Sangerhausen – Erfurt railway line
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Stotternheim station
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Route number : | 6300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course book section (DB) : | 335/595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 69.7 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 15 kV, 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dual track : | Sangerhausen – Artern Sömmerda – Erfurt |
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The Sangerhausen – Erfurt railway is a partially double-track, electrified main line in northern Thuringia and, to a small extent, in southwestern Saxony-Anhalt . It represents the southern section of the Erfurt - Magdeburg (- Berlin ) connection, the shortest regional connection between the capitals of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The timetable numbers are 335 for the entire Erfurt – Magdeburg route and 595 for the Erfurt – Sangerhausen section.
course
The railway line begins in Sangerhausen on the southern edge of the Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. After passing the Thuringian border a few kilometers south, it reaches Artern an der Unstrut . The Unstrut is crossed and, from now on, following the river, the route leads through the Diamantene Aue to the Thuringian Gate at Heldrungen. Behind this breakthrough valley of the Unstrut, between Hainleite in the west and Schmücke in the east, the route enters the Thuringian Basin . Through the agriculturally characterized lowlands, it now goes via Sömmerda to Erfurt.
history
The railway line was only opened in 1880. The first section from Sangerhausen to Artern went into operation on July 15, followed by the second section from Artern to Erfurt on October 24, 1881. The line subsequently became the third north-south connection between Central Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt or the Harz region. The Thuringian Railway via Halle in the east and the Wolkramshausen – Erfurt railway line in the west had already been completed . It served and serves primarily the traffic between Magdeburg (then the provincial capital of Saxony ) and Erfurt (then seat of a government district and the third largest city in the Prussian province of Saxony). The railway line between Erfurt and Sömmerda was expanded to two tracks, but the second track was later dismantled.
At the end of the 1990s, the railway line was completely modernized and electrified. In contrast to all other regional transport routes in Thuringia, new platforms with a height of 76 centimeters were built at the stations Bretleben, Heldrungen, Etzleben and Griefstedt , which are higher than the vehicle floors of all trains that have been in use since then. The Sangerhausen – Artern and Sömmerda – Erfurt sections are now two-track.
traffic
In passenger traffic, two lines now run every 120 minutes on the route, making a total of one hourly service.
The regional express 10 (Magdeburg – Erfurt), on which diesel multiple units of the type LINT 41 are used, and the regional train 59 (Sangerhausen – Erfurt), on which electric multiple units of the type Talent 2 are used. Both lines are operated by Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland .
Freight trains run particularly in through traffic (alternative route from Halle / Leipzig to Erfurt ), as well as to Erfurt Ost (industrial railway connection) and Sömmerda (from and to Kölleda ).
Others
The Griefstedt train station served as the backdrop for the film Three Days in April .
Since December 2015, the Reinsdorf stop has only been served in the evenings, on weekends and public holidays. When trains stop, there is no stop in Griefstedt at the weekend.
Because the platforms were too low, the Regional Express trains should no longer stop in Stotternheim after the takeover by Abellio. This could be prevented by defining specific stopping positions.
Web links
- Route on the OpenRailwayMap
literature
- Paul Lauerwald: The main line Erfurt – Sangerhausen . W. Herdam Fotoverlag, Wesseling 1996, ISBN 3-9804798-2-X
- Günther Fromm, Michael U. Kratzsch-Leichsenring: The Sömmerda railway junction and its routes . Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 1999, ISBN 3-932554-59-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ KBS 335 on bauarbeiten.bahn.de ( Memento from June 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ KBS 595 on bauarbeiten.bahn.de ( Memento from November 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Timetable from December 13, 2015 , Abellio Rail Central Germany, November 15, 2015.
- ↑ Timetable from December 13, 2015 , Abellio Rail Central Germany, November 15, 2015.
- ↑ Stotternheim station is decoupled from the regional express. In: Thuringian General. February 23, 2018, accessed March 28, 2018 .
- ↑ With new railcars from Erfurt to Magdeburg. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .