Wabern – Brilon Wald railway line

Wabern – Brilon forest
Route number (DB) :	3941 (Wabern – Bad Wildungen) 3942 (Wega – Wega (mill)) 3944 (Wega – Brilon Wald)
Course book section (DB) :	621 (Wabern – Bad Wildungen) 622 (Brilon Wald – Korbach)
Route length:	86.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	~ 19  ‰
Top speed:	Wabern – Bad Wildungen: 60 km / h Brilon Wald – Korbach: 100 km / h
Dual track :	-
Legend Almetalbahn from Brilon Stadt Upper Ruhr Valley Railway from Warburg 69.5 Brilon forest 448 m Upper Ruhr Valley Railway to Hagen 66.4 Schellhorn (loading point, until 1927 also PV) State border NRW / Hessen 62.8 Hoppecke 62.4 Willingen 580 m 61.4 Willinger Viaduct , Itter 60.0 Willingen- Stryck ( seasonal stop ) 58.5 Vertex 640 m 58.3 B 251 57.9 Usselner Viaduct , Diemel 57.1 Usseln 607 m 56.3 B 251 53.4 Eimelrod 541 m 50.7 Neerdar 49.2 Bömighhäuser Viaduct 48.8 Bömighausen 497 m 47.1 Rhena Viaduct 45.2 Lelbach - Rhena 41.4 Initially Korbach industrial trunk line 41.3 Twist valley railway from Volkmarsen 41.1 B 251 39.6 Korbach main station 372 m 38.5 Korbach Süd (former Hp on two routes) Lower Edertal Railway to Frankenberg 36.0 B 252 35.2 Meineringhäuser Tunnel (75.2 m), B 251 33.4 Meineringhausen 31.8 Advertising 29.7 Höringhausen 26.9 B 251 26.1 Sachsenhausen tunnel (65.4 m), B 485 24.3 Sachsenhausen (Waldeck) 21.8 Selbach (until May 27, 1978) 21.0 Selbach Viaduct (150 m), Reiherbach 19.2 Networks 18.6 Networks 17.9 Netzer Viaduct, L  3215 (Netze– Naumburg ) 16.9 B 485 14.5 Waldeck Rather than Mauser 11.6 Courtiers 10.7 Buhlener Viaduct (135 m), B 485 (6.0) 0.0 E.ON plant (5.8) 0.0 Hemfurth-Edersee (1996–2001 in summer) (5.7) 0.0 Eder (~ 100 m) (5.6) 0.0 Beginning of the trolley route Affoldern end of the trolley line B 485 (0.2) 0.0 Alternative point (0.0) 8.6 E.ON connecting railway 7.9 Eder (~ 75 m) 7.5 At least Raiffeisen 7.2 Bergheim - Giflitz 5.4 Attack 3.0 Wegaer Tunnel (173 m), hill spur near Wega Track triangle Wega (northern tip) 2.8 Wegaer Mühle (until May 30, 1981) 2.9 Metzeler loading facility 2.6 Savage 17.2 0.0 Bad Wildungen 228 m 15.5 1.7 B 485 14.7 2.5 Track triangle Wega (western tip) 14.2 0.0 Vega 13.8 0.0 Track triangle Wega (eastern tip) 12.0 0.0 Mandern 11.1 0.0 Unthoughts 7.7 0.0 Initially Fritzlar Oppermann 6.2 0.0 Fritzlar 171 m 5.7 0.0 At the Fritzlar airfield 4.0 0.0 A 49 3.2 0.0 Zennern Main-Weser Railway from Marburg 0.0 0.0 Wabern (Bz Kassel) 170 m Main-Weser-Bahn to Kassel Swell:

The Wabern – Brilon Wald railway is an 86.7 kilometer long, single-track branch line from Wabern in Northern Hesse to Brilon-Wald in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The disused middle section of Bad Wildungen to Korbach is after the nearby Lake Eder called "Edersee Railway", the section between Korbach and Brilon forest " Upland ground".

Route

Section Wabern – Bad Wildungen

The railway line laid out in the direction of Korbach leads from the Schwalm-Eder district initially in the valley of the Eder from Wabern , where there is a connection to the Main-Weser Railway , upstream via Zennern , after which it crosses the federal motorway 49 , and then along the federal highway 253 via Fritzlar and through the Porta Hassiaca , on via Unthanken and Mandern to Wega . From Mandern, the route to Willingen is in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district .

From the " track triangle Vega" the route is continued along the main road 253 in the valley of Wilde to the head station Bad Wildungen . Freight trains were able to bypass Bad Wildungen by using a connecting curve in Wega for the traffic connection (relation) Wabern-Korbach.

Ederseebahn - section Bad Wildungen – Bergheim

From Bad Wildungen, the route, now known as the “Ederseebahn” , leads in the opposite direction back to the “Wega Gleisdreieck”. From there the line, which was closed in May 1995, leads in the direction of Korbach. First it pierces a wooded hill spur in the “Wegaer Tunnel” directly west of Wega, and then follows upstream via Anraff and Giflitz (stop “Bergheim-Giflitz”) to Bergheim the Edertal.

E.ON connecting railway (Bergheim – Hemfurth)

Track relicts E.ON connection

While the main line continues in the direction of Korbach, the also disused E.ON connecting railway runs from Bergheim through the Edertal and along the Affolderner See to the Waldeck pumped storage power station near Hemfurth, a district of Hemfurth-Edersee . There it crosses the Eder to end in a terminal station near the valley station of the Peterskopfbahn funicular . A little to the north of it is the Edersee barrier wall .

In 2006, a trolley line was set up on an approximately two-kilometer section between Affoldern and Hemfurth . For this purpose, a new stop with a 20 meter long platform was built in Affoldern at the Edersee Info-Point . The route ends directly in front of the Eder Bridge near Hemfurth. The originally planned extension to the Hemfurth stop could not be carried out because the Eder Bridge is also used by road vehicles.

Ederseebahn - Bergheim – Korbach section

Ederseebahn - train station networks

Before Bergheim the route of the Ederseebahn changes from the southern to the northern bank of the Eder and then leads upwards in the valley of the Netze and along the federal highway 485 . It is laid across some stream valleys, which sometimes made complex bridge structures necessary. So it leads to the Mehlener district Lieschensruh , which is passed without a stop, over the 30 meter high Buhlen Viaduct , which bridges both the Netze and the federal highway 485, after which it runs over Buhlen and Waldeck -Ost to Netze . The operational focus was the Waldeck station, which was a pure branch line idyll until the end.

Selbach Viaduct of the Ederseebahn on the Reiherbach

The railway then runs westward over the Selbacher Viaduct , which spans the Reiherbach valley near Selbach . The route then leads via Sachsenhausen , after which it passes under the federal highway 485 in the "Sachsenhausen Tunnel", then further north to Höringhausen . There it makes an unevenly running, elongated 180 ° bend, and then crosses the Werbe again westwards on a high embankment with a stream passage .

Past Meineringhausen , after which the route in the "Meineringhäuser Tunnel" crosses under the federal road 251 and a little later "Am Melm" is bridged by the federal road 251, it reaches Korbach , where it leads again on a bridge over the federal road 251 at the Südring . At Korbach Hauptbahnhof station , where the disused Ederseebahn ends, there is a connection to the Warburg – Sarnau line .

Uplandbahn - Korbach – Usseln section

Behind Korbach ( 384  m above sea level ) the route of the operating Uplandbahn , which runs slightly north-west along federal highway 251, overcomes a considerable difference in altitude until shortly after Usseln (580 to 620  m above sea level ). First it leads through Lelbach to the Lelbach-Rhena train station, after which Rhena is passed north. Here it crosses a small tributary of the Rhena in the catchment area of ​​the Neerdar on the Rhena Viaduct .

This is followed by the Bömighausen stop north of Bömighausen and then the Bömighauser Viaduct as a bridge over a small stream in the Neerdar catchment area. The line then reaches Neerdar station north of Neerdar.

Passing the Eimelrod station south of Eimelrod , the railway line leads to Usseln , after bridging the federal highway 251 again , where it crosses the Diemel on the Usselner viaduct . All access points between Korbach and Usseln are out of order.

Uplandbahn - section Usseln – Brilon Wald

"Willinger Viaduct" of the Uplandbahn on the Itter

The last part through the upland is downhill. After Usseln, the line reaches the Stryck stop, northeast of Stryck , after again crossing under the federal road 251 , where trains only stop for events at the Mühlenkopfschanze . Now the route turns to the northeast to after crossing the Itter on the Willinger Viaduct ( "The Viaduct") Willingen reach.

Behind Willingen it runs in the valley of the Hoppecke , in which it crosses the state border with North Rhine-Westphalia and the Hochsauerlandkreis , towards the north to Brilon-Wald . There is a connection to the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway , which connects Hagen with Warburg . The Wabern – Brilon Wald railway ends there. Another terminal is to Alme Valley Railway , the back up since December 2011. Brilon city in passenger traffic is busy. A large part of the trains from the direction of Korbach are also tied up there.

history

Brilon Wald train station

A special train in September 2012 on the Willingen Viaduct

The railway line was opened in several sections:

• Wabern – Bad-Wildungen on July 15, 1884
• Bad Wildungen – Buhlen on February 1, 1909
• Buhlen-Waldeck on May 1, 1911
• Waldeck – Korbach on June 1, 1912
• Korbach-Lelbach-Rhena on May 30, 1914
• Brilon Wald – Willingen on October 12, 1914
• Lelbach-Rhena-Eimelrod on May 1, 1916
• Eimelrod – Usseln on August 14, 1916
• Usseln – Willingen on April 2, 1917

Until about 1982 there was a hedge cable train from Frankfurt to Bremerhaven (temporarily Hamburg) between Korbach and Brilon and until 1991 a pair of express trains ran from Bad Wildungen to Amsterdam and back.

On May 27, 1995, traffic between Bergheim-Giflitz and Korbach was stopped due to bridge structures in need of renovation. Thereafter, the route from Bad Wildungen via Bergheim-Giflitz to Hemfurth-Edersee was used for excursion traffic, using the E.ON connection railway track leading to the Waldeck pumped storage power station between Bergheim-Giflitz and Hemfurth-Edersee . Due to the need for renovation of the line, traffic was stopped on October 3, 2001. The reactivation is still under discussion.

The freight between Korbach and Bad Wildungen was discontinued on January 1, 1992nd

Use today

Wabern – Bad Wildungen

The section between Wabern and Bad Wildungen runs every two hours. In the morning rush hour, there are deviations from this schedule Monday to Friday. From 7 a.m. all trains run continuously to and from Kassel. From and to the south there are connections to the Regional Express between Kassel and Frankfurt am Main in Wabern. Since the 2008/2009 timetable change in December 2008, the route has been operated by the Kurhessenbahn , which has taken over the route from the Hessische Landesbahn . Until the timetable change in December 2015, most trains on the route ran isolated between Wabern and Bad Wildungen, with a short connection to Kassel in Wabern. The Waldeck-Frankenberg district and the city of Bad Wildungen are contributing financially to the new direct connections with an annual operating subsidy.

Korbach – Brilon forest

On the section between Korbach and Brilon Wald, a two-hour cycle is offered as the basic cycle, which is increased in the morning and in the afternoon by additional trains. Due to Willingen's great touristic importance, a significantly denser train service will be provided between Brilon Wald and Willingen from Friday to Sunday, with individual pass-throughs in the direction of Hagen and Dortmund offering further travel options.

The Uplandbahn between Korbach and Brilon Wald is particularly important for the tourist development of the tourist and winter sports location Willingen in the Waldeck Upland . Local passenger transport is also carried out there by the Kurhessenbahn. The average speed of the trains is around 53 km / h.

Railcar of the Kurhessenbahn, Bestwig – Marburg in Brilon Wald

Railway bridge of the former route in Waldeck-Höringhausen over the district road K15 (direction Höringhausen ).

Today's cycle path on the route in Waldeck-Höringhausen (towards Korbach ).

Both sections, which are still used, have been threatened with closure several times in recent years. The line between Korbach and Willingen was temporarily out of order due to the dilapidation of the Willingen Viaduct. Thanks to the renovation of the four viaducts in Rhena, Bömighausen, Usseln and Willingen, the Kurhessenbahn was able to resume continuous operation. The maximum permissible speed has been increased to 100 km / h. The Usseln and Willingen stations were controlled as a nationwide pilot by a ZSB2000 signal box from Scheidt & Bachmann , with the train conductor being housed in Korbach. The operating procedure signaled train control has now been approved, and Korbach Hbf has also been equipped with Ks signals. Since November 2009, the line has been remote-controlled by the train conductor at Kassel Hbf station . In 2015 the Lower Edertalbahn Korbach – Frankenberg was connected as part of the modernization . The R 42 trains coming from Marburg will also be connected to Brilon Stadt.

Ederseebahn cycle path

On the Korbach – Buhlen section of the disused Ederseebahn, the 26.139 kilometer long Ederseebahn cycle path was laid out from 2008 to 2012 , including its tunnels and bridges .

Future development

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The route between Wega and Korbach is mentioned and secured in the North Hesse regional plan for 2009. The creation of the Ederseebahn cycle path means that it will not be ruled out that it will be operational again in the future.

In March 2016, the Kurhessenbahn won the tender for the diesel network Northwest Hesse and will therefore operate its existing route network for another 15 years from December 2017. The operation was originally intended to be completely converted to used low-floor multiple units of the type Stadler GTW (number: 13) and Siemens Desiro (number: 14). Since the modernization of the class 642 multiple units was not implemented on schedule by AW Kassel , Kurhessenbahn is currently using class 642 and 646 multiple units from the sister companies Erzgebirgsbahn , Westfrankenbahn and Usedomer Bäderbahn . In addition, existing vehicles from the 628 series are still in use. By December 2018, the entire vehicle fleet is to be converted to class 642 multiple units.

Due to the good use of the reactivated Korbach – Frankenberg section from the perspective of the NVV, the latter is aiming to introduce an hourly basic service between Marburg and Brilon in the medium term. For the timetable change in December 2017, additional trains were ordered in the afternoon, so that during this time there is an hourly service.

The upgrading of the platforms in Fritzlar, Ungedanken and Mandern is also being promoted through the federal modernization program to make small train stations accessible.

Web links

Commons : Wabern – Brilon Wald railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Route, operating points and some permitted speeds of the remaining route section on the OpenRailwayMap
• A. Buchholz: From the history of the Uplandbahn - 90th anniversary of the railway in Willingen. (PDF; 34 KiB) Willingen Tourist Information Office, October 2007, accessed on April 7, 2013 . 
• Historical photos of the route
• Official homepage of the Kurhessenbahn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
2. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
3. ↑ https://eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/3944-wega.html Pictures from the condition in 2010
4. ↑ Eder Draisine
5. ↑ https://eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/3944.html#sachsenhausen Pictures from 1985 when the line was still in operation
6. ↑ Direct connection to the ICE turnstile . In: https://www.wlz-online.de . September 28, 2015 ( wlz-online.de [accessed December 1, 2017]).
7. ^ Regional Council Kassel (ed.): Regionalplan Nordhessen 2009 . S. 131 ( hessen.de [PDF]).
8. ↑ NWL, In the Northwest Hesse network of the NVV, the Kurhessenbahn starts with different vehicles than planned - new timetable offer from 10 December not affected
9. ↑ Kurhessenbahn, you can look forward to modern, air-conditioned low-floor vehicles
10. ↑ 44th Association Assembly of the NWL, Item 3, Annex 1, SPNV service changes 2018. NWL, July 13, 2017, accessed on July 16, 2017 . 
11. ↑ BMVI: A further 25 train stations will be made barrier-free. In: Eurailpress. DVV Media Group GmbH, January 23, 2017, accessed on February 9, 2017 .