Falkenstein – Muldenberg railway line

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Falkenstein (Vogtl) - Muldenberg
Section of the Falkenstein – Muldenberg railway line
Section of the route map of Saxony from 1902
Route number : 6649; sä. FM
Course book section (DB) : 539
Route length: 10.274 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class : CM4
Maximum slope : 20  ‰
Minimum radius : 245 m
Top speed: 80 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Zwickau
   
 by Herlasgrün
Station, station
 -0.061 Falkenstein (Vogtl) 552 m
   
 to Oelsnitz / Vogtl.
Stop, stop
 6.763 Grünbach (Vogtl) (formerly Bf) 675 m
   
 from Chemnitz-Aue
Station without passenger traffic
 10.213 Muldenberg 692 m
Route - straight ahead
 to Adorf

The Falkenstein – Muldenberg railway is a branch line in Saxony , which was built as a connecting line between the Herlasgrün – Oelsnitz and Chemnitz – Adorf lines, which are only partially in operation today . It begins in Falkenstein / Vogtl. and leads via Grünbach to Muldenberg .

history

Even before the construction of the Herlasgrün – Oelsnitz (–Eger) line, which opened in 1865, thought was given to a rail connection in the direction of Schöneck. During the construction period of the Chemnitz-Aue-Adorfer Railway, which opened in 1875, a connection between the two lines was planned. The Zwickau-Lengenfeld-Falkensteiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (ZLF) then received the concession in 1873 to extend its railway line to Schöneck. In addition to a better connection between the region around Klingenthal and the regional center of Zwickau, the new route should also serve to import the Bohemian coal from the Falkenau basin more cheaply . Due to financial difficulties of the ZLF, the project could not be realized.

The long-demanded connecting line was finally approved by the Saxon state parliament at the end of the 1880s . Also, the route should not be integrated in Hammerbrücke, as originally planned, but in a new station between Hammerbrücke and Schöneck, which also shortened the route by a few kilometers.

In the spring of 1890, construction of the connection as a standard-gauge secondary line began . The alignment along the flanks of the Göltzschtal required extensive earthworks, otherwise the new route managed without major engineering structures such as bridges and tunnels. The route was opened on November 15, 1892.

In the mid-1990s, the line was selected as a section of the Reichenbach / Zwickau – Adorf / Klingenthal connection by the Free State of Saxony as a pilot project for the revitalization of a branch line at risk of closure. After extensive track renewal in 1996/97, the line speed could be increased to 80 km / h.

Since 1997, the route has only been served by the private Vogtlandbahn in the SPNV. Freight traffic has not taken place since the mid-1990s. The Vogtlandbahn operates this route as line RB1 with the relation Zwickau – Falkenstein – Kraslice (–Sokolov) or RB5 with the relation Mehltheuer – Plauen – Falkenstein – Klingenthal – Kraslice (–Sokolov). RegioSprinter railcars will continue to operate on this route until December 2019 .

In December 2019 there will be a vehicle change on the lines RB1 and RB5 in the Vogtlandbahn network. The old RegioSprinter of the Vogtlandbahn no longer operate in the Vogtland, but are modernized and used on the newly acquired North Bohemian routes.

Operating points

Falkenstein (Vogtl) ⊙

Falkenstein (Vogtl) station, reception building (2016)

The Falkenstein (Vogtl) station was only built as a simple crossing and water station when the Herlasgrün – Oelsnitz (–Eger) line was opened by the Voigtland State Railway in 1865. With the opening of the Zwickau – Falkenstein railway line of the shortly thereafter nationalized ZLF, Falkenstein became an island station in 1875 , since the ZLF built its station facilities south (and thus on the other side) of the existing station.

Although it had been expanded several times before, the station was completely rebuilt from 1908 onwards. This is where today's reception building was built.

A boiler house and locomotive treatment facilities were also built here when the private railway was being built in 1875. These systems were the starting point for the Falkenstein depot , which later became independent for around 20 years .

At the end of the 1990s, the track systems were significantly reduced. Today there are only two continuous tracks left in the station, all the remaining tracks end bluntly.

Grünbach ⊙

Grünbach (Vogtl) stop, reception building (2016)

The Grünbach stop is the only intermediate station on the railway line. It was set up primarily for the dispatch of wood. Initially, the Grünbach stop consisted of three continuous tracks with two platforms and a stump track. A reception building, a farm building, a free access and a goods shed as well as a shed for flammable cargo were the only high-rise buildings.

The traffic remained insignificant, however, in 1913, for example, around 40,000 travelers were counted and around 9,000 tons of goods were handled.

In May 1970, all tracks were dismantled except for the main track. This was accompanied by the downgrade to the breakpoint.

Muldenberg ⊙

Service building (left) and reception building (right) of the train station in Muldenberg

With the construction of the railway line, a separation station was built in Muldenberg on the already existing Chemnitz – Adorf railway line. The station, opened in 1892, is located about two kilometers from the eponymous village of Muldenberg in the middle of the forest. Today the station still serves as a crossing station, the switch to Schönheide Ost has been expanded since 1997.

After the Muldenberg station was canceled as a stop by the ZVV , the main platform and the passenger crossing were dismantled. The station can still be used for train crossings. There are plans at the municipal level to build a new, inexpensive platform in a different location.

literature

Web links

Commons : Falkenstein – Muldenberg railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland, Volume 1 , p. 127
  2. ↑ https://www- freiepresse-de.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.freipresse.de/zwickau/werdau/triebwagen-der-alten-art-fahren-noch-bis-2019-amp9657581?amp_js_v = a2 & amp_gsa = 1 & usqp = mq331AQECAFQAg% 3D% 3D # referrer = https: //www.google.com&_tf=Von%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.freipresse.de%2Fzwickau%2Fwerdau-der2Ftriebwagen -old-art-drive-until-2019-article9657581
  3. ↑ https://www.laenderbahn.com/aktuelles/order-fuer-bahnverkehr-rund-um-das-tschechische-louny- geht-an-die- laenderbahn
  4. ↑ Tracks in service facilities (as of April 1, 2012) (PDF; 179 kB)
  5. ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 2: secondary and narrow-gauge lines, railway systems, accidents and anecdotes , EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-88255-687-0 , p. 214
  6. ^ Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG: Vogtlandbahn - Muldenberg loses a stop. In: Freiepresse.de. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
  7. ^ Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG: Plans for an affordable platform. In: Freiepresse.de. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .