Hannoversche Westbahn
| Wages – Rheine-Emden | |
|---|---|
| Route number (DB) : | 2992 (Löhne-Rheine) 2931 (Rheine-Emden Süd) |
| Course book section (DB) : | 375, 395 |
| Route length: | 176 + 124 = 300 km |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Route class : | D4 |
| Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ |
| Top speed: | 140 km / h |
| Dual track : | Löhne-Rheine Rheine-Dörpen Dörpen-Lehe-Leer Süd Leer Gbf-Emden Rbf Strw |
The route from Löhne via Rheine to Emden , with which the Royal Hanover State Railways opened up the west of the Kingdom of Hanover in the middle of the 19th century, is known as the Hannoversche Westbahn .
Course and construction of the route
The western development of the Kingdom of Hanover by rail began in 1847 with the Hanover – Minden railway line . There, the main line of the Cologne-Mindener railway company connected via Hamm to Cologne.
The Hanoverian Western Railway branches off at the train station wages from the railway Minden-Hamm and runs in the valley of Elsa and Hare south of the Wiehengebirge about frets and Melle by Osnabruck . Since the next section from Osnabrück via Ibbenbüren to Rheine is on Westphalian territory, it was built by the Prussian state and then leased to the Royal Hanover State Railways. From Rheine, the route then follows the Ems in a northerly direction and runs via Salzbergen , Lingen (Ems) , Meppen and Papenburg to Emden.
The line was gradually put into operation between 1854 and 1856. First, on November 24, 1854, the Emden – Papenburg section was completed. It was initially located on an island because it was not yet connected to any other railway line. With the commissioning of the Löhne – Osnabrück section on November 21, 1855, the Hannöversche station was opened at its provisional end .
The Papenburg – Lingen section followed on May 2, 1856, and on June 23, 1856, the remaining section of Osnabrück – Lingen was finally put into operation. As soon as the line was built, the central workshops for the entire line were set up in Lingen .
Rheine developed into a railway junction in the following years. The Rheine – Münster railway line was opened on June 27, 1856 , for other lines see Rheine station . In 1865, the Almelo – Salzbergen railway line created a connection to the Dutch rail network.
Transfer to Prussia
After the German War , the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia . The Hanover State Railroad became Prussian property and on December 15, 1866, was fully subordinated to a royal management based in Hanover. The change of responsibility to the "Royal Direction of the Westphalian Railway" was decided on May 1, 1867.
The section between Emden and Rheine (or, depending on the version, to Salzbergen) was later outsourced and taken over by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company on January 1, 1868 .
Since then, the Hannoversche Westbahn is no longer viewed as a single unit. For further history see the articles Löhne – Rheine and Emsland line .
literature
- Federal Railway Directorate Hanover (Ed.): 1843–1983. 140 years of the Hanover Railway Directorate. Hanover undated (1983).
Individual evidence
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
- ↑ Arthur von Mayer: History and geography of the German railways from their creation to the present in 1890 . tape 1 . Baensch, Berlin 1891, p. 348 . Quote: "Since this connecting line had to touch Prussian territory due to its geographical location and, on the other hand, existing lines should also be used if possible, an agreement was made with Prussia and the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft that the Hanoverian state from the Löhne station the Cologne-Mindener Bahn to Osnabrück, 47.5 km long, and further from the Prussian-Hanover border between Rheine and Salzbergen to Emden on the North Sea, 133.5 km long, while the intermediate section from Osnabrück to the aforementioned border point should be produced by the Prussian State Railway Administration. In order to achieve uniform operation, however, this section of the Hanover route was also leased and operated and the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft also granted it the right to use the Minden-Löhne route. "
- ↑ www.westbahn.de
- ↑ H. Kobschätzky, route atlas of the German railways 1835-1892, Dusseldorf 1971