Railway line Dresden-Klotzsche – Dresden Airport
| Dresden-Klotzsche-Dresden Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number : | 6607; sä. KGr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book section (DB) : | 241.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 4.12 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route class : | CM4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 60 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dresden-Klotzsche – Dresden Airport railway line is a single-track, electrified main line in Saxony . It runs from Dresden-Klotzsche at the Görlitz-Dresden railway to Dresden Airport and now serves only the Dresden S-Bahn .
history
Today's railway line to Dresden Airport has its origins in the connecting railway to the Klotzsche Air War School, which was completed in 1936 . Its construction began after Dresden Airport opened in July 1935. To supply the area, a three-kilometer connecting line was built from 1934 onwards, which ended near what is now the Dresden-Nord motorway triangle .
With the development of the aviation industry in Dresden from 1955, the former connecting line was expanded into a real railway line. A stop was created on the border road for rush hour traffic to the aircraft yard (in operation from October 1, 1958). From May 28, 1967, the works passenger trains that went there for shift changes could also be used by the public.
In 1972, double-decker push-pull trains were used for the first time to Dresden Grenzstrasse to cope with the extensive rush hour traffic. Some of these trains ran to and from Pirna , but also to Altenberg (Erzgeb.) .
After the political change in 1990, the number of travelers in rush hour traffic to Grenzstraße decreased to a minimum. At the same time, the expansion of Dresden Airport into an important regional airport began, which raised the question of an efficient transport connection. In September 1997, planning began to extend the railway line to the new terminal, which was to be set up in a former aircraft assembly hall north of the old terminal. The last passenger trains on the old railway line ran on May 22, 1998.
On July 30, 1998, construction work began to connect the airport to the S-Bahn network. The tunnel made of precast concrete parts was already completed in the summer of 1999. At Dresden-Klotzsche train station, a 200 m long flyover structure was built (for the directional track from the airport over the Görlitz – Dresden railway line) as well as an extension with two new (electrified) tracks for traffic to and from the airport. The planned total costs amounted to 84.3 million Deutschmark and were supported by the Free State of Saxony. On March 25, 2001, the new route went into operation at the same time as the opening of Terminal 1 at the airport. Until the completion of the Leipzig City Tunnel , the Dresden Airport train station was the only underground train station in Saxony .
Since then, the route has been integrated into the Dresden S-Bahn network with S-Bahn line 2 . The trains run every 30 minutes in the direction of Dresden Hauptbahnhof and on weekdays to Heidenau and Pirna . The line has been electrified since December 14, 2002. However, electric trains did not run regularly until the timetable changed on December 12, 2004.
Expansion options
With the land use plan of the state capital Dresden, which has been in effect since the end of 1996, routes are kept free both north of the Dresden-Klotzsche train station and south-west of the airport train station for a connecting curve or for a continuation of this railway line in the direction of the Dresden industrial site stop. If these ideas were implemented, traffic to and from East Saxony could, for example, be routed via the airport without changing the direction of travel.
Regardless of this, according to the zoning plan, the establishment of an additional stopping point on the existing route at the level of the overpass over the Königsbrücker Landstrasse is provided as an option. This could further improve connections to the tram (line 7, Industriepark Klotzsche stop ) and city and regional bus services.
However, concrete plans to implement these ideas are not known.
Route description
course
The airport S-Bahn connects Dresden's S-Bahn network from Dresden-Klotzsche train station with Dresden Airport . The route to the airport train station crosses the route to Görlitz with a flyover structure . Except for the Dresden Airport station area, which is located in the tunnel, the route runs above ground and in large parts on a railway embankment . The terminal station Dresden Airport is located at Terminal 1 of the airport.
Operating points
- Dresden-Klotzsche
The Dresden-Klotzsche station goes back to a stop on the Görlitz – Dresden railway line , which was opened in 1873 with the name Klotzsche-Königswald . With the opening of the narrow-gauge railway to Königsbrück in 1884, Klotzsche became a railway junction. The line was later switched to standard gauge.
Today the Dresden-Klotzsche train station is an important regional train station in the north of Dresden. There are particularly favorable transfer connections from the regional express trains from Görlitz and Zittau to Dresden S-Bahn line 2 and local public transport. Freight transport facilities no longer exist.
- Dresden border road
The main purpose of the Dresden Grenzstraße station is to handle the commuter traffic generated by the neighboring companies. From an operational point of view, two trains can meet in the station; this possibility is practically not used. If the airport tunnel is closed, the train station also functions as a terminus in rare cases.
- Dresden Airport
At the time of construction, Dresden Airport station was the eighth airport station in Germany and the first underground station in Saxony. It opened on March 25, 2001.
The station is located on the second basement of the terminal (level −2) and can only be reached from there via two escalators . Like all newly built Dresden S-Bahn stations, it has a platform with a usable length of 140 meters, which is located in the middle between the two butt-ended tracks.
Vehicle use
From 2001 to 2004, all travel traffic was initially handled with low-floor diesel multiple units of the DB class 642 . Since then, locomotive hauled push-pull trains with double-deck cars and an electric locomotive of the DB class 143 have been operating . Only vehicles with an emergency brake override are permitted for traffic in the airport tunnel . The locomotives of the class 143 also received a fire alarm system.
literature
- Johannes Raddatz: Railway in Saxon Switzerland: The four-track reconstruction Pirna - Dresden Hbf and the new S-Bahn construction Pirna - Dresden Airport / Coswig. Redesign and new construction of Dresden railway systems. The use of new locomotives and wagons. Typical means of transport of the Saxon residence and state capital Dresden and some of its numerous sights. Verlag Bernd Neddermeyer, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941712-24-9 .
Web links
- Route, operating points and permissible speeds on the OpenRailwayMap
Individual evidence
- ↑ Route data on www.sachsenschiene.de
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany 2007/2008 . 6th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9 . , P. 73
- ↑ STREDA - Total distance directory DBAG; As of August 16, 2015
- ↑ https://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/str/str023.htm ,
- ↑ https://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/str/str023.htm ,
- ↑ a b Report from DB Netz: Dresden Airport gets a train connection . In: Railway technical review . 48, No. 7/8, 1999, p. 411.
- ↑ https://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/str/str023.htm ,
- ↑ Legally effective land use plan. State capital Dresden, January 1, 1999, accessed on August 16, 2015 .
- ^ Johannes Raddatz: Railway in Saxon Switzerland Volume 4 Verlag Bernd Neddermeyer, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941712-24-9 , p. 106
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