Genthin – Schönhausen railway line
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Jerichow station 1999
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Route number (DB) : | 6885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course book section (DB) : | 264 (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 28.6 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Genthin – Schönhausen railway was a single-track branch line in today's Jerichower Land district in Saxony-Anhalt . From Genthin , a short section is in operation as the station track of the Genthiner station.
Route description
The 29-kilometer route connected the district town of Genthin on the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line with the village of Schönhausen on the Lehrter Bahn . The most important stop on the way was Jerichow , where there was also a depot .
The route mostly ran through flat, partly forested land. The southernmost point on the route was the Genthin railway station, which was located immediately north of the Genthin railway station on the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line. The former route to Milow branches off in Genthin sugar factory , which today has been preserved as far as Genthin Nord. From there the route led northwest to Schönhausen until it reached the eastern edge of the Elbe glacial valley at Jerichow . There she met the Güsen – Jerichow railway line . In the further course of the route to Schönhausen led north. The Schönhausen small station was located immediately south of the Schönhausen station on the Lehrter Bahn and was used together with the Schönhausen – Sandau railway line . At times, when there was a Schönhausen Ost stop from 1937 to 1945, the Kleinbahnhof was referred to as Schönhausen Nord.
history
The line was opened on October 25, 1899 as the first line of the Genthiner Kleinbahn AG , founded in 1898 . In 1944 a branch from Fischbeck (Elbe) to Tangermünde was opened, so that there was a strategically important crossing of the Elbe . In addition, a connecting curve from Tangermünde towards Schönhausen was built. After the Elbe bridge was blown up towards the end of the Second World War, a station on the eastern bank of the Elbe was served once a day from Fischbeck in 1946. On April 1, 1949, the Genthin – Schönhausen line was incorporated into the inventory of the Deutsche Reichsbahn .
Since the 1970s, passenger traffic has mostly been carried out with rail buses , which ran on the line until passenger traffic was discontinued, most recently referred to as the 771 and 772 series. They were maintained in the Jerichow depot. In 1990, a new Schönhausen Siedlung stop was opened in the location of the former Schönhausen Ost stop. In 1995 a two-hour service was introduced. May 29, 1999 was the last day of operation for passenger trains.
In 2008, the Genthin – Genthin sugar factory section was expanded. Two canal bridges were renewed. The aim was to increase the permeability for inland waterways. The freight tariff point Genthin Nord, one for operating washing plant of Henkel AG served, but was closed in February of 2009. The line north of Genthin Industriegleis has been officially closed since January 1, 2005 and largely demolished.
The route was listed under different timetable numbers. In the GDR, it carried number 706 for a long time together with the Schönhausen – Sandau route, and number 264 until the end of service under the direction of Deutsche Bahn .
Web links
- Archived website about the former Genthiner Kleinbahn ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the Rail 1991–1995 . transpress, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-71057-9
- ↑ Kursbuch 1940/41
- ^ Bahn-Report , 1/2009
- ↑ Bahn-Report , 3/2009, p. 45