Blue gentian (train)

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Blue gentian
Train type: F-Zug (1951–1965)
TEE (1965–1979)
IC (1979–1987)
EC (1987–2002, since Dec. 2017)
Countries: GermanyGermany Germany Austria
AustriaAustria 
First drive: September 28, 1951
Today's operator: ÖBB and DB
Former operator: German Federal Railroad
route
Departure station: Hamburg-Altona /
Dortmund main station
Destination station: Munich central station /
Klagenfurt central station /
Zell am See
Technical specifications
Rolling stock: ÖBB 1116
Gauge (s) : 1435 mm
Power system (s): 15 kV 16⅔ Hz
Train run


TEA Blue Gentian 1965

Blauer Enzian is the name of a train operated by the Deutsche Bundesbahn that ran between Hamburg and Munich as a long-distance express train until 1965 and then as a TEE until 1971 . The successor operates today - again with the traditional name - as EuroCity between Frankfurt and Klagenfurt.

F train

First sets

Emergence

With the new long-distance train network created in 1951, the young Federal Railroad also wanted to use a premium train on the Munich - Hamburg route on the north-south route and the short route via Würzburg and Treuchtlingen , which was only equipped with the two upholstered classes at the time. This train was listed as FT 55/56 in the summer timetable. However, there was a lack of suitable free railcars, so that the train did not yet run. In the winter timetable 1951/52 a locomotive-hauled F-train was listed under the same number. It is very likely that the train did not run in this section of the timetable either. There is evidence of a train service from the 1952 summer timetable.

vehicles

Until 1953 the train consisted of pre-war cars of all types of use. One of the prototype wagons for the later series of UIC-X wagons of the DB ran here , but it was only 22.5 meters in length and still had bellows .

Henschel-Wegmann train

dare

From the summer schedule of 1953, the train was lifted out of the long-distance express trains by the cars used: The set of the earlier Henschel-Wegmann train , which carried a viewing end car based on the US model ( pulpit car ), was specially refurbished for this use. Due to problems with the conversion of the train set, which originally consisted of cars with second and third class compartments , the DB decided to generally convert the train to the (then) second class of cars.

Because of the long walking distance, one car set was not enough for circulation. A second set of wagons was prepared, the so-called Henschel-Wegmann counter train. This consisted of very different cars:

Pulpit car of the Henschel-Wegmann counter train
  1. the former saloon car of the Reich press spokesman Otto Dietrich in apron car design (formerly 10 251)
  2. an express train wagon of usage group 29 ,
  3. an express train wagon of usage group 35 ,
  4. a WR4ü-28 dining car , mostly the DSG WR 1230 from the Rheingold 1928,
  5. a Schnellzugwagen third class of using Group 39 ( Schürzenwagen ), which was converted to a comparable the Henschel Wegmann-train carriage with a rounded end glass pulpit.

This newly compiled set was taken out of service for the 1957 summer timetable and its circulation, which now only led the (new) first class, was converted to the usual UIC type A4üm-54 (Am 202) cars, with the old dining car initially continuing on this train. The Henschel-Wegmann train, on the other hand, was able to keep circulating until 1959.

Covering

In 1952, one in pulled depot Munich central station -based E 18 the train to Treuchtlingen , here took on a Wuerzburg class 01 to Fulda . From Fulda, a class 01.10 from Bw Bw (the train did not stop in Bebra itself) to Hanover and from there a class 03 from the Hamburg-Altona depot to Hamburg .

The previous steam covering north of Würzburg gave way to diesel traction with locomotives of the new V 200 0 (220) series. South of Würzburg, old locomotives of the E 17 and E 18 series could be seen in front of the trains until the new E 10 (110) series electric locomotives were delivered .

As between the summer timetable 1963 Würzburg could be driven electrically and Hanover, E-series locomotives came here E10.12 the Bw Nuremberg used. The V200 remained on the non-electrified Hamburg-Hanover and Würzburg-Treuchtlingen sections . When these sections were electrified in the summer of 1965, the new E10 at the Hamburg-Eidelstedt depot took over the entire route.

Preservation in a museum

The pulpit car of the second set is now part of the inventory of the Nuremberg Transport Museum . With a dining car and two matching express train carriages, it is used in charter and tourist traffic as the F-Zug Blauer Enzian . The location is Berlin . The car set is looked after by the association Traditionszug Berlin e. V.

Surname

The name "Blauer Enzian", which the connection had carried since the summer timetable in 1952, was the result of a competition that the DB organized among its passengers in 1951. In total, names were given to nine F-train pairs. The name "Blauer Enzian" emerged as the winner for the F 55/56. Like edelweiss - which gives the Edelweiss Express its name - gentian is an alpine flower and medicinal plant . In Europe, around 35 species of gentian grow, mainly in the Alps . Possibly because of their pure blue and bright flower color, which is rare in the plant kingdom , they were and are regarded as a symbol of loyalty and are mentioned in poems and songs. The routing and coloring of the train can explain the association .

TEA

Path of the "Blue Gentian" 1970 (red), 1979 (blue) and 1991 (green)

The electric locomotive covering expanded further north as electrification progressed. In 1963 it was possible to Hanover , in 1965 it reached Hamburg. At the same time, the Blue Gentian was upgraded to TEE and the wagons were converted accordingly. The train now consisted of two type A4vüm-65 (Avmz 111) compartment cars, two A4püm (Apmz 121) open seating cars, a WRmz 132 type dining car and an ARDmz 105 bar car. In the autumn of the same year, the new test machines of the E 03 ( 103) between Nuremberg , which was now on the route of the TEE 55/56, and Hamburg. The TEE was the fastest train of the DB in 1966 with an average cruising speed of 106 km / h. In 1967 the train number was changed to 554/55.

The bar car was discontinued as early as 1969. The DB planned to link the Blue Single with the TEE Mediolanum, which runs from Munich to Milan . But that failed because of the Italian Railways (FS) and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). For this, the Blue Gentian was extended from Munich via Salzburg , Bischofshofen , Schwarzach - St. Veit , Badgastein and Villach to Klagenfurt . The train ran between Munich and Salzburg as the F 54/55, with the ÖBB as the Ex 549/550. The winter timetable ran from Munich via Kufstein and Wörgl and other Tyrolean locations to Zell am See .

In the summer of 1970, when the train was now hauled by series 103 locomotives, the train number changed to TEE 80/81. In Rosenheim the train was divided. One part drove via Salzburg to Klagenfurt, the other via Kufstein to Zell am See, the latter reinforced by an ÖBB car. Since the dining car remained in the Klagenfurt part of the train, a minibar supplied passengers in the Zell through car. In the winter timetable, extensions beyond Munich were only offered on certain days. In summer there were daily train parts to Klagenfurt and Zell. In the cellar part an ARDmz bar car was again lined up.

With the beginning of the winter timetable 1971/72, the TEE Blauer Enzian was integrated into the new InterCity network of the DB, now called TEE 90/91. In 1975 the train part to Zell am See was given up.

InterCity / EuroCity use

With the start of the InterCity network IC '79 , the Blaue Enzian was converted into an Intercity with train numbers 120/121 and now also ran the second class of car. The route was changed to Braunschweig  - Hanover - Cologne  - Frankfurt  - Munich as part of IC line 2. The continuation to Klagenfurt was retained. In 1981 the route to Dortmund – Klagenfurt was shortened, and in 1986 the train number was changed to IC 20/21.

With the start of the EuroCity system in 1987, the Blue Enzian was driven as the EC 20/21 with through coaches to Ljubljana . In the 1990s there were two EC trains between Dortmund and Klagenfurt. The Blue Enzian now ran as EC 114/115, the former express train “Wörthersee” as EC 112/113. As a result, the names of both trains were omitted.

In the current timetable year (2018), the “Blaue Enzian” runs as a pair of trains EC 112/113 between Frankfurt and Klagenfurt as an ÖBB set with through coaches from and to Zagreb and the “Wörthersee” as EC 114/115 between Dortmund or Münster and Klagenfurt ÖBB EC wagons and an ÖBB Taurus tandem between Salzburg and Frankfurt.

literature

  • Wolfgang Burmeister, Christel Gernhuber (editor): European saloon car exhibition from 22. – 23. May 1993 on the premises of Raw Potsdam . Exhibition catalog. Ed .: Magistrate of the City of Potsdam. Potsdam 1993.
  • Center for public relations UIC: TEE . Ed .: Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer. Paris 1972 (Dutch).
  • Jörg Hajt: The big TEE book . Heel, Bonn / Königswinter 2001, ISBN 3-89365-948-X .
  • Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 .
  • Peter Goette: Light F-Trains of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88255-729-9 .
  • Maurice Mertens and Jean-Pierre Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express . LR Presse, Vannes 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 (French).
  • Hans-Wolfgang Scharf, Friedhelm Ernst: From the long-distance express train to the intercity . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1983, ISBN 3-88255-751-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 , p. 109 .
  2. ↑ Hans-Wolfgang Scharf, Friedhelm Ernst: From the long-distance express train to the intercity . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1983, ISBN 3-88255-751-6 , p. 177 .
  3. ^ Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 , p. 110 .
  4. ^ Maurice Mertens and Jean-Pierre Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express . LR Presse, Vannes 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 , p. 234-235 (French).
  5. ^ Wolfgang Diener: The passenger coaches and motor coaches of the Deutsche Reichsbahn 1930 . 2nd Edition. Röhr-Verlag, Krefeld 1983. ISBN 3-88490-090-0 , p. 51
  6. ↑ HE data sheet SalPresse4ü / 51 80 03-92 001-5. (PDF; 241 KiB) Historical Railway Frankfurt, archived from the original on May 20, 2014 ; Retrieved December 5, 2017 .
  7. ↑ See: Catalog. European Salon Car Exhibition , page 6. Both pulpit cars are not to be confused with the driver's observation car .
  8. ^ Peter Goette: Light F-Trains of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88255-729-9 , pp. 112 .
  9. ^ Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 , p. 109 .
  10. ^ Peter Goette: Light F-Trains of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88255-729-9 , pp. 114 .
  11. ↑ See catalog. European Salon Car Show , p. 6.
  12. ↑ Hans-Wolfgang Scharf, Friedhelm Ernst: From the long-distance express train to the intercity . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1983, ISBN 3-88255-751-6 , p. 180 .
  13. ^ Center for public relations UIC: TEE . Ed .: Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer. Paris 1972, p. 24 (Dutch).
  14. ↑ Jörg Hajt: The great TEE book . Heel, Bonn / Königswinter 2001, ISBN 3-89365-948-X , p. 82 .
  15. ^ Maurice Mertens and Jean-Pierre Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express . LR Presse, Vannes 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 , p. 239 (French).
  16. ^ Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 , p. 110 .
  17. ^ Maurice Mertens and Jean-Pierre Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express . LR Presse, Vannes 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 , p. 236 (French).
  18. ^ Peter Goette: TEE trains in Germany . EK Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-698-8 , p. 111 .
  19. ^ Maurice Mertens and Jean-Pierre Malaspina: La Légende des Trans Europ Express . LR Presse, Vannes 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 , p. 237 (French).
  20. ↑ Jörg Hajt: The great TEE book . Heel, Bonn / Königswinter 2001, ISBN 3-89365-948-X , p. 82 .