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 | ||
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 |
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