Regensburg – Ingolstadt railway line

	from Munich Hbf
	from Weiden (Oberpf)
0.000	Regensburg Central Station	339 m
3.124	to Nürnberg Hbf
3,693	Regensburg-checking
	Railway line Nuremberg – Regensburg
5.156	Danube bridge near Sinzing (243 m)
6.217	Sinzing (b Regensburg)
	according to Alling
7,040	Sinzing
11.400	Matting
12,438	Matting evasion
15.160	Gundelshausen
17.080	Poikam
17,521	Danube Bridge Poikam (212 m)
19.023	Bad Abbach
24.000	Connection to the lime works hall
24.663	Hall (Danube)	345 m
25.200	to Kelheim
31.700	Thaldorf- Weltenburg
36.800	Arnhofen
39.861	Abensberg	370 m
41.100	Evenings
46,336	Neustadt (Danube)
47.700	Connection to the Bayernoil refinery
53.200	Connection of petrochemicals Münchsmünster / Infraserv
53.706	Münchsmünster	358 m
59.300	Ilm
59,950	Vohburg
	from Vohburg Werkbahnhof Bayernoil
62,429	Ernsgaden Abzw
62,600	Ernsgaden Hp
66.723	Manching
67.900	Pair
68.600	Manching West
	by Ingolstadt Nuremberg Federation
69.875	Ingolstadt-Sandrach Junction
	from Munich Hbf
	von Neuoffingen (since 1995) and from Augsburg
73.913	Ingolstadt Hbf
	to Nuremberg Reichswald (high-speed route)
	to Neuoffingen (until 1995)
	to Treuchtlingen

The Regensburg – Ingolstadt railway line is a single-track, electrified main line in Bavaria . It runs in the Danube Valley from Regensburg to Ingolstadt .

history

The construction of the Regensburg – Ingolstadt railway line originally had primarily military reasons (e.g. connection of the Ingolstadt state fortress ). On April 29, 1869, the law on building was passed; the official opening took place on June 1, 1874.

The exact route was initially controversial. The cities of Kelheim and Abensberg both insisted on a direct rail connection. The Kelheim variant, however, would have required the construction of an expensive tunnel , which is why Abensberg was ultimately awarded the contract. To compensate for this, a 5.5 kilometer branch line was built between Saal and Kelheim , which was inaugurated on February 15, 1875. Passenger traffic on this branch line was stopped in 1986.

The route between Regensburg and Ingolstadt is 73.9 kilometers long and largely single-track, with the double-track expansion already being prepared. At the beginning of the Second World War, an (initially provisional) turnout was built between the Sinzing and Gundelshausen stations near the village of Matting .

In the Regensburg – Ingolstadt section, regular train crossings are planned for passenger trains daily in Matting and on working days except Saturdays in Neustadt (Danube). The braking distance is 1000 meters throughout this section, the maximum speed is 120 km / h.

The passenger train stop at Sinzing station was abandoned in December 2005 after a new Sinzing stop was built on the open line just a few meters from the southern border of the station , which is located in the center of town.

In 1945, shortly before the end of the war, the two Danube bridges at Sinzing and Poikam were blown up by the Wehrmacht (Poik on April 26th before 3:00 a.m.). However, they were quickly repaired as a makeshift and by August 1945 the entire length of the route was again passable.

Above all, the decision to make the region around Ingolstadt a center of German petrochemicals led to a renewed upswing for the railway line. The superstructure and signaling technology were renewed, the Sinzinger bridge was rebuilt and the Poikamer bridge was renovated in several sections. On September 29, 1978 electrical operation could also be started.

There were several branch lines , among others

a branch line from Sinzing to Alling (opening on December 20, 1875, shutdown on December 31, 1985) with a length of 4.2 kilometers
a branch line from Saal to Kelheim (length 4.6 kilometers), of which a remnant piece is used as a connection to an industrial area and the port.
a narrow-gauge branch line between the Abensberg train station and the quarry in the Offenstetten district .

The biggest accident on this route happened on December 19, 1969 when the 7672 freight train from Regensburg Rbf near Rockolding (between Münchsmünster and Ernsgaden) . to Vohburg at a level crossing, the barriers of which were not closed, rammed a tanker truck loaded with petrol. The train pulled by a V 90 also consisted of tank cars with gasoline and heating oil; there was a big explosion. The train driver was able to save himself, the truck driver burned to death, trapped in his cab.

Until December 11, 2010, passenger traffic on the route was operated by Deutsche Bahn . Used came pull trains with n-cars , which usually consists of three cars passed. The locomotive of the 111 series was always on the southwest, so the "Ingolstadt" end of the train . The locomotives were primarily provided by the Munich depot , but there were also some Nuremberg and Stuttgart machines on the route. Locomotives of the 143 series from the Nuremberg depot were also occasionally used in peripheral locations and in school traffic . The passenger coaches were provided by the Regensburg plant.

Alstom Coradia Continental from Agilis at the entrance to Abensberg station

The line Regensburg-Ulm is part of the tendered in April 2007 Regensburg star and was the December 2007 Hamburger Hochbahn or to their subsidiary Benex awarded. The aim of this tender was to expand and modernize the local transport offer for passengers on the routes from Regensburg to Landshut , Neumarkt and Plattling as well as on the entire Danube Valley Railway. The start of operations between Regensburg and Ingolstadt and on other lines of Regensburg star by the Benex daughter Agilis found for timetable changes take place on 12 December 2010, performance on the Donautalbahn were taken on 11 December 2011th There are up to 20 percent more train journeys than before. Additional trains run especially at rush hour, in the evenings and on weekends. Since December 11, 2011, there have also been special Agilis express trains on the Danube Valley Railway, which connect the three major cities of Regensburg, Ingolstadt and Ulm. Since these express trains no longer stop at every station, they only need around two and a half hours for their journey from Regensburg to Ulm, which is around an hour faster than the normal trains with a total of 32 stops and a journey time of around three and a half hours.

The Danube Valley Railway is particularly important for freight traffic , especially with regard to the oil refineries in Ingolstadt, Vohburg , Münchsmünster and Neustadt an der Donau . The route is very important for the transport links to the Audi plant in Ingolstadt and the Danube ports in Kelheim and Regensburg.

Route description

Operating points

Abensberg

In the next few years, a new underpass is to be built at Abensberg station, a new outer platform at track 2 and the signal box for remote control prepared. The platform on track 1 was renovated and raised at the end of 2016 to make it easier to get into the vehicles. A kiosk and a public toilet had already been set up in an open space at the train station. The waiting room in the station building was closed.

Thaldorf-Weltenburg

The Thaldorf-Weltenburg station, which was closed in 2003, was to be rebuilt in 2013. The station was to have a 750-meter-long passing track. The self-block signals 101 and 102 set up in the middle of the old train station were to be removed again in favor of corresponding entry and exit signals. This was intended to create a new option for crossings and overtaking as well as a third block section on the rather long section between Saal and Abensberg. The reconstruction should be necessary to stabilize the timetable and in connection with the planned additional traffic to the new Audi plant in Münchsmünster. A press shop for form-hardened body parts, mechanical processing of chassis components and an aluminum die-casting foundry were built there. The new plant was to be connected to the Danube Valley Railway via the rail connection to the Münchsmünster industrial park.

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

Commons : Donautalbahn - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Query of the course book route 993 at Deutsche Bahn.
↑ Abensberg impressions (PDF; 6.9 MB).
↑ Information flyer from the Bavarian Railway Company on the Danube Valley Railway ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.4 MB), accessed on October 5, 2012.

[Link_993-1] Query of the course book route 993 at Deutsche Bahn.

[2] Abensberg impressions (PDF; 6.9 MB).

[3] Information flyer from the Bavarian Railway Company on the Danube Valley Railway ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.4 MB), accessed on October 5, 2012.