Crailsheim – Königshofen railway line
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| Route number (DB) : | 4953 (Crailsheim - former infrastructure border ) 4922 (Königshofen - former infrastructure border) |
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| Course book section (DB) : | 782 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 66.390 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Crailsheim – Königshofen line is a main line in Baden-Württemberg . It begins in Crailsheim in the Schwäbisch Hall district and leads to Königshofen in the Main-Tauber district . The main line runs along the Vor and Blaubach stream to Weikersheim , then along the Tauber , which is why it is part of the Taubertalbahn .
The southern part of the line was built by the Royal Württemberg State Railways , the northern part by the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways . For this reason, the connection still administratively consists of two routes that meet near the former national border.
history
After the conclusion of a Baden-Württemberg state treaty on March 31, 1864 and the Württemberg decree of August 13, 1865, construction work for the line began in August 1868 on the Crailsheim - Mergentheim section , which cost almost 16 million guilders . The opening celebrations took place in Mergentheim on October 18, 1868, and on October 23, 1869, Württemberg and Baden finally put their respective sections into operation together.
For the health resort in Mergentheim, Bad Mergentheim since 1926, the route was of great importance from the beginning, so from the summer of 1939 there was a through car connection from Berlin to Bad Mergentheim. During the Second World War , the line was spared attacks with the exception of minor damage in Crailsheim. From 1968 Bad Mergentheim was again served by year-round through cars from Hamburg and Dortmund . These were only discontinued in 1988 and 1989 respectively.
On June 11, 2003, two Regional Express trains collided in the Schrozberg railway accident . Six people were killed and 25 others injured.
In 2003, extensive renovation and modernization measures began on the line, the track bed was partially cleaned, new tracks laid, level crossings renewed and a collapsed railway embankment near Laudenbach was restored. Around 15 million euros were spent on this. From October 2009 to March 2010, the Niederstetten tunnel was extensively renovated for almost five million euros while being completely closed, and at the same time the stretch between Niederstetten and Schrozberg was overhauled.
With the reopening of the Satteldorf train station in 2007, bus traffic was further aligned with the railway line and heavily restructured, and existing parallel traffic was dismantled.
The security technology is to be modernized by 2025. All mechanical interlockings are to be replaced by the control center in Niederstetten. At the same time, the platforms are also being modernized. The renovation began in Niederstetten and Schrozberg.
Since the commissioning of network 11 at the timetable change in winter 2019, only class 642 combustion railcars have been used on the route.
Since February 2020, after the last trains, there has been an additional bus service in three sections approximately every hour. The regular rail tariff applies, whereby tickets cannot be purchased on the bus, but only via the rail transport channels.
Operating points
Crailsheim
Crailsheim train station is on the street Zum Bahnhof ( ⊙ ) in Crailsheim . It was built in 1866 and is a crossing station where four railway lines converge. Through the Bavarian-Württemberg State Treaty, Crailsheim became a border station in 1868 , which made it even more important. In 1945 the station was completely destroyed at the end of the Second World War and subsequently rebuilt provisionally. In the 1970s, the station received its present appearance.
Satteldorf
The Satteldorf train station has been used for passenger traffic again since September 10, 2007, after no passenger trains stopped there for 22 years.
Satteldorf train station, 2007
Wallhausen
After the success in Satteldorf, an interest group also fought for the reactivation of the Wallhausen (Württ) stop , which took place on December 15, 2013 after several delays.
Red at the lake
Rot am See station, 2013
Tracks
Platform 1
Brettenfeld
In Brettenfeld there was a now abandoned stopping point at km 16.2. There used to be a barrier post in Brettenfeld that was operated as an agency.
Blue heroes
From 1900 to 1996 the approximately 12-kilometer-long railway line to Langenburg branched off from Blaufelden station . Passenger traffic on the branch line was stopped as early as 1963. The station building in Blaufelden was auctioned in 2013 and then renovated.
Blue heroes
Track systems in the direction of Rot am See
Former goods handling
Kälberbach
In Kälberbach there was a now abandoned stop at km 26.8. There used to be a barrier post in Kälberbach that was operated as an agency.
Schrozberg
Schrozberg station, 2013
View towards Blaufelden
View towards Niederstetten
Oberstetten
A breakpoint was set up in Oberstetten in 1902. The now abandoned stop was at railway km 34.4. There used to be a barrier post in Oberstetten that was operated as an agency.
Niederstetten
In Niederstetten, extensive renovation work is currently taking place in the station and signal box.
Construction site Niederstetten, 2019
Finished parking spaces
Bus stops in front of the train station
Vorbachzimmer
In Vorbachzimmer there was a now abandoned stop at km 40.9. This was built around 1900. There used to be a barrier post in Vorbachzimmer that was operated as an agency.
Laudenbach
The former Laudenbach (Württ) train station has meanwhile been dismantled as a stop. It is located on Bahnstraße ( ⊙ ) in Laudenbach im Vorbachtal , a left side valley of the Taubertal. After the next stop in Weikersheim, the railway line continues along the Taubertal. It used to have a crank signal box in front of the building as a special feature, which was later enclosed. A warehouse had two sidings. In August 2017, the stop was rebuilt and the platform redesigned.
Weikersheim
The station, built from 1867 to 1870, is located in the street of the same name at Am Bahnhof 1 ( ⊙ ) in Weikersheim. In the wedge station , which was operated together with the Royal Bavarian State Railways , the branch line to Ochsenfurt branched off from November 17, 1909 to May 31, 1992 , the jointly operated locomotive shed was located in the Württemberg part of the station. In 2011 the listed building was sold and renovated.
Elpersheim
The Elpersheim stop was built in 1902. In 1933 the Elpersheim stop was rebuilt by the Reich Labor Service and the previous station was decommissioned - both buildings still exist today. A barrier post once existed at today's Elpersheim stop.
Breakpoint
Railroad Crossing
former train station with waiting room
Markelsheim
At the Markelsheim train station in Bad Mergentheimer Straße 2 ( ⊙ ) there are two level crossings nearby. The station building, built around 1870, has been preserved in its original form to this day.
Igersheim
The former train station and today's Igersheim stop is located in Bahnhofstrasse ( ⊙ ) in Igersheim . There used to be a gatekeeper in Igersheim. In 2019 the stop was comprehensively modernized and made barrier-free.
Bad Mergentheim spa gardens
The stopping point was set up in 1899 at the expense of the Karlsbad Society at kilometer 57.8 under the name Mergentheim-Karlsbad ( ⊙ ) especially for spa guests and only served from May 1st to September 30th. Tickets were sold by an employee of the pool administration. This was also responsible for the care and maintenance of the stop including the station building. He had his first high-profile visitor on May 17, 1907, when King Wilhelm II and Queen Charlotte of Württemberg came here for the inauguration of the Wilhelmsquelle. The station also played an important role in the imperial maneuver in September 1909. In the following years there was a high number of spa guests here. In 1940 the name was changed to Bad Mergentheim Kurpark , before the station was abandoned at the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the station building was demolished in the 1950s. On Carnival 1955, the Bad Mergentheim prince couple and their entourage were driven to Bad Mergentheim station in a small locomotive and a passenger car. This was also the last known use of the breakpoint. In its place there is now a wooden pedestrian overpass from a parking lot to the Solymar Therme .
Bad Mergentheim
The Mergentheim train station is located at Poststraße 1 ( ⊙ ) in Bad Mergentheim . The station was opened in 1869 and was originally a border station between Württemberg and Baden. The clock tower on the central wing of the reception building showed the Baden and the Württemberg "railway time". In addition to the station building, the station consisted of a Württemberg locomotive depot, a Baden locomotive depot and a carriage depot. The goods shed was shared. Renovation work changed the central part of the reception building.
Edelfingen
The building was built in its current form in 1869 and was owned by the railway until 1993. Today it is private and converted into a restaurant. In November 1992, tracks 2 and 3 were dismantled. With the departure of the railway staff, the level crossing was converted into an automatic barrier system. A restaurant was set up on the ground floor of the building and received an award for exemplary building in an architecture competition in 1997.
Unterbalbach
The Unterbalbach station was once run as an agency and had clearance rights for tickets, luggage and express goods. Relievers were provided by the Königshofen train station. On October 1, 1961, the agency was closed. The station building erected in 1868/69 was demolished in 1966, in 1968 a bus shelter was set up as a shelter, but the stopping point was closed in 1984.
Reception building
Koenigshofen
The station building of Königshofen (Baden) was built in 1866 and is located at Eisenbahnstraße 1 ( ⊙ ) in Königshofen , not far from the confluence of the Umpfer and the Tauber . The Frankenbahn has left the Taubertal in Königshofen and branches off into the Umpfertal since 1866. The Königshofen – Crailsheim railway line, on the other hand, has followed the Taubertal up to Weikersheim since 1869. The station was given its current appearance in the 1970s.
Freight transport
The freight traffic between Blaufelden (connection company Sigloch) and Crailsheim with around 2,500 wagons per year was remarkable until the mid-1990s, but this started on March 6, 1995 after the opening of the Koengen freight center of Deutsche Post AG , which does not have its own siding drastically. In the meantime the service has been discontinued.
literature
- Hans-Wolfgang Scharf: Railways between Neckar, Tauber and Main . tape 1 : Historical development and railway construction . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2001, ISBN 3-88255-766-4 .
- Hans-Wolfgang Scharf: Railways between Neckar, Tauber and Main . tape 2 : Design, operation and machine service . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2001, ISBN 3-88255-768-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
- ↑ 140 years of the Tauberbahn . In: Wertheimer Zeitung from 5./6. September 2009.
- ↑ The line definitely has a future . In: Fränkische Nachrichten of October 17, 2009.
- ↑ Railway news archive, tunnel renovation and track renewal on the Tauberbahn, accessed May 19, 2019
- ↑ Strengthening and maintaining the Tauberbahn - new timetables in the northern district from September 10, 2007 Website of the traffic association roundabout Schwäbisch Hall
- ↑ Modernizations in the Taubertal . In: railway magazine . No. 2 , 2019, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 28 .
- ↑ WFB Takt: The customer magazine of the WFB Winter 2019, page 4 and 5, accessed January 12, 2020 [1]
- ↑ Verkehrsgesellschaft Main-Tauber mbH (VGMT) - evening bus. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Crailsheim train station - destinationbahnhof.de. In: bf-c.zielbahnhof.de. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
- ^ Wallhausen community , bus and train, accessed May 19, 2019
- ↑ Monuments: In new station bliss. In: swp.de. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Until 1968 there was a station guard tower - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
- ^ Bahnhof Am Bahnhof 1 Weikersheim - details page - LEO-BW. In: leo-bw.de. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Small guesthouse in the Weikersheim train station with an apartment - the train station. In: imbahnhof.de. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
- ^ "Quantum leap" in user-friendliness - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
- ↑ King Wilhelm II stayed at the Karlsbad stop - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: morgenweb.de. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Bad Mergentheim train station --zielbahnhof.de. In: bf-b.zielbahnhof.de. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ station Edelfingen - zielbahnhof.de. In: bf-b.zielbahnhof.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Construction costs of almost 30,000 guilders - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ The old station was demolished in 1966 - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Königshofen (Baden) train station - destinationbahnhof.de. In: bf-l.zielbahnhof.de. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
- ^ A look at the changeful history - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Bundestag printed paper 13/869 of March 21, 1995
- ^ The railway cannot keep up , in: Heilbronner Voice online from January 4, 2008