Strullendorf – Ebrach railway line

Strullendorf – Ebrach
Route number (DB) :	5110
Course book section (DB) :	819
Route length:	36.51 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Bamberg 0.000 Strullendorf 249 m to Nürnberg Hbf Main-Danube Canal Regnitz 3.300 Pettstadt 4.900 Reundorf 7.807 Frensdorf 268 m according to key field 10.100 Vorra (Ebrach) 12.600 Stappenbach 14.150 Corporate 17.520 Burgebrach 20.100 Vollmannsdorf 22.290 Mönchsambach 24.710 Mönchherrnsdorf 26.800 Kappel (b Ebrach) 28.420 Burgwindheim 30.200 Untersteinach (b Ebrach) 33.800 Eberau (Ebrach) 36.510 Ebrach Swell:

The Strullendorf – Ebrach line is a branch line in Bavaria that is only partially in operation . It branches off the Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line in Strullendorf and leads via Frensdorf and Burgebrach to Ebrach . As part of the so-called Upper Steigerwald Railway to Schlüsselfeld , the Strullendorf – Frensdorf section is still in operation; the line that continues to Ebrach has been shut down and dismantled since 2003.

history

Around 1865, the Birkner porcelain factory (formerly Gottbrecht, Wagner, founded in 1790) moved from Reichmannsdorf , in a side valley of the Reichen Ebrach , to Tettau / Alexanderhütte, because the production site in Reichmannsdorf was insufficiently connected to the traffic routes. By 1886, under the chairmanship of the pharmacist Barthel from Burghaslach, a railway committee had been founded, which advocated the establishment of a local railway to develop the Reichen Ebrachgrund. After many discussions about the routing of a planned “Steigerwaldbahn” (including Erlangen - Höchstadt / Aisch – Geiselwind but also Frensdorf - Höchstadt / Aisch), the costing for a “local train from Hirschaid to Geiselwind” was finally carried out. There were plans to extend the route from Ebrach via Gerolzhofen ( Kitzingen - Schweinfurt railway ) to Volkach ( Mainschleifenbahn ).

Ebrach station (2016)

On September 26, 1887, the chairman of the railway committee, Barthel, wrote that “55,000 marks for land acquisition costs for the rich Ebrachtalbahn in the district of Höchstadt / A. are upset ”. By 1889 it was so far that a railway line through the Rauhen Ebrach valley from Bamberg via Frensdorf to Ebrach and a winged railway from Frensdorf to Schlüsselfeld were within reach. On February 21, 1896, the construction of the Strullendorf - Schlüsselfeld line was unanimously approved by the Bavarian State Parliament. The Frensdorf – Ebrach section followed later.

The first test drive from Strullendorf to Steppach was carried out on December 9, 1899, and traffic began on December 16 of the same year. On September 22, 1900, a test drive took place on the Steppach – Schlüsselfeld section. One week later, on September 29, 1900, passenger traffic began.

The line to Ebrach was opened on May 1, 1904 from Frensdorf to Burgebrach and on December 21 of the same year to Ebrach.

Burgwindheim station (2007)

The line to Schlüsselfeld branches off at Frensdorf station . The line to Ebrach (right) has been dismantled and secured with a track closure. (2007)

In the 1939 summer timetable, four pairs of passenger trains ran between Bamberg and Ebrach, which were combined with the trains on the Bamberg – Strullendorf route to Frensdorf. The shortest travel time between Strullendorf and Ebrach was 48 minutes.

On April 13, 1945, the Regnitz Bridge near Pettstadt was blown up by the Wehrmacht . In 1946, a provisional wooden structure was created to make the route passable again. In 1951, new steel superstructures were installed.

Passenger traffic to Ebrach was stopped on May 28, 1961, freight traffic lasted until December 31, 1999. A takeover of the section from Frensdorf to Ebrach by another railway infrastructure company failed, which is why the line was shut down on June 23, 2003 and dismantled in 2006 . A cycle path was subsequently set up on most of the route .

Travel between Bamberg and Schlüsselfeld was stopped on May 21, 1977. Freight traffic on the section from Strullendorf to Frensdorf and on to Schlüsselfeld is still taking place.

On November 28, 2007, the Bavarian Regional Railway (BRE), a subsidiary of the German Regional Railway (DRE), took over the remaining section of the route to Frensdorf.

Route description

Regnitz Bridge near Pettstadt (2016)

The railway line runs from Strullendorf station in a wide curve to the southwest, crosses the Main-Danube Canal and the Regnitz and then leads almost dead straight to Frensdorf. In Schlüsselfeld, the line that continues to be operated branches off to Strullendorf. The dismantled route to Ebrach initially led with a slight bend to the north and then almost exactly to the west parallel to federal highway 22 . The route to the terminus in Ebrach was almost dead straight. East of Ebrach the route described a double curve, first to the north and then to the west. It cut Ebrach almost exactly in the middle. The station was on the western edge of the town.

Vehicle use

Steam locomotives of the D XI series were first used on vehicles , followed by the 98.8 and 98.11 series. The ETA 180, VT 98 and V 80 followed later with three-axle conversion cars . From 1977 the series 211 , 260 , 218 and 290 operated in freight traffic .

The freight trains to Schlüsselfeld are currently hauled by locomotives of the 294 series from DB Cargo .

Web links

Commons : Strullendorf – Ebrach railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the IG Oberfränkische Steigerwaldbahn

literature

• Kerstin Schäfer: The high-rise buildings of the Upper Franconian branch lines. History, inventory and conversion . Michael Resch, Coburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-944237-05-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ DB Netz AG: Infrastructure Register. In: geovdbn.deutschebahn.com , accessed on June 3, 2020.
2. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
3. ↑ Map of the Federal Railway Directorate Nuremberg 1985
4. ↑ Summer timetable 1939