Railway line Neuoelsnitz – Wüstenbrand
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| Route number (DB) : | 6640; sä. NW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 419 (1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 12.995 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 10 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 300 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 25 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Neuoelsnitz – Wüstenbrand railway was a branch line in Saxony , which in its origins goes back to a coal line of the Chemnitz-Würschnitzer railway company . The main purpose of the route construction at the time was the removal of the coal mined in the Lugau-Oelsnitz district . The route ran from Neuoelsnitz via Lugau to Wüstenbrand station on the Dresden – Werdau main line . The Lugau – Wüstenbrand section has been closed since 2003, and the Neuoelsnitz – Lugau section as well since 2018.
history
The Chemnitz-Würschnitzer railway company was founded on September 29, 1856 to build a railway for the development of the coal mines in the Lugau-Oelsnitzer district . On December 2, 1856, it received the concession for a route that began at Wüstenbrand on the Chemnitz – Zwickau route and led largely in a straight line to the mines near Lugau. Passenger traffic was not planned. On November 15, 1858, the line was opened for freight traffic.
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The operation was carried out by the Western State Railway , which was later transferred to the Kgl. Saxon State Railways rose. On August 1, 1862, the passenger train service started. Around 1875, the pits God's Blessing Shaft , Trust Shaft , Hoffnungsschacht , Emilschacht , Kaiserschacht and Kaiserin Augusta pits had direct sidings .
On May 15, 1879, the Kgl. Saxon State Railways the short extension to the Höhlteich station (today Neuoelsnitz) of the Stollberg – St. Egidien . On January 1, 1882, the Chemnitz-Würschnitzer railway company was nationalized according to the concession conditions.
After the railway line was degraded to a secondary line in 1872 , it was raised again to the main line in 1892 after the construction of barriers . On October 1, 1924, the line was again downgraded to a secondary line.
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In 1972 the Karl-Liebknecht-Schacht (formerly Kaiserin-Augusta-Grube) closed, the last hard coal works in the Lugau-Oelsnitzer district. With the end of hard coal mining, there was a sharp decline in transport services. The 1980/81 winter timetable therefore only recorded four pairs of passenger trains on weekdays, and there were no trains on Sundays. In the 1989/90 annual timetable, only one such pair of trains is listed in the early morning. On August 10, 1990, this train ran for the last time.
As a result of the political change in eastern Germany in 1989/90, there was then also a noticeable decline in the remaining freight traffic. Freight traffic was officially stopped on September 28, 1996.
On November 11, 1994, the Lugauer Eisenbahnfreunde eV association was founded in Lugau . V. with the aim of preserving the route as a museum railway for posterity. However, for financial reasons, this project could only be partially implemented. The association later called itself the Traditionsgemeinschaft Ferkeltaxi e. V. around. Today the association has its seat in the former locomotive station of the Oelsnitz (Erzgeb) train station on the Stollberg – Stollberg line in Neuoelsnitz . Egidien . The club's vehicles are also parked there.
On December 31, 2003, the Lugau – Wüstenbrand section was closed. The Neuoelsnitz – Lugau section was leased from the Regio Infra Service Sachsen (RISS) based in Chemnitz.
On August 3, 2017, the RISS published an offer to hand over the remaining route from km 0.371 to km 3.330 to another railway infrastructure company . The route section could last only be driven at a maximum of 25 km / h and has been closed for the superstructure since 2015. The necessary investments for the restart were put at a total of 380,000 euros. Of this, 250,000 euros went to the renewal of the superstructure, 80,000 euros to the modernization of the crossings and 50,000 euros to the repair of the engineering structures. Since this section of the route was not taken over by another railway infrastructure company, this step was followed by the permanent cessation of operations according to Section 11 AEG ( closure ). The route was redesigned in 2018.
On May 5, 2016 young people founded the youth group "Lugauer Eisenbahnfreunde". In the summer of 2019, the group got the old railway maintenance office from 1858 for use. On November 16, 2019, an exhibition entitled “Lugau Railway Station yesterday and today” was opened to present the history of the railway line.
Conversion to a cycle path
From October 5, 2009, the Lugau – Wüstenbrand section was dismantled. There is now a cycle path on the section Lugau-Ursprung. In October 2017, construction began on the section between the current end north of Ursprung and the former Mittelbach stop. This cycle path is to be continued to Wüstenbrand at a later date.
Bahnradweg in Ursprung (2016)
Former railway line Neuoelsnitz – Wüstenbrand converted into a cycle path (2013)
End of the railway cycle path between Ursprung and Mittelbach (2016)
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Route description
course
The railway line began at the original location of the Neuoelsnitz station north of the cave pond, where it was separated from the Stollberg – St. Egidien branched off. It ran through Neuoelsnitz first to the north, then to the northeast, parallel to "Pflockenstrasse" / "Flockenstrasse". After about 2 kilometers, the "Karl-Liebknecht-Schacht" (today: Mining Museum Neuoelsnitz) had a connection. One kilometer further after the level crossing, the Lugau train station , the largest station on the route, was reached via the federal highway 180 .
The tracks end today behind the Lugau train station. The next 6 km long section has been converted into an asphalt bike path. In the local area of Lugau, the “Chemnitzer Straße” was passed twice, again at the local border with Erlbach-Kirchberg, the stopping point of which was reached at 6.10 km. From the Erlbach-Kirchberg station behind the “Dorfstrasse” level crossing in the east of the village, there are no more buildings. The location of the waiting hall was converted into a parking lot.
The railway line now leads north-east to the next station, Ursprung , which was reached at km 7.93. The area with the wooden waiting building and the track and waiting area is true to the original and is maintained by an association. The former route was paved up to the next level crossing “Flockenstraße” between Ursprung and Mittelbach.
Approximately at the local border of Ursprung and the Mittelbach, which today belongs to Chemnitz, the railway now leads to the northwest. The Mittelbach stop was at 10.08 kilometers on the “Am Bahnhof” road in the southwest of the town. Apart from the station sign, there are no more remains of the stop. West of Mittelbach the federal highway 173 (“Hofer Straße”) was passed. Now the railway line ran parallel to the eastern local connection "Landgraben" in a north-west / west direction, where it merged into the Dresden-Werdau railway line at kilometer 13.00 at Wüstenbrand station.
Operating points
Neuoelsnitz ⊙
The Neuoelsnitz station was opened on 15 October 1878 as loading point. The opening as a stop for passenger traffic took place on May 15, 1879 together with passenger traffic on the Stollberg – St. Egidien and Neuoelsnitz – Wüstenbrand. The six-track stop equipped with two platforms and converted into a train station in 1905 had the following names:
- until April 30, 1906 cave pond
- May 1, 1906 to October 4, 1930 Neuölsnitz
- from October 5, 1930: Neuoelsnitz
It was converted into a breakpoint with a branch in 1979 . In 1989/90 the passenger traffic was stopped after the desert fire on August 10, 1990. The station building, which had been closed since 1988 due to mountain damage, was finally demolished in August 1993. On September 27, 1996, the rest of the goods traffic to Lugau was discontinued, so that only the unoccupied Neuoelsnitz stop remained. In the course of taking over the Stollberg – St. Egidien by Regio Infra Service Sachsen the platform was relocated in 2002/03 by approx. 200 m in the direction of Mitteloelsnitz in order to offer travelers a shorter route to the Oelsnitz district of Neuoelsnitz. Apart from signal box 2, nothing remains of the original high-rise buildings .
Neuölsnitz station around 1910
Neuoelsnitz station, original location (2009)
Platform Neuoelsnitz (2016)
Signal box 2 at the Neuoelsnitz level crossing (2016)
Lugau ⊙
Initially, Lugau was the only station on the Wüstenbrand – Lugau route. The station was equipped with a goods shed, a locomotive shed and a station building. The station was expanded as early as the 1860s, including the installation of a turntable . Around 1900 the station, which had 13 tracks in its largest extension, was expanded again. In May 1927 the Lugau locomotive station was closed and the locomotive station of the Oelsnitz (Erzgeb) train station was added, only one shunting locomotive (replaced by a small locomotive in 1934 ) remained stationed in Lugau until 1992.
In the summer of 2013, construction work began with the aim of redesigning the wasteland into a city park in the heart of Lugau. A parking lot, a cycle path and a green area are planned, which will later extend over the entire Lugau train station. A small part of the existing tracks is to be retained so that special trains can run to events in Lugau. The city of Lugau wants to convert the reception building into a “place of encounter and sport”, whereby the side wings are to be renovated and the central section rebuilt. In July 2018, work began with the demolition of the central section.
Lugau train station, reception building (2016)
Tracks in Lugau station (2016)
Lugau railway station, Güterboden (2016)
Lugau railway station, level crossing (2016)
Railway line at Lugau station (2016)
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Erlbach-Kirchberg ⊙
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The Kirchberg stop (until 1922 Kirchberg stop (near Stollberg) ; until 1956 Lugau stop ) was established on October 1, 1885. It consisted of a through track with a 133 m long platform. The wooden waiting hall was demolished in 1992. A parking lot was created on the site.
Origin ⊙
First, on October 1, 1885, a breakpoint was set up in Ursprung. From July 1, 1903, general cargo was carried out and on August 1, 1904 the breakpoint was converted into a stop. A wooden waiting hall was built in 1910, and in 1911 the bus stop was converted into a train station due to the increased volume of traffic. The station was equipped with three tracks, one was a loading lane, one was a 113 m long platform and the third served as a passing track. On October 18, 1971, the station was converted back into a stop.
The railway system, which is under monument protection, has a reception building and a toilet and has been preserved as a museum since 2003 by the Stop zu Ursprung association .
Breakpoint Origin (2012)
Breakpoint origin (2016)
Breakpoint origin (2016)
Entrance Hp Ursprung (2016)
Entrance Hp Ursprung (2016)
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Mittelbach ⊙
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The Mittelbach stop, which opened on May 1, 1896, consisted only of a through track with a 119 m long platform and a wooden waiting hall, which has since been demolished. The station sign is still there.
Desert fire ⊙
The Wüstenbrand station has existed since the Dresden – Werdau railway line opened in 1858. Initially, only the Lugau – Wüstenbrand coal railway of the Chemnitz-Würschnitzer railway company was integrated here, which was later extended to Höhlteich. In 1897 the Limbach – Wüstenbrand railway was added. The latter partly served together with the opening of the Küchwald – Obergrüna railway line after 1903 as a diversion route for the Chemnitz – Wüstenbrand section.
All three railway lines ending in desert fire are now closed, but desert fire has a certain function as an overtaking opportunity on the Dresden – Werdau line. There are also two freight tracks that are currently not in use.
Locomotive use
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Initially, the trains were carried by class IT steam locomotives , which were later supplemented by class II and IIb locomotives . Around 1876 these three types were replaced by the IIIb T , which were in use until around 1910. Then IV T and VT were used.
After 1920, the 57.10–35 , 64 and 75.5 series were mainly used. After the Second World War , the trains were hauled by class 50.35 , 58.10-21 and 58.30 locomotives. It was not until the end of the 1980s that the last class 50.35 steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives.
literature
- Erich Preuß , Reiner Preuß : Saxon State Railways . transpress Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-344-70700-0 .
- Stephan Häupel, Eberhard Schramm, Jürgen Viehweger: branch lines to Wüstenbrand . Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1998, ISBN 3-927587-94-X ( secondary line documentation 43).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Route data on www.sachsenschiene.de
- ^ Equidistant map of Saxony (1875) at www.deutschefotothek.de
- ^ Course book of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, valid from September 28, 1980 to May 30, 1981
- ↑ Pocket timetable for the Dresden and Cottbus Reichsbahndirectors, valid from May 28, 1989 to May 26, 1990
- ↑ List of federally closed lines in the state of Saxony that have been closed since 1994. ( MS Excel ; 27 kB) (No longer available online.) August 21, 2012, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Surrender of railway infrastructure. (PDF; 63 kB) Route Neuoelsnitz - Wüstenbrand / section 6640 Neuoelsnitz (a) - Lugau (including) km 0.371 - km 3.330. Regio Infra Service Saxony , August 3, 2017, archived from the original on November 14, 2018 ; accessed on August 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Björn Josten: The planned cycle path is getting closer. In: Free Press. July 19, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Young people want to work up the history of the Lugau train station. In: Radio Erzgebirge. October 14, 2019, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Viola Gerhard: Railway fans not only do research - they also lend a hand. In: Free Press . November 13, 2019, accessed February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Excavator eats its way through the old station building . Free press of July 13, 2018, accessed on August 1, 2018.
- ↑ Tracks in service facilities - as of October 1st, 2012 (PDF document; 164 kB)