Albert Schweitzer (train)
| Albert Schweitzer | |
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| Train type: | Trans Europ Express (TEE) |
| Countries: |
 Germany France
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| First drive: | June 2, 1980 |
| Last drive: | May 27, 1983 |
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| Departure station: | Dortmund Central Station |
| Destination station: | Strasbourg |
| Technical specifications | |
| Rolling stock: | DB 103 / SNCF BB 67500 / SNCF BB 20200 |
| Gauge (s) : | 1435 mm |
| Power system (s): | 15 kV - 16.7 Hz / 25 kV - 50 Hz |
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The Albert Schweitzer was a long-distance train that connected Dortmund with Strasbourg . The train owes its name to the doctor and Nobel Prize winner Albert Schweitzer .
history
The Trans-Europ-Express Albert Schweitzer took over on May 27, 1979, the train path of underutilized between Heidelberg and Munich TEA Bacchus . Instead of going to Munich , this train went to Strasbourg under the new name TEE Albert Schweitzer . The train was the last newly created international TEE of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . With a departure time in Dortmund at 6:35 a.m. he took on a relief function for the InterCity Nymphenburg, which runs from Dortmund to Munich .
On the Dortmund – Kehl line , the train was hauled by the DB class 103 and for the last seven kilometers between Kehl and Strasbourg with a multi-system locomotive of the BB 20200 series of the SNCF . Until 1982 the train set consisted of two TEE compartment cars , one TEE open seating car and a dining car . From the 1982 summer timetable , the train only ran with three cars and was only served by a minibar .
Due to the complex operation with locomotive changes in Kehl, the operation was uneconomical and the TEE Albert Schweitzer was discontinued on May 29, 1983.
Train run
| TEA 9 | railway station | km | TEA 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:35 | Dortmund Central Station | 0 | 21:52 |
| 06:55 | Essen Central Station | 34 | 21:31 |
| 07:09 | Duisburg Central Station | 54 | 21:20 |
| 07:23 | Düsseldorf main station | 77 | 21:07 |
| 07:49 | Köln Hbf | 117 | 20:43 |
| 08:41 | Koblenz Central Station | 210 | 19:50 |
| 09:33 | Mainz Central Station | 302 | 19:00 |
| 09:53 | Darmstadt Central Station | 335 | 18:37 |
| 10:21 | Heidelberg Central Station | 394 | 18:09 |
| 10:49 | Karlsruhe main station | 448 | 17:42 |
| 11:05 | Baden-Baden | 479 | 17:24 |
| 11:40 | Throat | 528 | 17:00 |
| Strasbourg | 535 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mertens, Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express , p. 392.
- ↑ Hajt: The big TEA book , page 96th
- ^ Goette: TEE trains in Germany , p. 133.
literature
- Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 .
- Maurice Mertens, Jean-Pierre Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express . LR Presse, Vannes 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 (French).
- Jörg Hajt: The big TEE book . Heel, Bonn / Königswinter 2001, ISBN 3-89365-948-X .
- Maurice Mertens: Trans Europ Express . alba Verlag, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-87094-114-6 (with current text and picture additions by Berndt von Mitzlaff and Harald Schön).