Deisterbahn

Weetzen-Haste
Route number (DB) :	1761
Course book section (DB) :	360.1; 360.2; 212a (1962)
Route length:	25.4 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Weetzen – Barsinghausen: 120 km / h Barsinghausen – Haste: 80 km / h
Dual track :	Weetzen-Egestorf
Legend from Hanover 25.4 have you to Minden Waldstraße (L 449) (until April 2015) Waldstraße (L 449) (from April 2015) Handover / Rz storage group 24.107 Hauptstrasse (K 50) Süntelbahn to Bad Münder am Deister 21.3 Bad Nenndorf formerly: -Nord / Keilbahnhof Rotrehre Bundesstrasse 442 19,455 Nenndorfer Strasse Federal motorway 2 18.6 Dirt road ( call barrier ) 18.1 Bantorf 18.054 B 65 Connection to the Antonie mine 16.5 Winninghausen Heerstrasse (K 244) 15.8 Feldweg (Winninghäuser Weg) 14.8 Dirt road 14.2 Rehrbrinkstrasse (L 392) 13.716 Berlin street 13.5 Barsinghausen 99 m to the monastery tunnel , handover of the tram Hannoversche Strasse (K 241) 13.2 Industrial connection, originally shaft IV 11.507 Country road (K 237) 11,324 Stoppstraße (L 391), 1899 to 1953 junction with tram 11.3 Kirchdorf (Deister) 10,660 Rottkampweg 10.291 Nienstedter Strasse (L 401) 9.2 Egestorf (Deister) 104 m 8,985 Wennigser Strasse (L 391) (L 391) 5.0 Wennigsen (Deister) 97 m 4,744 Degerser Strasse (L 390) 2.3 Lemmie 2.257 (K 230) Bundesstrasse 217 0.478 Humboldtstrasse (K 228) from Altenbeken 0.0 Whet 68 m to Hannover

The Deisterbahn , also the Weetzen – Haste line, is an electrified main line in Lower Saxony . It runs on the northern edge of the Deister between Weetzen and Haste . Today, the route is part of the Hanover S-Bahn network .

history

The concession for the main line to Altenbeken and the branch to Haste was granted to the Hanover-Altenbekener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft on November 25, 1868 . The railway line was built mainly to transport bulk goods ( Deist coal , stones and sugar beets from the Calenberger Land ). The Weetzen– Barsinghausen section was put into operation on May 1, 1872, the rest of the section to Haste on August 15, 1872. At that time, the Winninghausen , Lemmie , Kirchdorf and Bantorf stops did not yet exist. The route to Barsinghausen was initially served by two pairs of trains a day, after the extension to Haste the entire route was served by three pairs of trains. The route was immediately used for mail delivery to the Barsinghausen and Wennigsen (Deister) stations .

On October 1, 1901, the Winninghausen stop was opened. Since 1902 at the latest there have been efforts by the farmers from Lemmie and Sorsum to set up a stop at Lemmie. They were also supported by the farmers from Bönnigsen . For them, the way to Wennigsen station was significantly shorter, but more arduous because of the steep incline with horse-drawn vehicles. Finally, on December 15, 1904, the Lemmie stop was opened on land belonging to the secret government councilor Ditfurth. This lived in the adjacent manor Lemmie and had made it available free of charge. The Kirchdorf (1955, in the Egestorf area) and Bantorf (1975) stops followed much later.

On March 22, 1969, a steam locomotive drove a regular passenger train over the route for the last time and the train operation was switched to diesel traction . After adjustment plans of the DB in the late 1960s the track with financial support from the was Zweckverband Greater Hannover (Greater Association, GVH), a predecessor of today's Hanover region , electrified and on 31 May 1970, the first trip of a electric locomotive opened. First push-pull trains with n-cars , from 1989 on with Citybahn cars, which were mainly pulled or pushed by electric locomotives of the 141 series . The locomotive generally pulled in the direction of Haste.

At the end of the 1990s , as part of the establishment of the Hanover S-Bahn for the upcoming Expo 2000, the stations and stops were modernized, rebuilt or relocated (Egestorf) and the section from Weetzen to Egestorf was expanded to double-track. Here came the Y-steel sleepers used. Only on a short section south of the platforms in Weetzen up to the Humboldtstrasse level crossing is only one track available for trains to and from Haste, since a second track would have caused a considerable increase in costs with little benefit. This track is still inside the Weetzen train station. By the doubling of Weetzen-Egestorf passed the section only in the two stations Wennigsen and Egestorf evasive railroad tracks. The scheduled train crossings took place in Egestorf.

The stations in Weetzen, Wennigsen, Egestorf and Barsinghausen used to have additional sidings for handling general cargo . The freight office in Egestorf was the beginning of the 1970s , which in Wennigsen in the 1980s abandoned and the appropriate sidings located mostly in the renovation work on the establishment of the S-Bahn. The head ramp remained in Wennigsen, but it is neither road nor track side nor connected. Mechanical signal boxes were also located in the Egestorf and Wennigsen stations until the 1980s , before the switches and signals were controlled from the track diagram signal boxes in neighboring Barsinghausen and Weetzen. In the course of this change, the previous shape signals were replaced by H / V light signals . The Bad Nenndorf separation station, which had its own signal box, was dismantled to a stop after the Süntelbahn was abandoned.

In Barsinghausen, there used to be connections east of the train station to the monastery tunnel to the south and to shaft IV to the north. The northward connection begins behind the overpass over Hannoversche Straße and is equipped with a safety switch . Today it serves as the Barsinghausen industrial main track and only leads to the Brunslohe industrial estate.

In 2014 and 2015 an overpass was built in Haste and the pedestrian tunnel in the area of ​​the train station was extended. The level crossing on Waldstrasse directly south of the station was then lifted.

Route

The route runs in the northeastern foreland of the Deister . It branches off the Hanover – Altenbeken railway line in Weetzen in the area of ​​the city of Ronnenberg and runs from there through the area of ​​the city of Gehrden , the municipality of Wennigsen and the cities of Barsinghausen , Bad Nenndorf and the municipality of Haste on the Hanover – Minden railway line . In the area of ​​the Egestorf (Deister) train station , the route runs directly on the edge of the Deister. The entire course is largely flat and without tunnels. Near the Weetzen junction, the federal road 217 is crossed , behind the Wennigsen train station, the state road 391 crosses in a cut . Most of the other road crossings take place via level crossings . B. in Weetzen, Lemmie, Wennigsen, Egestorf and other places in the area of ​​Barsinghausen, Bad Nenndorf and Haste.

Since a significant part of the route runs at the foot of the Hanoverian "home mountains", the Deister (height up to 405 meters), it is also used extensively by day trippers and hikers on weekends. The Deisterbahn ends at Haste station on a separate track next to the Hanover – Minden –Ruhr area.

The stations in Weetzen and Haste are classified by DB Station & Service in category 4 , the Kirchdorf and Winninghausen stops in category 6 , and all other stations and stops in category 5 .

business

A freight train waits on a track in Barsinghausen station

Today the route is used by the S1, S2 lines and, since December 15, 2013, also by the S21 of the Hanover S-Bahn . From Monday to Friday from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., the Deisterbahn has the best service in its history every half hour. The scheduled crossings of lines S1 and S2 on the western section of the route take place at Bantorf station. In the eastern section, flying crossings take place in the section between Egestorf and Weetzen.

Freight traffic hardly plays a role anymore, only in the Barsinghausen industrial area two companies are served by gas tank wagons and hood / tarpaulin wagons for steel products from Hannover-Linden about once a day. This traffic is carried out by the Lindener Hafenbahn . The transports are usually carried out with a Voith Gravita and run from Hannover-Linden via Weetzen to Barsinghausen. Since the introduction of the S21, the way back has usually led via Haste due to route conflicts.

When designing the timetable, care was taken to ensure that there is a bilateral connection in Haste and a connection in the direction of Hameln in Weetzen. Together with the bus connections, the goal of an integral cycle timetable is almost achieved in the Deisterbahn area .

In the event of disruptions in the area around Hanover Central Station , the route is occasionally used as a diversion route for long-distance trains, so IC or Intercity Express trains can also be seen here from time to time .

Todays situation

Infrastructure

Operationally, the line from Weetzen to Barsinghausen is classified as a main line and from Barsinghausen to Haste as a secondary line.

The line is electrified throughout and has two tracks in the section from Weetzen (excluding the station entrance) to Egestorf, otherwise single-track. There is only one industrial connection in Barsinghausen that is not electrified. Remains of the former third station track still exist in Barsinghausen station, but it is no longer connected to the line. All other sidings have been completely dismantled.

Security systems

The route is controlled by 2 signal boxes. The eastern section of the route up to and including Wennigsen station is controlled from the Weetzen relay signal box, the section from Egestorf to Bantorf from the signal box at Barsinghausen station. Another signal box is located in Haste station, which only controls the area of ​​the station there.

H / V light signals are used along the entire route, some of them in compact form.

The two level crossings directly south of Weetzen station and directly west of Barsinghausen station are secured with full locks (four-way barrier). The level crossings in between are all secured with half barriers , as are most of the level crossings west of Barsinghausen. On the western section there are level crossings only secured with St. Andrew's cross .

Further planning

In Barsinghausen station, the platform on track 2 is to be expanded to 210 meters for around 2 million euros.

For the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 , an expansion project for an improved freight bypass around the city of Hanover has been registered, in which a new connecting curve is planned in the Weetzen area.

The region is planning another stop in Hanover-Waldhausen. In order to compensate for the resulting increase in travel time, the section between Bantorf and Winninghausen is to be expanded to two tracks.

literature

• Michael Bahls: The Hanover-Altenbeken Railway. Kenning, Nordhorn 2006, ISBN 3-927587-77-X .
• Alfred Gottwaldt: Hanover and its railways . Alba, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 3-87094-345-9
• Claus Beese: The children from Deisterbahnhof , ISBN 978-3-86675-173-6
• Helmut R. Sülldorf: Since 1872, Deisterbahn Weetzen – Haste , 2nd edition 2016, Heimatmuseum Wennigsen, 30974, Mühlenstraße 6

Web links

• Michael Hemme: The first locomotive was called Deister. Hannoversche Allgemeine, May 2, 2012, accessed on March 4, 2013 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 30 years of Barsinghausen town law , special supplement to the Deister Leine Zeitung from August 20, 1999
2. ↑ Barsinghausen station to be expanded for two million euros Calenberger Online-News from December 4, 2014, accessed on January 13, 2015.
3. ↑ Overview of the ongoing projects and the projects proposed for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan - Federal Railways ( Memento of July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), page 23, accessed on January 13, 2015.
4. ↑ Optimization of the Hanover railway junction. In: www.hannover.de. City of Hanover, accessed on April 7, 2018 .