Müncheberger Kleinbahn

Müncheberger Kleinbahn
Route number :	6539
Route length:	4.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	6.7  ‰
Minimum radius :	250 m
Legend from Berlin 0.0 Müncheberg (Mark) after Kostrzyn and Buckow 4.2 Müncheberg city to Hasenfelde

The Müncheberger Kleinbahn was owned by the city of Müncheberg in what is now the Märkisch-Oderland district . The four-and-a-half kilometer route connected the city railway station there with the Dahmsdorf-Müncheberg station - today Müncheberg (Mark) - on the Berlin-Kostrzyn Eastern Railway .

Passenger and freight traffic began on November 23, 1909. The operation was led by the Brandenburg State Transport Authority in Potsdam, which set up an administrative office in Müncheberg Stadtbahnhof. This was also responsible for the connecting line of the Oderbruch Railway to Fürstenwalde via Hasenfelde, which opened on June 3, 1911, and two other small railways.

As a result, there were also continuous passenger trains Dahmsdorf-Müncheberg - Müncheberg - Fürstenwalde. In 1914 there were four pairs of trains and an additional six pairs of trains Dahmsdorf-Müncheberg-Müncheberg.

In 1913 there were 86,071 travelers, 33,109 tons of goods were transported, mostly agricultural products.

In 1909 there were two three-axle steam locomotives from Orenstein & Koppel , as well as two passenger cars, a pack / mail car and seven freight cars.

On January 1, 1941, the city transferred its Kleinbahn to the Oderbruchbahn, which finally became part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1949 . Passenger traffic ceased on February 1, 1965, freight traffic on December 31, 1971. By the summer of 1970, the rails had been dismantled with the involvement of local youth. The last track systems in the area of ​​the Müncheberg (Mark) station, such as a siding with an associated switch, were still functional until the early 1990s.

Web links

• Berliner-Bahnen.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jörg Petzold, in: Die Museumseisenbahn 1/2009, p. 27.