Neustadt-Gogoliner Railway
The Neustadt-Gogoliner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NGE) operated a standard-gauge branch line 42 kilometers long, which ran from the district town of Neustadt in Upper Silesia at the foot of the Bohemian peripheral mountains in a north-easterly direction to the Oder near Krappitz in the Opole district and, after crossing the river, the Gogolin terminus reached in the district of Groß Strehlitz.
history
On October 7, 1895, the railway entrepreneur Friedrich Lenz founded the Neustadt-Gogoliner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NGE). It connected two state railway lines that had been built by the Upper Silesian Railway Company , namely the Neisse – Neustadt – Kosel – Gliwice (1876) and Oppeln – Gogolin – Ratibor (1845) lines.
The first section from Neustadt to Zülz started operations on October 22, 1896, the second to Gogolin followed on December 4, 1896. Lenz & Co GmbH took over management of the railway and set up a railway administration in Zülz. This company was a subsidiary of the AG for Transport (AGV), which until 1945 owned almost 100% of the shares in NGE. In addition to the transport of agricultural products, the paper mill in Krappitz was particularly important for freight transport. Both factors made the NGE one of the most successful railways in the Lenz Group.
In 1939 the vehicle fleet consisted of 6 steam locomotives, 14 passenger cars, 4 pack wagons and 51 freight cars.
After the end of the Second World War, the Polish State Railways took over the route in their network. Passenger traffic has ceased in 1991. The Oder crossing is out of order. The route is therefore only passable between Krapkowice / Krappitz and Prudnik / Neustadt, where it is currently (2016) being extensively renewed with a complete superstructure for military freight traffic.
route
- 0.0 Neustadt (Upper Silesia)
- 3.1 Leuber (Upper Silesia)
- 6.4 Neuhof near Neustadt (Upper Silesia)
- 10.5 Zülz (Upper Silesia)
- 15.4 Krobusch (crow's bush)
- 17.8 Lonschnik (meadow bottom)
- 19.6 Moschen (Upper Silesia)
- 22.1 Zellin (Upper Silesia)
- 26.5 Klein Strehlitz
- 29.6 Dobrau (Upper Silesia) (Burgwasser)
- 32.7 Steblów (Krapkowice) (Stöblau)
- 35.5 Krappitz
- 37.1 Ottmuth
- 41.6 gogolin
Literature and web link
- Siegfried Bufe: Railways in Silesia. Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham et al. 1989, ISBN 3-922138-37-3 ( East German Railway History 4).
- Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014. Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , pp. G5–6
- Description on bazakolejowa.pl (Polish)