Pronsfeld – Neuerburg railway line

Pronsfeld – Neuerburg

Route number :

3102

Course book range :

248s (1944)

Route length:

25.4 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Legend

		West Eifel Railway from Gerolstein
	0.0	Pronsfeld
		Westeifelbahn to Sankt Vith
		to Waxweiler
		Bierbachtal Viaduct near Lünebach
		Euscheider Viaduct
	5.4	Euscheid
	8.3	Üttfeld / Lichtenborn
	14.2	Arzfeld
	17.4	Doubt decision
	21.5	Weidendell Tunnel (125 m)
		Neuerburg Tunnel (116 m)
	25.4	Neuerburg (Kr Bitburg)

Bierbachtal viaducts, crossed under by the K 116

Way viaduct near Lünebach

Euscheider Viaduct

Neuerburger Tunnel, north portal

The railway Pronsfeld-Neuerburg , even Enztalbahn called, was a branch line in the Eifel that from which the West Eifelbahn situated Station Pronsfeld about Arzfeld after Neuerburg led.

history

Cycle path and station sign at the former Üttfeld stop

At the end of the 19th century, several petitions and memoranda from Prüm , the Bitburg district and the city of Neuerburg justified the demands for further railway lines in the South West Eifel with the necessary economic development of the districts. However, they were also unsuccessful because of the unresolved financing of the land acquisition costs and were ignored in Berlin. It was not until May 1902 that the Prussian state parliament approved a draft law, on the basis of which the construction of this railway line and the Pronsfeld – Waxweiler line could begin in 1903. The construction was important for the economic development of the country, but was also approved for strategic military reasons ( Schlieffen Plan ). Both routes were officially opened on July 6, 1907. Kaiser Wilhelm II and, alternatively, Crown Prince Wilhelm were invited because of the importance of this event, but did not accept the invitation.

For the winter schedule of 1922/23, all trains were only in 3rd and 4th class .

During the construction of the West Wall from 1937, it served the Todt Organization (OT) and the Reich Labor Service (RAD) for material transport. The route and viaducts were severely damaged in the Second World War . Traffic was resumed on October 17, 1949.

Passenger traffic was stopped on June 1, 1969, and freight traffic on May 18, 1989. The line to Neuerburg was the only one of the three lines starting from Pronsfeld that had significant freight traffic until the end.

The former railway line has been expanded to become a railway cycle path and is part of the Enztal cycle path . The section Neuerburg- Zweifelscheid In 2002, the section Zweifelscheid-Arzfeld opened in 2005. The remainder of the route to Lünebach was expanded until 2007 and connected there to the Pronsfeld – Waxweiler railway cycle path. The cycle path has been paved throughout since autumn 2011.

Route description

The route rose from Pronsfeld (height 370 meters above sea level) to Arzfeld with numerous curves to 510 meters above sea level. NN at. This required several engineering structures such as the Bierbachtal viaduct , the viaduct at Strickscheid over the K 118 and a bridge at Lünebach . From Arzfeld it ran along the Enz valley, crossed the Weidendell tunnel (length 125 meters) and the Neuerburg tunnel (117 meters) and ended in Neuerburg at 340 meters above sea level. NN.

An extension of the route via Sinspelt and Rittersdorf to Bitburg was planned.

In the summer of 1907 the travel time from Neuerburg to Pronsfeld was 1:10 hours, the travel time to Trier via Gerolstein was around 4:10 to 5:25 hours. From Gerolstein, the travel time to Cologne was around 3:30 hours.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Hermann Elenz rails, steam and coal dust the history of railway construction in the Eifel ff, p 51, Helios publishing and book marketing company, Aachen 1969, ISBN 3-925087-73-7
^ Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz of December 2, 1922, No. 72. Announcement No. 1380, p. 825.
↑ farewell to the rail -Güterstrecken 1980-1993 . Urs Krämer, Matthias Brodkorb. Stuttgart 2008, p. 59 .
^ Overview map of the Saarbrücken Railway Directorate from April 1, 1917
↑ Excerpt from the 1907 timetable on the information board in Arzfeld at the former level crossing of the B 410

[1] Hermann Elenz rails, steam and coal dust the history of railway construction in the Eifel ff, p 51, Helios publishing and book marketing company, Aachen 1969, ISBN 3-925087-73-7

[2] Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion in Mainz of December 2, 1922, No. 72. Announcement No. 1380, p. 825.

[3] rewell to the rail -Güterstrecken 1980-1993 . Urs Krämer, Matthias Brodkorb. Stuttgart 2008, p. 59 .

[4] Overview map of the Saarbrücken Railway Directorate from April 1, 1917

[5] Excerpt from the 1907 timetable on the information board in Arzfeld at the former level crossing of the B 410