Kassel – Waldkappel railway line

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Kassel Hbf – Waldkappel
Route number (DB) : 3901
Course book section (DB) : formerly 522, 201g
Route length: 49.830 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : Kaufungen – Hess. Lichtenau:
600 V  =
Power system : Ks-Wilhelmshöhe – Kaufungen:
15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope : 25 
Top speed: BOStrab : 50 km / h,
EBO : 80 km / h
Train control : PZB
Dual track : Tram sections in
Kaufungen and in Helsa train station
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Kassel tram
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0.000 Kassel Central Station
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System change 600 V = / 15 kV ~
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Hanover Southern Railway to Hanover
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SFS from Hanover
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Route to Warburg
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2.500 Kassel - Kirchditmold (until 1984)
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Kassel tram
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Wilhelmshöher Allee
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Kassel tram
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3.829 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
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4.300 Hercules Railway
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SFS to Würzburg
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Main-Weser-Bahn to Frankfurt (Main)
Station without passenger traffic
6,688 Kassel-Niederzwehren
   
to the Kassel power plant
   
Frankfurter Strasse
   
B 3 (at the Auestadion)
   
8.100 Fulda (200 m)
   
9.400 Kassel- Waldau
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
8,800 Kassel-Waldau junction
   
Industrial trunk line to the industrial park
   
formerly to Sandershäuser Strasse
   
formerly from Fuldahafen
Station without passenger traffic
12.014 Kassel-Bettenhausen
   
Söhrebahn from Kassel-Bettenhausen Kleinbf
   
14.200 Kassel-Bettenhausen Bergmann (Anst)
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Tram from the city center
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Industrial connection
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Industrial connection
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15.944 Kaufungen paper mill
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Tram turning loop
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16.200 Kaufungen Industriestrasse
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System change BOStrab / EBO (r.)
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16,400 Ownership limit DB / RBK
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Industrial connection (l.)
Stop, stop
18.200 Buyings down middle
Station, station
19.030 Buying down the station
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System change EBO / BOStrab
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Lower purchases Rieckswiesen
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Acquisitions of comprehensive school
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Central purchases
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21.040 Acquisitions of the station
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System change BOStrab / EBO
Stop, stop
21.700 Acquisitions of the DRK clinic
   
Losse
Station, station
25.950 Helsa train station
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26.400 Helsa in the Steinhof
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27.700 Losse
   
29.100 Losse
Stop, stop
28.800 Helsa-Waldhof
Station, station
29.970 Helsa- Eschenstruth
Station, station
32.410 Hessisch Lichtenau - Fürstenhagen
Stop, stop
33.450 Hessisch Lichtenau Orthopedic Clinic
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34.259 System change EBO / BOStrab
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Hessisch Lichtenau in the valley
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35,000 end of operation today
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Hessisch Lichtenau city center
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Hessisch Lichtenau community center
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35.080 Hessian Lichtenau city
   
35.930 Hessian Lichtenau
   
36.250 formerly from the Glimmerode colliery
   
39.550 Walburg (Hessen-Nassau)
   
former route to Großalmerode
   
42.890 Weißmühle (closed before 1970)
   
45.080 Hasselbach
   
47.080 Harmuthsachsen
   
former route from Treysa
   
49.830 Waldkappel ( wedge station )
   
former route to Leinefelde

Swell:

The KasselWaldkappel railway - also known as the Lossetalbahn or Kassel-Waldkappeler Railway - is the railway line from Kassel Central Station to Waldkappel in the Kaufunger Wald in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse, built between 1879 and 1880 . Today, the Kaufungen paper factory - Hessisch Lichtenau section is operated by Regionalbahn Kassel GmbH (RBK) and is closely linked to the Kassel tram network according to the tram-train principle . The remainder of the Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Kaufungen paper factory is owned by DB Netz , all other parts have been shut down or dismantled.

history

The Bettenhausen –Waldkappel line was opened on December 1, 1879, and the connection to Kassel main station followed on March 15, 1880. In Walburg, the Gelstertalbahn branched off to Großalmerode . In Waldkappel there was a connection to the Eschwege - Treysa line , which was part of the Kanonenbahn .

Initially, the originally 49.830 kilometer long route was operated by the private Cassel – Waldkappeler Railway ( CWE ).

The last regular passenger train ran from Kassel to Eschwege on May 31, 1985. Freight traffic to Walburg was maintained until December 31, 2002. Lignite trains still drove from Rommerode to Kassel. It was also necessary to give the Blücher barracks a siding. Railway enthusiasts store a collection of historic rail vehicles at Walburg station.

The construction of the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg required extensive track changes, in the course of which the old Kirchditmold station was demolished. For the construction of the Bundesautobahn 44 , DB Netz applied for the exemption of railway operations on the route from Walburg (km 39.810) to Waldkappel (km 49.690) at the beginning of 2009 , and the track systems between Walburg and Küchen were dismantled to make space for road construction. The section between kilometer 35.0 near Hessisch Lichtenau and Walburg has now also been closed.

reactivation

Six-rail track at the Niederkaufungen Mitte stop
Oberkaufungen station, on the right two tracks of the city line, on the left the old line, in the background the old brickworks
Transition of the tram (left) to the old line (right) in Kaufungen

1997 began the expansion of the route for the purpose of integration into the Kassel tram network . It was electrified with 600 volts DC and connected to the tram network in the Kaufunger paper mill . Since then, the route has been used by the Kassel tram . In the meantime, vehicles of the RegioTram Kassel also drove on the route.

The route was expanded so that it also allows freight traffic. For this purpose, a separate track was laid in each station for freight traffic, which either touches the station on the outside or is pivoted at a greater distance from the platform. An elaborate six-rail track was built in at several stops, with goods traffic running in the middle. This ensures that the clearance profile is not restricted by the platforms. The stations are secured with H / V signals in compact form.

The tram operation started on June 8, 2001 to Helsa and on January 29, 2006 it was extended to Hessisch Lichtenau. In Kaufungen, the tram route differs from the original route, which is away from the built-up areas. In Hessisch Lichtenau it leaves the railway line, crosses it by means of an underpass and ends after further stations in a turning loop .

For the purpose of nature conservation , special measures were taken between the Eschenstruth and Fürstenhagen stops (at the level of the sewage treatment plant) over a length of around 650 meters so that amphibians do not obstruct the way to the spawning areas by the resumption of rail traffic. The cable channel was added to the thresholds laid, and between the ground and rails find amphibians a layer of earth and space. The construction costs for the expansion of the line amounted to around 65 million euros.

business

Today tram line 4 runs on the Lossetalbahn. The busiest time is 15 minutes during rush hour , but on weekends the trains sometimes only run every 60 minutes. All stations are barrier-free, all vehicles used on the route are low-floor .

There are bus connections in Helsa and Hessisch Lichtenau. Park-and-ride areas have also been set up at many stops . Between January 29, 2006 (opening of the extension to Hessisch Lichtenau) and July 8, 2007, the RegioTram line 2 trains also ran on the route. For it were two power railcar of the type Alstom RegioCitadis used, they took between Niederkaufungen station and Oberkaufungen Station, the non-electrified old railway line. Nevertheless, the route continues to be an integral part of the Regio-Tram system, even if the RegioTram railcars no longer operate here. The express track that bypasses Kaufungen is therefore largely unused. The upgrade of the old railway line to an express track cost 300,000 euros.

The resumption of operations on the old, non-electrified railway line, which runs between Niederkaufungen and Oberkaufungen and bypasses some of the stops in Oberkaufungen, has been discussed for several years. The reason for this is the competition that will soon arise due to the completion of the section of the A 44 , which would then connect Kassel and Hessisch Lichtenau . The NVV (co-operator) fears a decrease in the number of passengers because they may then switch to the car instead of continuing to use the train to get to Hessisch Lichtenau. In order for the express track, which was previously specially developed for high-speed traffic, to be used in the future, however, electrification is necessary, since the two-motor vehicles that were used until 2007 are now used on other routes and the tram-rail vehicles on line 4 that run through Oberkaufungen do not have a second drive. The travel time from Kassel's city center to Hessisch Lichtenau via the express track could also be shortened by a few minutes, which is the real reason why plans were ever commissioned to reactivate the high-speed route. In October 2017 it became known that the NVV would have to procure more vehicles if the RegioTram is to travel again on the express track in Kaufungen via Helsa to Hessisch Lichtenau in the future . The reason for this is that the transport company's entire fleet is already at full capacity.

Web links

Commons : Kassel – Waldkappel railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
  2. Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
  3. Map of the Kirchditmold track systems in 1966
  4. Federal Railway Office - Frankfurt / Saarbrücken branch office -: Public announcement in accordance with Section 23, Paragraph 2 of the General Railway Act (AEG) - Exemption from railway operating purposes regarding parcels in the communities of Hessisch-Lichtenau, Waldkappel, Wehretal and Eschwege - from March 9, 2009 ( Ref. 55101 - paw - 09 - 0103; eBAnz AT30 2009 B2 )
  5. Kaufungen: Regiotram express route is rusting away . In: https://www.hna.de . April 27, 2011 ( hna.de [accessed on October 26, 2017]): "The North Hessian Transport Association (NVV) invested around 300,000 euros in the express route at the time."
  6. A-44 competition: NVV examines the use of regiotrams in the Lossetal . In: https://www.hna.de . February 23, 2017 ( hna.de [accessed October 26, 2017]).
  7. NVV fears competition from the autobahn: Tram should accelerate . In: https://www.hna.de . May 27, 2011 ( hna.de [accessed October 26, 2017]).
  8. Lossebahn: NVV has to buy new vehicles if RT should come back . In: https://www.hna.de . October 18, 2017 ( hna.de [accessed October 26, 2017]).