Kellerwaldbahn

Route number (DB) :

3945

Course book section (DB) :

last 193p

Route length:

24.687 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Legend

		Main-Weser Railway from Kassel
	0.0	Room dig

		Main-Weser-Bahn to Frankfurt

		Schwalm
	2.2	Gilsa
		Gilsa
	3.6	Reptich
	6.0	Jesberg
	10.0	Densberg
	11.5	Densberg- Schönstein
		North
	16.4	Gilserberg
	17.2	Moischeid
		Pig
		planned route to Frankenberg
	24.4	Gemünden (Wohra)
		Wohratalbahn to Kirchhain

The Kellerwaldbahn is a former railway line in Northern Hesse between Zimmerrode on the Main-Weser Railway and Gemünden (Wohra) with a connection to the Wohratalbahn to Kirchhain .

course

The route had a length of 24.38 km. It followed the valley of the Gilsa in the southern Kellerwald via Jesberg to Gilserberg , from there crossed the Rhine-Weser watershed and reached the valley of the Wohra in Gemünden .

history

The line started operating on October 2, 1911. An extension to Frankenberg (Eder) was planned, but this was no longer realized because of the First World War . On May 28, 1972, passenger traffic on the entire route and goods traffic on the section between Zimmerrode and Gilserberg were suspended. On November 30, 1981, freight traffic also ended on the remaining Gilserberg-Gemünden line and two weeks later on the subsequent Wohratalbahn. The line was dismantled shortly afterwards.

photos

Gemünden railway station (Wohra)
Remains of a bridge west of Jesberg

Web links

Commons : Kellerwaldbahn - collection of images, videos and audio files

Photos of the route (2014)
Kellerwaldbahn on www.rostendeschienen.de ( Memento from September 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )