Delmenhorst – Hesepe railway line

Delmenhorst – Hesepe
Route Delmenhorst – Hesepe
Route number :	1560
Course book section (DB) :	394
Route length:	88.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4 (Delmenhorst - Vechta) CE (Vechta - Neuenkirchen) D4 (Neuenkirchen - Hesepe)
Top speed:	80 km / h
Train control :	PZB
Legend from Bremen 0.0 Delmenhorst 8 m to Oldenburg 2.6 Dwoberg Catfish A 28 6.4 Ganderkesee (formerly Bf) 32 m 9.9 Always (until 1988) 16.4 Brettorf 42 m 20.0 Dötlingen (until 1981) A 1 B 213 Hunte 24.5 Wildeshausen 26 m 29.2 Düngstrup (until 1967) 31.8 Right field 50 m 32.3 MEGA animal nutrition ( Gla ) 35.9 Goldenstedt (Oldb) (formerly Bf) 50 m 41.1 Lutten (formerly Bf) 43 m 43.6 Holzhausen (b Vechta) 45.1 Vechta stubble market (seasonal) 44 m former route from Ahlhorn 47.3 Vechta-Falkenrott 47.8 Vechta 33 m former route to Cloppenburg Vechtaer Moorbach B 69 (Vechta bypass) 52.8 Krimpenfort 55.9 Lohne (Oldb) 35 m former route to Dinklage 61.2 Mills (Oldb) 34 m 64.3 Steinfeld (Oldb) (formerly Bf) 46 m B 214 68.7 Holdorf (Oldb) (formerly Keilbf ) 47 m former route to Damme A 1 73.6 Nellinghof 78.3 Neuenkirchen (Oldb) 41 m Vördener Aue High hare Hare 82.5 Rieste (formerly Bf) 39 m Head of Alfsee from Oldenburg 88.5 Hesepe 45 m to Osnabrück Swell:

The Delmenhorst – Hesepe railway line, also known as the Hasenbahn or Schusterbahn , is a single-track, non-electrified branch line in Lower Saxony . It branches in the independent town Delmenhorst from the railway Bremen-Oldenburg from, passing through the districts of Oldenburg , Vechta and Osnabrück and empties into Hesepe in the railway Oldenburg-Osnabrück . Their maximum speed is 80 km / h.

history

Aerial view of the section in Wildeshausen

The line was opened in two stages: as early as 1888, the Vechta - Lohne section went into operation as an extension of the line from Ahlhorn to the Oldenburg Südbahn. After long discussions about the route and financing, the much longer sections from Delmenhorst via Wildeshausen to Vechta on May 1, 1898 and Lohne- Neuenkirchen on November 1, 1899 were put into operation. The entire opening to Hesepe followed on May 1, 1900.

In the 1920s there were considerations to connect the railway line with new lines to the Wanne-Eickel – Hamburg line and the Hude – Blexen line ; However, discussions remained and these plans were not implemented. The traffic also fell short of expectations. Above all, the hope that the line would serve as an alternative to the main line between Bremen and Osnabrück was not fulfilled, also for topographical reasons. After all, the district of Vechta is tailored in such a way that the railway line opens it up lengthways.

During the Second World War, parts of the route were destroyed, the bridge over the Hunte was blown up by the Wehrmacht to stop the advance of the Allies. In the 1960s, as on many branch lines, the line began to decline. The line was in poor condition before the NordWestBahn took over passenger traffic . Deutsche Bahn had reduced passenger traffic to a few trips per working day, and only a few freight trains were still using the route. The station buildings along the route fell into disrepair or were used for other purposes. In addition, the maximum speed for trains was temporarily reduced to up to 50 km / h. This made passenger transport unattractive even in comparison with the Federal Motorway 1 .

For a time, even the complete closure of the line with dismantling of the track systems was considered.

However, the track systems were renewed by 2003 and the outdated signal technology in wire rope design was replaced by electronic signal systems . A large number of level crossings were also rebuilt and barrier systems modernized. Thus, the top speed could be increased to 80 km / h. Since the modernization, the route has been controlled by the electronic signal box in Bramsche .

After the Osnabrück - Vechta - Bremen local transport line was advertised as one of the first lines in Lower Saxony in the "Weser-Ems" network, the Lower Saxony regional transport company (LNVG) ordered a significantly improved offer from NordWestBahn. The local rail transport concept of LNVG from 1997 provided for the line to run every two hours and a continuous tour to Bremen main station. Due to the strong increase in passenger demand, it quickly became clear that the offer had to be further increased. With the completion of the infrastructure modernization, an hourly service between Bremen and Osnabrück could be operated from 2003 during the week. The improvements in the offer, together with the modernization of the infrastructure, resulted in a very high increase in passenger numbers. While in 1998 only 1,040 passengers used the trains every day, in 2008 6,900 passengers traveled here every day. With the timetable change in December 2014, the line was integrated into the LNVG line concept and is now called RB 58 on the entire route between Bremen and Osnabrück.

In Neuenkirchen (Oldb), the dilapidated train station was renovated under the direction of the Neuenkirchen-Vörden cultural train station association and converted into a cultural train station, where cultural events and concerts now take place regularly.

Trivia

Since 1898, the new railway line has made the former station Immer with the nearby Stüher Wald and thus also Hasen-Ahlers a worthwhile destination for many people from Delmenhorst and Bremen who drove “always there and back” or “always back and forth”. The trip to Stühe, one of the most beautiful beech forests of that time, cost a “single trip, 4th class”, to Immer ... from Bremen 90 and from Delmenhorst 30 pfennigs.

In 1991 the route was last used by a steam locomotive 41 360 .

business

The train stations Neuenkirchen (Oldb) , Lohne (Oldb) , Vechta and Wildeshausen each have two tracks, so that train crossings can take place here . All other stations are single-track stops .

Passenger traffic on the route has been operated by NordWestBahn since November 5, 2000. Since December 14, 2003, it has been operated every hour. Be used as planned predominantly diesel railcars the type LINT 41 .

On average, more than 5,900 people use the train service on the route every day. The Vechta-Stoppelmarkt stop is only served during the Stoppelmarkt festival in mid-August.

Freight traffic only takes place in isolated cases for a connection to the feed manufacturer MEGA in Rechterfeld , which was reactivated in 2009. On June 1, 1999 , DB Cargo stopped freight traffic on the Vechta – Hesepe section .

Picture gallery of train stations and stops

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  Delmenhorst (2012)

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  Ganderkesee (2020)

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  Brettorf (2014)

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  Wildeshausen (2009)

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  Rechterfeld (2018)

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  Goldenstedt (2018)

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  Lutten (2018)

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  Vechta (2019)

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  Lohne (2016)

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  Holdorf (2016)

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  New Churches (2016)

literature

• Löffler, Peter: The railway in Oldenburg. Railway history in the former state of Oldenburg. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1999.

Web links

Commons : Delmenhorst – Hesepe railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Infrastructure register. In: deutschebahn.com. DB Netz AG , accessed on July 12, 2019 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Lower Saxony Ministry for Economy, Labor and Transport: State and future of rail traffic in Lower Saxony. (PDF) Lower Saxony State Parliament, September 2, 2008, p. 19 , archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; Retrieved September 25, 2008 . 
3. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
4. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
5. ↑ LNVG, 2013+ , pp. 152–153
6. ^ Pro-rail alliance - city, country, rail pp. 34–37
7. ↑ Hans Grundmann: Stories from the history of the community Ganderkesee. S. 140. Verlag Rieck, Delmenhorst 1987, ISBN 3-920794-30-3
8. ↑ Press release of the LNVG from May 5, 2009: NordWestBahn and LNVG rely on more service and security ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Feed for poultry . Railways 5/09 ( Memento from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.5 MB), DB Schenker Rail GmbH. Mainz. P. 19.