Berlin curve
| Faßdorf junction - Blankenheim junction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number (DB) : | 3801 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 4.920 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 160 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | continuous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Berlin curve is a double-track, electrified main line in Hesse , which, bypassing the Bebra passenger station, links the Halle – Kassel and Frankfurt am Main – Göttingen routes. In particular, it enables passenger trains to run from Halle / Leipzig to Frankfurt am Main without changing the direction of travel. The Bebra Rbf marshalling yard is linked from Halle via a connecting curve for freight traffic.
history
The line was put into operation on May 1, 1915 and saved passenger trains between Berlin and Frankfurt am Main having to worry about their heads in Bebra.
After 1945, the connecting curve was hardly used anymore due to the change of locomotives in Bebra, which was usually necessary due to the inner-German border .
Since May 28, 1995, the reactivated Berlin curve has been used again by regular passenger trains. In conjunction with the Thuringian Railway, which was upgraded and electrified in sections for 160 km / h, the curve between Frankfurt and Leipzig or Berlin enabled travel times to be shortened by around an hour. This made it unnecessary to change locomotives in Bebra.
Route description
The line branches off at the Faßdorf junction at kilometer 206.337 from Halle (Saale) Hbf – Kassel Hbf , which it crosses shortly afterwards. At route kilometer 2, the directional track of the regular travel direction Fulda crosses the railway line coming from the direction of Bebra. In the further course, both tracks initially run parallel to each other and join the line to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf at the Blankenheim junction.
Web links
- Route, operating points and permitted speeds on OpenStreetMap and the OpenRailwayMap .
Individual evidence
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
- ↑ a b Konrad Koschinski: Without detour via the "Berlin curve" . In: Der Tagesspiegel . No. 15526 , March 2, 1996.
- ↑ New trains. Faster between east and west . In: Handelsblatt . No. 101 , June 26, 1995, ISSN 0017-7296 , p. g06 .