Chronological list of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn

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Chronological list of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the former Deutsche Länderbahn and the Deutsche Reichsbahn until 1945, in the area of ​​today's Germany . For route electrification in Silesia, see Electric Railway Operations in Silesia . Only the lines of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the Länderbahnen up to 1920 are listed, not including the direct current lines in Berlin and Hamburg operated with power rails. For these companies there are tabular overviews under History of the Berlin S-Bahn and S-Bahn Hamburg . The privately built and later mostly owned by the Reichsbahn electric local railways are in the list of re- electrified railway lines and in the list of formerly electrified railway lines . For the sake of clarity, the pure freight railways, which can be found in abundance in the area of ​​junctions, are only listed if they are important, but may be mentioned in the comments.

Land railroad time

The history of the electric drive of rail vehicles in the area of ​​the German federal states was initially shaped by the geographically widely separated priorities of the first deployments. After the first experiments with smaller rail vehicles and trams, there were multiple tests with different power systems, with the aim of determining the best method for electrical operation on mainline railways .

First attempts on main railways

The first significant known enterprise took place in 1903 on the four-kilometer-long branch line Schöneweide – Spindlersfeld of the Berlin-Görlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft with overhead line and alternating current of 6000 volts and a frequency of 25 Hz under the direction of the Union-Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (UEG) .

In Bavaria, from 1905, initial experience was gained with operation with single-phase alternating current on the privately operated Ammergau Railway . A first but unsuccessful attempt was carried out with a voltage of 800 V and a frequency of 40 Hz, then until 1951/1955 with 5000 or 5500 V and 16 Hz.

In Südbaden was 1913 on the meadow and wehra valley railway a 47 kms of route network equipped with a contact line for single-phase 15 kV and 15 Hz, wherein a supply of the near favoring hydroelectric plant Wyhlen was possible. In addition, the 3.2 kilometer long Fahrnau tunnel of the Wehratalbahn spoke in favor of using electric trains.

Network expansion of electrical operations

For the Hamburg-Altona urban and suburban railway , the system used on the Schöneweide – Spindlersfeld test route with 6,300 volts and 25 Hz was adopted from 1907 and retained until 1955, with a gradual changeover to direct current with a lateral busbar and a voltage of 1, from 1940 2 kV took place with parallel operation of both systems on what is now the " S-Bahn Hamburg " until 1955.

In Bavaria, a state parliament resolution was passed in 1908 with the aim of providing funds for the electrification of mountain railway lines in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area and in the former Berchtesgaden district . Unlike in Prussia, the electrical energy was obtained exclusively from hydropower . From 1912, the Mittenwaldbahn and from 1913 the Ausserfernbahn were the first real full-line lines in southern Germany to be operated electrically. The Freilassing – Berchtesgaden railway followed in 1914, but had to be closed again in August 1914 and was only opened for continuous operation on August 1, 1916 with its own locomotives.

After the first operational experience on the Bitterfeld – Dessau line , work began in 1913 on building an electrical network in Central Germany , which was supplied with electrical energy from the Muldenstein lignite railway power station . The electrification of the Magdeburg – Dessau – Leipzig – Halle connection was firmly planned. After the commissioning of the line to Wiederitzsch before the gates of Leipzig, including sections of the Leipziger Güterring , the commissioning of electrical operations in Leipzig Central Station and on the route to Halle was planned for August 1914 . With the outbreak of the First World War , however, electrical operation was discontinued, the copper contact wire for use in armaments was dismantled and the electricity from the Muldenstein power station was used for industry. The vehicles were relocated to Silesia, where from June 1, 1914, the promising electric driving operation on a mountain railway was introduced.

In total there was a 264-kilometer Länderbahn network with electrical operation in the German Reich in 1914.

Agreement on a uniform electrical system

In anticipation of a later unification of the sub -networks, the administrations of the Bavarian State Railways , the Baden State Railways and the Prussian-Hessian Railway Association agreed in the " Agreement on the Execution of Electric Train Conveyance " in 1912 to electrify their main lines exclusively with single-phase alternating current 15 kV 16⅔ Hz. As a result, from 1912 - apart from the meter- gauge narrow - gauge railway Klingenthal – Sachsenberg-Georgenthal - all regional railway lines were electrified with this system or, if a timely adjustment was not technically possible, converted at a later date.

year Day
month
 Route between the stations Part of the
overall connection 		Length
(km)
 Remarks
1903 14 Aug Niederschöneweide-Johannisthal - Spindlersfeld Schöneweide – Spindlersfeld 4th Test section 6000 V 25 Hz
1906 Nov 15 Test track near Oranienburg independent route 1.76 * oval ring line next to the Berlin Northern Railway
* 6000 V 25 Hz
1908 Jan. 15 Berchtesgaden - state border - hanging stone Berchtesgaden – Hangender Stein (–Salzburg) 12.6 * Kilometers beyond the national border to the Hangender Stein train station (A).
* 1000 V DC
* shut down in 1938.
Jan. 29 Blankenese - Ohlsdorf Hamburg-Altona city and suburban railway 26.62 * 6300 V 25 Hz; Blankenese – Altona (approx. 9 km) electrically since October 1, 1907
* from July 15, 1940 (meanwhile Hamburg S-Bahn ) additional parallel and from May 22, 1955 pure direct current operation.
1909 May 29th Berchtesgaden - Königssee Berchtesgaden – Königssee
(Königsseebahn) 		4.31 * Direct current operation 1000 V
* 1942 Conversion to alternating current 15 kV 16⅔ Hz.
* Line closure formally in 1971, actually in 1966.
1911 Jan. 18 Bitterfeld - Dessau central station (Magdeburg–) Dessau – Leipzig (–Halle) 25.6 * 5 kV 15 Hz, from March 1911 10 kV 15 Hz, from 1913 15 kV 16⅔ Hz.
* Shut down on August 8, 1914.
* restarted on January 25, 1922 .
01st of May Altona Hbf –Altona quay Altona Hauptbahnhof - Altona Kai 1.7 * 3000 V 25 Hz;
* Discontinued in 1954
1912 Oct 28 Garmisch - Mittenwald - Scharnitz (border) Innsbruck – Garmisch-Partenkirchen 22.98 15 kV 15 Hz; from April 1922 16 Hz
1913 May 29th Garmisch - Griesen (border) - Reutte in Tyrol Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Kempten
(Ausserfernbahn) 		14.85 15 kV 15 Hz; from April 1922 16 Hz
13 Sep Basel Bad Bf - Schopfheim - Zell (Wiesental) / Säckingen Basel Bad Bf – Schopfheim – Zell (Wiesental) / Säckingen 48.42 * 15 kV, 15 Hz; from Dec. 1936 16⅔ Hz.
* End of electric train service Schopfheim – Säckingen on May 23, 1971.
0Dec 5 Bitterfeld - Delitzsch Berlin train station (= lower train station) Dessau – Leipzig 11.8 * shut down on August 8, 1914.
* restarted on Sep 22. 1921 .
1914 01st of May Leipzig-Wahren - Leipzig-Schönefeld Leipzig-Wahren-Engelsdorf 13.4 * Freight train line
* shut down on August 8, 1914.
* Recommissioned on January 25, 1921 .
0June 1st Delitzsch Berlin train station - Neuwiederitzsch Dessau – Leipzig 14.2 * shut down on August 8, 1914.
* restarted on Sep 22. 1921 .
0June 1st Nieder Salzbrunn - Bad Salzbrunn - Fellhammer - Halbstadt Nieder Salzbrunn – Halbstadt 34.49 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
1916 0Jan. 1 Freiburg (Silesia) - Nieder Salzbrunn - Dittersbach - Gottesberg Breslau Freiburg station - Waldenburg 27.9 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
May 14th Klingenthal - Sachsenberg-Georgenthal Klingenthal – Sachsenberg-Georgenthal 4.113 * Track width: 1000 mm
* 650 V DC voltage, from 1956 600 V
* decommissioned in 1964.
01 Aug Salzburg - Freilassing - Berchtesgaden Salzburg – Freilassing – Berchtesgaden 40.36 * Start of electric train operation with electric locomotives EP 3/6
* as early as April 15, 1914, provisionally electric, but stopped again on August 3, 1914.
* 5.6 km of the total length on Austrian territory.
1917 0April 1 Freiburg (Silesia) - King's tent Breslau Freiburg station - Waldenburg 9.2 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
1919 Oct. 22 Gottesberg - Ruhbank Waldenburg – Görlitz 13.3 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
0Dec 8 Ruhbank - Merzdorf (Silesia) Waldenburg – Görlitz 6.3 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945

1920s

After the interruption of electrification activities in World War I, it was operated all the more quickly in the 1920s. First of all, the routes in central Germany were converted according to the pre-war plans. When the Walchensee power plant went into operation at the beginning of 1924 , Bavaria was now able to make itself independent of electricity supplies from Austria and subsequently massively expand the electrical railway network under the direction of Oskar von Miller . By the end of the decade, most of the routes leaving Munich were electrified. In addition, the previously remote Freilassing – Berchtesgaden railway was connected from Munich via Rosenheim and Traunstein in 1927/28 . The travel time between Munich and Salzburg or the Berchtesgadener Land was reduced from four hours to three hours and 15 minutes, which is said to have been particularly beneficial for tourism in Upper Bavaria. At the end of 1925, around 1000 km were in electrical operation on the Reichsbahn, two years later it was just over 1200 km and at the end of 1929 around 1500 km. The network in Bavaria was the most extensive with 700 kilometers, followed by the routes in the Silesian Mountains with 300 kilometers. Electrification turned out to be a capital-intensive, but worthwhile investment: Compared to steam locomotives, the Reichsbahn was able to save 13 percent on express trains, 18 percent on passenger trains and as much as 29 percent on freight trains. However, due to the lack of financial resources, electrification was slower than was the case with other European railways at the time. In 1929 only 3 percent of the Reichsbahn's route network was operated electrically, while it was 15 percent for the Austrian Federal Railways, 18 percent for the Swedish State Railways and as much as 57 percent for the Swiss Federal Railways . Ultimately, the financial situation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn prevented even more far-reaching projects such as closing the gap in the central German network between Halle and Magdeburg or the electrification of the Rhine Valley Railway Basel-Karlsruhe and on to Heidelberg, which was checked by the Reichsbahndirektion Karlsruhe .

year Day and month
Route between the stations Part of the
overall connection 		Length (km)
 Remarks
1920 Jan. 16 Merzdorf (Silesia) - Schildau (Bober) Waldenburg – Görlitz 5.6 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
June 21st Schildau (Bober) - Hirschberg (Rsgb) Waldenburg – Görlitz 5.1 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
1921 Jan. 25 Leipzig-Wahren - Leipzig-Schönefeld Leipzig-Wahren-Engelsdorf 13.4 * Freight train line
* second electrification
* dismantled in 1946.
17th Aug Ruhbank - Landeshut (Silesia) - Liebau (Silesia) Ruhbank-Liebau 16.10 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
22 Sep Leipzig Hbf - Bitterfeld Leipzig – Dessau (–Biederitz – Magdeburg) 32.7 * Second electrification
* The opening date relates to the voltage connection. Ironing ride on Sep 23 1921
* Start of operation in early October 1922.
* Disassembled in 1946.
1922 Jan. 25 Bitterfeld - Dessau central station Leipzig – Dessau (–Biederitz – Magdeburg) 25.6 * Second electrification
* Power on on Jan. 23, 1922
* Start of operation on April 9, 1922.
* Disassembled in 1946.
Apr 15 Hirschberg (Rsgb) - Lauban Waldenburg – Görlitz 51.9 Dismantled in 1945, Polish line from 1945, electrified again in 1986
0June 1st Leipzig Hbf - Halle (Saale) Hbf Leipzig Hbf – Wiederitzsch – L.-Wahren – Halle 37.7 * Commissioning of Halle (Saale) freight yard on Feb. 26, 1923
* 1946 dismantled.
28 Sep Leipzig-Schönefeld - Engelsdorf Leipzig-Wahren-Engelsdorf 1.5 * Freight train route
* Bow ride on Sep 29. 1922
* Start of operation on October 8, 1922.
* Disassembled in 1946.
1923 Jan. 25 Dessau Hbf - Roßlau Pbf - Zerbst Leipzig – Dessau –Biederitz (–Magdeburg) 18.1 * Freight train operation Dessau – Roßlau with simultaneous commissioning of freight train tracks (Roßlau Pbf – Roßlau Gbf: 1.3 km
* Roßlau Vorbf – Roßlau Gbf: 1.2 km)
* Power connection and bar run on December 19, 1922.
* Disassembled in 1946.
0Feb 1 Zerbst - good luck Leipzig – Dessau –Biederitz (–Magdeburg) 8.3 * Switching on the power supply and running the hoop at the same time as Dessau-Zerbst on May 16, 1923.
* 1946 dismantled.
Feb 15 Hirschberg (Rsgb) junction Boberbrücke - Grünthal (Polaun) Hirschberg – Polaun 48.93 1945 dismantled, line from 1945 Polish, from 1987 (to Szklarska Poręba Górna): 3 kV =
0July 1 (1) Güterglück - Magdeburg Hbf
(2) Magdeburg Elbbrücke junction - Rothensee Rbf 		(1) Leipzig-Dessau -Biederitz -Magdeburg
(2) Magdeburg-Rothensee-Magdeburg central station 		(1) 34.4
(2) 2.63 		* Power on on May 16, 1923
* Roßlau – Rothensee freight train operation started on February 12, 1924.
* Dismantled in 1946.
0Sep 1 Lauban - Görlitz Waldenburg – Görlitz 25.58 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
1924 March 12 Ohlsdorf - Poppenbüttel (Blankenese–) Ohlsdorf – Poppenbüttel 5.82 * 6300 V 25 Hz
* Conversion to direct current from April 22, 1940
20 Mar Görlitz - Schlauroth Rbf Schlauroth Rbf – Görlitz 3.24
1925 23 Feb Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Weilheim (Oberbay) - Tutzing - Munich main station Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Munich 100.42
04th Mar Tutzing - Staltach - Kochel Tutzing – Kochel 35.47
16. Mar. Munich Hbf - Gauting Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Munich 18.80 Suburban tracks
01st of May Weilheim (Oberbay) - Peißenberg Weilheim – Peißenberg 8.94 Electric train operation ceased on April 8 or July 22, 1982.
0July 1 Rothensee Rbf - Magdeburg Hbf Magdeburg-Rothensee – Magdeburg main station 5.90 * Freight tracks
* according to other information August 8, 1925;
* Dismantled in 1946
0Aug 8 Munich-Pasing - Herrsching Munich-Pasing-Herrsching 30.94 according to other information May 27, 1925
0Oct. 3 Munich Hbf - Freising - Landshut (Bay) Munich – Regensburg 76.06 * other information: October 4, 1925.
* to Freising (40.65 km) since Sep. 21. 1925 electric.
* for the first time in the area of ​​the RBD Regensburg (17.56 km).
  12 Staltach branch – Penzberg Gbf– Penzberg Pbf - 3.23 * Freight railway
* shut down in 1962, then dismantled.
1926 0Feb 1 Munich-Moosach - Munich-Laim - Munich-Pasing - 8.58 Freight railway
23 Apr Feldmoching - Munich-Milbertshofen - Munich East Rbf Feldmoching – Munich East 16.72 Freight railway
0Oct. 3 Landshut (Bay) - Neufahrn (Niederbay) Munich – Regensburg 23.16
1927 0Jan. 1 Connecting routes Halle (Saale) Gbf - 6.9 Dismantled in 1946
0Jan. 3 (1) Munich Central Station - Munich South - Munich East Pbf
(2) Munich Laim - Munich South 		(1) Munich – Rosenheim (–Kufstein / –Salzburg)
(2) Munich-Laim – Munich South 		(1) 9.77
(2) 4.73 		Freight railway Munich-Laim – Munich South
Apr 12 Munich East Pbf - Grafing - Rosenheim Munich – Rosenheim (–Kufstein / –Salzburg) 54.99 Munich East – Grafing (27.9 km) has been electric since March 19, 1927.
May 15 Neufahrn (Niederbay) - Regensburg Hbf Munich – Regensburg 38.91 according to other information May 11, 1927
15th of July Rosenheim - state border - Kufstein (Munich–) Rosenheim – Kufstein 34.21 2.34 km on Austrian territory
17th Aug Munich East Rbf - -
0Oct. 2 Munich Hbf - Maisach Munich – Augsburg 24.82
Oct 17 Maisach - Nannhofen Munich – Augsburg 6.16 for the first time in the area of ​​the RBD Augsburg (4.63 km)
Oct 21 Munich East Pbf - Munich East Rbf - 2.36 Connecting track
Oct 21 Munich-Johanneskirchen - Ismaning (2) - 7.18
1928 Jan. 28 Breslau Freiburg station - King's tent Breslau Freiburg station - Waldenburg 48.31 1945 dismantled, line from 1945 Polish, electrified again 1966 (3 kV =)
27 Mar Rosenheim - Traunstein Rosenheim – Salzburg 53.31
 March 4th Lauban - Kohlfurt Kohlfurt – Lauban 21.75 1945 dismantled, line from 1945 Polish, from 1986: 3 kV =
  4th Traunstein - Freilassing Rosenheim – Salzburg 29.56 Kilometers 29.56 to the state border behind Freilassing plus 5.6 km to Salzburg. 28.4 km to Freilassing.
  6th Lauban - Marklissa Lauban – Marklissa 10.81 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945

1930s

Due to the global economic crisis , electrification practically came to a standstill from the end of the 1920s. The fact that, in view of the poor financial situation at the Reichsbahn, the connection via Augsburg to Stuttgart could be tackled was due to the fact that the Reich government took over the interest on the construction capital to curb unemployment and provided funds for unemployment insurance. In addition, the expansion to Württemberg improved the capacity utilization of the Bavarian power plants on Lake Walchensee and on the middle Isar . Thanks to a loan from the state of Württemberg, further routes in suburban traffic in Stuttgart could be converted to electric operation by 1939 . The continuation of electrification beyond Stuttgart to Karlsruhe, however, did not materialize because of the Wehrmacht's concerns about the proximity to the border with France. Instead, thanks to a loan subsidy, the gap in the central German network between Magdeburg and Halle, which was urgently needed for economic and operational reasons, was finally completed by 1934.

When the route from Munich via Augsburg to Stuttgart was electrified in southern Germany, it made sense to convert the connection via Treuchtlingen to Nuremberg as well. The route opened in May 1935 was not only a test route for various types of contact lines for a top speed of 160 km / h, but also a first part of a plan that was based on the axis policy of the time and was based on the slogan "Electric from Berlin to Reggio di Calabria" flowed. Preliminary investigations have been carried out since the 1920s to connect the three networks in Bavaria, Central Germany and Silesia. In addition to the Nuremberg – Saalfeld – Halle / Leipzig line, the electrification of the Leipzig / Dresden – Hof – Regensburg / Nuremberg and Leipzig – Dresden – Görlitz lines was also planned. There were considerations to obtain electricity directly from the public grid with the help of traction current converter stations or, alternatively, to draw electricity directly from the state with a frequency of 50 Hertz. To research the latter technology, the Höllental and Dreiseenbahn in the Black Forest were electrified in 1936 with industrial frequency current of 20 kV 50 Hz. Since multi-system vehicles were not yet known, its use between Berlin and Munich would have meant repeated spanning of the electric locomotives, so that the connection via the steep Franconian Forest Railway was only electrified at 15 kV 16⅔ Hz.

year Day and month
Route between the stations Part of the
overall connection 		Length (km)
 Remarks
1931 May 15 Nannhofen– Augsburg main station Munich – Augsburg 30.91
1932 09 Dec Hirschberg (Rsgb) - Zillerthal-Erdmannsdorf - Schmiedeberg (Rsgb) - Landeshut (Silesia) Hirschberg State Hat 38.8 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
1933 May 15 (1) Augsburg Hbf - Ulm Hbf
(2) Stuttgart Hbf - Esslingen (Neckar)
(3) Stuttgart Hbf - Ludwigsburg 		(1) Augsburg-Ulm (-Stuttgart)
(2) (Augsburg-) Ulm-Stuttgart
(3) Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg 		(1) 85.97
(2) 13.46
(3) 13.93 		* For the first time in the area of ​​the RBD Stuttgart (Augsburg – Ulm: 0.97 km to Ulm Hbf)
* Length information Stuttgart – Esslingen refers to the long-distance tracks
* Length information for the simultaneously electrified, parallel suburban tracks : 13.21 km
* Stuttgart – Ludwigsburg : Suburban tracks.
0June 1st (1) Esslingen (Neckar) - Plochingen - Ulm Hbf
(2) Kornwestheim - Stuttgart-Untertürkheim 		(1) (Augsburg-) Ulm-Stuttgart
(2) Kornwestheim-Stuttgart-Untertürkheim 		(1) 80.17
(2) 10.67 		Kornwestheim – Stuttgart-Untertürkheim freight bypass
1934 0June 1st (1) Munich Hbf - Dachau
(2) Stuttgart Hbf - Kornwestheim Rbf 		(1) Munich – Dachau
(2) Stuttgart – Ludwigsburg 		(1) 17.80
(2) 9.27 		Freight tracks Stuttgart – Kornwestheim
June 29th Zillerthal-Erdmannsdorf - Krummhübel Zillerthal-Erdmannsdorf-Krummhübel 6.9 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
02nd July Leipzig-Wahren –Leipzig Magdeburg-Thuringian Bf. Leipzig Hbf – Leipzig-Wahren 6.44 Dismantled in 1946
30th July Munich-Laim - Munich-Allach - 6.20 Freight railway
0Oct 7 Plochingen - Tübingen Plochingen – Tübingen 49.01
0Oct 7 Magdeburg Hbf - Köthen - Halle (Saale) Hbf Magdeburg-Halle 86.10 Dismantled in 1946
1935 10th of May Augsburg Hbf - Donauwörth - Nürnberg Hbf (1)
Reichelsdorf - Nürnberg-Eibach - Nürnberg Rbf (2) 		(1) Augsburg Hbf – Nördlingen , Donauwörth – Treuchtlingen , Treuchtlingen – Nürnberg Hbf
(2) - 		(1) 134.56
(2) 6.71 		* Electric to Donauwörth (40.8 km) since Dec. 17, 1934.
* Augsburg – Nürnberg for the first time in the area of ​​the RBD Nürnberg (60.41 km)
* for Donauwörth – Nürnberg and Reichelsdorf – Nürnberg Rbf (freight railway) is also mentioned May 15th.
0June 1st Schönebeck (Elbe) - Schönebeck-Salzelmen Schönebeck – Schönebeck-Salzelmen 3.00 Dismantled in 1946
15 Aug Nürnberg Hbf - Depot Nürnberg Hbf - 3.21 Access track to the depot
1936 18th of June (1) Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf - Titisee - Neustadt (Schwarzw)
(2) Titisee - Seebrugg 		(1) Freiburg – Titisee (/ Seebrugg) –Neustadt
(2) (Freiburg–) Titisee – Seebrugg 		(1) 36.40
(2) 19.17 		* 20 kV 50 Hz
* Changeover to 15 kV 16⅔ Hz on May 29, 1960
1937 Dec 15 Geislingen (Steige) –Geislingen-Altenstadt Erzbf Geislingen-Geislingen-Altenstadt 3.14 Is electrical operation stopped?
1938 0Oct. 1 Munich-Milbertshofen –Abzw Olching Ost– Olching train station Munich East – M.-Milbertshofen – Olching 17.38 Freight railway
Oct 15 Obermerzdorf - Krausendorf Merzdorf – Landeshut 1.85 Dismantled in 1945, route in Polish from 1945
1939 May 15 (1) Nuremberg central station - Saalfeld (Saale)
(2) Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen - Leonberg 		(1) Nuremberg – Bamberg –Lichtenfels –Probstzella –Saalfeld (–Halle / Leipzig)
(2) Stuttgart – Weil der Stadt 		(1) 181.07
(2) 14.39 		* Nuremberg – Saalfeld: As far as Probstzella (155.45 km to the Rbd border at Falkenstein), electric since April 15, 1939;
* Section Rbd border – Saalfeld dismantled in 1946.
26 Aug (1) Nürnberg Hbf - Nürnberg-Dutzendteich –Nürnberg Rbf entrance
(2) Nürnberg Hbf - Fürth (Bay) Hbf 		(1) Nürnberg Hbf – N.-Dutzendteich – N. Rbf – Fuerth

(2) Nürnberg Hbf – N.-Dutzendteich – N. Rbf – Fuerth

(1) 11.42
(2) 10.46 		* Freight railways
* between Nürnberg Hbf and Nürnberg-Dutzendteich use of the Nürnberg – Regensburg railway line
* Alternative commissioning date: August 22, 1939.
Dec 18 Leonberg - Because of the city Stuttgart – Because of the city 11.29

1940s

Further expansion in the war years

In contrast to the First World War, the electrification program was not stopped with the outbreak of the Second World War , but continued for as long as the accompanying circumstances made it possible. Two years before the completion of the connection between the Bavarian and Central German networks by closing the last gap from Weißenfels via Großkorbetha to Leipzig in November 1942, the two 110 kV traction current networks could be connected to one another. This enabled the exchange of energy between the central German coal-fired power plant Muldenstein, which supplies the base load, and the southern German hydropower plants, which are capable of peak loads .

Only in the last years of the war was electrification stopped by increasing bombardments, so the catenary between Großkorbetha and Halle (Saale), which was completed in 1944, could no longer be used in practice due to the air raids on Merseburg and the Leunawerke .

When the war ended were in southern Germany in 1800, nearly five hundred in central Germany, nearly four hundred in Silesia, in southern Baden hundred and Austria with after the " connection spans integrated" in 1938 in the Reichsbahn network 650 kilometers of track with overhead wires.

Development after the end of the war

In the summer of 1945, the electrical systems in Silesia were dismantled and most of them were brought to the Soviet Union as reparations . In the other networks, the widespread shortage of coal led to the rapid restart of the electric train operations. As early as April 28, 1945, the reconstruction of the railway systems in Nuremberg began and in November 1945 it was possible to drive electrically again between Munich and the Bavarian border near Probstzella.

In Central Germany, too, electrical operation was gradually resumed: on August 1, 1945, the entire network in the Rbd Halle was again operated electrically , except for the Leutzsch – Leipzig Hbf and some freight train routes . With the completion of the work in the Saalfeld (Saale) train station on March 9, 1946, continuous electrical operation between Central Germany and Bavaria seemed possible again. In addition, the Deutsche Reichsbahn began electrifying the Halle – Bitterfeld line and then continuing towards Berlin.

However, with Order No. 95 of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD), electrical operation was discontinued on March 29, 1946 and the vehicles and the stationary systems were confiscated. The dismantling of the contact line systems was carried out under time pressure and thus in a less gentle manner. For example, the masts, most of which were insertable masts, were burned autogenously above the foundation. The material became largely unusable. 144 steam locomotives would have been necessary to replace the 79 electric locomotives, but only 60 were actually available. This worsened the precarious situation in the Soviet occupation zone, which had already been caused by the dismantling of the second track.

Only from 1955 - apart from the S-Bahn Berlin , the narrow-gauge railway Klingenthal-Sachsenberg-Georgenthal and the 1949/50 nationalized operations of the Buckower and Schleizer Kleinbahn and the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn - were again electrically operated railway lines in the network of the Deutsche Reichsbahn ( see Chronicle of the route electrification of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR area ). In the western occupation zones, on the other hand, the first attempts to expand electrical operations could be observed again towards the end of the decade. In April 1948, the electrification of the almost one hundred kilometer long Nuremberg – Regensburg railway line began, the opening of which was already mentioned in the chronicle of the electrification of the line German Federal Railroad falls.

year Day and month
Route between the stations Part of the
overall connection 		Length
(km)
 Remarks
1940 0Oct 6 Geislingen West – Eybtal main station Geislingen-Geislingen-Altenstadt 2.35 Electrical operation ceased from 1947 to 1956.
0Oct 6 Geislingen (Steige) –Kehrbf Eybtal Geislingen-Geislingen-Altenstadt 1.47 Electrical operation ceased from 1947 to 1956.
0Oct 6 Abzw Helfenstein – Kehrbf Eybtal (0.58 km) Geislingen-Geislingen-Altenstadt 0.58 Electrical operation ceased from 1947 to 1956.
Dec 15 Saalfeld (Saale) - Rudolstadt Großheringen – Saalfeld 10.2 Date according to Werner Usbeck (President of the RBD Halle ). Individual openings:
dismantled in 1946.
1941 Feb 15 Rudolstadt - Göschwitz Großheringen – Saalfeld 32.2
05th of May Göschwitz –Großheringen branch Großheringen – Saalfeld 32.1
05th of May Big herring branch - Weißenfels Halle – Bebra 25.0
1942 0Nov 2 Weißenfels - Großkorbetha Halle – Bebra 8.2 * According to Usbeck: October 31, 1942.
* Dismantled in 1946.
0Nov 2 Großkorbetha - Leipzig Hbf Leipzig – Großkorbetha 32.3 * According to Usbeck: October 31, 1942.
* Dismantled in 1946.
0Nov 2 Leipzig-Leutzsch - Leipzig-Wahren (2) Leipzig-Leutzsch-Leipzig-Wahren-Engelsdorf ? Dismantled in 1946.
1943 Feb 17 Weißenfels - Goseck junction (- Naumburg ) [3. Track] (Nuremberg–) Abzw Saaleck – Weißenfels – Halle (/ Leipzig) ? Dismantled in 1946
May 22 Leipzig-Leutzsch - Wiederitzsch Leipzig-Leutzsch-Leipzig-Wahren-Engelsdorf ? Dismantled in 1946
0June 1st ( Camburg -) junction Großheringen Süd - Großheringen Großheringen – Saalfeld ? Dismantled in 1946
1944 Apr 17 Großkorbetha - Merseburg Halle – Bebra ? Dismantled in 1946
15th of July Nuremberg-Eibach - or Hohe Marter - 1.23 Connecting track
194? 194_ Merseburg - Halle (Saale) central station Halle – Bebra ? Dismantled in 1946

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Thomas Scherrans: Electrified lines of the Prussian State Railroad and the Reichsbahn in Central Germany. In: Electric Railways. January 18, 2011, accessed April 1, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Ralf Roman Rossberg : History of the Railway . Sigloch Edition, Künzelsau 1999, ISBN 3-89393-174-0 , p. 274-275 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Lothar Gall / Manfred Pohl (ed.): The railway in Germany. From the beginning to the present . CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-45817-3 , p. 140 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Georg Schwach: Overhead lines for high-voltage single-phase alternating current in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . Bern 1989, 17.1. Appendix A: Electrification Data, p. 469-519 ( PDF ).
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Erich Preuß: Trains under power. The history of electric train operations in Germany . 1st edition. Munich 1998, ISBN 3-932785-30-4 , pp. 49 ff., 163-165 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q For routes in the area of ​​what will later become the German Federal Railroad: Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Wolfgang Scharf (ed.): Route archive Deutsche Eisenbahnen . tape 1 . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1996, Chapter 8. Electrification, p. (8 a) 1– (8 a) 44 .
  8. ^ Early history of electrical railways in Prussia. In: Prussia Report. Volume 10, Hermann Merker Verlag, Fürstenfeldbruck, ISBN 3-89610-005-X , p. 12.
  9. ↑ Dr. Baron v. Röll: test tracks . In: Encyclopedia of Railways . Second, completely revised edition. tape 4 . Berlin / Vienna 1913, p. 153–155 ( online [accessed July 31, 2012]).
  10. ↑ Mentioned in the Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung of the Prussian Ministry of Public Works from 1909 under "Experiments with electrical operation on Swedish state railways"
  11. ↑ a b c The Altona port railway. In: Prussia Report. Volume 10, Hermann Merker Verlag, Fürstenfeldbruck, ISBN 3-89610-005-X .
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  13. ↑ Thomas Scherrans: Electrified lines of the Reichsbahn in southern Germany. Development of the southern German network up to the end of the 2nd World War. In: Electric Railways. November 10, 2008, accessed April 1, 2012 .