Hanover – Altenbeken railway line

Hannover Hbf – Altenbeken
Route number (DB) :	1760
Course book section (DB) :	360.5 (formerly 212, 360) 361.2 (Hannover – Weetzen)
Route length:	110.9 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Hanover – Lügde: 120 km / h Lügde – Altenbeken: 100 km / h
Dual track :	(continuous)
Legend Route from Hamburg / Buchholz Line from Minden / Line from Bremen S-Bahn Hanover 0.000 Hannover Hbf ⊙ Route to Lehrte formerly from Hanover horse tower (Bbf) 0.0 Hanover local station Hannover Südbf ( Gbf , 1880 ~ 1995) 1.0 + 2230 Hanover Bismarckstrasse (since 1911), Bft 1.0 + 2450.0 1.1 + 47.2 3.8 1.5 Hannöversche Südbahn to Göttingen 2.3 Freight bypass Hanover Hildesheimer Strasse rope Me (original route) 5.861 Hanover-Linden / Fischerhof Freight bypass 6.685 Hannover-Linden Gbf (PV until 2006) to Linden-Küchengarten (1873–1930) to the freight bypass railway (since 1909) Freight bypass 9.1 Hanover-Bornum (since 1973) 9.35 Empelde (until 1973) 9.8 from the freight bypass (since 1973) 10.4 Empelde (since 1973) Ronnenberger Strasse (K234) from the Hansa potash plant 12.6 Ronnenberg (Han) to the Herrmann shaft Benther Strasse (K233) to the Ronnenberg potash plant Dirt road Bundesstrasse 217 Bröhnstrasse (K231) from the Germany shaft 15.7 Whet Deisterbahn to Haste to the Weetzen sugar factory former lime railway to Bredenbeck (1890–1924) Humboldtstrasse (K228) Feldweg, formerly B217 18.1 Dirt road 19.2 L389 19.2 Holtensen / Linderte (since 1906) 23.8 Bennigsen former Bf 23.9 L460 29.3 Völksen / Eldagsen formerly Bf Bundesstrasse 217 Kaiserrampe (1887–1912) 34.1 Jump 34.2 Funfhausenstrasse Heinrich-Goebel-Strasse Springe-Deisterpforte (planned) Dirt road former Süntelbahn from Bad Nenndorf (until 1988) 41.9 Bad Münder (Deister) former Bf Bundesstrasse 217 48.0 Hasperde (until 1988) former Bf Hilligsfeld (1941–1948) 49.9 Hameln- Rohrsen (1904–1959) partly letter Route from Elze Hameln Gbf 53.1 Hameln Pbf ⊙ ( Wedge station ) Route to Löhne former Begatalbahn to Lemgo (until 1980) 57.1 Hameln- Tündern (1913–1964, from 1935 to around 1950 Führerbahnhof ) Weser 59.7 Emmerthal Vorwohle-Emmerthal Railway 66.2 Welsede (until 1988) 71.7 Bad Pyrmont State border Lower Saxony / North Rhine-Westphalia ⊙ 74.0 Lügde (since 1892) ⊙ 82.8 Schieder ⊙ 85.0 former route to Blomberg ⊙ 87.8 Wöbbel (1913–1977) ⊙ Steinheim Müller ( Anst ) ⊙ 90.9 Steinheim (Westf) ⊙ 95.9 Bergheim (Westf) (until 1990) ⊙ 101.1 Sandebeck (1872–1895) Line from Herford ⊙ 101.6 Himmighausen (1895–1989 Pbf) ⊙ Route from Kreiensen ⊙ 107.6 Langeland (1958–1975 Pbf) ⊙ Rehberg tunnel (1632 m) ⊙ Altenbeken (tunnel) (junction) Line from Warburg ⊙ 110.9 Altenbeken ⊙ Route to Paderborn Swell:

The Hanover – Altenbeken line is a double-track, electrified main line in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia . Today the Hanover S-Bahn runs on it for passenger traffic . In colloquial language, the term "Altenbekener route" is often used.

Infrastructure history

Hameln train station

The railway line was built by the Hanover-Altenbekener Eisenbahn (HAE) company. The first section to Hameln was opened on April 13, 1872, the entire Hanover – Altenbeken line on December 19, 1872. After the financial decline of the HAE, it was nationalized in 1880 and operated by the Prussian State Railways. The initially single-track line was expanded to double-track between Hameln and Altenbeken in 1908 and between Hanover and Hameln by 1913. The route has been electrically accessible since the summer of 1971.

The starting point was Hanover Localbahnhof , later Hanover Südbahnhof , north of Bismarckstraße , which was connected to the route to Lehrte via a connecting railway to today's horse tower . From 1880, the trains left the newly built main station . From here the route reached Linden / Fischerhof station via today's Altenbekener Damm and Maschwiesen streets . The current route further south has been used since June 26, 1909 (when the freight bypass railway was put into operation ). The former railway bridges over Leine and Ihme are still preserved as pedestrian bridges .

The 3.6 km long branch line opened in 1873 from the Linden train station to the Linden kitchen garden freight station was mainly used to supply industrial companies in Linden and Hanover with coal from the Deister . On January 1, 1930, the Lindener Hafenbahn took over the line and dismantled the connecting track between Linden station and its own line. Parts of the route are as sidings still present.

The originally “Holtensen b. Weetzen " stop , was renamed" Holtensen / Linderte "at the beginning of the 21st century. The breakpoint is located directly on the municipal boundary in the area of Linderte (city of Ronnenberg ), but also opens up the town of Holtensen .

In the area between Springe and Bennigsen , a route further south was originally planned to connect Eldagsen directly to the railway. Eldagsen was bigger than Springe at the time. Since this route was not chosen, the Eldagsen station at the gates of Völksen was largely financed by Eldagser funds. Eldagsen was connected to the station via post buses . In 1935 the station was renamed "Eldagsen-Völksen" and in the 1980s it was dismantled as a stop. For timetable change 2005/2006 on 11 December 2005, the breakpoint in "Völksen / Eldagsen" has been renamed.

Former “Kaiserrampe” stop at Springe

Between Völksen / Eldagsen and Springe (west of today's bridge over the B 217 ), the “Kaiserrampe” stop has been located since 1887. From here the emperor reached the hunting lodge Springe in Saupark near Springe via the approximately 2.5 km long and chestnut-lined "Kaiserallee" . The station was last used by the German Kaiser in 1912. The "Kaiserallee" and the old station building still exist today.

After Hitler came to power in 1933 , the route underwent considerable extensions and modifications for the celebration of the Reichserntedankfeste near Hameln. After the end of the Second World War , most of these were dismantled.

The establishment of the “junction 200” to the east bypass of Altenbeken on May 30, 1958 (route 2971), with which the direct journey Hameln - Warburg  - Kassel became possible, was essential for the existence of the line .

For Expo 2000 that was S-Bahn Hannover introduced, the Hanover - included Hamelin. As part of the expansion of the S-Bahn, the stations between Hameln and Hanover were modernized and the platforms were raised to a uniform height of 76 cm above the top of the rails. In Station Hameln one was Beifahranlage installed that allows fast strengths and weaknesses of the trains.

Traffic history

The route planned by the "Eisenbahnkönig" Bethel Henry Strousberg was supposed to offer the possibility of transporting coal from the Ruhr to the east and thus also to Berlin . It opened up the Weser port of Hameln and connected the Weser Uplands with its timber industry and furniture production with the purchase markets.

After the integration, the Prussian State Railways recognized their potential: It was part of the shortest connection Berlin - Cologne (via Wuppertal - Hagen - Soest - Hameln - Hildesheim - Braunschweig). Germany's first express train ran on this route with the D 31/32 since May 1, 1892, between Cologne and Berlin, but the route via Dortmund - Hamm - Minden  - Hanover - Stendal soon became more important for fast long-distance traffic . With the reorganization of long-distance traffic, the oldest D train connection to the 1991 summer timetable was discontinued.

Until 1991, various long-distance night trains ran in north-south direction over the route. The night long-distance express train pair Komet with the train route Hamburg-Altona - Hanover - Altenbeken - Kassel - Frankfurt (Main) - Mannheim - Basel - Zurich was introduced for the summer schedule of 1954 . In Germany it carried the train numbers Ft 49/50. The railcar VT 10 551 was used on this connection . The VT 10 551 caused difficulties from the start. Because of this complex operation, the vehicle was taken out of scheduled service for the 1958 summer schedule. From the summer of 1958 to the winter of 1962/1963, the train was offered daily and now also runs over the Altenbeken curve. It was now hauled by a locomotive and consisted of a sleeping car , couchette car , a half-dining car , baggage car and, as an innovation, a covered car train car . As the F49 / 50 Chiasso - Hamburg-Altona, the train also stopped as a car train in Hameln until the end of May 1961. In the summer of 1988 the comet comes back as EC 471 (sleeper and couchette cars only) until the end of the winter timetable 1990/91 - but only in a north-south direction.

With the expiry of the 1987/88 timetable, the journey of the D 796/797 Stuttgart – Bremerhaven pair of express trains ended. These were the last long-distance trains that at times also carried through coaches in the north-south direction with the destinations Westerland in the north and Ancona in Italy.

The regional traffic was carried out from 1989 with continuous city ​​trains between Altenbeken and Hanover, which were replaced in November 2000 by the Hanover S-Bahn . Until 2002 the line was divided into two sections, the S-Bahn ended in Hameln. Lines S 4 and S 5 ran between Hameln and Hanover as part of a wing train concept from Hameln to Bennemühlen and Hanover Airport . Between Weetzen and Hanover, the lines are supplemented by the S 1 Haste - Hanover - Minden, S 2 Haste - Hanover - Nienburg and S 21 Barsinghausen - Weetzen - Hanover. The wing train concept was discarded in December 2002 in favor of a pure service by the line S 5 Hameln - Hanover airport. With the 2004/2005 timetable change in December 2004, line S 5 was extended beyond its previous end point in Hameln to Paderborn Hauptbahnhof . For this purpose, the trains in Hameln will be strengthened or weakened, as the section to Paderborn has lower passenger demand and lower platform heights. Special vehicles of the 425 series were used here, which could stop at stations with low platform heights thanks to the Vario steps. As a result of the successive expansion of the stations, all stations between Hameln and Paderborn have also been expanded to 76 cm platform height since 2016, so that all vehicles of the Hanover S-Bahn can travel to Paderborn.

With the 2013/2014 timetable change in December 2013, the additional sprinter line S 51 was introduced, which supplements the heavily used lines S 1, S 2 and S 5 during rush hour Monday through Friday . The S 51 runs daily with seven pairs of trains between Seelze and Hameln and only stops in Letter, Hannover Hbf, Bismarckstraße, Linden / Fischerhof and Springe.

In freight traffic , the division of Germany after 1945 initially made the route less important, as the traffic flow shifted more from north to south. With the construction of the east bypass in Altenbeken, however, it became an important diversion route to relieve the north-south route. The seaport hinterland traffic was also the trigger for electrification . With the construction of the high-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg , the importance initially decreased again.

In the meantime, the connection is also a reserve and diversion route. As one of the few routes in Germany, trains up to the ICE of both east-west and north-south traffic can be diverted, which happens more often in the event of disruptions in the Göttingen or Bielefeld areas.

Service offer

DB class 425

Between Hanover and Hamelin there is a half-hourly service Monday to Saturday, otherwise the trains run every hour between Hanover and Paderborn. Line S 5 does not serve all intermediate stops between Hanover and Weetzen, here the offer is supplemented by lines S 1, S 2 and S 21. Local rail passenger transport is carried out by DB Regio Nord , which uses class 424 and 425 electric multiple units for speeds of up to 140 km / h. The average speed is 69 km / h, so this S-Bahn line achieves almost the quality of a regional express . Some trains run as S 51 (express S-Bahn) with only one stop in Springe between Hanover and Hameln, which further increases the average speed. The course book number 360.5 applies to the Hanover Airport – Paderborn route.

The number of passengers has increased significantly with the introduction of the continuous S-Bahn service. In 2003, only 714 passengers per day used the offer in the Steinheim – Paderborn section. In 2012 the number was 1768, which corresponds to an increase of around 150%.

outlook

The plan is to better link the route through the Waldhausen and Braunschweiger Platz stations with the tram in Hanover , but there are no specific dates yet. The Springe Deisterpforte stop, which would be built to the west of the Heinrich-Goebel-Straße level crossing, is included as a possible requirement in the regional spatial planning program and in the local transport plan for the Hanover region. A standardized assessment has not yet taken place. It is therefore not certain whether there will be any construction there. The construction of a further stop in Lüdersen , which is demanded by the organization “ PRO BAHN ”, among others , will not take place. Because of the TSI -PRM (accessibility for people with disabilities and people with reduced mobility), it could only be created outside the elevated curve. That would mean that he would be almost as far away from all parts of the housing estate as Bennigsen. The potential number of newcomers is low and the delay in travel time for the other passengers could even lead to passenger losses. The Hanover region does not consider a successful standardized assessment to be achievable.

From 2021, the transport services of the Hanover S-Bahn are to be taken over by the NordWestBahn , following a Europe-wide tender . The currently operating railway company DB Regio appealed to the public procurement tribunal against this decision . However, this was rejected, whereupon DB Regio went before the Higher Regional Court of Celle . In November 2018, the operation was finally assigned to the Nordwestbahn.

Incidents

On March 20, 1985, after a signal mix-up at the junction of the connecting curve from the bypass line for freight trains, which circles Hanover to the south, the Empelde junction , at route kilometers 20.9 / 9.8, there was a serious accident involving two freight trains were.

→ Main article : Empelde railway accident

On September 9, 2002, there was a head-on collision between two freight trains at Bad Münder station , releasing epichlorohydrin .

→ Main article : Bad Münder railway accident

particularities

At km 18.1 between the Weetzen train station and the Holtensen / Linderte stop there is a rare and unrestricted field lane crossing: flashing light, neon “Two trains” and rattle alarm clock. This is only active when the switch-on contact has been passed from both sides and remains switched on until both trains have passed the crossing.

Due to the rather moderate traffic load in normal operation and the curves and inclines, the Bad Pyrmont - Langeland section is repeatedly used to test rail vehicles before commissioning.

During the electrification, various types of construction, such as cantilever masts, T-beam masts and catenary construction according to Swiss design, were tested on this route. One of the first electronic signal boxes in Germany was located in Springe, and it has already been replaced by a more modern one.

The Steinheim station was named “ Station of the Year ” in 2016.

Rates

In the area of ​​the Hanover region, the tariff of Greater Hanover (GVH) applies. Gradually, train stations in districts bordering the Hanover region were integrated into the GVH tariff through regional tariffs, including in the Hameln-Pyrmont district . For routes outside the GVH area, the Lower Saxony tariff has been in effect for single tickets since June 9, 2013 . The regional network tariff “ WestfalenTarif ” applies to the S5 between Lügde and Paderborn . Since August 1, 2015, the “S 5 Paderborn Spezial” ticket for 16 euros (one way) has been valid on the Hanover – Paderborn route.

literature

• Erhard Born: One hundred years of the Hanover-Altenbeken Railway. Augsburg 1972
• Michael Bahls: The Hanover-Altenbeken Railway. Kenning, Nordhorn 2006, ISBN 3-927587-77-X
• Werner Menninghaus: 100 years of the railway in Lippe. Verlag Uhle & Kleimann, Lübbecke 1981, ISBN 3-922657-15-X
• Garrelt Riepelmeier, Ingrid and Werner Schütte: The railway in Lippe. DGEG Medien, Hövelhof 2005, ISBN 3-937189-17-3
• Wolfgang Klee: Railway landscape Westphalia-Lippe. Self-published, Paderborn 1989, ISBN 3-927144-03-7
• Current week of November 23, 2005, JCErhardt, Jump
• Bernard Huguenin, Karl Fischer: Altenbeken - classic railroad. Volume 1, 160 years of chronicle. Huxaria, Modellbundesbahn, Brakel 2013, ISBN 978-3-934802-43-8 .
• Wolfgang Klee: Out after 99 years. The oldest express train in Germany will soon no longer run. in: Eisenbahn Magazin 3/91, p. 16, ISSN  0342-1902
• Wolfgang Klee: Taking the curves. Long-distance trains on the Hanover-Altenbekener Railway and the "Gleis 200". Focal points of north-south traffic after the Second World War, part 2. in: Railway history October 42 / November 2010, pp. 28–37, ISSN  1611-6283

Web links

Commons : Hanover – Altenbeken railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://geovdbn.deutschebahn.com/isr
2. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
3. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
4. ↑ Modernization at Altenbeken station completed - nph. Retrieved September 18, 2017 . 
5. ↑ It gets full on the tracks , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of October 16, 2013
6. ↑ http://www.s-bahn-hannover.de/s_hannover/view/fahrplan/liniennetz.shtml
7. ↑ Good cooperation between the city of Seelze and the train: Express line S51 has been running to Seelze since March 31st ( Memento from January 4th, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Timetable line S51 on efa.de, accessed on January 23, 2013 ( Memento from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Association meeting of the nph, development of transport demand in local rail transport ( Memento from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
10. ^ Association meeting of the nph, development of passenger demand in the Hochstift 2010–2012, p. 9 ( Memento from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

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