Schwarzenau – Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn railway line
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Route number : | 176 (old 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course book route (ÖBB) : | 830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 57.791 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 25 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minimum radius : | 171 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 60 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Schwarzenau – Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn railway is a branch line in Lower Austria . It branches off the Vienna – Gmünd railway line in Schwarzenau and leads via Zwettl to Martinsberg .
history
On July 4, 1896, the Schwarzenau – Zwettl local railway, licensed on October 22, 1894, was opened by AG Localbahn Schwarzenau – Zwettl . The Zwettl – Martinsberg section was licensed in 1904 and put into operation in 1906.
Thereafter, the further construction towards the south to the Danube was pursued, but no agreement could be reached on the route. While Zwettl favored the variant via Yspertal , the Ministry of Railways preferred the variant through the Weitental . The further construction finally failed due to the financing. The difference in altitude between the Waldviertel and the Danube valley would definitely have required the construction of a complex mountain railway.
On January 1, 1941, the AG Localbahn Schwarzenau – Zwettl was nationalized.
Passenger traffic between Zwettl and Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn, the full name of the station at the southern end of the line, was discontinued on September 28, 1986 due to a lack of capacity. However, there was still extensive freight traffic. Extensive timber transports for some of the largest wood processing companies in the Waldviertel ensured the continued existence of the route.
In 2007, freight traffic was intensified even further due to the large amount of damaged wood caused by hurricane Kyrill in the region. In 2012, 1 million tonnes of goods are still handled annually via the loading points in Kleinschönau (household waste in the Zwettl region for waste incineration), Zwettl (diesel oil, Eigl) and Waldhausen (wood, Stora Enso).
Station building in Waldhausen
Between Schwarzenau, Zwettl and Waldhausen the Museums-Lokalbahn Verein (formerly Martinsberger Lokalbahnverein) occasionally organized special trips with steam locomotives. After passenger traffic had only run to and from Zwettl in recent years, the 2010/11 timetable change on December 11, 2010 marked the end of passenger trains. Since then, buses have taken over passenger transport.
On December 27, 2010, the approval of the permanent cessation of railway operations according to § 28 EisbG was granted for the route 1762 between Waldhausen and Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn . In July 2012, this section of the railway line was offered for sale by ÖBB Infrastruktur AG . However, Rail Cargo Austria plans to close all goods loading points in the Waldviertel for 2014/2015, which would also mean closure for the Schwarzenau – Waldhausen route. Beginning in August 2014, the tracks between Waldhausen and Martinsberg were removed. However, the demolition was partially interrupted as the demolition company went bankrupt during the demolition. Therefore, there are still some tracks, switches or sleepers on the route.
gallery
Schwarzenau exit station
Bhf. Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn with diesel railcars ÖBB 5042.14
Station building in Grafenschlag
The abandoned Ottenschlag train station
Bernschlag stop
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt of October 22, 1894, No. 218, page 611
- ^ Reichsgesetzblatt of July 15, 1903, No. 153, page 545
- ^ Reichsgesetzblatt of March 26, 1904, No. 32, page 71
- ↑ a b NÖN of October 24, 2012
- ^ Annex line sales - line 1762 Waldhausen (a) - Martinsberg / Gutenbrunn (e) In: Infra: fundus, website of ÖBB Infrastruktur AG.
Web links
- Opening of the Schwarzenau - Zwettl railway line
- Course book 1944
- Museum local railway association
- End for freight trains?
- Photo ride on the Martinsberger local train