Rail traffic in Bremerhaven

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The rail traffic in Bremerhaven subject to constant change. Freight traffic depends largely on the operation of the ports in what is now Bremerhaven - the three then independent Lower Weser towns of Bremerhaven , Geestemünde and Lehe . The city of Bremerhaven lies at the end of a main railway line that for a long time - even in the first years of the IC network from 1971 - was served by national long -distance passenger transport. The current use is mainly related to the expansion of the container terminal .

The Bremerhaven tram belonged to the rail traffic in Bremerhaven from 1881 until it was closed in 1982 .

history

The end point of the Bremen – Bremerhaven railway line opened in 1862 was initially in Geestemünde, which at that time still belonged to the Kingdom of Hanover and from 1866 to the Province of Hanover . In 1896 and 1899 further routes were added to the surrounding area.

The port of Bremerhaven (and in 1896 also the Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven railway ) was initially connected via a branch line branching off just before the first Geestemünder station. Only goods traffic and special emigrant trains to the Lloydhalle were allowed on this route, normal passenger traffic was not. The (then smaller, but much more important) city of Bremerhaven did not have its own train station with passenger services.

By 1914, today's more efficient route for passenger traffic and port connections was created via today's main station in Geestemünde (1947 main station Bremerhaven) and the Lehe station . The old station was downgraded to a freight yard. In the last few decades, changes in the operation of the port have led to the closure of many tracks in older port areas, while the railway connection is playing an increasingly important role in container and car loading . Numerous block trains with corresponding lengths are led here.

Scope and development of the railway facilities in Bremerhaven
Legend
from Bremen since 1862
            
Wulsdorf-Klbf, Niederweserbahn 1911–1964
from Hamburg since 1899
            
Sea dike early 1930s
            
Labrador Harbor 1980s
Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf railway station since 1899
            
Connections F.hafen II Ost
            
Access to the fishing port from 1920
Main line from 1914
            
Shifting fishing port
            
Mbf "Showcase fishing port"
            
Approach to fishing port I 1896–
Shunting yard, depot
            
Fischversandbf 1896 – Beginn. 1980s J.
            
Petroleumhafen, later Seebeck shipyard
Hbf since 1914 │ (1896–1914 for trains to the north :)
            
Station Geestemünde until 1914, later freight station.
Connection to Wiesenstrasse
            
Tecklenborg shipyard 1899–1928
after Lehe 1896–1914
            
Geeste
            
Geeste (Achgelis Bridge)
Unterweser shipyard [1] etc.
            
Rickmers Shipyard? –1989
Bremerhaven-Lehe freight yard
            
Old Port East │ Old Port West
Stindt │ Bremerhaven freight depot 1862–1980s J.
            
old Lloydhalle, New Harbor West
Bremerhaven-Lehe
            
Access to the port 1862–1921
Lehe parking station │ Zollinlandbf 1892–1923
            
Kaiserhafen I Ost │ Kaiserhafen I West
            
Columbusbf , new Lloydhalle 1897–
            
1896 to expansion of the Kaiserhafen around 1912
Kaiserhafen II East
            
Lloydwerft , formerly Bananenkaje │ connecting port -west
Güterbf Brhv-Seehafen
            
            
Swing bridge
District central station Brhv-Kaiserhafen
            
Bezirksbf Brhv-Nordhafen
            
Container Terminal South
Ore loading 1964–1993
            
Insumer Deich Group │ Container Terminal North
Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel
            
Rangierbf Speckenbüttel, formerly Vbf
            
Weddewarder Low Group
to Bad Bederkesa since 1896
            
to Cuxhaven since 1896

There were only a few connections along today's main route, apart from the freight yards. Most of the railway facilities are concentrated in the two port areas:

Ports south of the Geeste

Geestemünde freight yard

The Geestebahn initially ended for passenger traffic in Geestemünder Bahnhof . A branch line connected the port of the then city of Bremerhaven exclusively for freight traffic and emigration traffic. Individual connections to the Holzhafen , the gas works and the Tecklenborg shipyard branched off from this branch line on the Geestemünder side .

The first Geestemünder passenger (until 1914) and freight station was located directly at the trading port, parallel to it on its east side. Additional port tracks were therefore largely unnecessary at first. In 1865 its west side and the petroleum shed were connected. The Seebeck shipyard was later established there.

During the construction of the fishing port (I) from 1891 to 1896, tracks to the quays and the first fish dispatch station (Geestemünde) were built. For the further expansion of the fishing port (II) 1921–1925, a new access road including a new marshalling yard, fish dispatch station and extensions at Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf station were built for train separation. The sea dike track opened up the west side of the fishing port II since the early 1930s.

With the decline of the German fishing industry, the dismantling of the railway systems in the fishing port began in 1976. The decline in general cargo transport and the shipbuilding industry also resulted in further dismantling. Only a few siding, u. a. the Labrador Harbor, which was only built and connected in the 1980s, is still there. At the beginning of the 2000s, the Bad Bederkesa Museum Railway built a platform on the unused facilities of the marshalling yard near the “Schaufenster Fischereihafen” as the end of its trains; however, the track to Wulsdorf was closed in 2017.

Ports north of the Geeste

Lehe train station, bus stop

The Geestebahn initially ended for passenger traffic in Geestemünde . A branch line connected the port of the then city of Bremerhaven exclusively for freight traffic and emigration traffic. After the Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven railway was initially connected via this branch line in 1896 , it was also given two platforms east of the old Geestemünder station building.

On the Leher and Bremerhaven side, the sidings of the Rickmers shipyard later branched off, which kept part of the branch line alive beyond 1921. The railway ran in a wide arc to the old and new ports of Bremerhaven. The course of the route can still be seen today on the course of Bogenstrasse. The Bremerhaven freight yard was built on the east side of the New Harbor. From there, tracks led to the east and west side of the Old Harbor and - backwards - to the west side of the New Harbor, where the old Lloydhalle was built in 1869, through which the emigrant traffic was handled. When the old and new ports were connected, swing bridges replaced the fixed land connection.

When the Kaiserhafen (I) was built, the existing tracks were initially extended backwards from the freight station. In 1896 the "Zollinlandbahnhof" was opened as a freight and marshalling yard. The old branch line was connected with a triangular track. In addition, the track systems of Kaiserhafen I were connected more directly by a wide arch. Two more arches connected new port facilities further north, including the new Lloydhalle, which was opened in 1897 at the outer harbor of the Great Imperial Lock.

These arches were replaced by new approaches from Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel around 1912 when the imperial ports were further expanded. There, on the Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven railway line built in 1896 , a marshalling yard was to be built (which, however, was not properly implemented for container traffic until the 1980s). The Kaiserhafen train station was realized, which now distributed traffic to the ports. On the way to the new Lloydhalle and from 1927 to the Columbus station , the connecting port had to be crossed for further port expansion. The largest rotating railway bridge in Germany with two tracks and two vehicle lanes was built by 1930. In 1921 and 1923 the old branch line and the customs inland station were closed and dismantled.

Further expansions of the railway facilities took place in connection with the ore handling (1964-1993) and the car and container handling.

The Nordhafen station and the tracks of the container terminal were also built (1971). At the same time, many older railway systems in the southern areas of the overseas ports became superfluous and shut down.

Current expansion

In 2015, the Kaiserhafen port station was electrified and the station's tracks were extended, and the Imsumer Deich port station was expanded to 16 tracks by 2017.

Some of the railway facilities in the overseas port belong to the city of Bremen, which is managed by DB Cargo Germany .

The rail facilities in the container terminal belong to Rail Terminals Bremerhaven (RTB), a company that has existed since 2010, half of which is owned by Eurogate and the Maersk subsidiary APM Terminals . The handling volume is over 500,000 TEU, and more than 130 block trains are processed in and out each week.

The track systems of Deutsche Bahn for block trains with containers were rearranged with the Speckenbüttel station. The block trains with export vehicles are parked in the former Bremen-Gröpelingen marshalling yard before they continue to be loaded onto ships to Bremerhaven.

Railway lines

literature

Web links

Commons : Railway stations in Bremerhaven  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Success with car transport by rail · In 2014, BLG subsidiary achieved transport volumes of a good 600,000 new vehicles - 1,275 wagons . In: Daily port report of December 17, 2014, p. 4
  2. ^ Eisenbahn-magazin, issue 2, 2016, p. 30
  3. ↑ Michael Müller: RTB achieves a port railway record . In: Daily port report from August 12, 2013, p. 3