Tørsbøl – Padborg railway line
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 Station building in Smedeby
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 Location of the route
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| Route number : | TsbPa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 14.8 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tørsbøl – Padborg (Törsbüll – Pattburg) railway was built as a connection between Pattburg and the South Jutian Cross Railway , which ran from Højer to Sønderborg , when North Schleswig was part of the German Empire . The building decision was made on April 29, 1894, and on July 15, 1901, the Prussian State Railroad put the line into operation.
The line was taken over by the Danske Statsbaner (DSB) in 1920, but quickly lost its importance due to the new border and was discontinued on May 21, 1932.
In the section after No. Smedeby , the tracks were preserved. These were used in 1943/1944 to operate a quarantine station. All people who worked in Germany had to go through this. Communicable diseases such as lice and pulmonary tuberculosis were treated there. The necessary railway systems were built by the state railways. The station was supplied with steam by steam locomotives.
In the autumn of 1944, the quarantine station was expanded with four barracks for 50 people each. A total of around 15,000 prisoners passed the stations in Kruså and Padborg. Sometimes railway wagons had to be used to accommodate, which were parked on the remaining route.
Industrial railway copper mill
Around 1917 a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm was built from Norderschmedeby to Kupfermühle . The operation is said to have been carried out with a Deutz locomotive.
Web links
- Map of Padborg 1904. In: geogreif.uni-greifswald.de. Accessed December 30, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bent Hansen: Flensborg. INDUSTRIBANER, Kobbermøllen. In: bentsbane.dk. December 31, 2016, accessed May 31, 2020 (Danish).
- ↑ HENNINGS JERNBANEFOTO. Padborg Station. Retrieved December 30, 2018 (Danish).
- ^ Bov municipality - under besættelsen. Karantænestationer in Padborg and Kruså. In: dengang.dk. October 27, 2008, accessed December 30, 2018 (Danish).