Erfurt Railway

Erfurter Bahn GmbH

Basic information
Company headquarters	Erfurt
Web presence	erfurter-bahn.de
owner	City of Erfurt (100%)
Managing directors	Michael Hecht
Operations management	Thomas Grewing
Transport network	Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT), Central German Transport Association (MDV)
Employee	approx. 330
Lines
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad	12
number of vehicles
Locomotives	2 V 100
Railcar	60 Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 1 Bombardier Itino
Operating facilities
Depots	Erfurt and Meiningen
Track length	17 km of connecting railways in Erfurt's industrial areasdep1

The Erfurter Bahn GmbH ( EB , until 2007 Erfurter Industriebahn, EIB) is a railway infrastructure and railway transport company owned by the state capital Erfurt . The Erfurter Bahn is the operator of various Erfurt industrial railways and a dozen regional railway lines in Thuringia , Bavaria , Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony .

history

The city of Erfurt had been operating an industrial railway in the northeast since May 8, 1912. This was able to maintain its independence even in the times of the GDR because it was organized as a municipal company . After the reunification, the city tried to ensure the continued existence of its railway operations and founded a GmbH on May 1, 1990 : Erfurter Industriebahn GmbH (EIB). All company shares are owned by the Thuringian capital, Erfurt. On September 20, 1995, the EIB was the first municipal company in East Germany to be recognized as a “public non-federal railway”. But no future was seen in rail freight transport alone. She therefore tried to get into the local rail passenger transport in Thuringia. Approval for this was granted to the EIB on April 10, 1997, and the first transport contract was signed with the Free State of Thuringia on September 15 of this year.

With the timetable change on December 12, 2004, EB was able to start operating on a route network in northern Lower Franconia and southern Thuringia , the Kissinger Stern (more information on this under Lower Franconia Shuttle ). After a renewed invitation to tender, the Erfurt Railway will initially be on the road until 2026.

The renaming of the company from Erfurter Industriebahn to today's Erfurter Bahn GmbH (EB) on March 3, 2007 documents the relocation of the business focus. In 1999, together with the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH , she founded the Süd-Thüringen-Bahn GmbH (STB) based in Meiningen , which today operates regional traffic in southern Thuringia (only RE Erfurt – Würzburg and Erfurt – Meiningen are still operated by DB Regio operated).

At the end of August 2010, the Erfurt Railway was awarded the contract for local passenger transport on the "East Thuringian Diesel Network". On June 10, 2012, the tendering network, which also includes parts of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria, started operations for 12.5 years with a volume of around 4.6 million train kilometers per year. The network comprises 12 lines (see line network ).

The Federal Railway Office has shuttle railcar Regio Erfurt train after several years of creating a new set of rules to the on January 24, 2014 Steilstrecke approval granted without additional modifications. This enables journeys on the Plaue – Themar railway line and, if operational, Suhl – Schleusingen . In 2014, EB and STB together employed around 440 people.

On September 23, 2016, the Erfurt Railway was awarded the contract for the Sömmerda – Buttstädt section of the Straussfurt – Großheringen railway line from December 2017 to December 2024. Since December 2017, Transdev GmbH has been selling tickets for the Erfurt Railway and South Thuringia. Bahn as a background service provider. In May 2018, the Erfurt Railway was on strike on four days by the GDL , which resulted in train cancellations. The transition from the previous collective agreement to the GDL general collective agreement is to be completed by 2021.

Itino of the Erfurt Railway in Erfurt Hbf
RegioShuttle RS1 in Erfurt Hbf
Multiple traction RS1 in Leipzig Hbf
Locomotive 20 Lisa and an RS1 of the Erfurt Railway in the Erfurt Ost depot

Line network

Lower Franconia Shuttle

line	Cycle sequence (in min)	Walkway	Routes traveled	KBS route number	performance	logo
EB 40	120	Schweinfurt - Ebenhausen - Mellrichstadt - Meiningen	Schweinfurt – Meiningen	570, 815	December 12, 2004 until expected. December 12, 2026Template: future / in 5 years
EB 50	120	Schweinfurt - Ebenhausen - Bad Kissingen - Hammelburg - Gemünden	Gemünden – Ebenhausen Schweinfurt – Meiningen	803, 815

All trains in Schweinfurt do not end at the main station, but continue in the direction of Bamberg to the Schweinfurt Stadt stop near the city center .

Elster Saale Railway

The brand name Elster Saale Bahn was announced on the 100th anniversary of the Erfurt Railway and has been used since then for the routes of the East Thuringian diesel network.

line	Cycle sequence (in min)	Walkway	Routes traveled	KBS route number	performance
EBx 12	120	Leipzig - Zeitz - Gera - Weida - Pößneck - Saalfeld - Blankenstein (Saale)	Leipzig – Saalfeld	550 555	June 10, 2012 to probably December 14, 2024Template: future / in 4 years
EBx 13	120	Gera - Weida - Zeulenroda - Mehltheuer - Hof	Gera – Weida Weida – Mehltheuer Mehltheuer – Hof	546
EB 21	60/120	Erfurt - Weimar - Jena-Göschwitz - Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz - Gera	Erfurt – Weimar Weimar – Gera	565
EB 22	120	Leipzig - Zeitz - Gera - Weida - Pößneck - Saalfeld	Leipzig – Saalfeld	550 555
EB 23	120	Erfurt - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt - Rottenbach - Bad Blankenburg (Thuringia) - Saalfeld	Erfurt – Neudietendorf Neudietendorf – Arnstadt Arnstadt – Saalfeld	561
EB 26	60	Weimar - Bad Berka - Kranichfeld	Weimar – Kranichfeld	579
EB 28	120	Jena - Kahla - Orlamünde - Pößneck	Jena – Orlamünde Orlamünde – Pößneck	559
EB 32	120	Saalfeld - Hockeroda - Wurzbach (Thür) - Bad Lobenstein - Blankenstein (Saale)	Saalfeld – Hockeroda Hockeroda – Unterlemnitz Unterlemnitz – Blankenstein	557
EBx 47	120	Erfurt - Rottenbach - Saalfeld	Erfurt – Neudietendorf Neudietendorf – Arnstadt Arnstadt – Saalfeld	561

Peppermint train

line	Cycle sequence (in min)	Walkway	Routes traveled	KBS route number	performance	logo
EB 27	120	Sömmerda - Kölleda - Buttstädt	Sömmerda – Buttstädt	594	December 10, 2017 to December 14, 2024Template: future / in 4 years

Individual trains run between Erfurt, Weimar and Apolda during rush hour and weekend nighttime traffic .

Former lines

VT 001 of the Erfurter Bahn in Gotha station

EB 1 : Erfurt main station - Bad Langensalza - Mühlhausen - Leinefelde - Eichenberg (since May 24, 1998) and on to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (operated May 1999-December 2013, reduced from December 2006)
EB 2 : Gotha - Bad Langensalza (operated May 2000-December 2013)

When the timetable changed in December 2006, the North Hessian Transport Association canceled a large part of the local rail transport services of EB in its area, so that the majority of the trains were already turning in Eichenberg and only individual journeys to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe were tied through. After massive passenger complaints and a significant decline in the number of travelers, EB has been running a large part of the trains between Eichenberg and Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe on its own basis since April 1, 2007, which, according to its own information, was around 80 percent of the train kilometers on this section until the 2006 timetable change corresponds. Since the timetable change in 2007, a pair of trains, which initially ran to Göttingen in the morning and also operated independently , has also turned in Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. On December 15, 2013, operations on lines 1 and 2 were transferred to DB Regio.

The Erfurt - Ilmenau - Rennsteig line and the service station at Ilmenau train station were handed over to the Süd-Thüringen-Bahn subsidiary in December 2017 , which had previously served it on behalf of the Erfurt Railway.

line	Cycle sequence (in min)	Walkway	Routes traveled	KBS route number	performance	logo
EB 46	60	Erfurt - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt - Plaue (Thür) - Ilmenau - Rennsteig	Erfurt – Neudietendorf Neudietendorf – Plaue Plaue – Rennsteig	566	December 14, 2002 to December 9, 2017

Infrastructure

Locomotives 20 and 22 Lisa I and Lisa II in Erfurt Ost

As a railway infrastructure company, EB operates its own network of connecting railways with a track length of 17 kilometers in the industrial areas of Erfurt East and North.

The company's own workshop is located directly at the company's headquarters at Erfurt Ostbahnhof.

Freight transport

For freight traffic on their own route network - and beyond - two diesel locomotives of the DR series V 100 are kept as locomotives 20 and 22. Until 1998, freight transport was the company's focus. The high point was reached in 1987, when 236,700 freight cars were moved and 9,200 trains were handled.

Train baptisms and promotions

As part of regional events, some EB locomotives were provided with tourist or commercial advertising:

Multiple unit number	Naming	Period of address	Venue	Remark picture
VT 001	City of Erfurt / erwicon	-	-
VT 002	Peppermint train	-	-
VT 014	City of Schweinfurt Schweinfurt - the future finds the city	-	-
VT 017	City of Hammelburg 1300 years of Hammelburg	-	-
VT 022	Franconian open air museum Fladungen with the Rhön-Zügle	-	-
VT 201	Thuringia	-	-
VT 301	District of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	-	-
VT 302	City of Zeitz	-	-
VT 303	Ilmtal vacation	-	-
VT 304	Stadt Hof Hof - at the top in Bavaria	-	-
VT 305	Otto-Dix-Stadt Gera	-	-
VT 306	Weimar, European city of culture	-	-
VT 314	CLARA19 / Anniversary year Clara Schumann Leipzig	13th September 2018	Leipzig Central Station	previously "Luther in Leipzig"

Notes on the table

↑ outside, written on the front of the railcar
↑ Date from which the name change took effect. This is either the day of the celebratory ceremony or the official new registration date of a vehicle that has already been labeled and that has been subsequently converted or renumbered. The second date ( to ) indicates when the name was removed from the multiple unit and transferred to another vehicle.
^ Place of the baptism ceremony

literature

Frehner Consulting GmbH (Ed.): Erfurter Bahn, Arrives well - In tradition and performance since 1912. Status: 2007 (Image brochure)
Burkhard Beyer: Thuringians will soon be driving in Bavaria. Erfurt industrial railway expands. In: LOK MAGAZINE. No. 261 / Volume 42/2003. GeraNova Zeitschriftenverlag GmbH Munich, ISSN 0458-1822 , p. 18.

Web links

Commons : Erfurter Bahn - collection of images

Official website of the Erfurter Bahn GmbH
Vehicle list on privat-bahn.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b See image brochure p. 4f

↑ Bavarian Railway Company

↑ Unterfranken Shuttle is allowed to run until 2026 . In: Main-Post . July 8, 2013 ( mainpost.de [accessed May 17, 2018]).

↑ http://nvsthueringen.de/News/20100830_dieselnetz-ost-vergabe.php

^ Line Ilmenau - Themar . In: Bahn-Report . tape 32 , no. 188 , February 27, 2014, ISSN 0178-4528 , p. 59 ( Bahn-Report website [accessed March 17, 2014]).

↑ erfurter-bahn.de/unternehmen - own presentation. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

^ "Award of the contract for the Pfefferminzbahn" , press release of the Erfurter Bahn from September 23, 2016, accessed on September 27, 2016

↑ Transdev takes on sales services for the Erfurter Bahn and Süd-Thüringen-Bahn - Transdev GmbH . ( transdev.de [accessed on August 11, 2017]).

↑ Negotiations: The collective bargaining dispute between the Erfurter Bahn and Süd-Thüringen-Bahn was settled In: eurailpress.de. August 14, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 .

↑ Erfurt Railway / South Thuringia Railway: 95 percent for tariff agreement. In: eurailpress.de. August 30, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .

↑ In future, the Elster-Saale-Bahn will roll through East Thuringia , Ostthüringer Zeitung , March 31, 2012

^ Shuttle christening "200 years of Clara Schumann in Leipzig" of the Erfurter Bahn on 13.09.2018. Zweckverband for the Leipzig local traffic area, September 13, 2018, accessed on December 3, 2018 .

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[12] utside, written on the front of the railcar

[13] Date from which the name change took effect. This is either the day of the celebratory ceremony or the official new registration date of a vehicle that has already been labeled and that has been subsequently converted or renumbered. The second date ( to ) indicates when the name was removed from the multiple unit and transferred to another vehicle.

[14] Place of the baptism ceremony

[IB-1] See image brochure p. 4f

[2] Bavarian Railway Company

[3] Unterfranken Shuttle is allowed to run until 2026 . In: Main-Post . July 8, 2013 ( mainpost.de [accessed May 17, 2018]).

[4] ttp://nvsthueringen.de/News/20100830_dieselnetz-ost-vergabe.php

[5] Line Ilmenau - Themar . In: Bahn-Report . tape 32 , no. 188 , February 27, 2014, ISSN 0178-4528 , p. 59 ( Bahn-Report website [accessed March 17, 2014]).