Laucha – Kölleda railway line
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| Route number : | 6727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | 612 (1973, DR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 38.8 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Laucha – Kölleda line , better known as the Finnebahn , was a single-track branch line in what is now Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia . It branches off the Unstrutbahn in Laucha and meets the Straussfurt – Großheringen railway in Kölleda . These two are under preservation properties viaducts in Saubachtal, the 29-meter and 100 meters long Schneck viaduct and the 20-meter 12-Acts bridge.
Today, a section of federal highway 176 largely follows the course of the Finnebahn.
history
On March 11, 1908, it was decided to build the railway line in the Ratskeller zu Laucha, and planning work began that same year. Construction began on May 8, 1912. On May 1, 1914, the line between Kölleda and Lossa, on July 1 between Lossa and Billroda and on October 1 of the same year between Billroda and Laucha opened.
In 1944 five pairs of trains ran on weekdays and three on Sundays.
In November 1947, the line between Kölleda and Lossa was dismantled as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union . After the suspension of passenger traffic to Lossa on November 30, 1967, the route for Soviet army shipments was retained. Passenger traffic Bad Bibra – Lossa was discontinued on May 25, 1968 and Laucha – Bad Bibra on September 30, 1973. There was freight traffic to Lossa until December 31, 1993, to Bad Bibra until December 31, 1994. The remnant was for a long time the siding of the Laucha station, is dedicated to this day (2009) as a railway line and with the exception of the station facilities in Lossa still present. However, the Finnebahn track in Laucha no longer has a functional connection to the Unstrutbahn.
The new Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line crosses the Finnebahn between Bad Bibra and Saubach . For this purpose, a flyover over the Finnebahn was built in 2002 directly behind the Saubachtal bridge, although the train service here has long since ceased and the track has meanwhile been dismantled.
The Finne hiking trail now runs along part of the disused route.
gallery
Schnecktal Bridge (2012)
Route on the Schnecktal Bridge (2012)
literature
- Paul Lauerwald: The Peppermint and Finnebahn Straussfurt-Kölleda-Laucha / Großheringen . Wesseling 1997, ISBN 3-9804798-3-8
- Günter Fromm, Michael U. Kratzsch-Leichsenring: The Sömmerda railway junction and its routes , Bad Langensalza 1999, ISBN 3-932554-59-0
- Paul Lauerwald: Laucha (Unstrut) - Lossa (Finn) - Kölleda. In: Secondary and narrow-gauge railways in Germany then & now . 103. Supplementary delivery. Munich, GeraMond 2013, 18 p. DIN A 4, ISSN 0949-2143
Web links
- Course book 1944
- Information and photos about the route
- Operate Finnebahn again (from May 1, 1999)
- Pictures from the Finnebahn
