Rheine – Norddeich Mole railway line
Rheine – Norddeich pier | |
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Route number (DB) : | 2931 (Rheine – Emden Süd) 1570 (Emden south – north) 1572 (Emden Hbf – Außenhafen) 1574 (Norden – Norddeich Mole) |
Course book section (DB) : | 395 |
Route length: | 176 km |
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
Route class : | D4 |
Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ |
Top speed: | 140 km / h |
Dual track : | Rheine – Dörpen Dörpen-Lehe – Leer Süd Leer Gbf – Emden Rbf Strw |
The Rheine – Norddeich Mole railway is a line that runs from Rheine via Salzbergen , Lingen , Meppen , Haren , Lathen , Papenburg and Leer to Emden and further north and Norddeich Mole in East Frisia . The Rheine – Emden section is also known as the Emsland route (or, more rarely, the Emsland Railway ), as it follows the course of the Ems over almost its entire length .
history
The line is part of the " Hanoverian West Railway ", which was built in the 1850s by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways to develop the western parts of what was then the Kingdom of Hanover . As the first section of this connection, the Emden - Papenburg section was opened on November 24, 1854, but it was not yet connected to the existing railway network. The railway line was built from both sides, the Löhne - Osnabrück section was opened in 1855, and one year later, continuous traffic between Löhne via Rheine and Emden was started.
The central workshops for this railway line were established in Lingen from 1855, from which later the Lingen repair shop emerged , where steam locomotives were maintained until 1972 and wagons until 1983. In Rheine, the railway line from Münster , built by the Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (KWE), met the "Westbahn", and with further line constructions a large railway junction was built here in the following decades.
In 1868 the line from Rheine to Emden became the property of the KWE, which operated it until it was nationalized. In the following years the line was operated by the respective state railway, initially the Prussian State Railway .
With the " East Frisian Coast Railway ", the extension of the line from Emden via Norden, Esens and Wittmund to Jever was opened in 1883 ; this line was given a stop on Larrelter Straße west of the Emden urban area. This was later renamed Emden West and the Hanover station in Emden South . In 1892 the coastal railway was branched off from the north to the north dike , and finally three years later a track was laid from the north dike station to the head of the pier at the time. On August 1, 1906, the railway company shut down the line from Emden to the north, which was routed as a branch line along the country road, and at the same time opened a 1.1 km shorter new line west of the old line, which was now implemented as the main line.
In September 1971, the new Emden Hauptbahnhof was opened on the site of the previous Westbahnhof. From this point on, the trains coming from Rheine also started at the new main station. In the south station an emergency platform was maintained for a few years for cases in which the main station could not be reached, e.g. B. if the bascule bridge over the Emden fairway was not passable. Soon it wasn't even hit. The tracks were finally completely removed in 2005.
For a long time, the line was served by the Rheine and Emden depots . From here, use of steam and diesel locomotives on the Emsland line and other routes in passenger and freight train service was driven until the 1980s.
Farewell to the steam locomotive
The Rheine – Norddeich Mole line was the last line of the then German Federal Railroad on which steam locomotives were used as planned. Until 1975 the express trains were carried by class 012 locomotives ; These services went to class 220 diesel locomotives . The series 042 and 044 (later, after conversion to oil firing, 043) were used in freight traffic until autumn 1977. Particularly well-known among railway enthusiasts are the operations in front of the heavy ore trains from Emden to the Ruhr area, known as Langer Heinrich . In September 1977 these train services were also transferred to diesel locomotives, the steam locomotives were still used occasionally in the following month, most recently with special trains such as the farewell trips on October 23, 1977, in which two locomotives once again traveled the entire route from Rheine to Emden. Three days later, on October 26, 1977, two of the remaining locomotives were used for the last time and finally shut down in the evening.
A few days later the Deutsche Bundesbahn issued the so-called steam locomotive ban , which said that steam locomotives were no longer allowed to be used on the DB network. This ban was only relaxed eight years later, for example on the operation of museum railways .
The last decommissioned steam locomotive of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, 043 196-5, was erected in 1978 in front of the Salzbergen station as a memorial. Further exhibits from the time of steam operation are on display around the monument. Another monument locomotive is on the forecourt of Emden Hauptbahnhof .
expansion
Since 2005, the Regional Express trains have also been using the maximum line speed of 140 km / h through the use of new vehicles, although some sections of the line only allow significantly lower speeds, so the travel time is shortened from currently around 2:07 h only possible through major renovations.
In June 2006 the Emden – Emden Außenhafen railway line was equipped with overhead lines , since then the "Emsland Express" has been able to pass ferry connections to Borkum after turning in Emden Hauptbahnhof to Emden Außenhafen station without having to change the locomotive.
The Lower Saxony regional transport company (LNVG) is calling for operational bottlenecks to be removed on the Emsland route. These include the four-kilometer single-track section between Aschendorf and Dörpen, as well as the also single-track Leda bridge south of Leer. Likewise, the removal of level access platforms in Lathen and Aschendorf is required, which currently prevent two trains from stopping at the same time.
The long-term goal of LNVG is to improve the connection situation in Leer between the local trains on the Emsland route and the route to Oldenburg. There are currently waiting times between 45 and 52 minutes. Since the existing connections in Bremen, Oldenburg and Münster have a higher priority, the connection can only be realized by expanding the infrastructure on the Emsland route and the Oldenburg - Leer route.
On May 18, 2015, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport announced that after an internal review, in cooperation with the Lower Saxony regional transport company, the two currently closed stations in Ihrhove and Neermoor have a good chance of being reopened at short notice. This was agreed on March 28, 2019 between the state of Lower Saxony, LNVG and DB.
Service offer
In local rail passenger transport , the Emsland route or parts of it are served by:
- RE 15 "Emsland-Express": (Emden outer harbor -) Emden - Leer - Salzbergen - Rheine - Münster
- RE 1 : Norddeich Mole - Emden - Leer - Oldenburg - Bremen - Hanover
- RB 61 "Wiehengebirgs-Bahn": Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Salzbergen - Rheine - Osnabrück - Herford - Bielefeld
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RB 57 : Groningen (NL) - Bad Nieuweschans - Weener - Leer
Due to the destruction of the Friesenbrücke on December 3, 2015, you currently have to take the regional bus 620 Leer – Weener (–Bunde) between Leer and Weener, which is operated daily by Weser-Ems-Bus will be evaded.
It is used by the following intercity lines for long-distance passenger rail transport :
- IC 35 : Norddeich Mole - Emden - Leer - Rheine - Münster - Recklinghausen - Gelsenkirchen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Cologne - Koblenz (partly further via Mainz - Mannheim - Konstanz)
- IC 56 : Norddeich Mole - Emden - Leer - Oldenburg - Bremen - Hanover - Berlin / Leipzig
- IC 77 : Amsterdam - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück - Hanover - Berlin
The long-distance transport offer on the route between Bremen and Norddeich has been increased from three to nine train pairs all year round due to a nine-year contract between the state of Lower Saxony and DB Fernverkehr AG. In the contract, the company undertook to accept all local transport tickets on its trains in the section from Bremen via Emden to Norddeich (this also applies to the Intercity from Koblenz-Cologne-Münster from Leer) and to use modern double-decker cars , in return the state of Lower Saxony compensation payments. Due to delays in production and approval by the manufacturer Bombardier Transportation , the double-deck vehicles could only be used in long-distance traffic since December 2015.
Vehicle use
After the timetable change in December 2005, the Emsland Express consisted of double-deck coaches that were hauled by class 111 electric locomotives . The number of passengers then increased by 15.5% to an average of 6400 passengers per day (as of July 2009). Before 2005, older, single-story n-wagons (so-called Silberlinge ) were used behind various locomotives. The train sets have been used as push-pull trains for a long time so that the locomotives can stay at one end of the train permanently.
The responsible authorities, the Lower Saxony Regional Transport Company (LNVG) and the Westphalia-Lippe Local Transport Association (NWL), put the operation of the Münster - Emden regional express line to tender across Europe in 2012. The contract was awarded to the Westfalenbahn , a subsidiary of the Dutch State Railways, which started operating four-part Flirt 3 electric multiple units from the leasing company Alpha Trains for 15 years with the timetable change in December 2015 . The trains run in double traction during rush hour and have up to 42 bicycle parking spaces per multiple unit.
The Intercitys from Emden Außenhafen and Norddeich Mole are mostly pulled by class 101 locomotives. Modern double-decker coaches "IC2" are used as IC 56 to Hanover.
particularities
The entire length of the traction current line between the Leer and Emden substations is mounted on the overhead line masts, which is otherwise only common on AC S-Bahn trains. To the east of Emden, the Emsland route crosses the HVDC BorWin1 cable .
Web links
- Description of route 2931 (NRW part) in the NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost
Individual evidence
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
- ↑ LNVG, SPNV-Konzept 2013+, pp. 121–123 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.mw.niedersachsen.de/aktuelles/presseinformationen/neue-bahnhaltpunktee-fuer-niedersachsen--133732.html
- ↑ reactivation of stations. Retrieved March 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Press release Lower Saxony Ministry of Transport, In the Intercity at local transport prices to the North Sea
- ↑ Signalarchiv.de, Intercity double-deck car: renewed delivery delays
- ↑ Press release of the LNVG from July 8th, 2009: Emsland line increasingly popular: 2.3 million passengers in the Regional Express trains between Emden and Münster
- ^ Westphalia have free travel to Emden , General-Anzeiger from September 26, 2012.
- ↑ STADLER Rail, data sheet FLIRT 3 Westfalenbahn ( Memento from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )