Kleinreuth – Eltersdorf railway line

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Kleinreuth-Eltersdorf
Route number (DB) : 5955
Route length: approx. 13 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 12.5  ‰
Minimum radius : Standard radius: 1000 m
Minimum radius: 586 m
Top speed: 120 km / h
Dual track : Yes
Legend
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Line from Bamberg
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18.5 Eltersdorf
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Route to Nuremberg
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planned S-Bahn to Fürth
   
 13.7 Pegnitz tunnel (7580 m)
   
 8.7 Pegnitz
   
 Nuremberg U-Bahn (formerly Ludwigsbahn )
   
 S-Bahn line Fürth – Nuremberg
   
 Main line Fürth – Nuremberg
   
 Frankenschnellweg (BAB 73)
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Ringbahn Fürth ↔ Nuremberg North
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former route of the ring railway
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6.6 Nuremberg wholesale market
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6.2 Pegnitz tunnel (7580 m)
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 4.8 Kleinreuth (Abzw)
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The Kleinreuth – Eltersdorf railway line is a planned, double-track , approximately 13 km long new line in the area of ​​the Middle Franconian cities of Nuremberg and Fürth . The main purpose of this main line is to bypass the Fürth main station with freight trains to and from the Nuremberg – Bamberg line . The 7.5 km underground line is intended to avoid the level crossing of the Nuremberg – Würzburg railway line in the busy Fürth railway junction for the majority of these trains.

The route is part of the German Rail Unity Transport Project No. 8.1 and has been included in the "urgent need" of the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 since 2018 .

A financing agreement should be concluded in 2018 and the plan approval procedure should be opened in 2019. Construction work should start in 2021. The commissioning of the project is not foreseeable (as of September 2018).

course

The line forms the southernmost section of the VDE 8 project.

The line is to lead out of the ring line Nuremberg (section Nuremberg marshalling yard - Fürth ) at the level of the Wallensteinstrasse bridge at 4.8 km. From rail kilometer 6.2 the line will cross under the city of Nuremberg and Fürth in the 7,580 meter long Pegnitz tunnel. To the north of Fürth-Kronach, the line reaches the surface again at 13.7 km. After several kilometers of bundling with the federal motorway 73 , the line in Eltersdorf station is to merge with the Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line .

According to information from Deutsche Bahn, 55 freight trains per day in each direction ran on the existing section between Fürth and Erlangen-Eltersdorf in 2012. After completion of the construction work, according to a forecast for the year 2025, 55 freight trains per day and direction are also expected on the existing route section.

Freight train tunnel

The freight train tunnel has a total length of 7580 meters. Of this, 6545 meters are to be built using the mining method and around 1000 meters using the open construction method. The freight train tunnel is to be driven with a tunnel boring machine (13 m shield diameter). The maximum coverage of the tunnel should be 25 meters, the minimum coverage around five to six meters. The double-track freight train tunnel is designed for a maximum speed of 120 km / h. The tracks are mounted on a slab track . A total of 14 emergency exits will be built at a distance of 500 meters. The lowest point is below the Pegnitz . From there the route climbs to the tunnel portals. In order to be able to maintain the maximum gradient of 12.5 ‰, a trough structure approx. 720 meters long in front of the south portal and an approx. 550 meter long trough structure in front of the north portal . Part of the tunnel excavation is to be used to build up noise barriers. Particularly heavy freight trains should continue to use the existing route in the future.

In the area of ​​the open construction, the cross-section should have a clear height of 6.69 m and a clear width of 10.40 m, in the area of ​​the shield tunneling, on the other hand, 7.66 m and 10.64 m are provided.

The segment thickness should be 0.5 m.

history

1990s

The tunnel was an essential planning basis for the VDE 8.1 project. The construction of a connection between Nürnberg-Doos / Großmarkt and Großgründlach (near Fürth) was planned as early as 1991 . At this point in time, the infrastructure measures necessary to achieve the capacity targets were still unclear. In addition to an accompanying expansion between Nuremberg main station and Doos, the connection between Großgründlach and Doos was to be realized before the new and upgraded line from Großgründlach via Lichtenfels and Coburg to Erfurt.

In 1992, a 5.5 km long, three-track tunnel was planned under the Knoblauchsland as part of the Nuremberg – Erfurt line between Nuremberg and Fürth . The building should cost 280 million DM.

At the beginning of 1993, a connection was planned between the Nuremberg marshalling yard and the upgraded Nuremberg – Ebensfeld line, which should begin at the Hohen Marter , run along the ring line towards Fürth and run in a tunnel between Nuremberg-Großmarkt and Fürth-Kronach . From Fürth-Kronach, a line was planned east parallel to the A73, with a subsequent threading into the Eltersdorf overtaking station. With this route, the otherwise necessary overpass structures in the Fürth train station as well as further interventions in the dense development on the city limits between Nuremberg and Fürth should be avoided. Compared to the existing line (over the Fürth arch), the route should be shortened by approx. 2.6 km. The proposed route was therefore already largely in line with today's planning.

In mid-1993, the route was planned to be around 17 km long. A traffic forecast from November 1993 for 2010 expected 140 freight trains per day and direction on the route as the upper benchmark. Only 10 trains were to run between Eltersdorf and Fürth on the existing line. The plan approval procedure was started in 1995 and has not yet been completed (status: 2018). A revision of the plan approval documents was in preparation at the end of 2018.

Further planning, tendering

In mid-2009, the planning of the type of tunneling for the Pegnitz tunnel started. On August 21, 2009, Deutsche Bahn announced the planning of the freight train route across Europe. The draft and approval planning for the route was awarded in May 2010 with a volume of 1.08 million euros. The application for planning approval should be submitted in 2011.

In January 2019, Deutsche Bahn announced an upcoming invitation to tender for unspecified construction work on the VDE 8.1 project, including the "freight train tunnel".

Delays

In 2009, the start of construction was planned for 2013 and completion in 2018. According to information from DB and federal government in the same year, completion was planned for 2016/2017. In 2011 and 2012, Deutsche Bahn planned to go into operation in 2021. According to the federal government in 2011, the implementation of the project was dependent on the federal budget situation and was not foreseeable. According to other federal data from 2011, due to a lack of funds, the completion of the VDE 8.1 expansion project, which also includes the freight train route, is not Template: future / in 5 yearsexpected before 2025 . In 2014 the draft planning was completed, but the implementation was still open due to a lack of funding.

At the beginning of 2015 the federal government and the railways planned to re-examine the necessity of the route. The tender for the construction contract for the tunnel was announced on February 20, 2016.

In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 from 2016, the project is now stored "with the option of advancing to urgent needs". An updated benefit-cost calculation, which would be a prerequisite for the classification, should be available by the end of 2017 (status: end of 2016). According to a rough estimate, the cost of the project should amount to 395 million euros. According to information from January 2018, the assessment is still in progress and should be available in mid-2018. The project was upgraded to "urgent need" in autumn 2018. In this context, the former Federal Transport Minister Christian Schmidt suggested that the tunnel should also be used for ICE traffic.

The implementation of the project depends on funding from the federal government that has not yet been clarified.

construction

Construction site of the flyover structure for the opening of the Kleinreuth-Eltersdorf railway line December 2014

Additional exploratory drilling was carried out in 2010 and 2011. In 2013, the first leveling, pruning of vegetation and the construction of pipes to drain surface water in the area between Eltersdorf and Kleingründlach followed. At the end of 2014, construction work began in the Eltersdorf area to prepare for the extension of the planned freight train route to Kleinreuth in the form of a new railway embankment and a flyover, which have now been completed.

The unwinding of the tracks for the new Kleinreuth – Eltersdorf railway line and the swiveling of the S-Bahn were not carried out due to a lack of decisions and permits in the Fürth urban area. The prepared threading in Eltersdorf has since had a soda bridge .

costs

The estimated construction costs for the freight train route in 2009 were around 396 million euros (as of August 2009). The excavated mass is to be piled up on the A73, between Steinach and Eltersdorf, as a noise barrier. Backfilling of the Tiefen Feld in Nuremberg is also planned.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d D-Nuremberg: Services of engineering offices . Document 2009 / S 160-233174 of August 21, 2009 in the electronic gazette of the European Union .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Explanatory report on plan approval PFA17 Erlangen ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.1 MB, archived on August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), pp. 26, 36.
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