Railway line Rudolstadt-Schwarza-Bad Blankenburg
| Rudolstadt-Schwarza-Bad Blankenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number (DB) : | 6685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 188d (1944) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 4.28 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 20 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 250 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Rudolstadt-Schwarza – Bad Blankenburg line was a single-track branch line in what is now Thuringia . It connected the Rudolstadt- Schwarza and Bad Blankenburg stations with just one stop.
history
The Saal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was founded in 1871, and construction work on the Saalbahn began that same year . At this time, the first projects were already being made for a branch line from Rudolstadt or Schwarza via Schwarzburg to Eisfeld . A connection from Schwarza via Ilmenau and Ohrdruf to Gotha was also considered. Operation on the Saalbahn began in 1874, but since the construction of the line turned out to be more expensive than planned, the company found itself in constant financial difficulties. In 1874 , for example, a branch line in the direction of the Thuringian Forest was planned in order to increase income by enlarging the catchment area. On December 19, 1876, the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the Principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen signed a state treaty, with the aim of uniformly promoting railway construction between Schwarza-Ohrdruf (Ohrdruf was now with the Gotha – Ohrdruf railway line were connected to the railway network). Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in particular provided considerable support for the railway construction.
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The Saal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was entrusted with the construction of the Schwarza – Blankenburg railway on September 26th by a state treaty between the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, the Duchies of Saxony-Altenburg and Saxony-Meiningen and the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. On December 21, 1883, the railway company received the concession for the route, an extension was already planned. Another company could also build the line extension, in which case the Saal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft would have to sell its section of the Schwarza − Blankenburg line at the construction cost price.
The construction of the route began on March 6, 1884; the concession provided for June 1, 1885 as the completion date. Since up to the bridge Schwarza were no significant difficulties, which was branch line opened after a construction period of less than a half a year on 1 August 1884th Overall, the route was kept quite simple, so still usable rails of the Saalbahn were installed. The buildings were also moved from other stations of the Saalbahn, such as a locomotive shed and a goods shed from Saalfeld and a reception building from Rothenstein .
The Saal railway company was bought by the Prussian State Railways in 1895 . Changes in traffic flow did not take place until 1895 with the opening of the Arnstadt – Saalfeld railway line and in 1905 with the Schwarzatalbahn . From then on, all trains normally started in Rudolstadt and ran on the Schwarzatalbahn to Katzhütte.
The route was important for business and excursion traffic, including the daily express train Katzhütte - Dresden used this route until 1991.
The route in the Schwarzatal also led through the local situation, which was increasingly viewed as problematic because of the road crossings.
Due to deficiencies in the superstructure, the local rail transport was discontinued on May 28, 2000 . The Federal Railway Authority approved the closure of the line on November 28, 2000, and the closure was implemented on December 21, 2000.
Route description
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course
The 4.26 km long route left Schwarza train station in a westerly direction, crossed the Schwarza and then ran along the river to Blankenburg train station. About 1.5 km of the route was in the horizontal, the remaining 2.8 km on a gradient of up to 20 ‰. The minimum radius was 250 m, a total of around 1.7 km of track lay in the curved track.
Operating points
Rudolstadt-Schwarza train station
The Schwarza station was opened with the Saalbahn in 1874, although initially no station was planned here. The pulp factory, which was founded in 1880, was given its own siding in 1914. A man-made fiber plant later developed from the complex. Even today, several companies are still served via sidings.
Rudolstadt-Schwarza West stop
The breakpoint Schwarza West was opened on 1 February 1928 on efforts of Schwarza. He opened up the districts south of the Schwarza.
Bad Blankenburg railway station (Thuringia)
When the Arnstadt – Saalfeld railway line opened, Bad Blankenburg station had to be rebuilt. So the line to Schwarza branched off from the station before the freight facilities. In the decades that followed, traffic continued to increase, so that several connecting lines were laid to various industrial companies.
After the fall of 1989/90, the importance of the station sank rapidly, the connecting lines are no longer served and parts of the extensive track systems have meanwhile been dismantled.
literature
- Werner Drescher: The Saal railway and its connecting railways , publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00109-4 .
Web links
- Location and course of the route on the OpenRailwayMap
- Rudolstadt-Schwarza - Bad Blankenburg (Thuringian Forest)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Drescher: The Saal Railway and its connecting railways , p. 101 f.
- ↑ a b c Werner Drescher: The Saal Railway and its connecting railways , p. 102.
- ↑ a b Werner Drescher: The Saal Railway and its connecting railways , p. 103.
- ↑ www.eba.bund.de List of federally closed lines in the state of Thuringia that have been closed since 1994 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (xls document; 24 kB).
- ↑ Werner Drescher: The Saal Railway and its connecting railways , p. 55.