Railway line Grunow – Königs Wusterhausen

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Grunow (Niederlausitz) –King Wusterhausen
ODEG railcar in Storkow (2005)
ODEG railcar in Storkow (2005)
Line of the railway line Grunow – Königs Wusterhausen
Route number (DB) : 6520
Course book section (DB) : 209.36
Route length: 58.1 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class : CM4 (Kablow – Beeskow)
D4 (KW – Kablow and Beeskow – Grunow)
Maximum slope : 12.8 
Minimum radius : 261 m
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from Frankfurt (Oder) Pbf
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0.085 Grunow (Lower Lusatia) 58 m
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to Cottbus
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1.300 Awanst Schneeberg
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3,580 Schneeberg (Mark)
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(Re-alignment 1898)
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7,800 Oegel
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8.500 Beeskow (until 1898)
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Spree
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9.430 Beeskow (since 1898) 44 m
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to Fürstenwalde (Spree)
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to Lübben (Spreewald)
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15,960 Buckow (b Beeskow)
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20,480 Lindenberg (Mark)
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21.830 Lindenberg Viaduct (95 m)
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28,290 Wendisch Rietz (until 2016 Bf), formerly Scharmützelsee 40 m
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In the Bundeswehr
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32.600 Storkow Küchensee
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32,595 Hubertushöhe
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Storkow-Küchensee (under examination)
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36.240 Storkow (Mark) 37 m
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Storkower Canal
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40.358 Kummersdorf (b Storkow)
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46.695 Friedersdorf (b Königs Wusterhausen)
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51.260 Kablow
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51.700 At TABEG tank farm
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53.210 Zernsdorf
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54.100 To Zernsdorf sleeper works
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56.120 Lower back
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56.600 Dahme
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from Berlin
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58.042 King Wusterhausen
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to Görlitz
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to Mittenwalde

The Grunow – Königs Wusterhausen railway is a branch line in Brandenburg . It begins in Grunow on the Cottbus – Frankfurt (Oder) railway line and leads from there westward via Beeskow to Königs Wusterhausen .

history

Prehistory and Prussian State Railways

Lindenberg Viaduct and Blabbergraben around 1910

After the commissioning of the railway from Cottbus to Frankfurt (Oder) , the district of Beeskow-Storkow tried to get a connection to the railway network via a new route, which should mainly serve the freight traffic. On April 19, 1886 the concession for the section from Grunow to Beeskow was granted. In addition to the two terminal stations, the 8.5-kilometer section had the two stops at Schneeberg and Oegeln, which were provided with appropriate track systems due to the high volume of goods at the two manors. The section was opened on May 15, 1888, and the Prussian State Railways were responsible for operations from the start .

It was not until about ten years later that the Prussian state also granted the concession for the remaining section from Beeskow via Storkow to Königs Wusterhausen. Almost 50 kilometers of new route were built. The district town of Beeskow received a new train station in the city center; the old train station was on the east bank of the Spree in a suburb. After around two years of construction, the line was handed over on September 20, 1898. The most striking structure on the route is the bridge over the Blabbergraben in the Glienicker Gorge near Lindenberg-Glienicke with the Lindenberger Viaduct . The continuous operation took place with the commissioning of the Spree bridge on October 1st of the same year.

Traffic was relatively sparse in the early years. Only four pairs of passenger trains ran per day. In the freight traffic, in addition to agricultural products, mainly products from the brickworks near Königs Wusterhausen were transported.

In 1911 the Fürstenwalde – Beeskow railway was built from Fürstenwalde . This was built primarily for excursion traffic in the region, the railway connection from Königs Wusterhausen mainly served as a feeder.

German Reichsbahn

Hubertushöhe stop

With the ever-increasing passenger traffic, the Deutsche Reichsbahn set up continuous trains in the 1930s from Görlitz station in Berlin to Beeskow or Scharmützelsee station .

During the Second World War , the traffic on the route increased again. As a garrison town, Beeskow was of strategic importance and so was the route itself. This led to greater destruction of the facilities by the Allies than anywhere else. In addition to the station facilities and some bridges, the Lindenberg Viaduct was blown up when the Wehrmacht withdrew in the last days of the war. When it was rebuilt, it was designed for an axle load of 20 tons (previously 16 tons). From 1949 the route was again open to traffic.

As in the pre-war period, freight transport also played a key role in the GDR . The connection from Königs Wusterhausen via Grunow and on to Frankfurt (Oder) served as an alternative to the direct connection Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) . In addition, some military objects were created on the route itself, including today's Bundeswehr barracks near Storkow.

In August 1954, the first half-barrier system of the Deutsche Reichsbahn was inaugurated in Scharmützelsee station .

The railway line was merged in 1960 with the Falkenberg – Beeskow West railway line, which originally ended in the Westbahnhof, at Beeskow station .

Truss bridge over the Storkower Canal in the Storkower Luchwiesen

Until the political upheaval in the GDR in 1989/1990, the route was well used. In addition to goods traffic, the route was mainly used by commuters to Berlin or Frankfurt (Oder) and many day trippers. A decline began after 1990, when wage increases and increased private car ownership changed the modal split in favor of the automobile . The line was in danger of being closed in the following years.

21st century

Rail traffic in the region could only be secured with the tendering of the route from the 2004 timetable change.

Since then, the trains have run every hour and were tied through to Berlin-Lichtenberg and Frankfurt (Oder) . After the regionalization funds were cut by the federal government in 2006, the range between Beeskow and Frankfurt was reduced to two-hour intervals on weekends in winter. In the following years, the line was expanded: new tracks were laid and barriers were built. This is how a barrier system was recently built at an accident-prone level crossing in Birkholz. Since the timetable change in December 2011, the trains have already been accelerating somewhat; the train crossings now take place in Zernsdorf (previously in Friedersdorf), Wendisch Rietz, Beeskow and Müllrose. Freight traffic takes place to a small extent, especially for the delivery of the chipboard plant in Beeskow.

The single-track route in the Luchwiesen

When the Brandenburg Transport Minister Vogelsänger announced possible cuts in regional rail routes in April 2012, this route was also under discussion again. A shutdown is currently not up for discussion, but there is a two-hour cycle on the summer weekends between Beeskow and Frankfurt.

The installation of electronic interlocking technology and the renewal of the platforms were planned on the Königs Wusterhausen – Storkow section as early as 2013 . The funds were finally approved in early 2014. The clock crossing from Wendisch Rietz to the Storkow / Mark train station was relocated, new safety technology was installed and speed limits were eliminated. In addition, the train crossing in Zernsdorf has been omitted and a short turnaround has been implemented in Königs Wusterhausen. As a result, one vehicle circulation could be saved in regular operation.

At the beginning of 2013, an electronic signal box (ESTW) went into operation in the Fauler See depot on the connecting route to Frankfurt (Oder) in Grunow . The train stations Müllrose (on the route to Frankfurt) and Grunow as well as Zernsdorf, Friedersdorf, Storkow and Wendisch-Rietz are connected to the ESTW, the operation is now from Beeskow. The Beeskow station itself initially retained its mechanical interlocking technology and is to be integrated into the ESTW in October 2020. The track plan is also adapted in order to accelerate the train crossings.

On August 1, 2016, the old signal boxes in Storkow and Wendisch Rietz were shut down. The old form main signals, points and the siding in Wendisch Rietz were dismantled. Access to the remaining platform was relocated.

On November 5, 2018, Lindenberg (Mark) was put into operation as a crossing station.

The travel time between Beeskow and Frankfurt (Oder) is to be reduced to less than 30 minutes by the end of 2024. This requires an increase in the line speed to 120 km / h and the main line standard.

Special features on the route

Storkow between the station and the requirements breakpoint Kummersdorf the route crosses the nature reserve Luchwiesen , one of the richest and most inland salt Brandenburg, and to a steel truss bridge the Storkower channel . After Kummersdorf it passes the Storkower Canal nature reserve and bridges the Stahnsdorfer Fließ in the reserve .

business

In the period from December 2004 to December 2014 the route was served by the East German Railway (ODEG) , since December 2014 the route has been operated by the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn AG (NEB) .

Trains on the RB 36 line run every hour from Königs Wusterhausen via Beeskow to Frankfurt (Oder) . In the meantime, the trains between Beeskow and Frankfurt only ran every two hours outside of the summer season; Since the timetable change in December 2018, hourly intervals have been offered all year round on the entire route.

Web links

Commons : Königs Wusterhausen – Grunow railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Infrastructure register. DB Netze, accessed on May 10, 2019 .
  2. Erich Preuß & Reiner Preuß, Chronicle of the Deutsche Reichsbahn 1945–1993, Railway in the GDR , GeraMond, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-7094-3 , p. 42
  3. Ruth Buder: Level crossing now with barrier. In: Märkische Oderzeitung. April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012 .
  4. Andreas Wendt: Unprofitable railway lines put to the test. In: Märkische Oderzeitung. April 3, 2012, Retrieved May 19, 2012 .
  5. Regional train lines are to be retained. In: Märkische Oderzeitung. April 21, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012 .
  6. ^ Harald Tschirner: Regional and S-Bahn construction projects 2013 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 1 , 2013, p. 9 .
  7. Signals to green at Storkow station. Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture Brandenburg, February 20, 2014, accessed on February 22, 2014 .
  8. a b Länderbahn - Brandenburg / Berlin . In: Bahn-Report . No. 1 , 2020, p. 33 .
  9. Iris fabric: Where the signals are sent. In: moz.de. November 1, 2018, accessed February 15, 2019 .
  10. Timetable 2019: More offers by rail! Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg, 23 November 2018, accessed on 27 November 2018 .