Hersfeld circular path

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Bad Hersfeld – Heimboldshausen
Route of the Hersfeld circular path
Route number (DB) : 9380
Route length: 26.016 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 20  ‰
Minimum radius : 200 m
Top speed: 50 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Fulda
Station, station
 0.0 Bad Hersfeld management
   
 according to Bebra
   
 2.18 Connection to the Oberrode lime works
   
 4.95 Sorga (Kr Hersfeld)
   
 9.66 Malkomes (until 1974 station)
   
 11.21 Gift pride
   
 Lampertsfeld (since 1961)
   
 15.17 Start of the route since 1999
   
 15.32 Schenklengsfeld train line, Bw
   
 18.10 Wehrshausen
   
 20.67 Ransbach (Kr Hersfeld)
   
 24.60 Sipping
   
 Connection to the Hera shaft
   
 Röhrigshof
   
 B 62
   
 from Philippsthal
Station without passenger traffic
 26.02 Heimboldshausen
Route - straight ahead
 after Gerstungen

The Hersfelder Kreisbahn (HKB) , also known as the Solztalbahn due to its course on the Solz , ran with a length of 26.016 kilometers from Bad Hersfeld in standard gauge via the Landecker Amt to Heimboldshausen (today part of the market town of Philippsthal ) on the Werra .

history

Overview map

The route was opened on September 26, 1912 as the Hersfeld - Heimboldshausen (KHH) circuit and overcame a difference in altitude of 155.29 meters. The railway was initially an own establishment of the circle Hersfeld and Rotenburg. By resolution of the district council of August 15, 1983, the conversion into the Hersfelder Eisenbahn Gesellschaft mbH (HEG) and the takeover of 51% of the shares by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH took place on January 1, 1984 . The district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg only held a 49% stake in the new company.

Freight traffic was stopped on December 31, 1993. Passenger traffic ended the day before with the last scheduled trip of the VT 50 as train 12 from the Hattorf plant to Bad Hersfeld. The tracks between Bad Hersfeld and Schenklengsfeld were dismantled in August 1999 and a cycle path ( Solztal cycle path ) was set up on the route instead .

The remaining eleven kilometer stretch between Schenklengsfeld and Heimboldshausen was put out to tender at the beginning of 2008 for takeover by a third party and on September 11, 2009 to the Förderverein Werra-Fulda-Bahn e. V. , who wanted to set up a museum railway there. The cycle path will continue on paths next to the rail in the direction of Ransbach .

The railway infrastructure company for the Philippsthal - Schenklengsfeld section was most recently the Hersfeld Railway Company . The route has been offered for sale on the online sales platform Ebay since March 11, 2017. In February 2018, the Werra-Fulda-Bahn development association decided at its general meeting to sell it to a Dutch investor for one symbolic euro. This sale did not materialize.

After the Hera connection was served for a few years, the route has now been without traffic and maintenance for years. Small trees are already growing in the tracks. In summer 2020, attempts will be made in small steps to cut the railway line free and gradually repair it.

Route

The route ran from Bad Hersfeld (separate train station opposite the DB train station, headquarters of operations management) via Sorga (with train station), Malkomes (with train station) and Schenksolz (with stop) up to Schenklengsfeld (with train station and depot, seat of train control) . From there the train went via Wehrshausen (with a stop), Ransbach (with a train station), Nippe (with a stop) and Röhrigshof (with a stop) to Heimboldshausen (shared station together with the DB / Werratalbahn).

The railway reached its highest point shortly after the Wehrshausen stop at 356.69 meters above sea level. NN . There were 67 arches, some of which were only 200 m in radius. The maximum downhill and uphill sections are 1:50 between Wehrshausen and Heimboldshausen. The total length of the tracks with all side and sidings was 38 kilometers.

traffic

The previously about the Werra Railway of Heimboldshausen to Gerstungen crazy potash from mines in herring and Philippsthal was on the way to Bad Hersfeld for from 1 July 1952 railway main line Bebra-Fulda transported. During this time, the maximum number of transports was recorded. In 1952 1,100,000 people and in 1954 2,116,000 tons of goods were transported.

From 1960, the Hersfelder Kreisbahn set up bus routes to the Werra. Since then, the number of rail transports has been falling steadily. As early as November 1, 1960, passenger transport on Sundays and public holidays ceased. In 1975 six pairs of trains still ran on weekdays, one of them only between Philippsthal and Schenklengsfeld. From 1984 onwards, the timetables were cut more and more from year to year. For example, there was always only one scheduled train on the route at a time; in the opposite direction there was an empty trip. In the end, there was only one “alibi train pair” left to receive petroleum tax subsidies.

Since the opening of the border in 1989, potash mining goods have been transported again via the route running in the Werra valley to the Thuringian Railway in Gerstungen . Without the goods transport, the passenger traffic on the remaining section was no longer possible. The last passenger train, a Uerdingen rail bus , ran on December 30, 1993. From 1993 to 2005, the HEG operated a few bus routes in the Bad Hersfeld area. When these connections were re- tendered, however, they were subject to a different transport company.

vehicles

Steam locomotives

The initial equipment of the railway included two type C-n2t locomotives of the Bismarck type with the names "Fulda" and "Werra" built by Henschel in Kassel and two other type 1'C-n2t steam locomotives, also built by Henschel, with the Prussian type T 9.3 were identical and were named "Hersfeld" and "Landecker". In total, the Hersfeld Kreisbahn had eleven steam locomotives until the traffic was completely dieselized. As the last steam locomotive, locomotive 1 '' , which Henschel bought brand new in 1954, was retired and sold in 1965.

The two steam locomotives 2 '' and 4 '' of the type ELNA  6 procured in 1930 and 1938 were sold to the EBV in 1961 and 1960 respectively , but have survived to this day. While locomotive 2 '' is still operational and is regularly used by the steam railway Fränkische Schweiz eV on the museum railway Ebermannstadt - Behringersmühle, locomotive 4 '' is an exhibit in the mining museum Grube Anna II . Locomotive 5, a D-coupler of the type Henschel D 600, has reached the museum railway SDP Stoomtrein Dendermonde Puurs in Baasrode, Belgium via the EBV , where it was in service as Anna 2 . Unfortunately, it has not been operational there since 1997 due to a fire box damage.

No. / name design type Construction year Manufacturer Factory no. Type Working time comment
1 "Hersfeld" 1'C-n2t 1912 Henschel 11011 T 9.3 1912-1949 sell at WZTE "10"
2 "Landecker" 1'C-n2t 1912 Henschel 11012 T 9.3 1912-1930 sell to BMAG
3 "Fulda" C-n2t 1912 Henschel 11013 Bismarck 1912-1917 sell to union. Hattorf
4 "Werra" C-n2t 1912 Henschel 11014 Bismarck 1912-1930 sell to DHE "3"
5 D-h2t 1947 Henschel 29884 D 600 1947-1954 sell to EBV "Anna 2"
1 1'D1'-h2t 1954 Henschel 25277 1954-1965 sell
2´´ D-h2t 1930 BMAG 9963 ELNA 6 1930-1961 sell to EBV "Anna 10"
3´´ D-n2t 1912 Borsig 8483 1947-1949 sell to WZTE "501", 1962+
4´´ D-h2t 1938 Henschel 24396 ELNA 6 1938-1960 sell to EBV "Anna 8"
3´´´ D-h2t 1949 Henschel 25733 D 600 1951-1962 scrapped
4´´´ D-h2t 1916 Esslingen 3768 T 6 No. 1401 1949-1952 sell to Südzucker

Diesel railcar, control car and sidecar

The HKB procured the first railcar to rationalize passenger traffic as early as 1928. The four-axle vehicle was supplied as a benzene railcar by the DWK company in Kiel, converted to diesel in 1935 and only retired in 1955. After the Second World War , Uerdingen rail buses were decisive for passenger transport on the route for decades. From 1954, three single-engine railcars and two sidecars were purchased. The sidecars were not built directly by the Uerdingen wagon factory , but by the North Hessian wagon builders Orion in Eschwege and Credé in Kassel, who manufactured the vehicles under license. This fleet was then supplemented in 1966/68 by the three-part Uerdingen rail bus VT 54 / VM 56 / VS 55 with bellows-type car transitions, which largely corresponded to the rail buses delivered to Spain by the Uerdingen wagon factory and which was unique in Germany. This three-part car has been owned by HWB Verkehrsgesellschaft in Hermeskeil since 2001 under the designation VT 50 / VM 20 / VS 30 , has been completely renovated there since 2004 and is to be used again in tourism. Since this notice from June 2004 there have been no further reports about the condition or whereabouts.

No. Construction year Manufacturer Factory no. Type Working time comment
VT 1 1928 DWK 165 Benzene railcars 1928-1955 sell at BHE
VT 50 1954 Uerdingen 60220 VT 95 ( "Privatbahn-VT 98" ) 1954-1993 m. Buffering
VT 51 1955 Uerdingen 60230 VT 95 ("Privatbahn-VT 98") 1955-1976 m. Buffers, 1984+
VT 52 1959 Uerdingen 63316 VT 95 ("Privatbahn-VT 98") 1959-1985 m. Buffers, 1987 sold
VT 54 1966 Uerdingen 72448 similar to VT 98 1966-1993 operated in unity with VS 55 / VM 56
VS 55 1966 Uerdingen 72449 similar to VS 98 1966-1993 operated in unity with VT 54 / VM 56
VM 56 1968 Uerdingen 72913 similar to VB 98 1968-1993 operated in unity with VT 54 / VS 55
VB 60 1955 Orion A925 VB 142 1955-1972 m. Buffers, 1978+
VB 61 1957 Credé 32397 VB 98 1957-1987 sell

  • VT 50, a "Privatbahn-VT 98" with round buffers, in 1993 in the Hattorf plant

  • VT 50 with square buffers in the Hattingen Industrial Museum, 2013

  • VT 52, also a "Privatbahn-VT 98", 1985 in Bad Hersfeld

  • Railcar VT 54 with VM 56 and VS 55, 1985 in Schenklengsfeld

Diesel locomotives

The dieselization of freight traffic began with the delivery of the first diesel locomotive (No. 30) on May 30, 1960 and was completed with the purchase of the third locomotive (No. 32) in 1965.

No. design type Construction year Manufacturer Factory no. Type Working time
30th D-ie 1959 Henschel 26535 DH 850 D 1959-1975
31 D-ie 1962 Henschel 30339 DH 850 D 1962-1977
32 B'B'-ie 1965 MaK 1000245 V 100 PA 1965-1993
30´´ C'C'-dh 1962 Henschel 30400 V320 001 1976-1989
31´´ B'B'-ie 1951 MaK 800005 V 80 1977-1981
31 "" B'B'-ie 1960 Croup 4047 V 160 "Lollo" 1981-1989
831 Bo'Bo'-de 1988 MaK / BBC 1000831 DE 1002 1988-1993
832 Bo'Bo'-de 1988 MaK / BBC 1000832 DE 1002 1988-1993

  • V 30 "(ex-DB V 320 ) in Schenklengsfeld, 1988

  • V 31 "" ( V 160 "Lollo") parked in Schenklengsfeld, 2007

  • V 32 in Schenklengsfeld, 1993

  • V 831 in Heimboldshausen, 2007

  • V 832 in the Hattorf plant, 2007

Picture gallery

  • Schenklengsfeld railway depot

  • Former railway line with cycle path in Sorga

  • Three wagons of the Hersfeld District Railway in Kirchheim (Hesse)

literature

Web links

Commons : Hersfelder Eisenbahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hand in complete railway line. In: ebay-kleinangebote.de. Retrieved April 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Mario Reymond: Members of the Werra-Fulda-Bahn support association decide: Remove the railway line for a euro. In: Hersfelder Zeitung. February 25, 2018, accessed May 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Facebook group IG Kreisbahn Hersfeld-Heimboldshausen
  4. ↑ Special design Uerdinger rail bus with intercar transition. VM 20. In: mandaubahn.de. June 2004, accessed January 25, 2020 .