Busenbach – Ittersbach railway line

Busenbach – Ittersbach
Route network of the Alb Valley Railway 1901–1910
Route number (DB) :	9421
Course book section (DB) :	710.1, ex 312, 305c
Route length:	since 1979: 14.1 km 1975–1979: 15.0 km 1966–1979: 6.8 km to 1964: 12.6 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	750 volts  =
Maximum slope :	39.838  ‰
Minimum radius :	Reversible loops: 23 m
Top speed:	80 km / h (only LNT ) , 50 km / h
Dual track :	No
Legend from Karlsruhe 0.000 Busenbach 170  m to Bad Herrenalb (formerly flatter / longer route until 1979) (2.0) 02.040 Reichenbach Kurpark (since 1972) 239  m Etzenroter Strasse Mileage: (until 1974) / after 1979 (3.2) 02.670 Reichenbach train station   (formerly Reichenbach b Ettlingen) 258  m Heldrunger Strasse 4.195 Schießhüttenäcker (since 2011) 257  m Agl Ritter / Paradigma , formerly Hummel Ettlinger Strasse Missing length 21.770 m, 22 m or 27.7 m Langensteinbach (5.4) 04.952 Langensteinbach train station Alemannenstrasse 5.673 Langensteinbach St. Barbara   (since 1975, with a turning loop) 270  m (6.3) 00,000 Langensteinbach Recreation   Home (1932–1964) (6.8) 00,000 Langensteinbach Süd   (1966–1975, with turning loop) Enzstrasse (8.3) 00,000 Spielberg near Ittersbach (until 1964) 8.220 Spielberg (since 1975) 344  m (9.6) 00,000 Ittersbach Industry (1944–1964) 11,498 Ittersbach Industry (since 1975) 314  m (11.6) 00,000 Ittersbach Waldecke (until 1964) State road 622 (12.6) 13.720 Ittersbach train station 308  m Ittersbach to Pforzheim (until 1968) 14,155 Ittersbach Town Hall   (since 1975, with a turning loop) 307  m Swell:

The Busenbach – Ittersbach railway (sometimes also referred to as the Albgaubahn or the Albtalbahn mountain line) is a railway line in the northern Black Forest . The electrified and continuous single-track branch line branches off in the station Busenbach on the Albtalbahn , to which it is operationally and historically closely linked, and performs as a spur track to Ittersbach . The responsible railway infrastructure company is the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), which also operates as the sole railway company on the 14.1-kilometer route. Originally, the Busenbach – Ittersbach railway was an operational unit with the connecting Pforzheimer Kleinbahn from Ittersbach to Pforzheim . Initially, the entire Busenbach – Pforzheim route was meter gauge , later the section treated here was converted to standard gauge , while the remaining section to Pforzheim was closed.

history

Meter gauge time

After Busenbach was already connected to Karlsruhe on May 14, 1898 by the Albtalbahn, which was initially also meter-gauge, the originally 12.6 kilometer long section between Busenbach and Ittersbach went into operation on April 10, 1899. The extension to Brötzingen , at that time still a suburb of Pforzheim, followed on January 2, 1900. The route was initially used by steam locomotives .

Like the Albtalbahn, the route from Busenbach to Pforzheim was built by the West German Railway Company (WeEG), which it finally brought into the newly founded subsidiary Badische Lokal-Eisenbahnen Aktien-Gesellschaft (BLEAG) in 1898.

In 1911, the line from Busenbach to Ittersbach was also electrified; the voltage was initially 8,000 and later 8,800 volts. Single-phase alternating voltage with 25  Hertz was used . Technical problems and a lack of steam coal forced BLEAG to stop electrical operation on the Busenbach branch in 1917, as a result of which the overhead line was dismantled.

In the course of the global economic crisis , BLEAG came under increasing pressure and therefore discontinued the unprofitable operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach at the beginning of 1931. The remainder to Pforzheim, however, was sold to the city of Pforzheim and continued to operate.

Only after the takeover of BLEAG by the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebsgesellschaft (DEBG) in 1932 could operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach be resumed. The line was electrified again by 1936.

On April 1, 1957, the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH (AVG) finally took over the route. In contrast to the neighboring Albtalbahn, the route to Ittersbach was not re-gauged by the AVG during ongoing operations, but temporarily shut down on November 14, 1964.

Standard gauge time

It was not until June 30, 1966 that the 6.8-kilometer section to Langensteinbach Süd was gauged. Since then it has been electrified with 750 volts DC . The new Langensteinbach Süd terminus replaced the former Langensteinbach Erholungsheim stop from the narrow-gauge era.

The 5.8 kilometer remaining section to Ittersbach was still idle due to low demand. It was not decided to rebuild until the municipality of Karlovy Vary was founded in 1971 . This section could also be reopened on October 16, 1975; articulated wagons 22-25 were procured especially for this purpose . In order to better connect Spielberg , the new route from the Langensteinbach train station deviated from the old valley route from the turn of the century - but was lengthened by 1.8 kilometers. At the same time, operations on the 1.9 km long section between Langensteinbach and Langensteinbach Süd, which had been re-tracked in 1966, ended. In return, it was extended by 600 meters in Ittersbach, where the new section between Ittersbach train station and Ittersbach town hall has since brought the line closer to the town center than was the case with the narrow-gauge railway.

Out of scale track plan of the line, status 2006

The Reichenbach Kurpark stop went into operation as early as 1972 , before the route between this and Reichenbach train station was re-routed from 1977 and shortened by around 600 meters. The modified route finally went into operation on November 17, 1979.

In 2006, the route between Busenbach train station and Reichenbach Kurpark was relocated over a newly built bridge over Landstrasse 564, eliminating the need for a level crossing.

On November 28, 2011, the newly established Langensteinbach Schießhüttenäcker stop was opened, followed by the 700-meter-long double-track section to Langensteinbach. For this, the location in this area accounted for Siding Company Ritter / paradigm (formerly Hummel).

business

Train of the S11 near Ittersbach

Final stop Ittersbach Rathaus

The Itter Bacher route is now on weekdays during the day every 30 minutes from the line of the S11 light rail Karlsruhe operated until 1994 while both the Bad Herrenalber were and called the Itter Bacher Streckenast than line A. The trains to and from Ittersbach run continuously via the Albtalbahn to Karlsruhe and beyond, mostly to a destination on the Hardtbahn . Additional express trains increase the offer during rush hour .

The platform height is 38 centimeters at almost all stations, turning loops allow in Langensteinbach St. Barbara and Ittersbach Hall of turning mover carriage . The entire route is operated according to the driving regulations for the operation of non-federal railways (FV-NE). There is a depot in Ittersbach .

Freight traffic no longer takes place.

future

There are already proposals - most recently in 2016 - for an extension of the route from Ittersbach via Straubenhardt to Neuenbürg. With the realization the S-Bahn line would be extended to Pforzheim. A new line would have to be built for the extension. The Karlsruhe district is examining whether the project is economical. The last feasibility study in 2016 showed a cost-benefit factor of 0.5.

literature

• Manfred Koch (editor): Electricity: History of local public transport in Karlsruhe . Badenia Verlag, Karlsruhe 2000, ISBN 3-7617-0324-4 .
• Klaus Bindewald: The Albtalbahn: History with a future: from the narrow-gauge railway to the modern light rail. regional culture publisher, Ubstadt-Weiher 1998, ISBN 3-929366-79-7 .
• Kurt Schwab: Tram and small train in Pforzheim . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1997, ISBN 3-927587-64-8 .
• Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges: German small and private railways. Volume 2: Bathing . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1992, ISBN 3-88255-653-6 .
• Günter König: The electrical operation of the Alb Valley Railway in narrow gauge . In: The Museum Railway: Journal for Small Railway History. No. 3/1992, pp. 21-47. German Railway Association
• Helmut Iffländer: The Alb Valley Railway: from the tourist train to the modern local transport company. Andreas-Braun-Verlag, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-925120-03-3 .
• Dieter Höltge: Albtalbahn and Kleinbahn Pforzheim-Ittersbach . Verlag Wolfgang Zeunert, Gifhorn 1976, ISBN 3-921237-27-0 .
• Peter-Michael Mihailescu, Matthias Michalke: Forgotten railways in Baden-Württemberg . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0413-6 , p. 52-60 .

Web links

• Official route data on avg.info (→ Infrastructure)
• Description of the route on verkehrsrelektiven.de
• Route 305c in the timetable from 1944

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
2. ↑ The historical corner . In: der Weichenbengel - information brochure of the meeting point for rail transport Karlsruhe e. V, number 5/99, p. 64
3. ↑ The miracle of Busenbach. ka-news , March 18, 2006, accessed March 5, 2014 . 
4. ↑ The Ettlingen - Ittersbach - Pforzheim panorama railway. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; accessed on March 5, 2014 (private documentation page of railway lines). 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.  
5. ^ The end of the eye of a needle in Karlsbad. Boulevard Baden, November 28, 2011, archived from the original on November 29, 2011 ; accessed on February 23, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ https://www.pz-news.de/region_artikel,-Stadtbahn-nach-Straubenhardt-Auch-Karlsruhe-will-die-Plaene-pruefen- Klassen-_arid, 1108320.html