Büchen tunnel
| Büchen tunnel | ||||
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 East tunnel portal
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Railway line Wuppertal-Oberbarmen-Solingen | |||
| place | Remscheid | |||
| length | 105 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | Prussian State Railways | |||
| completion | 1895 | |||
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| operator | German Federal Railroad | |||
| release | 1895 | |||
| The railway accident at the Büchen tunnel | ||||
.jpg) The railway accident at the Büchen tunnel, 1908
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| Coordinates | ||||
| East tunnel portal | 51 ° 10 ′ 45 " N , 7 ° 10 ′ 22" E | |||
| West tunnel portal | 51 ° 10 ′ 45 " N , 7 ° 10 ′ 17" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Büchener Tunnel is a 105 meter long railway tunnel at kilometer 15 of the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen – Solingen railway line in Remscheid .
history
Only with the construction of the Büchen tunnel and the Müngsten bridge in 1897 was a direct rail link established between Solingen and Remscheid .
An accident at the tunnel occurred in 1908 with numerous injuries.
Today, fire protection exercises are regularly carried out on the tunnel.
Web links
Commons : Büchener Tunnel - collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Büchener Tunnel on eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de
- Büchener Tunnel in the list of German railway tunnels