Pfungstadtbahn
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| Route number (DB) : | 3543 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book section (DB) : | 650.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 1.7 km | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Route class : | D4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | <15 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | > 190 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 60 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pfungstadtbahn is a single-track branch line that branches off the Main-Neckar Railway in Darmstadt-Eberstadt and runs from there to Pfungstadt station on the eastern outskirts of the city.
history
The Pfungstadt industrialists Wilhelm Büchner (for his ultramarine factory ) and Justus Hildebrand (for his Pfungstadt brewery ) had been promoting the construction of the line since the middle of the 19th century. Various route alternatives were considered, including the continuation in a curve to Bickenbach , but this was discarded for reasons of cost. This project had been discussed for 22 years since 1864. The line was eventually built as the state railway of the Grand Duchy of Hesse - at that time the Main-Neckar-Bahn was still a condom line with its own administration.
As " Secundärbahn " at 20 December 1886 was followed by the inauguration, at the same time received Pfungstadt in the tenure of Mayor William Schiemer the town charter . The route proved to be an economic success for both the railway and the industrial site. It was the shortest route book for the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The originally designed driveway to the area of the "blue factory" was dismantled in the 1930s. In 1934, trips outside of rush hour traffic were given up and travelers were referred to the Kraftpost (post bus).
On April 30, 1955, passenger traffic was stopped by the Deutsche Bundesbahn , freight traffic (mainly wood and sugar beet) continued until May 31, 1997. After the end of sugar beet removal in the early 1990s, this was only low. The last route book number when passenger traffic was discontinued was 315d.
Recommissioning
New building
The Darmstadt-Dieburger local transport organization (Dadina) decided to put the disused route back into operation and to integrate it into the Odenwaldbahn . The reactivation, initially planned for December 2007, was delayed due to necessary signaling changes in Darmstadt's main station and difficulties with a level crossing in Pfungstadt. The level crossing immediately before the end of the line was refurbished and not - as previously thought - replaced by an underpass or made superfluous by shortening the line. The federal government and the state of Hesse bore the costs of reactivating the route . The total costs were set at 7 million euros, of which 4.2 million euros were attributable to the repair of the 1.8 km long route by DB Netz AG . The annual operating costs of an estimated EUR 900,000 are shared between the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and Dadina. The connection went into operation with the 2011/2012 timetable change on December 11, 2011.
Operating program
The route is operated by the railway company VIAS , which also operates the Odenwaldbahn , which begins in Darmstadt . Every second train of the Odenwaldbahn that reaches Darmstadt Central Station continues to Pfungstadt. However, they have to stay in Darmstadt for around 20 minutes to allow the connection. The intermediate courses only commute between Darmstadt and Pfungstadt. Both lines are also separated according to schedule: while the Odenwaldbahn operates as RMV line 65, the Pfungstadtbahn has received line number 66. The route is listed under the number 650.1 in the Deutsche Bahn timetable.
The journey time to Pfungstadt is twelve minutes with stops in Darmstadt Süd and Darmstadt-Eberstadt.
On the occasion of an order for four more railcars for the Odenwaldbahn, the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund had already planned an additional “ Itino ” vehicle for the extension to Pfungstadt in November 2007 .
The association Pro Bahn criticized the thin schedule on the weekend and the early closing time in the evening as a "half-hearted offer".
Pfungstadt station
The station ( 49 ° 48 ′ 22.5 ″ N , 8 ° 36 ′ 28.6 ″ E ) was opened at the same time as the railway line. Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse-Darmstadt took this as an opportunity to grant Pfungstadt city rights . By mid-May 1930, the station was Pfungstadt simultaneously Locomotive train station . The original station building was demolished after passenger traffic ceased.
For the reactivation, a new, simply equipped station with a 140 meter long platform was built on the site of the historic train station. A bus turning loop and a park and ride car park provide a connection to local traffic. Of the total costs of 2.8 million euros, the state of Hesse took on 170,000 euros, the rest was shared by the city and federal government.
literature
- Valentin Liebig: The branch line from the Eberstadt viaduct to Pfungstadt . In: The railway and its history = series of publications of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg 2 (Ed .: Georg Wittenberger / Förderkreis Museen und Denkmalpflege Darmstadt-Dieburg). Darmstadt 1985, pp. 36–39.
- Werner Kohlmann: 125 years of the Eberstadt-Pfungstadt branch line = The history of the Pfungstadt station from planning to opening in 1886 to reopening in 2011. (Ed .: Self-published in collaboration with Pfungstadt City Archives, Pfungstadt 2011, 264 pages)
Web links
- The planning process and the history of the railway line on a private website
- Planned construction work and construction diary of the city of Pfungstadt
- "'Pfungstadt-Bahn' rolls from 2011" in Frankfurter Rundschau on March 23, 2009.
- "2011» green light «for the Pfungstadtbahn" in the Darmstädter Echo on October 16, 2010; last accessed on October 28, 2010
- "Pfungstadtbahn gets rolling" in the Darmstädter Echo on February 12, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of October 27, 1934, No. 52. Announcement No. 590, p. 248.
- ↑ Kramer, U., Brodkorb, M .: Farewell to the Rail - Freight Lines 1980 to 1993, Stuttgart 2008, p. 83
- ^ Pro Bahn Starkenburg: Pfungstadtbahn is delayed. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Fahrgastzeitung. 2007, p. 20f. , formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 17, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Eurailpress: Pfungstadt is getting a rail connection again ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Final spurt for the Pfungstadtbahn ( memento from December 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: echo online , November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ Pfungstadt has a rail connection again . In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de, December 12, 2011. Accessed December 12, 2011
- ↑ Timetable information from the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund . Retrieved December 12, 2011
- ↑ Four new Itinos .In: Railroad Revue International 5/2010, S. 212th
- ↑ Timetable of the Pfungstadtbahn from December 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Pro Bahn Starkenburg: Clouded joy about Pfungstadt-Bahn. (No longer available online.) June 30, 2011; Archived from the original on January 11, 2011 ; Retrieved September 17, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Bach: In twelve minutes to the main station. (No longer available online.) Echo online, September 16, 2011, archived from the original on April 14, 2015 ; Retrieved September 17, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ pfungstadt.de: Stadtleben ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 17, 2011
- ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz of May 17, 1930, No. 25. Announcement No. 345, p. 155.
- ^ Thomas Riedel: Pfungstadt will be reconnected to the rail network. (No longer available online.) Echo online, January 8, 2011, formerly the original on September 16, 2011 ; Retrieved September 17, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
