Steinbourg – Rastatt railway line

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Steinbourg – Rastatt
Former Bouxwiller station, track side
Former Bouxwiller station , track side
Section of the Steinbourg – Rastatt railway line
Route number (SNCF) : 160,000 Steinb. – Schweigh.

150,000 Haguenau – Rœschw.

162,000 Bouxwiller – Ingwiller
Route number : 4242
Course book route (SNCF) : 107 Saverne – Haguenau
Course book range : ? (SNCF)
DR until 1919:
224 (Zabern – Rastatt)
232a (Buchsweiler – Ingweiler)
DR until 1945:
282q (Zabern – Rastatt)
284b (Buchsweiler – Ingweiler)
Route length: (according to route book 1944
Saverne – Rastatt :)
80 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
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from Paris
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458.01 Saverne (Zabern)
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from / to Obernai
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459.83 Zornhoff- Monswiller (Zornhof)
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462.46
0.00
Steinbourg (stone castle)
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to Strasbourg
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anger
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A4
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LGV Est européenne
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4.4 Hattmatt
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8.6 Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel
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8.4 Neuwiller-lès-Saverne (Neuweiler)
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from Sarreguemines
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0.0 Ingwiller (Ingweiler)
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to Obermodern
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2.7 Obersoultzbach (Obersulzbach)
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Branch line
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12.9
6.6
Bouxwiller (Buchsweiler)
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by Ingwiller
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18.605 Modern
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to Mommenheim
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23,584 Pfaffenhoffen (Pfaffenhofen)
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25.6 Moder
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28.6 Neubourg (Neuburg)
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from Niederbronn
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32.8 Northern Zinsel
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from Niederbronn
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33,471
3,767
Schweighouse s / M (Schweighausen)
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from Wissembourg
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0.000
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Haguenau (Hagenau)
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Industrial area south
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after Bischwiller
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3,660 Dreilerchenhof (Bk)
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Moder
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from Bischwiller
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6,998 Oberhoffen-sur-Moder (Oberhofen)
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11,420 Schirrhein
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16,351 Soufflenheim (Sufflenheim)
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19.797 Rountzenheim (Runzenheim-Mühlweg)
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A35
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from Strasbourg
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21,819 Rœschwoog (Röschwoog)
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24.757 Roppenheim
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to Lauterbourg
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26.300 Beinheim industrial area
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28,540
92,318
Rhine bridge Wintersdorf (528 m), Rhine ,
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28.8 00
92.014
Ownership border of the SNCF Réseau / DB Netz
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91.930 Ownership limit DB Netz / AVG
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90,551
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90.150 Wintersdorf (Baden) (Awanst, formerly Bf)
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88.420 Abzw Iffezheim Rennbahn
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87.900 MEG from Schwarzach ( 1000 mm )
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87.300 Iffezheim Depot 57 (Anst, ammunition store)
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Rastatt transfer station MEG
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≈87.000 MEG according to Rastatt ( 1000 mm )
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86.600 Ownership limit DB Netz / AVG
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86.640 Rastatt Industrie-Stammgl
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≈86.500 former barracks
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86.200 Siding
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86.200 Track connection Link KG
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≈84.400 Connecting railway
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from Baden-Baden S 7 S 71
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from Freudenstadt S 8 S 81
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82.930 Rastatt
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via Ettlingen ( S 71 S 81 ) and
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Durmersheim ( S 7 S 8 ) to Karlsruhe Hbf

The Steinbourg – Obermodern – Schweighouse and Haguenau – Rœschwoog – Rastatt railway lines and the Bouxwiller – Ingwiller branch are or were standard-gauge and, except for the branch, temporarily double-track railway lines in Alsace , which also had various strategic tasks until the Second World War . As a coherent diagonal, they connect Saverne (on the route from Paris to Strasbourg near the temporary German-French border) and Obermodern (on the route from Sarreguemines ) via the central center of Haguenau with Lauterbourg and Rastatt near today's border. The route is not electrified .

The Steinbourg-Obermodern section, the Bouxwiller-Ingwiller branch line and all connecting curves have been dismantled, the Obermodern-Haguenau-Rœschwoog section is no longer used, apart from occasional military use, and the section across the Rhine is still open, apart from minor interruptions available.

The Eurodistrict PAMINA advocates the reactivation and repair of the Karlsruhe – Rastatt – Haguenau – Saarbrücken railway line and has decided that a feasibility study should be carried out.

Steinbourg − Obermodern

Saverne train station in summer 2013

The planning of the 13 km long Steinbourg-Bouxwiller line, which was already licensed in French times for the connection of the “industrial-rich town of Buchsweiler”, was planned by the German administration on June 18, 1871 to connect the “fertile Hanauer Land ” and the industry in and around Bouxwiller Approved again as a useful measure and opened on October 15, 1877, the Bouxwiller – Obermodern line was approved on July 9, 1879 and initially single-tracked by Germany on November 1, 1881, probably two-tracked by France in the 1930s, shortly after Second World War but only rebuilt on a single track. In the construction of the first section, delays arose due to the landslides of an 18 m high dam. The route had a gradient of more than 5 ‰ just before Bouxwiller with 10 ‰. The last passenger train ran on this section on March 31, 1970, the last freight train between Steinbourg and Dossenheim on August 3, 1970, between Dossenheim and Bouxwiller on September 28, 1975, between Bouxwiller and Obermodern on May 1, 1987. The shutdown with dismantling the route between Steinbourg and Dossenheim, due to the construction of the motorway, took place on July 26, 1973, as far as Bouxwiller (and Obermodern?), however, it was not closed until September 20, 1991. The connecting curve in front of Obermodern was closed on January 14, 1972.

Bridge of the former railway line over field path and "le Griesbaechel" between Hattmatt and Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel

The Steinbourg – Obermodern line branches off the Paris – Strasbourg main line, which opened in the Steinbourg area in 1851, to the west of the Steinbourg station, whose reception building is set back from the main line's current platforms because of this branch and is not parallel to them. It rises in the valley of the southern Zinsel via Hattmatt to Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel with train stations on the eastern edge of the village. The old route is at the same altitude as the A4 , which was built from 1973 , because of which the route had to give way. Shortly after this crossing point, the LGV Est européenne high-speed line, which was still under construction in 2013, crosses a little higher than the old route . After Dossenheim, climbing again slightly, it reaches the village of Bouxwiller, passing Neuwiller-lès-Saverne to the southeast . Today this section is a cycle path between the respective outskirts, mostly on the old railway line. In the village of Bouxwiller, the cycle path is interrupted and only begins at the edge of the village, then ends at the municipal boundary. In the direction of Obermodern, the route descends into the Moder valley . Many bridges, dams and cuts in this topographically most turbulent part of the route are still there, but some newly built roads cross the old route at the same level. In Bouxwiller there are a few buildings, some of them on the old route.

Bouxwiller – Ingwiller

In Bouxwiller, a 6.6 km long single-track branch line branched off via Obersoultzbach as the only stopover to Ingwiller , which was opened on December 16, 1889 to connect Ingwiller, but its importance declined with the opening of the Mommenheim – Sarreguemines railway via Ingwiller and Obermodern in 1895 . Passenger traffic was stopped on October 4, 1953, and freight traffic on May 21 of the same year. It was shut down on November 12, 1954.

Upper modern Haguenau

Branching of the lines to Niederbronn and Obermodern at Schweighouse station

The Obermodern – Schweighouse line was initially opened as a single track by Germany on November 1, 1881, the Schweighouse – Haguenau line on December 19, 1864. By an imperial decree of March 26, 1893, the double-track expansion was made with maximum gradients of 5 ‰ instead of 10 ‰ decided and put into operation on April 1, 1895, probably only rebuilt on a single track shortly after the Second World War. The last freight train ran on October 1, 1990. The connecting curves to Obermodern and before Schweighouse were closed on February 13, 1964.

The route from Saverne crosses the “Vosges Railway”, which opened on May 1, 1895, from Strasbourg to Mommenheim to Sarreguemines at Obermodern station. Both routes have their own platforms, which are connected by an underpass. Only the two platforms on the Strasbourg – Sarreguemines line are actively served, but the signals are still in operation for the Saverne-Haguenau line. Both connecting curves east and west of the station have been dismantled. The route runs in the valley of the Moder and has the Pfaffenhoffen train station in the Communauté de communes du Val de Moder , whereby Niedermodern of the Communauté is also directly on and Uberach and la Walck on the other side of the Moder are also close to the route. A railway siding used by the military branches off at Neubourg station . According to the RFF route map, the Obermodern-Neubourg section is out of service. At the next station, Schweighouse-sur-Moder , the single-track branch line Haguenau – Sarreguemines , which is only operated as far as Niederbronn-les-Bains , meets the double-track line from here, which then ends at Haguenau station .

Haguenau-Rœschwoog-Rastatt

Roppenheim station with the unused house platform on the track to Rastatt
Tracks in the road space on the Rhine bridge in Wintersdorf

The Haguenau − Rœschwoog − Rastatt line was built by Germany on May 1, 1895 as a strategic railway as part of the Baden Rhine Railway , but was only rebuilt as a single track shortly after the Second World War. The last freight train between Oberhoffen and Soufflenheim ran on December 16, 1973, between Soufflenheim and Rœschwoog on June 2, 1991, passenger traffic was initially stopped on August 23, 1938 and resumed in May 1942 until the Rhine bridge was blown up in January 1945, then at least not resumed across the Rhine. The Oberhoffen – Bischwiller connecting curve was opened on May 1, 1900, stopped in passenger traffic on August 23, 1939 and closed on February 13, 1964. The first considerations for connecting the Oberhoffen military camp were made as early as 1855.

The route leaves the Haguenau train station as an extension of the route from Saverne, so it does not cross the Strasbourg – Wissembourg route, but passes under it south of Haguenau, passes Kaltenhouse without a stop and, after bridging the Moder , reaches Oberhoffen-sur-Moder train station . The former connecting curve to Bischwiller (opened May 1, 1900) with its own nearby Moder bridge has been dismantled. In Oberhoffen station there are two other tracks in addition to the through track that serve the nearby military installations. Further to the east, the line is available, but no longer in operation. This is followed by the Schirrhein train stations (the nearby Schirrhoffen was passed without stopping) and Soufflenheim and the Mühlweg stop for Rountzenheim . Immediately after this, the A35 and almost 1 km later the Wörth – Strasbourg line will be bridged. At Rœschwoog station there is (only) one connecting track to this line today, with sidings in the direction of Roppenheim. From Rœschwoog, the line is still actively used as a siding for the industrial area of Beinheim with the starch factory Roquette Frères . The tracks are available until shortly before the Rheinbrücke Wintersdorf , but immediately before the bridge, from the merging with the D87, over-tarred and evidently de-dedicated. The bridge over the L 78a to Wintersdorf is available, but “jacked up” in order to achieve the necessary headroom; it would have to be lowered for use by rail traffic. Rastatt station was expanded in 1922 to become a fourteen-track customs and marshalling yard. A NATO fuel depot and an ammunition depot were operated between the Wintersdorf railway station and Rastatt, and there was also a siding in the direction of Iffezheim . The Mittelbadische Eisenbahnen bridged the route for a meter-gauge line to Rastatt. The route is currently only actively used for the siding of the Daimler AG plant . Between this and the Rhine bridge, the route now belongs to the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft , as this section was part of considerations to expand the light rail network to Iffezheim and to Baden-Airpark , but these had to be postponed. On October 7, 1950, passenger traffic between Rastatt and Wintersdorf was stopped. For military reasons, the Haguenau – Rastatt section was provided with specially robust rails that could also carry heavy trains.

business

"Jacked up" bridge over the L78a near Wintersdorf, if necessary you can make it passable again

At least during the Second World War there were around half a dozen continuous pairs of trains between Saverne and Rastatt plus additional trains on sections, see the 1944 timetable on the web links.

Cross-border traffic over the Rhine bridge in Wintersdorf (see there for details) was stopped after the First World War until 1922. After the Second World War, the bridge was only used for military traffic with the exception of a few days of diversion traffic in 1966. From 1960 the bridge was primarily used for car traffic. After the Iffezheim barrage was closed for cyclists, it is the only cycle connection without ferries between Karlsruhe and Freistett .

The route and the double-track construction or expansion and the choice of the alignment parameters as well as the partially crossing-free crossing of other routes were made for strategic military reasons, depending on the current affiliation of Alsace-Lorraine. Either the German troops from the heartland should be able to quickly reach the strategically important Vosges crossing behind Saverne or the French troops from the heartland should be able to quickly reach the border at Rastatt or Lauterbourg. The military importance, including the military installations on the route and the option of a Rhine crossing, have ensured that most of the sections have been preserved to this day.

In addition, the Obermodern – Rastatt line was part of an overall package in Alsace-Lorraine with the new double-track construction of the (Strasbourg–) Mommenheim – Sarreguemines and Haguenau – Rastatt (–Mannheim) lines and the extension to two tracks of the Obermodern – Haguenau line, which together went into operation on May 1, 1895 and were used to transport coal from Sarreguemines via Obermodern to Baden and Strasbourg.

The reactivation of at least the section over the Rhine Bridge from Rastatt to Haguenau, if possible, to improve cross-border public transport is required by German and French environmental associations. For the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 , the state of Baden-Württemberg has registered the reactivation for long-distance traffic on the basis of Article 5 Paragraph 4 of the Agreement between Germany and France on the Paris – Eastern France – Southwest Germany express rail link.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Transport & Mobility - Activities - Reactivation of the railway line. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
  2. Railway line to Alsace gets a new chance . In: Baden's latest news . May 2, 2018 ( bnn.de [accessed September 2, 2018]).
  3. ^ A b c d e f Funke: The structural development of the Reichseisenbahnen in Elsaſs-Lothringen, 1870 to 1895. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen. XLV. 04, 1895 , p. 265ff. (PDF; 7.6 MB), accessed on August 16, 2013.
  4. a b c d e f Jean-Marc Dupuy: Gares et tortillards d'Alsace . Éditions Cheminements, 2009, ISBN 978-2-36037-000-9 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  5. a b c d e f g h According to bahnstatistik.de GD Strasbourg , accessed on August 16, 2013.
  6. a b c According to elsassbahn.free.fr , accessed on August 14, 2013, but named there in 1902 instead of 1895 for Haguenau – Rastatt
  7. a b c d From discussions at DSO August 2013 , to be researched in more detail ...
  8. Statement according to user "Petersbacher" in the forum Drehscheibe Online as a passenger on the last train
  9. Steinbourg - Bouxwiller Ligne N ° 31 and Bouxwiller - Schweighouse Ligne N ° 31 , accessed on August 22, 2013.
  10. a b fr: Ligne de Steinbourg à Schweighouse-sur-Moder from the French Wikipedia of August 22, 2013 with “Journal Officiel de la République Française” as the source
  11. Bouxwiller - Ingwiller Ligne N ° 32 , accessed on August 22, 2013.
  12. Bouxwiller - Schweighouse Ligne N ° 31 , accessed on August 22, 2013.
  13. Route map of the RFF for Alsace, as of July 10, 2012 ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.6 MB), accessed on November 1, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rff.fr
  14. Haguenau - Rhin Ligne N ° 34 , accessed on August 22, 2013.
  15. ^ Bischwiller - Oberhoffen-Camp Ligne 30 , accessed on August 22, 2013.
  16. a b fr: Ligne de Haguenau à Roeschwoog et frontière in the French Wikipedia
  17. ^ Marc-André Schygulla: Wintersdorf. In the very west of Baden. Between Rastatt and the Rhine. In: verkehrsrelktionen.de: Decommissioned railways and their relics. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
  18. U. a. Pro Bahn press release from March 20, 2013 and press releases from the Franco-German alliance Trans-Pamina
  19. Agreement between the Federal Minister of Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Minister of Equipment, Housing and Transport of the French Republic on the Paris – Eastern France – Southwest Germany high-speed rail link
  20. Registration of the state of Baden-Württemberg for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2015 (BVWP 2015) ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 48 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vm.baden-wuerttemberg.de