InterCargo

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Advertisement for InterCargo (1991)

As of around 1984 , the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Bahn referred to a class of high-quality freight trains as InterCargo .

The trains designed for express goods enjoyed priority on the network between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.

In the course of the reorganization of the train types of DB freight traffic for the timetable change in December 2005, the type has been dropped.

history

The InterCargo concept emerged from the unfavorable position of the Federal Railroad in freight transport. According to its own information, the market share of DB in transported goods had fallen from 53 percent (1960) to 30 percent (1983). The state railway suffered the greatest losses in the area of ​​high-quality goods, food and semi-finished goods.

In May 1983, a project study was first drawn up and it was later decided to introduce the system for the 1984/85 annual timetable. A system of reliable, nocturnal direct connections between eleven commercial centers with high traffic volumes was designed. The distance range was over 200 km in each case. They should be picked up by 4 p.m. and made available on the following day at 8 a.m. (in individual cases 9 a.m.). The ICG trains enjoyed priority over all other trains between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. (with the exception of IC passenger trains ). At a top speed of 100 km / h, a cruising speed of 80 km / h should be achieved. The train load with 100 axles should reach 1,500 tons.

The concept was introduced on June 4, 1984. The first trains were sent on their way as part of special opening events. All board members of DB as well as various representatives from business and politics were represented. From that day onwards, 88 ICG trains ran daily at an average speed of 73.4 km / h. In the first year of operation, according to Deutsche Bahn, a punctuality rate of 95 percent was achieved (with a 15-minute tolerance). In the first three months, the average capacity utilization was 400 gross tons.

By the spring of 1985, more than a million tons of goods were transported in the Intercargo system.

With the introduction of the 1991/1992 timetable on June 2, 1991, the Intercargo service was supplemented by the InterCargoExpress . At the same time, a new ICG connection was created on the Hanover – Würzburg high-speed line and 24 ICG trains were relocated to the newly opened high-speed line and its top speed increased to 120 km / h.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Deutsche Bundesbahn, main administration (ed.): The new railway. About us. , Brochure, 86 A4 pages, Frankfurt am Main, May 1985, p. 58.
  2. ↑ a b c Helmut Pohl: One year InterCargo . In: Reiner Gohlke , Knut Reimers (Hrsg.): The new railway . Hestra-Verlag, Darmstadt 1985. ( Yearbook of the Railway System. Volume 36), pp. 128-136.
  3. ↑ High-speed trains, new lines and cycle timetables . In: Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn (ed.): Customer letter , May 1991, p. 73.