Remise Kreuzgasse

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Hall of Remise Kreuzgasse (2014)
Tram operation in 1974

The Remise Kreuzgasse is a former, listed remise of the Wiener Linien . The building complex is located in the Währing district of Vienna's 18th district at Kreuzgasse 72-76, on the route of tram lines 9 and 42. It was in operation from 1883 to 1993.

history

The Währing depot of the municipality of Vienna, municipal trams, was converted to electric traction in 1902. The station team had themselves photographed for this occasion (detail). The photo is exhibited today in the Remise - Transport Museum of Wiener Linien .

The Remise Kreuzgasse, officially called the Währing depot, was built in 1883 by the private Viennese tramway company for its horse-drawn tram line from Währinger Strasse near the Gürtel to Kreuzgasse. The route led from Währinger Straße via Schulgasse, Semperstraße, Schopenhauerstraße, Staudgasse and Kutschkergasse to the center-side beginning of Kreuzgasse at Währinger Gürtel and in Kreuzgasse out of town to Sommarugagasse opposite the Remise. (The route did not run directly on the Gürtel to Kreuzgasse, as this was not yet developed at the time because the line wall was still in the way.)

1985: Vehicles parked in the depot, on the right an older railcar of the Viennese electric light rail

In 1902, the building and operating company for urban trams operated by Siemens & Halske , Berlin, in agreement with the municipality of Vienna for a few years, electrified the route and the tracks in the remise. The company was taken over by the municipality of Vienna in the same year; Since then, the inscription " Gemeinde Wien, Städtische Straßenbahnen" has been affixed to the expedit of the Remise .

With the introduction of the line signals that are still used today in 1907, the route was mainly used by line F until 1960; the letter signal indicated that the so-called through line ran over part of the Ringstrasse ( Schottentor –Weiskirchnerstrasse), from where it turned into the 3rd district and had its southern terminus in Sankt Marx . From the conversion of the Schottentor to the Jonasreindl in 1960, this through line was no longer available; the section from Schottentor to Remise Kreuzgasse or Paulinengasse corner Kreuzgasse (terminus) and since the relocation of the loop to Antonigasse (terminus) has only been used by line 42 since then (as in the post-war years 1946–1948 due to track damage) 1948 operated in addition to the F-car .

In 1924, the route from Kreuzgasse via Simonygasse to Gersthofer Platzl was extended with the Gersthof station of the suburban line called part of the Vienna light rail . Since then, the northern terminus of line 9, which was newly introduced just a few months earlier, has been located there, which starts from the Westbahnhof , turns from Vinzenzgasse into Kreuzgasse out of town and drives past the Remise. In 1924/1925 two large community buildings were built immediately west of the Remise, the Lindenhof (like the Remise on the north side of Kreuzgasse) and the Pfannenstielhof (on the south side of the street). The loop of the 42 now runs through the central opening of this courtyard.

In 1960, the Kreuzgasse Remise became the first depot in Vienna, the wagons of which were completely closed. In the course of the 110-year use of the Remise, there were wagons from lines E, E R , E K , E 2 (one of the two-way lines , north-western terminus Gersthof, Herbeckstraße), E 8 , F , S 18 , V, 9 , 40 , 41 and 41 A (predecessor of today's line 40).

In 1993 the remise was closed. Since then, the halls have been used for a supermarket, as a gymnasium for the University of Vienna, and as storage rooms. Today they are home to a Eurospar branch, and residential houses and a multi-storey car park have been added to the buildings (and above the track harp on stilts). The former Expedit continues to be used by the drivers on line 42 as a lounge during their breaks.

building

Administrative and residential buildings

In 1883, the Viennese Tramway Company first built the middle hall II with a hipped roof and remarkable wooden structure, as well as a two-storey administrative and residential building on the corner of Lacknergasse. In addition, horse stables for the operation of the horse-drawn tram were built to the north. In the course of the introduction of electrical operation, the two side relay halls I and III were connected in an iron construction method around 1902.

literature

  • Walter Krobot, Josef Otto Slezak , Hans Sternhart: Tram in Vienna - the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow . Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-900134-00-6 .
  • Wolfgang Czerny (arrangement), Peter Adam (contributions): Dehio-Handbuch Wien X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District , Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X .
  • Helmut Portele: Collection “Wiener Tramwaymuseum”. Vehicle preservation, documentation and operating museum. History of the “Wiener Tramwaymuseum” collection and its exhibits . Third edition. Self-published by the collection “Wiener Tramwaymuseum” (WTM), Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01562-3 .
  • Wiener Bezirkszeitung . Edition for the 18th district . Week 35/2009. Mader Zeitschriftenverlag, Vienna 2009, ZDB -ID 2457182-9 .

Web links

Commons : Remise Kreuzgasse  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vienna district newspaper. 18th district . Week 35/2009.
  2. ↑ A railcar in the butcher's shop. Tram accident in Simonygasse - luckily no injuries . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 9, 1954, p. 3 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 35.2 ″  N , 16 ° 19 ′ 55.1 ″  E