Altenhof tunnel
Map with all coordinates: | Altenhof tunnel | ||||
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Railway Hochspeyer – Bad Münster am Stein also Alsenztalbahn or Alsenzbahn | |||
| place | Enkenbach-Alsenborn , Fischbach (near Kaiserslautern) | |||
| length | 436 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | Society of the Palatinate Northern Railways | |||
| business | ||||
| release | October 29, 1870 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 49 ° 28 ′ 33 " N , 7 ° 54 ′ 31" E | |||
| South portal | 49 ° 28 ′ 22 " N , 7 ° 54 ′ 43" E | |||
The Altenhof tunnel is the longest of a total of four railway tunnels along the Alsenz Valley Railway between Hochspeyer and Bad Münster am Stein . It is the southernmost part of the railway line, the first to go into operation and the only one that currently has only one track.
location
The Altenhof tunnel is located on the north-western edge of the Diemerstein forest between the Hochspeyer and Enkenbach train stations . It passes under the federal highway 48 and the federal highway 6 . It passes the watershed between Hochspeyerbach and Alsenz , which is often regarded as part of the main Palatinate watershed . The northern part of the tunnel is on the parish of Enkenbach-Alsenborn , the southern on that of Fischbach (near Kaiserslautern) . Not far from the south portal is the eponymous Altenhof, which belongs to Fischbach . The Enkenbach Alsenborn junction is located west of the tunnel at the intersection between the federal road and the motorway .
history
Around 1860 there were first efforts to build a railway line along the Alsenz. In combination with the Maximiliansbahn and the Ludwigsbahn section immediately west of Neustadt, this was to serve as a transit route in a north-south direction. The route in the southern area was initially unclear. For example , the city of Otterberg , which lies further to the west, aimed for a route over its terrain. The responsible engineers rejected this, however, and advocated a route via Enkenbach to Hochspeyer , as this was topographically simpler.
Construction of the tunnel began in October 1868. The bottom tunnel was cut through in September 1869 . The entire vault could be completed by May 1870. The Hochspeyer – Winnweiler section including the Altenhof tunnel was completed on October 29, 1870, and the gap to Münster was closed on May 16 of the following year .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 173 f .
- ^ Annual report of the Palatinate Railways from 1869
literature
- Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). New edition. pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .
- Report of the Direction of the Palatinate Railways on the administration of the railways under their management in 1869 . Book printing by J. Baur, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1870 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 4 Bavar. 271 f-1869 [accessed on November 28, 2013]).