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| First drive: | May 18, 1952 |
| Last drive: | June 2, 1991 |
| Former operator: | German Federal Railroad |
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| Departure station: | Hook of Holland / Dortmund / Hanover / Hamburg-Altona |
| Destination station: | Munich / Basel / Zurich / Chur |
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| Gauge (s) : | 1435 mm |
| Power system (s): | 15 kV 16.7 Hz |
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The Rheinpfeil was a German long-distance train that ran between Dortmund and Munich . The operator was the Deutsche Bundesbahn .
history
The train name Rheinpfeil appeared for the first time in 1952. At that time, the long-distance express trains F 9/10 Hoek van Holland - Venlo - Cologne - Mainz - Mannheim - Basel and F 21/22 Dortmund - Cologne - Mainz - Frankfurt - Würzburg - Munich (- Innsbruck), which drove coupled between Cologne and Mainz, Called the Rhine Arrow .
In 1953, these two trains were renamed Rheingold . In 1956, with the changeover from the three-class system to today's two-class system in Europe, they were the last to lose the old first class and now drove with one, today's first class.
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In 1958 the train F 21/22 Dortmund - Munich, which had not been combined with the F 9/10 since 1955, was given the name Rheinpfeil again, this time in one word. Four years later, modern cars were built for him and the Rheingold train . In addition to open - plan and compartment cars , new partially double-decker dining cars and five observation cars were built. At the same time, with the E 10.12 series, modern, 160 km / h fast electric locomotives were manufactured especially for this train. Rheingold and Rheinpfeil were the first Bundesbahn trains to be allowed to run at this speed. In Duisburg main station , both trains exchanged through coaches .
In order to be able to drive the entire route with electric traction, the trains ran via Nuremberg from 1962. This detour was given up again for the 1971 winter timetable, as the line between Würzburg and Treuchtlingen was meanwhile also electrified.
In 1963 the trains were equipped with new car sets, which also included the AD4üm-62 type observation car .
TEA Rheinpfeil
The Rheinpfeil experienced another innovation on May 30, 1965, when it was upgraded to a Trans-Europ-Express . The exchange car with the Rheingold was retained. Both trains were the only ones in the TEE network that carried through coaches.
With its top speed of 160 km / h, the Rheinpfeil was initially subject to the provisional guidelines issued by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1962 for the planning and implementation of train journeys between 140 km / h and 160 km / h . Until the introduction of the Railway Construction and Operating Regulations in 1967, the train required an exemption from the Federal Minister of Transport in order to be able to exceed the general maximum speed of 140 km / h provided for in the operating regulations that were valid up to that point .
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With the establishment of the InterCity system on the Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1971, the Rheinpfeil changed its train number and ran as IC 106/107. It now ran the new class 103 express locomotive between Hanover and Munich via Dortmund, Cologne, Frankfurt and Würzburg.
Train numbers and route remained until the introduction of the new two-class InterCity network of the Bundesbahn in 1979. After that, the Rheinpfeil operated as IC 108/109 between Hamburg and Basel via Cologne, Mainz and Mannheim.
literature
- Konrad Koschinski, F-Trains of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, Eisenbahn Journal, special issue 2/2012, ISBN 978-3-89610-360-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Mauerer: The little brother of the "Rheingold" . In: railway magazine . No. 1 , 2018, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 56 .
- ↑ to: From Dom Car to Luxon . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 5/2019, pp. 240–243 (240).
- ^ Ernst Kockelkorn: Effects of the new railway building and operating regulations (EBO) on railway operations . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 41 , no. 13/14 , 1967, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 445-452 .