Baden-Oos – Baden-Baden railway line
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 The Baden-Baden city train station , today the festival hall
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| Route number (DB) : | 4241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book section (DB) : | 310c (1963) 305e (1944) |
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| Route length: | 4.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV / 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 8 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 215 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | Baden-Oos – Baden-Baden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Baden-Oos – Baden-Baden railway connected the city of Baden-Baden with the Rhine Valley Railway from 1845 to 1977 . The 4.3-kilometer branch line was used for local and long-distance traffic .
history
Infrastructure
Since the city of Baden-Baden is not in the Upper Rhine Plain , but in the valley of the Oos , it could not be connected when the Baden main line was built for topographical reasons. Instead, a train station was set up in the municipality of Oos , about four kilometers away . Since Baden-Baden was a glamorous global spa in the 19th century , the Baden state parliament decided to build a branch line from Oos to Baden-Baden at the same time as the Baden main line was built. The new branch line was opened on July 27, 1845 - just one year after Oos was connected to the railway network. The line ended in a terminus .
Over the course of time, the route has undergone several modifications. In 1855 it was converted from broad gauge (1600 mm) to standard gauge (1435 mm) together with the other Baden railway lines . In 1908 the line was expanded to two tracks and it was electrified on May 27, 1958.
traffic
Feeder trains to the station in Oos as well as long-distance trains and through coaches ran on the route . During the racing weeks, shuttle trains also ran between Baden-Baden and the racecourse in Iffezheim to enable international guests to travel more comfortably.
Since electrification , class 425 and 445 railcars have carried the bulk of the traffic.
Despite its importance for the connection of Baden-Baden, in the 1960s and 1970s the line was considered outdated and annoying in the eyes of Baden-Baden's local politics. In particular, the numerous level crossings were given as the reason for the discontinuation. With the beginning of the winter timetable 1977/78 it was consequently shut down; The last train ran on September 24, 1977.
The two stations have been renamed several times. See also Baden-Baden train station .
present
Since the end of the train service, the connection to the city has been operated exclusively by the buses of the transport company. The tracks were completely removed after the closure. In the course of the State Horticultural Show in 1981, the so-called Green Entrance to Baden-Baden was created. Among other things, the Baden-Baden Festival Hall was built on the site of the former city station; the historic reception building now forms the entrance area.
Since the second half of the 1990s there have been plans to bring the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn into the city center of Baden-Baden. High investment costs and the negative attitude of the city of Baden-Baden have hindered the realization so far. Mayor Margret Mergen wants to have the plans checked again.
A short stump of the former line is now used as a storage and relocation siding for light rail vehicles ending in Baden-Baden.
See also
- Baden-Baden tram (operated from 1929 to 1949 parallel to the railway line discussed here)
- Baden-Baden trolleybus (operated from 1949 to 1971 parallel to the railway line discussed here)
literature
- Line to Baden-Baden closed 30 years ago . In: Der Weichenbengel 6/2007, pp. 38–46.
- Walter Carganico: 150 years ago the first train went to Baden-Baden . In: Aquae 95th Working Group for Urban History Baden-Baden, Issue 28 (1995), pp. 71–82.
- Baden-Baden. From the Belle Époque train station to the Festspielhaus . In: Eisenbahn Kurier 6/1998, pp. 26–27.
- Peter-Michael Mihailescu, Matthias Michalke: Forgotten railways in Baden-Württemberg . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0413-6 , p. 68-75 .
