Marienwerder Kleinbahnen
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 Timetable picture 1914
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| Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gauge : | Mareese – Groß Weide Süd: 750 mm. Groß Weide Süd – Groß Falkenau: 1435 mm |
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The Kwidzyn Kleinbahnen operated narrow gauge lines on both sides of the Vistula River in the district of Marienwerder , originally the province of West Prussia, since 1920 to East Prussia belonged.
The route was closed on December 31, 1985 and completely dismantled by 1989.
Structure of the network
At the end of the 19th century, the Marienwerder district in the province of West Prussia comprised areas on both sides of the Vistula . While the Dirschau – Bromberg line of the Prussian Eastern Railway had been in operation to the left of the river since 1852 , the right bank part of the district with the district town was only connected by the Marienburg – Graudenz line of the Prussian State Railway in 1883 . Although further routes were added after the turn of the century, there was no rail link across the Vistula until the Marienwerder – Schmentau state railway was opened in 1909 .
In the meantime the Kleinbahn-AG Marienwerder had built small railway lines on both sides of the Vistula. The company was founded in 1900 by the Prussian State, the Province of West Prussia, the Marienwerder District and the East German Railway Company in Königsberg .
The first routes were opened on September 28, 1901. From the small train station near the Marienwerder state train station , the route led 3.5 kilometers south around the city to Mareese , the seat of the railway administration, where the routes branched. The southern one led up the river to Groß Nebrau (16 km), where a ferry made the connection to the other bank to the small town of Neuchâtel, which has also been the terminus of a small railway since 1906. After another four kilometers, the end point at Russenau was reached.
The northern route ran straight to the Vistula at Kurzebrack (4 km), where a branch track connected the port, then north via Groß Weide (11 km) to Kramershof, where a freight railway branched off to Gutsch. The route continued via Kramershof to an end point on the river bank (16 km) opposite the small town of Mewe . A trajectory for railroad and wagons took over the transport of passengers and goods to the right bank. A ferry steamer, a steam launch and a high-speed ferry were procured from the Kleinbahngesellschaft. From the station on the left bank since October 26, 1903 (?) Small railroad trains went to the Mewe city station, where the state railway from Morroschin ended on January 5, 1905. A siding led to the Nonsfelde sugar factory.
From Mewe Stadt the small train continued north via Groß Grünhof, where a freight railway branched off, to Groß Falkenau (14 km). The company opened here between 1903 and September 23, 1905. However, there was no connection to the extensive network of West Prussian small railways, whose southernmost point was only seven kilometers north.
The management was transferred to the Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (ODEG) in Königsberg.
In 1914, the Kleinbahn traveled a network of 54 kilometers in length with three to four pairs of trains a day; another five kilometers were used exclusively for freight traffic:
- a) Marienwerder Klb - Mareese 3.5 km
- b) Mareese - Groß Weide - Kramershof - Mewe right bank 15.8 m
- c) Mewe left bank - Mewe city - Groß Grünhof - Groß Falkenau 14.0 km
- d) Mareese - Groß Nebrau - Russenau 20.4 km
- e) Groß Grünhof - Sprauden III (freight railway) 3.0 km
- f) Kramershof - Gutsch (goods railway) 1.8 km
7 locomotives, 16 passenger and baggage cars and 126 freight cars were available.
Adaptation to the new frontier
The new demarcation after the First World War was implemented in early 1920. The left bank of the Vistula became Polish, as well as a kind of "bridgehead" opposite the town of Mewe, which included Johannisdorf and four other villages. The reduced district of Marienwerder was attached to the province of East Prussia.
Because the northern route beyond Groß Weide and the freight railway Kramershof – Gutsch were cut by the border, Groß Weide built a route to Gutsch (Zandersfelde), which opened on December 20, 1927. The loading of sugar beet there was so important that a rail connection could not be dispensed with.
The sections lying in Poland were completely closed for passenger traffic; the line from Groß Falkenau to about four kilometers north of Mewe was retained for the freight traffic of the Pelplin sugar factory; it was connected to the beet railways of this sugar factory. All other lines on Polish territory were dismantled.
In the time before the Second World War, the Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft owned a network of 37 kilometers:
- a) Marienwerder Klb - Mareese 3.5 km (freight trains only)
- b) Mareese - Groß Weide - Gutsch 13.5 km
- c) Mareese - Groß Nebrau - Russenau 20.4 km
There were only two pairs of trains running, some weekdays three. Passenger trains ran to Gutsch, which was later renamed Zandersfelde, but no longer between Marienwerder and the Mareese train station on the western outskirts of the city, below the castle.
In 1939 the following vehicles were available: five steam locomotives, eleven passenger cars, two packing cars and 74 freight cars.
stretch
Route details:
- Section Mareese – Russenau (Mareza – Rusinowo Wąskotorowe)
- Opening on September 28, 1901; Track width: 750 mm
- Cessation of passenger and freight traffic on December 31, 1985
The locomotives Lyd1 215 and 310 as well as the diesel multiple unit MBd1-134, which was brought to the Railway Museum in Sochaczew in 1987, remained in the Mareese depot . The dismantling of the station in Mareese was completed in April 1989, the last dismantling trains ran on March 7th and 8th, 1989. The dismantling of the line was completed on April 1st, 1989.
- Section Mareese – Marienwerder Klbhf (Mareza – Kwidzyn Wąskotorowy)
- Opening on September 28, 1901 (unsecured)
- Dismantling of the line in 1989
- Section Mareese – Groß Weide Süd (Mareza – Pastwa Południowa)
- Opening September 28, 1901; Track width: 750 mm
- December 31, 1985: Passenger and freight traffic ceased
- Section Groß Weide Süd – Groß Falkenau (Pastwa Południowa – Wielkie Walichnowy)
- Opening August 23, 1905; Track width: 1435 mm
- unknown (around 1918): cessation of passenger traffic
- after 1920: section Pastwa Południowa – Ciepłe (Groß Weide Süd – Warmhof) dismantled and section Ciepłe – Wielkie Walichnowy (Warmhof – Groß Falkenau) taken over by the Pelplin sugar factory and continued to operate
- before 1972: Ciepłe – Wielkie Walichnowy section (Warmhof – Groß Falkenau) dismantled
Further measures
In 1948 there were plans to build a connecting line to the narrow-gauge railways around Danzig. Construction appears to have started but has never been completed. Diesel-powered rail buses were introduced in 1959 and steam traction ended in 1966.
literature
- Siegfried Bufe (Ed.): Railways in West and East Prussia . Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1986, ISBN 3-922138-24-1 , ( Ostdeutsche Eisenbahnen 1).
Web links
- Area map and description of the railway facilities in Marienwerder (Polish). Archived from the original on April 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 .
- Marienwerder station map (6.7 MB; PDF)
- Photos of the railway line and maps of the area from Mewe (Polish). Archived from the original on April 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 .
- Chronicle of the railway line (page 12, Polish) (PDF; 820 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Route description Mareese – Russenau at kolej.one (Polish)
- ↑ Route description Mareese – Marienwerder Klbhf at kolej.one (Polish)
- ↑ Route description Mareese – Groß Falkenau at kolej.one (Polish)
- ↑ a b c Brief description of the routes
- ↑ Route data Mareza – Rusinowo Wąskotorowe at kolej.one (Polish)
- ↑ Route data Mareza – Wielkie Walichnowy (pol.)
- ↑ photo of MBd1-134