News from the districts. (...) Localbahn Mödling (Kaltenleutgabe) –Heiligenkreuz – St. Helena. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 8/1884 (4th year), January 26, 1884, p. 5, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbbas well as
locales. (…) Localbahn Heiligenkreuz – Baden .. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 11/1884 (4th year), February 5, 1884, p. 1, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
^ Correspondences. (...) Railway pre-concession. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 27/1899 (XIXth year), April 5, 1899, p. 3, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
↑ Local messages. (…) A new rail link (…). In: Badener Zeitung , No. 96/1899 (XIXth year), December 2, 1899, p. 3, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
^ Correspondences. (...) The Mödling – Hinterbrühl electric train. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 9/1900 (20th year), January 31, 1900, p. 4, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
↑ New rail project. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 11/1900 (XXth volume), February 7, 1900, p. 4, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
^ The construction of the Wienerwaldbahn. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 10/1926 (XLVII. Volume), February 3, 1926, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

Remarks

↑ Instead of the originally planned eight machines with 1000 revolutions per minute, four machines with 400 revolutions per minute each were selected as power generators. They had compound windings with a cross connection and delivered a voltage of 450 volts and a current of 18 A each . The engines were built for a maximum output of 12.5 hp . The transmission took place through gears and an intermediate shaft . The car weight was four tons , the capacity 30 passengers and the speed 15 km / h . - See: Thomälen: Electric Railways , p. 57.
↑ The approval of the track plans for the Klausen stop and the Vorder-Brühl station were reported shortly before the opening of the section. - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (...) Local train Mödling – Vorder-Brühl. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 235/1883, October 12, 1883, p. 5, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
↑ At the beginning of the month in which the section to Klausen was opened, the Südbahn administration admitted that the delay in the completion or clearance of the Klausen - Vorderbrühl section was due to objections raised by several property owners. - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (…) Mödling – Vorder-Brühl electric train. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 232/1883, October 9, 1883, p. 8, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
↑ ^a ^b The in city park the Mödlingbach traversing on a web path led to the (left outside the picture located) Sommertheater (1875-1913). The footbridge was between the Adlerbrücke (facing) and Klausen stops and was never a stop itself. - Mockery: Mödling – Hinterbrühl , p. 104, route sketch.
↑ Only a few weeks before that, the general management checked through the action of the federal government and the state whether, if the local railway were discontinued, the LOBEG buses would handle the visitor traffic on weekends. - See: Daily News. (...) The suspension of the Mödling-Hinterbrühl local railway. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 42/1932 (CCXXIX. Volume), February 20, 1932, p. 6, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
↑ On July 5 of that year, an initiative led by the mayor of Hinterbrühl, Carl Sittner († March 24, 1933 ), spoke to Trade and Transport Minister Guido Jakoncig (1895–1972) to resume rail traffic and suggested that it should be reactivated the line proposed operation by gasoline motor vehicles. - See: traffic. (...) Resumption of traffic on the electrical Mödling – Hinterbrühl? In: Vorarlberger Landes-Zeitung , No. 156/1932 (LXIX. Volume), July 9, 1932, p. 5, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / vlz.
↑ According to the announcement of the General Directorate of the Southern Railway Company on May 15 of the same year, this project was further specified by the announcement of technical surveys. - See: Localbahn Mödling – St. Helena .. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 44/1884 (4th year), May 31, 1884, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[1] Ignaz Konta: History of the Austrian railways from 1867 to the present. In: (Karl Prochaska): History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. (Superb edition) . Volume 1, 2, Vienna 1898, OBV , p. 294.

[Verkehrsmuseum-2] Brief general historical outline. In: Mödlinger Stadtverkehrmuseum. Peter Standenat, accessed June 7, 2020 .

[TV1881-3] Localbahn. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 16/1881 (1st year), April 16, 1881, p. 7, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[Thomälen_p57-5] Thomälen: Electric Railways , p. 57.

[6] Electric train in Mödling. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 15/1882 (2nd year), February 21, 1882, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[7] News from the districts. (…) Electric Railway Mödling-Hinterbrühl. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 26/1882 (2nd year), April 1, 1882, p. 7, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[8] RGBl 1882/131. In: Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrath , year 1882, pp. 531-535. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rgb, announced in: News from the Districts. (...) Südbahn-Gesellschaft. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 44/1882 (Volume II), June 3, 1882, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[9] News from the districts. (...) southern runway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 60/1882 (2nd year), July 29, 1882, p. 2, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[10] News from the districts. (...) Mödling-Vorderbrühl railway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 80/1882 (2nd year), October 7, 1882, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[11] News from the districts. (...) Local train Mödling-Vorderbrühl. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 88/1882, November 4, 1882, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[12] News from the districts. (...) Localbahn Mödling-Vorderbrühl and Liesing-Kaltenleutgabe. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 31/1883 (3rd year), April 17, 1883, p. 2, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[13] Trade, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. Local train Mödling-Brühl. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 192/1883, 23 August 1883, p. 4, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.

[14] The electrical exhibition. (...) The Mödling-Vorderbrühl electric local train. In: Die Presse , No. 230/1883 (36th year), August 22, 1883, p. 10, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.

[16] Southern runway. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 169/1885, July 26, 1885, p. 6, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.

[17] News from the districts. (...) Local railways on the southern runway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 50/1883 (3rd year), June 23, 1883, p. 4, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[NFP1-19] Little Chronicle. (...) Electric trip from Mödling to Brühl. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6877/1883, October 19, 1883, p. 4, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[20] Little Chronicle. (...) Mödling-Vorderbrühl electric train. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6881/1883, October 23, 1883, p. 4, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[Kundmachung-21] Volkswirthschaftliche Zeitung. Local train Mödling-Vorderbrühl. In: Das Vaterland , No. 288/1883 (XXIV. Year), October 20, 1883, p. 6, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly.

[22] Southern runway. Mödling-Vorderbrühl electric train. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 6878/1883, October 20, 1883, p. 4, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[VB-HB-23] F. R. Engel: The small railways in Austria. In: (Karl Prochaska): History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. (Superb edition) . Volume 1, 2, Vienna 1898, OBV , p. 554.

[24] Railway Mödling-Vorderbrühl. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 7105/1883, June 8, 1884, p. 9, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[25] News-Rundschau. (...) Midsummer driving regulations of the southern railway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 75/1885 (5th year), June 23, 1885, p. 3, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[26] From the area. (...) Electric train in Mödling. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 67/1883 (5th year), June 4, 1885, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[28] Baden-Vöslau Electric Railway. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 46/1885 (15th year), June 8, 1895, p. 4, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[29] Correspondence. (...) From the electric train. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 63/1902 (XXIIIth year), August 6, 1902, p. 5, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[30] Mödling – Hinterbrühl electric train. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 80/1902 (XXIIIth year), October 4, 1902, p. 5, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[31] Mödling-Hinterbrühl electric tram. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 13888/1903, April 26, 1903, p. 8, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[32] Liesing – Vösendorf bus service. (…) The Oesterreichische Motor-Omnibusgesellschaft (…). In: Reichspost , Morgenblatt, No. 280/1914, June 19, 1914, p. 11, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.

[FH28-33] Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 28.

[35] RGBL 1882/131 § 8.

[36] The discontinuation of the Mödling-Hinterbrühl local railway. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 24264/1932, April 2, 1932, p. 6 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[37] Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 36.

[39] Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 29.

[40] Kurt Janetschek: Hinterbrühl in the course of time . Marktgemeinde Hinterbrühl, Hinterbrühl 1983, OBV , p. 77.

[41] Figlhuber: The electric train , p. 25

[42] The Electrical Exhibition. In: Die Presse , Local-Anzeiger der "Presse" , supplement to No. 229/1883 (XXXVI. Year), August 21, 1883, p. 10, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.

[43] News from the districts. (...) Localbahn Mödling (Kaltenleutgabe) –Heiligenkreuz – St. Helena. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 8/1884 (4th year), January 26, 1884, p. 5, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbbas well as
locales. (…) Localbahn Heiligenkreuz – Baden .. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 11/1884 (4th year), February 5, 1884, p. 1, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.

[45] Correspondences. (...) Railway pre-concession. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 27/1899 (XIXth year), April 5, 1899, p. 3, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[46] Local messages. (…) A new rail link (…). In: Badener Zeitung , No. 96/1899 (XIXth year), December 2, 1899, p. 3, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[47] Correspondences. (...) The Mödling – Hinterbrühl electric train. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 9/1900 (20th year), January 31, 1900, p. 4, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[48] New rail project. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 11/1900 (XXth volume), February 7, 1900, p. 4, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[49] The construction of the Wienerwaldbahn. In: Badener Zeitung , No. 10/1926 (XLVII. Volume), February 3, 1926, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.

[4] Instead of the originally planned eight machines with 1000 revolutions per minute, four machines with 400 revolutions per minute each were selected as power generators. They had compound windings with a cross connection and delivered a voltage of 450 volts and a current of 18 A each . The engines were built for a maximum output of 12.5 hp . The transmission took place through gears and an intermediate shaft . The car weight was four tons , the capacity 30 passengers and the speed 15 km / h . - See: Thomälen: Electric Railways , p. 57.

[15] The approval of the track plans for the Klausen stop and the Vorder-Brühl station were reported shortly before the opening of the section. - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (...) Local train Mödling – Vorder-Brühl. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 235/1883, October 12, 1883, p. 5, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.

[18] At the beginning of the month in which the section to Klausen was opened, the Südbahn administration admitted that the delay in the completion or clearance of the Klausen - Vorderbrühl section was due to objections raised by several property owners. - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (…) Mödling – Vorder-Brühl electric train. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 232/1883, October 9, 1883, p. 8, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.

[Steg_im_Stadtpark-27] The in city park the Mödlingbach traversing on a web path led to the (left outside the picture located) Sommertheater (1875-1913). The footbridge was between the Adlerbrücke (facing) and Klausen stops and was never a stop itself. - Mockery: Mödling – Hinterbrühl , p. 104, route sketch.

[34] Only a few weeks before that, the general management checked through the action of the federal government and the state whether, if the local railway were discontinued, the LOBEG buses would handle the visitor traffic on weekends. - See: Daily News. (...) The suspension of the Mödling-Hinterbrühl local railway. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 42/1932 (CCXXIX. Volume), February 20, 1932, p. 6, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.

[38] On July 5 of that year, an initiative led by the mayor of Hinterbrühl, Carl Sittner († March 24, 1933 ), spoke to Trade and Transport Minister Guido Jakoncig (1895–1972) to resume rail traffic and suggested that it should be reactivated the line proposed operation by gasoline motor vehicles. - See: traffic. (...) Resumption of traffic on the electrical Mödling – Hinterbrühl? In: Vorarlberger Landes-Zeitung , No. 156/1932 (LXIX. Volume), July 9, 1932, p. 5, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / vlz.

[44] According to the announcement of the General Directorate of the Southern Railway Company on May 15 of the same year, this project was further specified by the announcement of technical surveys. - See: Localbahn Mödling – St. Helena .. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 44/1884 (4th year), May 31, 1884, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.