Stuttgart-Heslach stop
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 1973: View of the abandoned Heslach stop, at that time still with a main and distant signal
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| Operating point type | Breakpoint |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| opening | September 1, 1879 |
| Conveyance | May 29, 1960 |
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| Place / district | Heslach |
| country | Baden-Württemberg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 '43 " N , 9 ° 8' 43" E |
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| Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg | |
The Stuttgart-Heslach stop is a former train station at 9.4 km of the Gäubahn . It was on the outskirts of the Stuttgart district of Heslach , far above the actual settlement.
history
The halt went into operation when the Gäubahn opened on September 1, 1879 and was closed again on May 29, 1960. The next stops were the Stuttgart West train station - formerly named Hasenberg station - 800 meters away in the direction of Stuttgart and the Wildpark stop 1.7 kilometers away in the direction of Böblingen .
The Heslach stop was controlled from 1954 from the Stuttgart West (Swf) signal box, which was opened at the time. For example, at the other end of the Hasenberg tunnel , immediately before the Stuttgart-Heslach stop, there was a shape signal in the form of a blue-gray “W”. It indicated the end of the permitted shunting activities at Stuttgart West station. The signal was necessary because the shunting work was temporarily carried out from the Westbahnhof through the entire Hasenberg tunnel to the Heslach stop. This was always the case when longer trains had to be moved.
Furthermore, during shunting work on the “Stuttgart track” into the Hasenberg tunnel, which was difficult to see for the train driver in the unlit tunnel, the entry signal was set to “stop” immediately in front of the Stuttgart-Heslach stop. As a result, the block immediately behind it, which extends into the Westbahnhof, was signal-protected against incoming traffic from the direction of Böblingen. The distant signal immediately before the main signal at the Heslach stop, on the other hand, referred to the corresponding exit signal at the Stuttgart West station on the Stuttgart through track. This was at the end of the adjacent block, i.e. at the exit from the Stuttgart West train station (platform 1) in the direction of Stuttgart Hbf .
The sparse railway facilities at the Stuttgart-Heslach stop remained in place until the mid- 1970s after the station was abandoned. This essentially involved two outer platforms, each with a simple wooden shelter. On the one hand, the underpass (now filled in) to the "Böblinger Gleis" on the slope opposite, as well as the concrete pedestrian bridge , an arched bridge with wrought iron railings over the tracks, served as platform access .
Pictures taken in 1930 show the Heslach stop in its "heyday" at the beginning of the 1930s , when it was still with a kiosk below the valley-side covered platform in the direction of Stuttgart, and an underpass next to the solidly bricked ticket sales kiosk over to the other Platform (towards Vaihingen and Böblingen). The platform edges extended to the second bridge in the direction of the Wildpark; it is also still there and serves as an access to the Heslacher Wand area. It is also made of concrete, but significantly wider than the pedestrian bridge directly at the stop, so it can also be crossed by motor vehicle.
Surroundings
Further up on the Hasenberg you can also see the Waldhaus restaurant , which was very popular until the 80s of the last century.It is located above Heslach on the slope, is now neglected and offered its visitors a kitchen and a view over the valley basin to Degerloch , on the opposite Edge of the basin. In addition, the “Waldhaus” café-restaurant and the breakpoint were located directly below the Hasenberg tower, which was razed during the Second World War and which, together with the Jägerhaus located there, was an extremely popular excursion destination at the time.
The breakpoint before the turn of the century
The breakpoint high above the Karlsvorstadt settlement in 1893
Summer 1975: a class 193 locomotive at the signal stop at the abandoned Heslach stop
Summer 1975: the abandoned stop with a class 150 electric locomotive , in the picture the pedestrian bridge that previously served as a platform access
Summer 1973: the former breakpoint as seen from the road bridge to the Heslacher Wand
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of the course book route 740 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ http://www.heslacher-geschichte.de/jahreszahlen.html