Bremen-Farge – Bremen-Vegesack railway line
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 VT 716 coming from Farge at the entrance to the Klinikum Bremen-Nord stop
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| Route number : | 9145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book section (DB) : | 127 (since 2007) , 215k (1956) , 215a (1944) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 10.4 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV, 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 270 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 80 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bremen-Farge – Bremen-Vegesack railway is a railway line in Bremen-North . In the area of the Klinikum Bremen-Nord / Beckedorf train station , the route runs for approx. 400 m through Lower Saxony. The 10.44 km long standard-gauge and single-track railway line was opened on December 31, 1888 by the Farge-Vegesacker Railway (FVE).
business
Passenger traffic was strong from the start, but not profitable because of the low tariffs for commuters. The initial three pairs of trains were not enough. By 1928 the number of passengers rose to 800,000. The global economic crisis brought considerable losses, but the development of the armaments industry quickly allowed the numbers to rise again. Even after the Second World War the numbers were high, with more than 1.5 million passengers in 1948, but with the currency reform the numbers normalized again.
From 1951 to 1958 there was continuous passenger traffic to Bremen Hauptbahnhof. Some of the trains were run by the FVE , the other part by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB). The FVE drove mainly with the Esslingen railcars acquired in 1951 . In 1954 there were 17 pairs of trains on weekdays. Nevertheless, the traffic was not profitable, as the Bremen tram offered parallel services with buses and trams at cheaper rates. Passenger traffic was effectively stopped in 1958, two pairs of trains remained on the edge of the day before they were also stopped after being released from the obligation to operate on November 1, 1961.
On 16 December 2007, the preparations for which was in the course of Regio-S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony the public transport included on the route of the operation with diesel railcars. These NordWestBahn railcars commuted between Bremen-Farge and Bremen-Vegesack. The line was electrified from the end of 2010 to the end of 2011. Since mid-December 2011, the route has been served by the Regio-S-Bahn with modern electric multiple units. Since March 2015, after the installation of a passenger system in the Bremen-Vegesack terminus, all S-Bahn journeys between Farge and the main train station have been linked. This tying-through, which was initially planned at the beginning of electrical operation on the Farge - Vegesack route, encountered unexpected technical and organizational difficulties, so that for a long time a connection-free connection could only be offered outside of rush hour.
The freight was in the past significant and more important than the passenger, especially through some sidings, including the Bremer Woll-combing , to Bremer Vulkan had each broad industrial railway networks, the VTG terrain and coal power plant in Bremen-Farge. Starting in 1938, large parts of the site were developed for military purposes, including large oil stores and the construction of the Valentin submarine bunker . This brought considerable increases in traffic. After 1945 these areas were used by the American Army and later also by the German Armed Forces; they were also important customers of the FVE. Between 1946 and 1949, one million tonnes were transported annually; there were similar highs in the early 1980s (1981: 832,701 t). By eliminating major customers, e.g. B. the Bremen volcano, and its predominant shift to the road, freight traffic on the route has decreased significantly. Today it is operated by Captrain Germany , until 2015: TWE Bahnbetriebs GmbH (TWE BB) . The FVE is just a railway infrastructure company.
vehicles
The first two T3 steam locomotives were used under the management of the Prussian State Railway . Replacement locomotives were also provided by the state railway. After 1900 more locomotives were procured, including a Prussian T4.1 and later two Prussian T 14s . When Allgemeine Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH (ADEG) took over operational management in 1928 , the remaining locomotives were sold and four new ELNA- type locomotives were used. If necessary, other ADEG locomotives were used. After the war, two ELNA type 6 steam locomotives (type Dh2t: four driven axles, superheated steam, tank locomotive) were first used, which were built by Henschel & Sohn in 1946 from parts that were still available and were in operation until 1963.
The diesel traction was initially introduced with rental locomotives of the type V 36 and V 20 . In 1958, the company acquired its own MaK 1000 D locomotive , which was exchanged for a MaK 600 D in 1982 . In 1971 two MaK G 1600 BB came . The last locomotive of the FVE was a MaK G 500 C acquired second-hand , it was handed over to the TWE in 2004 when its own operation of the line was discontinued .
In 1951, two Esslingen railcars and a corresponding trailer were procured for passenger traffic, which were handed over to TWE after passenger traffic was discontinued.
From 2007 to 2011, NordWestBahn's Talent railcars operated in passenger transport . Alstom Coradia Continental vehicles have been in use since December 11, 2011 as part of the integration of the route into the Bremen / Lower Saxony regional S-Bahn .
Train stations
The stations of the FVE changed their names over time. The following table gives an overview of the breakpoints.
| km | Name 1914 | Name 1950 | Name 2007 |
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| 10,4 | Farge | Bremen-Farge | Bremen-Farge |
| 9,6 | Farge Kleinbf | Bremen-Farge Ost (formerly connection to the no longer existing Farge – Wulsdorf small railway ) | ------ |
| 8,4 | ------ | Neurönnebeck (stopping point since 1952) | ------ |
| 7,8 | ------ | ------- | Bremen Turnerstrasse |
| 7,4 | Rönnebeck | Bremen-Rönnebeck | ------ |
| 6,8 | ------ | ------ | Bremen Kreinsloger |
| 6,4 | ------ | Bremen-Blumenthal Nordstraße (stopping point since 1944) | ------ |
| 6,0 | ------ | Bremen-Blumenthal Mühlenstraße (stopping point since 1928) | Bremen Mühlenstrasse |
| 5,1 | Blumenthal (Hann) | Bremen-Blumenthal | Bremen-Blumenthal |
| 4,2 | Aumund volcano | Aumund volcano (demand breakpoint, since 1903) | Bremen-Nord / Beckedorf Clinic |
| 2,6 | Hammersbeck | Bremen-Aumund (since 1938) | Bremen-Aumund |
| 0,0 | Grohn-Vegesack | Bremen-Vegesack (connection to the Deutsche Bahn AG route network ) | Bremen-Vegesack |
literature
- Andreas Mausolf: The Farge-Vegesacker Railway. The history and renaissance of the rail in Bremen's "High North" . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89757-389-5 .
- Gerd Wolff: Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen, Volume 10: Lower Saxony, Part 2: Between Weser and Elbe (= railway courier ). EK-Verlag , Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 978-3-88255-669-8 , pp. 30-52.
- Documentation and learning location Baracke Wilhelmine (ed.), Peter-Michael Meiners (author): The Marinebahn Farge – Rekum – Neuenkirchen / Schwanewede (= handout for those interested in history , No. 2). Documentation and learning location Baracke Wilhelmine, Schwanewede-Neuenkirchen 2012 (content: history of the Farge – Schwanewede naval railway ; with explanations of terms and background information).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Terms of use for service facilities - Special Part (NBS-BT) of FVE Farge-Vegesacker Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 8th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-89494-140-6 , pp. 8 .
- ↑ Gerd Wolff: Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen, Volume 10: Lower Saxony, Part 2: Between Weser and Elbe (= railway courier ). EK-Verlag , Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 978-3-88255-669-8 , pp. 30–31.
- ↑ ELNA Type 6 , type description from the loose-leaf collection of GeraNova Verlag, edited by Wolf Dieter Machel, Munich 1994