Kirchberg tunnel
| Kirchberg tunnel | ||||
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Landau – Rohrbach railway line | |||
| place | Albersweiler | |||
| length | 93 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | Palatine Ludwig Railway Company | |||
| start of building | 1871 | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | Deutsche Bahn | |||
| release | September 12, 1874 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| Northwest portal | 49 ° 13 ′ 2 ″ N , 8 ° 1 ′ 41 ″ E | |||
| Southeast portal | 49 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 1 ′ 44 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Kirchberg Tunnel is one of a total of four tunnels on the Landau – Rohrbach railway line and, at 93 meters, is the shortest. Originally laid out as a single track, the line was expanded to double tracks in 1887, which was planned from the beginning. It has been single-track again since the end of World War II.
location
The tunnel is located in the district of Albersweiler, not far from the south-eastern edge of the settlement. He crosses under the eponymous Kirchberg to shorten a loop of the Queich .
history
In the course of the planning of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway , the route east of Bexbach was not fixed from the start. On January 10, 1838, a meeting took place in Speyer , which marked the beginning of share subscription for the route. A landowner from Wachenheim suggested that the railway line run via Zweibrücken and from there via Rodalben, Annweiler and Langenkandel to the Rhine . The written justification followed on January 20th of that year. Although the government of the Palatinate (Bavaria) passed this on to Munich , it did not prevail. Another participant at the event argued that a corresponding route would be more cost-effective, but would bring less profit than one via Kaiserslautern .
Despite the already built railway line via Kaiserslautern, efforts were made in 1849 to build a line from Zweibrücken to Landau. However, the Palatinate Railway Administration initially refused to do this, as they feared competition with the Palatinate Ludwig Railway and the construction of the section through the Palatinate Forest would be very complex. Especially the places along the Queich pushed further in this regard.
Project drawings began in the early 1870s. A loop of the Queich within Albersweiler was shortened by building a tunnel. On September 12, 187e, the Landau – Annweiler section, including the construction known as the Schwerwoogkopf Tunnel , was opened, and a year later the gap to Zweibrücken was closed.
From 1946 onwards, the French crew dismantled the second track as part of reparations payments. Since then, the tunnel has only been single-track.
literature
- Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). New edition. pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 182 f .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 54 .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 177 .
- ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 181 f .
- ↑ queichtalbahn.beepworld.de: Chronicle from 1874 to 2000 . Archived from the original on October 16, 2013 ; Retrieved October 17, 2013 .