Münchner Kindl (train)
Münchner Kindl was a train of the German Federal Railroad (DB), which from July 16, 1951 established a long-distance connection in the outskirts of the day between Frankfurt am Main and Munich .
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history
Pre-traffic
The long-distance express train ran in the morning from Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Munich Hbf as F 30 (later Ft 30) and in the evening in the opposite direction as F 29 (later Ft. 29). The train only had stops in Heidelberg Hbf and Stuttgart Hbf . Since there were not enough express railcars available, it initially operated as a train hauled by a locomotive. He only ran the (old) 2nd class and a dining car , after the class reform of 1956 only the (new) 1st class.
As of the summer timetable 1952, the new could DMUs of the series VT 08 5 are used, which the depot Frankfurt-Griesheim presented. At the same time, the stop in Heidelberg was canceled. Both of these reduced the travel time by around half an hour.
Münchner Kindl as an F train
For the winter timetable 1952/53 he was given the name Münchner Kindl , which refers to the Munich city arms . He also drove with the Ft 27/28, " Rhein-Isar-Blitz ", a train of the Rheinblitz group . In the summer and winter timetable of 1954, the train ran again as a locomotive-hauled wagon train, from summer 1955 again with VT 08 5 . It now drove via Darmstadt Hbf , Mannheim Hbf and Heidelberg and on this route - as well as with the return service - combined with the railcar of the Schauinsland long-distance express train . This added to the travel time and did not go down well with travelers. Therefore, from the summer timetable in 1956, the trains were separated at a service stop at Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld station and the Münchner Kindl continued directly to Heidelberg, while the Schauinsland turned off to Mannheim Hbf. For the return service, the common journey was waived. From November 19, 1957, the entire route that the train traveled was electrified . From November 25, 1957, the joint journey was completely abandoned and the Münchner Kindl was now driven with an electric multiple unit of the ET 11 series . From the end of March 1959, a train hauled by a locomotive was again switched to.
The End
For the winter timetable 1959/60 the connection - train numbers and name were retained - converted into an express train . The train now also ran 2nd class. The name was then used again in the 1971 summer timetable for an F train on the route between Frankfurt and Munich (F 154/155), but which ran via and with the only intermediate stop at Würzburg Hbf .
literature
- Peter Goette: Light F-Trains of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88255-729-9 .