Münster – Cannstatt industrial railway
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| Route length: | 4 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 550 volts = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 30 ‰ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Münster – Cannstatt industrial railway - also called Münster industrial railway - is a former industrial connecting railway in the urban area of Stuttgart . It was in operation between 1926 and 2000, ran from Münster (since 1931 Stuttgart-Münster) to Stuttgart- Cannstatt (since 1933 Stuttgart- Bad Cannstatt ) and was used exclusively for freight traffic .
It branched off the Stuttgart-Untertürkheim-Kornwestheim railway line in the western entrance area of the Stuttgart-Münster train station (track 405, switch 448) and served from there various sidings , most of which were in the lower Neckar valley . The total length of the route was about four kilometers, a little over a kilometer along the Glockenstrasse and the Im Schwenkrain road, which was laid out flush with the street , similar to a tram . The majority of the route and all connections were located in the Cannstatter district, only the first 100 meters of the line were in the Münster area.
history
Although Cannstatt had a connection to the network of the Royal Württemberg State Railways through the Filstalbahn from 1845 , the entire railway system was located to the right of the Neckar. In the course of increasing industrialization in the second half of the 19th century, the lack of a connection to the Neckarvorstadt on the left of the Neckar , where numerous businesses settled, became increasingly noticeable. The opportunity arose from the Schusterbahn from Untertürkheim to Kornwestheim , which opened in 1896 and where Münster was given a station from the start.
In 1922, the city of Stuttgart signed a partnership agreement with the Cannstatt companies that would benefit from the future industrial railway . Of the costs - 600,000 Reichsmarks for the construction, including land acquisition costs, and 55,000 Reichsmarks for the locomotive to be procured - the companies raised a quarter of the capital. The city took over the rest itself, which became both the owner and operator of the railway. The first work was carried out by the unemployed in the winter of 1923/24, but the plant could not be opened until February 11, 1926. When it was commissioned, the railway served the following eleven connections:
- Münster power station , formerly the power station of the municipality of Münster am Neckar
- M. Strings
- Rössler & Weissenberger
- Werner & Pfleiderer
- Eckardt
- Gustav Epple construction company
- Norma works
- Fortuna works
- Württemberg metal factory Adolf Knecht (WÜMAK), later Mahle
- Company Alexander
- Simon brothers
The following companies were subsequently given a siding:
- Brick works Höfer, later South German brick works
- Travertine quarry Schauffele (for 5000 Reichsmarks)
- JA Braun Bitumitektwerk
- JG Mailänder Druckmaschinenfabrik
The industrial railway was originally electrified with direct current with a voltage of 550 volts and was the first standard-gauge electric freight railway in Württemberg . She had her own railway maintenance office and a separate engine shed on Haldenstrasse .
A special feature of the route was the approximately one kilometer long steep ramp through the vineyards below the Roman fort and today's Hallschlag district . This was relatively steep with a three percent gradient and led from the level of the König Wilhelm Viaduct down into the Neckar Valley. In a very small space between the siding at the level of the sugar factory and Haldenstrasse, around 35 meters in altitude had to be overcome; this section was the core of the railway. This alignment made a major contribution to electrifying the line. In-depth calculations had shown that electrical operation was more economical and more pleasant for the residents.
Another special feature was the level crossing with the meter-gauge tracks of the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB). At the foot of the Altenburger Steige, the industrial railway crossed the tram route to Hallschlag , where there was also an overhead line crossing.
In 1963 the industrial railway was de-electrified and the overhead line dismantled in 1966. Then the German Federal Railroad (DB) took over the operation with diesel locomotives . The city of Stuttgart itself remained the railway infrastructure company on the route, and from then on the Deutsche Bundesbahn operated it on a contract basis .
From June 12, 1964, three more level crossings with the SSB were added on Neckartalstrasse, at that time the tram route to Stuttgart-Mühlhausen - today's U14 tram line to Remseck - received a new route through Neckartalstrasse, which became the old route through Voltastrasse abandoned. Instead, the junction with the tram to Hallschlag was canceled in 1969, when this branch was converted to bus operation.
In the last few years of its existence, the industrial railway only served the Münster power plant; the connections west of the intersection with Altenburger Steige were no longer used. On December 31, 2000, the city of Stuttgart finally shut down the Münster – Cannstatt industrial line completely. The Vignol rail sections were dismantled as early as 2001 ; only the sections with grooved rails that were flush with the street remained excluded from dismantling.
present
To this day, numerous relics are reminiscent of the industrial railway, in addition to the remains of grooved rails, these include the locomotive shed, eleven catenary masts (all on Haldenstrasse) and some catenary rosettes on the houses along the route. After the cessation of operations, there were discussions about reactivating the railway to transport waste from the Neckar-Alb region to the power plant, but these plans have since been rejected.
vehicles
For the operation of the railway , the city of Stuttgart owned a four-axle electric locomotive built in 1925 (with the wheel arrangement Bo'Bo'-el), it was delivered brand new by the Berliner Maschinenbau (BMAG) in the year before the opening of the railway and had the factory number 8662. After the 1963 abandonment of electrical operations, it was scrapped. A steam locomotive of the Württemberg branch lines (WN) also served as a construction locomotive in 1925 . The Deutsche Bundesbahn, or the Deutsche Bahn , which emerged from it in 1994, later served the steeply steep route with the powerful V 90 series locomotives . The power plant had in addition for Verschubdienste two separate shunting locomotives as well as a two-way - Unimog .
See also
Web links
- The Münster industrial railway on "Bahn-Express"
- Pictures of the surviving relics
- Traces of the route on verkehrsrelektiven.de
- The first electric industrial railway in Württemberg on www.stuttgart-stadtgeschichte.net