Harleshausen curve

Vellmar-Obervellmar – Kassel Hbf
Route number (DB) :	2550
Course book section (DB) :	430, 614.3, 614.4
Route length:	7.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	(continuous)
Federal states :	Hesse
Legend Main line from Hofgeismar RT1 Line from Wolfhagen RT4 337.7 Vellmar - Obervellmar (original route west of the Rbf) EKZ underpass 338.5 Vellmar- Osterberg / EKZ To the camp Günterslohe Pine path Kiefernweg (until 2012) Waldecker Strasse 340.2 Kassel - Jungfernkopf Wegmannstrasse (until 2012) Geilebach with underpass 341.4 Kassel - Harleshausen Wolfhager Strasse ( B 251 ) Steinacker 342.5 Kassel- Kirchditmold Zentgrafenstrasse (K7) SFS Hannover – Würzburg Freight route to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Main-Weser-Bahn from Frankfurt RT5 Tannenstrasse / Tannenbrücke Hanover Southern Railway from Hanover System change 15 kV ~ / 600 V = 345.2 Kassel Central Station RegioTram Kassel RT1 RT4 RT5

A section of the Kassel – Warburg railway line between Kassel main station and Vellmar - Obervellmar station is known as the Harleshausen curve . The route section is named after today's Kassel district of Harleshausen , through which it leads. The route now mainly used by the RegioTram Kassel was modernized from 2007 to 2013: the new stops at Kirchditmold , Jungfernkopf and Osterberg / EKZ were built and a barrier system at the stop at Jungfernkopf was replaced by an underpass.

history

The Harleshausen Curve was completed on August 29, 1848. In 1913 the section between Kassel-Harleshausen and Kassel Hauptbahnhof was expanded to three tracks. The new track branched off south of the Harleshausen stop and followed the railway line to the west, steadily increasing in height. After about 600 meters, the track crossed the main railway line with a flyover structure and then ran east of the railway line parallel on a railway embankment to shortly before the Kassel main station. The third track enabled express trains running from Westphalia via Kassel main station in the direction of Bebra to use the northern platforms of the main station without having to cross other routes in front of the main station. With the electrification , this route had to be abandoned because the overpass structure was no longer the required height. Today there are still remains of this structure (popularly known as the viaduct ), the second elevated bridge over Steinäcker and the abutment of the bridge over Zentgrafenstraße. During the construction of the Kassel-Kirchditmold stop, the old railway line was used by construction vehicles, which were able to bring construction materials to the embankment.

service

Until December 2013, the Sauerland Express ran over the Harleshausen curve; Now these trains go through the Kassel marshalling yard directly to the Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station  - without going through the curve; the Kassel main station is no longer served. Since December 2013, it has only been used by the RegioTram Kassel, every quarter of an hour during rush hour, otherwise every half hour.

line	course	Travel time	Installation
RT1	Hümme - Hofgeismar - Immenhausen - Vellmar - Kassel Central Station - Kassel, Königsplatz - Kassel, Holländische Strasse	57 min.	2005
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Vellmar - Kassel Central Station - Kassel, Königsplatz - Kassel, Holländische Straße	68/49 min.	2006

Train stations

The Harleshausen curve

View from the bridge on Kiefernweg to the location of the former barrier for a pedestrian path; this is where the cable routing is interrupted to the right of the route.

The railway barrier in 2005 and ...

…In 2013

The crossing of the third track, photographed from Herlebergweg

The forecourt of the Kirchditmold train station

View from the bridge that crosses the railway tracks of the high-speed line and from the main train station in the direction of Wilhelmshöhe

Train stations on the Harleshausen curve

View of the new tracks 2 and 3 of the Vellmar-Obervellmar train station, in the background the Vellmar Osterberg / EKZ stop

The Vellmar-Osterberg / EKZ station, in the background the Vellmar-Obervellmar station.

Kassel-Jungfernkopf station with RT4 to Wolfhagen.

View of Kassel-Harleshausen train station from Wolfhager Strasse (B 251).

Kassel-Kirchditmold station, on the right on the elevated embankment was the third track.

End of the Harleshausen curve in the main train station.

Vellmar-Obervellmar

At Vellmar-Obervellmar station , the Vellmar – Volkmarsen line branches off from the Kassel – Warburg line, as does the line through the Kassel marshalling yard to Wilhelmshöhe . In recent years the station has been expanded to include the third track as part of the expansion of the Vellmar – Volkmarsen railway line, which has been officially in operation since December 2013. In addition to the RegioTram , the Regional-Express Korbach – Kassel of the Kurhessenbahn stop there .

Vellmar-Osterberg / EKZ

The converted Vellmar-Osterberg / EKZ stop was inaugurated for the RegioTram Kassel on December 13, 2008. The tracks that run not through the Harleshausen curve to Kassel main station, but through the Kassel marshalling yard to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station run directly next to the tracks of the stop .

Kassel-Jungfernkopf

The previous stop at Kassel-Jungfernkopf was also opened on December 13, 2008 . The neighboring barrier system at the junction of Wegmannstraße from Schenkebier Stanne , a former danger point for road traffic, was closed forever on November 24, 2012 and the section of road near the barriers and in the track was dismantled on the same day. From 2011 to 2012, a long-planned underpass was created about 150 m further northeast below the stop between the streets Schenkebier Stanne and Eisenbahnweg in Waldecker Straße . The first vehicle passage happened on the day the barriers were closed.

Kassel-Harleshausen

Harleshausen only got a train station at the beginning of the 20th century, although the railway line had affected the community at that time since 1848; the center of today's Kassel district is about 1000 m northwest of the stop. The first bridge construction, on which Wolfhager Straße (currently part of the B 251 ) at the former train station and today's stop over the Harleshausen curve, was built in 1907. The two magnificent station buildings were demolished when the railroad was electrified. The station pavilion built in the 1970s is closed. Today's Kassel-Harleshausen stop is the only non- barrier-free stop on the Harleshausen curve.

Kassel-Kirchditmold

Today's Kassel-Kirchditmold stop is a new construction and not to be confused with the old stop on the Main-Weser Railway , which was abandoned when the new high-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg was built. When it opened in April 2009, it is the last new stopping point to go into operation on the Harleshausen curve and is located at the transition area from Christbuchenstraße to Steinäcker .

Kassel main train station

The Kassel main station is the end point of the Harleshausen curve. There is a connection for trains of the RegioTram Kassel to and from the Kassel tram network , which is made possible by the double-track tunnel below the main train station, which was inaugurated on August 19, 2007 and has since been passable in both directions.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Masur: The reconstruction of the main passenger station Cassel. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , No. 63, 1913, columns 447-464. urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-91835 (with additional images on pages 50 to 51 in the atlas of the year 1913, urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-91888 ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Two new RT stations inaugurated ( memento of the original from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Report on the new RegioTram stations at the Harleshausen curve, from December 15, 2008, on tram-kassel.de  
3. ^ Underpass at the Jungfernkopf open , from November 25, 2012, on hna.de.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Harleshausen station / stop , on steamy.de
5. ^ Bahnhof / Haltpunkt Kirchditmold , on steamy.de

Web links

• Harleshausen curve in new splendor - Two new stations add the North Hessian RegioTram system , from December 13, 2008, on nvv.de.
• The RegioTram station Kassel-Kirchditmold , from April 27, 2009, on tram-kassel.de