Ingolstadt – Neuoffingen railway line
| Ingolstadt Hbf – Neuoffingen (until 1995) Ingolstadt-Seehof – Neuoffingen (from 1995) |
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| Route number : | 5381 |
| Course book section (DB) : | 993 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Route class : | D4 |
| Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ |
| Minimum radius : | 334 m |
| Top speed: | 140 km / h |
The Ingolstadt – Neuoffingen line is a single-track, electrified main line in Bavaria . It runs in the Danube Valley from Ingolstadt via Neuburg an der Donau , Donauwörth and Dillingen an der Donau to Neuoffingen , where it joins the Augsburg – Ulm railway line .
history
Prehistory and construction
Thirteen Danube cities between Günzburg and Regensburg felt neglected by the Bavarian State Parliament in terms of railways. That is why they founded a railway committee in 1863 and presented it with a memorandum. On October 20, 1866, a deputation even traveled to Munich, underscoring the importance of the Bavarian State Railway. Now there was movement in the matter. On January 28, 1868, a draft was submitted to the state parliament. On April 29, 1869, the Bavarian State Parliament approved 1.595 million guilders for the construction of this line. In the spring of 1871, a field inspection with the farmers concerned took place for the first time. Numerous property negotiations had to be conducted and compensation agreed.
For a long time it was not clear where the Ingolstadt main station was to be built. That is why the work between Weichering and Ingolstadt was delayed.
Another problem was the watershed cut at Unterhausen with a length of 1.3 kilometers and the greatest height of 17 meters. Machines were still a rarity back then. The excavation had to be done with a pick and shovel and muscle power. The farmers transported around 300,000 cubic meters of humus near Unterhausen and around a million cubic meters of earth in the Neuburg area.
Not only the route construction, but also the water had an important function. A steam locomotive could not travel more than 50 kilometers without topping up with water. That is why a pumping station was set up at the Neuburg and Burgheim stations.
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg, which had to forge a railway bridge for the first time, was responsible for crossing the Lech near Rain. Very long and high dams were built so that rail operations would not be impaired even in the event of a flood. The railway hill brought enormous changes to the landscape and cut the area into two parts. Numerous railway overpasses were necessary. In Weichering even the river bed of the Ach had to be relocated.
In Neuburg the cityscape got a new look. The train station was built on the road to Feldkirchen and the track crossed the carriageway. A new connection road and an underpass restored the connection with Feldkirchen.
The construction of the railway boosted the labor market and hired foreign workers. There were also dubious figures among them. There were repeated fights and physical injuries . A gendarmerie station was therefore set up at Gestüt Rohrenfeld , and the stations in Neuburg and Burgheim were reinforced.
The construction of the Donauwörth station was not yet certain, so the trip ended in Hamlar. It was not until the end of 1874 that work on the Hamlar – Donauwörth route began and the station was built at its current location.
On April 20, 1874, the first train ran from Ingolstadt to Neuburg on a trial basis, and on May 28, 1874, a train crossed the Lech Bridge for the first time. On August 15, 1874, the first official steam train ride on the Ingolstadt – Donauwörth route took place.
business
The railroad had plans to heat steam locomotives with peat . The material was obtained from the nearby old Bavarian Donaumoos . The site of the Weichering train station was to serve as a loading area. That is why the Weichering station was built twelve kilometers from Ingolstadt with an exceptionally large station area. The railway had already signed a contract with the municipality of Obergrasheim for the delivery of peat and the purchase of 500,000 cubic meters for 1874. The first deliveries were made between April 1 and June 30 and totaled 141,000 cubic meters. The dry pieces of peat could not be more than 25 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. However, the peat had too low a calorific value and therefore did not provide the locomotives with the required performance. So this contract had to be canceled again.
In 1967 the company switched from steam to diesel operation. With the construction of the Bertoldsheim power station on the Danube , the line could then be supplied with electricity from 1980. On May 5, 1980 the 97.5 kilometer long section Ingolstadt – Neuoffingen was converted to electrical operation, on May 24, 1980 the official inauguration took place at a ceremony.
From 1990 to 1995 the route between Ingolstadt main station and Weichering station was completely re- routed . If you previously drove north out of the station and in a loop across the city, today there is a change of direction in Ingolstadt , as the line is now connected to the south. The tracked route initially runs with one track on each side of the Ingolstadt – Munich route . The trains of the Danube Valley Railway regularly use the eastern track in both directions. The west track is used primarily for the trains of the Paartalbahn , which has been running together with the Danube Valley Railway to the Seehof depot since it was re-routed . Seehof station also has two tracks and various transfer options between the two lines. After the exit from Seehof, the Paartalbahn is unthreaded and the line now runs single-track again to Weichering station, where the original route is used again from the entry signal, which has been completely dismantled until there . On May 29, 1995 the regional train from Ingolstadt via Weichering to Donauwörth was the first to run on the new route.
The loading of goods between Ingolstadt and Donauwörth was stopped on December 15, 2002.
After the takeover of the transport services by Agilis and an expansion of the transport offer, the train crossings that used to take place almost exclusively in Unterhausen are only offered there on weekends. Due to the timetable, the train crossings now take place every two hours in Unterhausen and every two hours in Neuburg. On working days, three pairs of express trains run between Ulm and Regensburg, which do not serve all stops. Due to these additional journeys, the train stations in Rain, Burgheim and Weichering are also used as planned for train crossings. The train station of Unterhausen also has a terminal station for the local private freight car repair shop importance, mainly for tank cars. The braking distance between Weichering and Rain has been shortened to 700 meters, otherwise it is 1000 meters. The maximum speed is 140 km / h.
Since the timetable change on December 13, 2015, the agilis trains have also been traveling to Ingolstadt Nord from Mondays to Fridays from both directions (Donauwörth and Regensburg) in order to improve the connection to the Audi plant. Some express trains that are only rarely used are no longer used.
The third track in Weichering station, dismantled in 2003, was reinstalled in 2016. In this way, the source traffic in the area of freight traffic should be better led out of the Ingolstadt node. Due to a level crossing in platform 1 of the Weichering and Rohrenfeld stations, the crossing with freight trains is always a cause of delays for the Agilis local trains. This reconstruction is intended to take account of the increasing freight traffic. In autumn 2012, the first work to clear the old track subgrade and the first surveying work was carried out at Weichering station.
With the timetable change on December 10, 2006, a new, modern, handicapped accessible platform was put into operation in Schwenningen . Schwenningen had previously had a double platform that was divided by the level crossing on the connecting road to Wolpertstetten . The trains had to stop after the level crossing due to the switching of the crossing. This is no longer necessary after the transition and platform have been modernized, so that a simple platform on the eastern side of the street is now sufficient.
On the Ingolstadt – Neuoffingen section, through regional Agilis trains run from and to Regensburg, usually every hour to Günzburg; the connection to Ulm usually takes place every hour. Alstom Coradia Continental multiple units are also used here .
The passenger trains cross between Donauwörth and Günzburg in Dillingen as scheduled. The braking distance is largely 1000 meters, with the exception of the Dillingen – Höchstädt section in the direction of Donauwörth, where the braking distance is only 700 meters. The maximum speed is 140 km / h.
In order to improve traffic service and to minimize delays after operational disruptions, a new outer platform was built on platform 2 in the Blindheim station after a long planning phase. Access is directly at the level crossing on the connecting road between Blindheim and Unterglauheim, the platform length is 140 meters, the platform height 55 centimeters. The platform itself was put into operation with the timetable change in December 2012, the design of the surrounding area was not yet completed at that time. Platform 1, previously used at the old station building, is to be replaced by a new platform opposite platform 2, which is also new. After completing the actual work on the construction of the platform, the community of Blindheim would like to build a bike & ride station, a bus stop and parking spaces for better links with local public transport and motorized transport. The previously used platform on track 2 will no longer be available after the construction work has been completed. It is currently not known whether the reception building in Blindheim, which is in a very poor condition, will be preserved and modernized.
In the spring of 2012, during the renovation of track 1 in Blindheim, the access switch to the side ramp was expanded. There has been no freight customer in Blindheim for a long time.
A second platform in Tapfheim on track 2 has not started construction as of November 2012. The Tapfheim community wants to provide support in advance. On the part of DB Station & Service has already expressed to build the second platform in Tapfheim, provided a necessary underpass will be built by the federal government and the Free State of Bavaria.
Between Tapfheim and Schwenningen, on the other hand, the railway overpass that has been planned for more than 10 years has been built since summer 2012. In the Tapfheim “Am Wackerberg” area, a new overpass is being built over the railway line. It is still unclear whether the two level crossings “Dettenhardter Straße” and “Brachstädter Straße” will be retained. Local politicians only speak of creating more security when negotiating the tracks. At both level crossings there have been several accidents between rail and road traffic, unfortunately several times with fatal results.
Planning
In the fall of 2015, Ulrich Lange , a member of the Bundestag, suggested running an IC line from Stuttgart to Ingolstadt over the route. This should improve the east-west connections for the Ostalbkreis, the Donau-Ries and Ingolstadt; the Intercity 2 is to be used as vehicle material. Lange held discussions about this with Deutsche Bahn and, according to him, met with a positive response. The Donau-Ries district has decided to commission a study on the profitability of the line.
Route description
Operating points
- Pipe field
The Rohrenfeld train station is in the corridor of the municipality of Bruck, and the Royal Rohrenfeld stud farm was nearby. The estate was also a gendarmerie station. At the request of the royal stables on October 18, 1872, the station was named "Rohrenfeld".
- Neuburg (Danube)
A shunting locomotive was stationed at the Neuburg station. The Oberland-Glas company also had its own locomotive. A railway maintenance office was also located here.
In 2013, DB Station & Service sold the station building in Neuburg to a local private real estate company. The city of Neuburg did not get a chance because it did not want to take responsibility for contaminated sites. At the beginning of 2015, the buyer started a complete refurbishment of the Neuburg train station. Shops arose that were supposed to open in early summer. The newly designed train station opened on November 25, 2015.
literature
- Regensburger Eisenbahnfreunde RSWE e. V .: Regensburg railway junction. transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-71135-4 .
- Ludwig Wagner: Foray through Neuburg and the district. Pro Business, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86805-254-1 .
Web links
- "Railway in Northern Swabia": Description of the route and use of vehicles between Ingolstadt and Neuoffingen
- Railway crossing point Blindheim - measure can begin. on: myheimat.de
- Two large and 1000 small construction sites
- 3. Discussion about the first drafts for a Park & Ride facility for the new platforms at Blindheim station.
- Presentation of further designs for a Park & Ride facility for the new platforms at Blindheim station.
- New platforms for blind home, but no renovation of the entire station.
- Abensberg Impressions - The Danube Valley Railway
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of the course book route 993 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
- ↑ Route map of the Munich Railway Directorate , as of March 1952. In: Karl Bürger: Munich - Mühldorf - Simbach. Glory, decline and renaissance of a royal Bavarian railway. An eventful traffic history with a revolutionary future . Self-published, Walpertskirchen 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056474-1 .
- ↑ Press release of the Bavarian Railway Company from October 1, 2015
- ↑ IC stops for Nördlingen and Donauwörth? , Augsburger Allgemeine , article from October 12, 2015
- ↑ Donau-Ries-Kreis commissions IC study , Gmünder Tagespost , article from January 21, 2015
- ^ Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine from June 22, 2013 , accessed on July 23, 2016
- ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/Mehr-Komfort-und-neues-Flair-id31683137.html
- ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/themenwelten/wirtschaft/Der-Neuburger-Bahnhof-erstrahlt-in-neuem-Glanz-id36173217.html