Hockenheim train station

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Hockenheim
Forecourt and station building
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation RHK
IBNR 8002883
Price range 4th
opening 1986
Profile on Bahnhof.de Hockenheim
location
City / municipality Hockenheim
country Baden-Württemberg
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 19 '3 "  N , 8 ° 32' 14"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '3 "  N , 8 ° 32' 14"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg
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The Hockenheim train station is the train station of the Baden-Württemberg city ​​of Hockenheim . It was rebuilt as part of the new Mannheim – Stuttgart line. The station is classified in station category 4 of DB Station & Service . It has three platform tracks and is in the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN).

construction

View of the southern station area. A freight train is on its way north on the Rheinbahn .
An ICE 1 in the direction of Mannheim passes the station area without stopping.
A regional train on the way to Biblis at the house platform ( platform 1)

The station serves - with two 314 m long platforms - as a passenger station and at the same time as a passing station .

The new line and the Rheinbahn are linked in the station. Apart from the terminus stations, it is the northernmost of the four links between the new line and the existing network. Individual trains switch between the two routes in the station as scheduled.

There are two overtaking tracks in the middle between the two routes .

history

The first Hockenheim station was built when the Rheinbahn opened on August 4, 1870 and was closed in 1986 in favor of the new station.

planning

According to the planning status of 1973, a depot was planned in the Hockenheim area (kilometer 19.0) . The new line should run west of the city and not be linked to the existing line in this area.

In the planning phase, the current system on the relocated Rheinbahn was part of the planning approval section 3a of the new line (Hockenheim / Reilingen , route kilometers 19.183 to 23.291). The plan approval procedure was initiated in May 1976. The public hearing took place in February 1979 in the Hockenheim City Hall . A link between the new and existing lines in the Hockenheim station was already planned.

On May 14, 1980, a new plan approval procedure for this section was initiated. The 62 objections raised were discussed on December 18, 1980. The opinion of the regional council was presented on September 30, 1981. Two lawsuits were filed against the planning approval decision of November 24, 1981. The decision finally became final on June 8, 1984.

The Mannheim – Stuttgart project group opened an information center in Hockenheim at the beginning of 1983 .

construction

In order to create space for the new line and to bundle the existing line with it , the Rheinbahn was relocated 130 meters to the west during the construction work. The Federal Highway 36 was included in the bundling with. According to the DB , the city's noise pollution has been reduced to a quarter by bundling traffic routes and additional noise protection measures. The cleared areas of the Rheinbahn were greened. The city of Hockenheim planned (as of 1988) to integrate leisure facilities into this green corridor.

At the end of December 1988, the last trees in the outdoor area were planted.

Installation

On September 1, 1986, the re-routed section of the Rheinbahn - including the new Hockenheim connecting station - went into operation.

technology

One of the first (initially experimental) electronic interlockings (ESTW) in Germany (type El S ) is located in the station (as of 1988 ). On the signal box there were - tested special new lines functions of signal boxes that were not to be found in the existing network - in preparation for approval and use of the CBI in Germany. Over a length of around 12 km, between the Hockenheim and Graben-Neudorf stations (Molzau branch), the functions of the new technology were initially tested in parallel to the existing technology without any responsibility for safety. A provisional relay interlocking (type Sp Dr S600 ) was set up in the Hockenheim station with minimal equipment (a block section of 12 km in length) for at least one year of operational and safety testing of the ESTW. After a positive outcome of the operational test, the second expansion stage of the ESTW Hockenheim was realized and its parking area was extended to the northern half of the new line (around 50 km). The signal box was renewed in 2016. The signal box was one of the first in Germany to be modernized as part of a so-called "partial renovation". The indoor system and control system were renewed. The outdoor area was retained.

In 1986 it was planned to control the Hockenheim and Neulußheim stations and the new line between Mannheim and Bauerbach (almost 60 kilometers) from the central signal box.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d M / S project group at Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New Mannheim – Stuttgart line: a concept for all of us . 28-page brochure from January 1986, Karlsruhe, 1986, p. 13
  2. ^ Karl Gerhard Baur: The new Mannheim - Stuttgart line in the Rhine Valley . In: Railway courier . No. 5, 1986, ISSN  0170-5288 , pp. 6-14.
  3. ↑ Deutsche Bundesbahn, Central Transport Management: Explanatory report on the planning of the new Mannheim - Stuttgart line . October 1973, file number 400a / 411a.4002 / 4123 Nv (Mhm – Stg) , p. 7 and overview map pre-routing; (available at the General State Archives Karlsruhe )
  4. ↑ a b Werner Hagstotz: Concern and collective action in rural areas . Verlag Haag + Herchen, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, ISBN 3-88129-475-9 , p. 270
  5. ↑ a b Erich Fein: New Mannheim – Stuttgart line: Commissioning in the Rhine Valley . In: Die Bundesbahn , issue 5/1987, pp. 381–393
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Roth: Vaihingen (Enz) station: technical production concept for the construction of a new station . In: Die Bundesbahn , 10/1979, pp. 741–746
  7. ↑ "Bright spot in the darkness of public investments" . In: Die Bundesbahn , 7/1983, p. 463 f.
  8. ↑ a b Completion of the planting work at the new Hockenheim station . In: The Federal Railroad . Vol. 65, No. 2, 1989, ISSN  0007-5876 , p. 190
  9. ↑ Environmentally friendly operation . In: Die Bundesbahn , 64, No. 12, 1988, ISSN  0007-5876 , pp. 1132-1136
  10. ^ Hans-Wolfgang Scharf: The railway in Kraichgau. Railway history between the Rhine and Neckar . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2006, ISBN 3-88255-769-9 , p. 195-202 .
  11. ^ Karl-Heinz Suwe: RAMSES . In: Die Bundesbahn , 64, No. 10, 1988, ISSN  0007-5876 , pp. 961-966
  12. ^ Horst Walther, Karl Lennartz: Use of electronic interlockings on new lines . In: Railway technical review . 36, No. 4, 1987, pp. 219-222
  13. ↑ Notification of the first electronic signal box in operation . In: The Federal Railroad . No. 12, 1988, p. 1190 f.
  14. ↑ The express trains are slowing down between Mannheim and Stuttgart. In: rnz.de. July 21, 2016, accessed on July 30, 2016 (German).
  15. ↑ Daniel Sack: 58th Railway Technical Conference . In: The Railway Engineer . tape 65 , no. 4 , April 2020, ISSN  0013-2810 , p. 61-63 .
  16. ↑ Daniel Sack: 59th Railway Technical Conference . In: The Railway Engineer . tape 66 , no. 4 , April 2015, ISSN  0013-2810 , p. 74-77 .
  17. ↑ Jens Dinewitzer, Björn Zimmer: Strategy of the “partial renewal of signal boxes ” . In: signal + wire . tape 105 , no. 6 , June 2013, ISSN  0037-4997 , p. 17 f .