Freight train connection

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Freight train connection
Route number (DB) : 4615
Route length: 1.1 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope : 25  ‰
Top speed: 80 km / h

A 1.1 km long railway line near Wendlingen am Neckar , which is under construction on the new Wendlingen – Ulm line , is referred to as the freight train connection . Freight trains coming from Plochingen are to be led over the curve onto the new line towards Ulm (and vice versa).

course

Development of the future freight train connection in the south head of Wendlingen station (May 2019)
View of the west portal of the Albvorland tunnel, which is under construction. The freight train connection runs along the retaining wall and will thread in the left area (May 2019).

The line runs south of Wendlingen from the Plochingen – Tübingen railway in a south-easterly direction and joins the northern track of the new Wendlingen – Ulm line towards Ulm near the western portal of the Albvorland tunnel . In the western portal area of ​​the Albvorland tunnel, the route initially runs in a separate tunnel, the 203 m long GZA tunnel , before it joins the Ulm – Stuttgart track of the Albvorland tunnel in a trumpet-shaped widening area.

The route is planned to be 1.13 km long. Of this, around 175 m should run in the GZA tunnel under the A8 motorway . The maximum longitudinal slope is 25 per thousand, the design speed 80 km / h.

Near the freight train connection, south of the new line, runs the Wendlinger curve , the northern track of which (Große Wendlinger curve) merges into the high-speed line towards Stuttgart between the freight train connection and the new line.

history

planning

The concept of the freight train connection emerged from the desire to improve the freight train suitability of the new Stuttgart – Wendlingen – Ulm line proposed by Gerhard Heimerl in August 1988. (In the course of this, the maximum gradient of the new line was flattened from 32.5 to 25 per mille.) According to the planning status of 1991, it should unthread the Teckbahn in Wendlingen , run parallel to the north of the federal motorway 8 , cross it and then northeast of the Albvorland tunnel merge into the new line to Ulm. The freight train connection was taken into account in the planning of variant H of the new Stuttgart – Ulm line. It was supposed to extend from the existing Wendlingen – Kirchheim line on the eastern outskirts of Ötlingen and run mainly in the tunnel.

In the feasibility study of the Stuttgart 21 project submitted in 1995, freight train connections were optional. According to the planning status of 1996, the route coming from Wendlingen should first cross under the motorway and the new line and then merge in a north-easterly direction into the line towards Ulm.

It is part of the plan approval section 2.1 of the new line. The planning approval decision for this section was issued on March 23, 2015. It has been legally binding since June 1, 2015.

The Stuttgart Region Association is considering connecting the S-Bahn near Wendlingen with the freight train connection with a 1.6 km long tunnel and then dismantling the existing S-Bahn line near Wendlingen. In a first construction phase, the S-Bahn towards Kirchheim would be single-tracked from the open area of ​​the freight train connection. The S-Bahn track would then pass under the autobahn, drive around Wendlingen in a tunnel to the west and reach the S-Bahn route from the Neckartalbahnhof option in the Speckweg area . In a second construction stage, the direction track from Wendlingen to Kirchheim is to be pulled out of track 3 in the Wendlingen station. In the further course, the Neckar Valley Railway and a roundabout are to be crossed under Wendlingen in a tunnel to the south in order to connect to the track of the 1st construction stage southwest of Wendlingen. For an optional express S-Bahn, a connection between the Große Wendlinger curve and the freight train connection is planned. The connection would be made with two switches and a 320 m long track in open lines. An S-Bahn connection via the freight train connection in the direction of Kirchheim (Teck) was recommended in January 2018 as one of several variants for an S-Bahn axis from Böblingen via the airport to the Neckar Valley for further consideration. The variant already taken into account in the regional transport plan, with investment costs of 400 to 500 million euros, means that 5,100 new passengers can be expected in public transport every day. In the course of the realization of the Great Wendlinger Curve , a switch support plate is to be provided in its slab track so that the connection can be implemented without longer interruptions to operations. The support plate is to be created in the portal area of ​​the Albvorland tunnel.

Tender

The construction of the two tunnel sections was put out to tender across Europe in mid-February 2015, as part of lot 2 of plan approval section 2.1.

The contract for the construction of the Albvorland Tunnel, which also includes the construction of the freight train connection and the Kleine Wendlinger curve, was awarded to Implenia on December 18 for around 380 million euros . Eight bidders took part in the competition for the Europe-wide tender.

construction

Future west portal of the tunnel in May 2019.

Construction work began in January 2016 with clearing work along the existing route. A track changing service is to be installed between Nürtingen and Wendlingen . The tunneling is still pending (as of January 2018). Template: future / in 2 years

Construction work is scheduled to begin in late autumn 2018.

business

Between December 2022 and the commissioning of Stuttgart 21, which is planned for 2025, passenger trains are to be routed regularly via the freight train connection. A section of around 12 km is to be traveled on one track in both directions.

technology

The freight train connection is to be partially equipped with ETCS Level 2 (status: October 2019). The entry signal in the direction of Ulm should be placed on the curve, the associated access control signal should be placed on the subsequent high-speed line. In the direction of Wendlingen, on the other hand, the curve should be driven with conventional control and safety technology.

Web links

Commons : Freight train connection  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  5. ↑ Deutsche Bundesbahn, NBS project group of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): Information on the expansion and new construction line Stuttgart - Augsburg . Twelve-page leporello , Stuttgart, June 1991.
  6. ↑ Without author: Planned tunnels in the course of the new Stuttgart – Ulm line . In: Tunnel , Issue 5/1993, ISSN  0722-6241 , pp. 288-292.
  7. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG, network division, Stuttgart regional area, projects (ed.): Project »Stuttgart 21«. The feasibility study . Brochure (40 A4 pages), Stuttgart, approx. 1995, (similar version as PDF file online, 14 MB), p. 4.
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  9. ↑ Federal Railway Office (Ed.): Plan approval decision according to §§ 18 General Railway Act (AEG), 78 Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG) for the project "PFA 2.1 a / b, NBS Wendlingen - Ulm, Albvorland", in the communities of Wendlingen am Neckar, Oberboihingen, Kirchheim unter Teck and Dettingen unter Teck Railway km 25,200 to 36,260 on the Wendlingen - Ulm route and "relocation of the L 1250 state road between Wendlingen and Oberboihingen" . Stuttgart March 23, 2015 ( PDF file ). PDF file ( Memento of the original dated November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eba.bund.de
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  18. ↑ Deutsche Bahn awards contract for the construction of the Albvorland Tunnel ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Press release from December 18, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bahnprojekt-stuttgart-ulm.de
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