Schalkenberg tunnel
| Schalkenberg tunnel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| place | Ersrode | |||
| length | 2,834 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | German Federal Railroad | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | DB network | |||
| release | 1991 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| 51 ° 0 ′ 47 " N , 9 ° 34 ′ 36" E | ||||
| 50 ° 59 ′ 15 " N , 9 ° 34 ′ 22" E | ||||
Map with all coordinates: The Schalkenberg tunnel (also called the Mühlberg tunnel in the planning and construction phase ) is a 2,834 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Hannover – Würzburg near Ersrode , in the section between Kassel and Fulda .
course
The double-track tube runs in a southerly direction and can be driven continuously at 250 km / h.
The gradient of the route rises in the tunnel to the south.
To the north, the Licherode overtaking station joins the tunnel.
history
planning
The building was leased in mid-1984. The start of construction was expected in June 1984. The construction work should be completed in June 1988. The cost of the 2850 m long tunnel was calculated at 69.8 million DM.
In the planning and construction phase, the tunnel in planning section 14 was in the middle section of the route.
Installation
The tunnel was put into operation together with the new line in 1991.
Freight train accident on April 28, 1999
On April 28, 1999, the ICG 50500 freight train, which was loaded with empty dangerous goods containers, derailed on its way from Munich North to Maschen at around 2 a.m. when entering the tunnel. Previously, it was at one with chipboard loaded Schiebewandwagen a hot box come. As a result there was a train separation , in which the axles of the car were torn off; A total of four cars derailed, one car wedged in the tunnel in a transverse position. The car causing the problem came from the Italian State Railways and was last revised on November 23, 1993.
In addition to the tunnel portal, two and a half kilometers of track and around 400 m of overhead contact line had to be replaced. The following route closure resulted in delays of an average of 40 minutes in passenger traffic. ICE trains were diverted partly via Gießen , partly via the old line. The property damage was estimated at several million Deutschmarks.
The north-south track was put back into operation on May 1, 1999, the opposite track on May 3, 1999.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Walter Engels: The central section of the new Hanover – Würzburg line . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 60 , no. 5 , 1984, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 401-410 .
- ↑ a b Deutsche Bundesbahn, project group H / W middle of the railway construction center (ed.): Earthworks Licherode . Six-page leporello, Frankfurt am Main, approx. 1986.
- ↑ a b Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt (M), project group NBS Frankfurt am Main of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New routes Hanover-Würzburg from Kassel to Fulda, Cologne - Rhine / Main in the directorate area . Leaflet with 12 pages (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984).
- ↑ a b Another freight train crashed on the high-speed railway line Hanover – Würzburg . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , April 29, 1999, p. 26.
- ↑ a b c message Again freight train accident on high-speed line . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6, year 1999, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 227