PBKA

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Thalys from Cologne to Paris

PBKA is a European railway project the cities P aris , B proboscis , K PEP and A msterdam with high-speed lines connects. The project is funded by the EU within the framework of the TEN initiative under the abbreviation PBKAL (Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Amsterdam, London).

history

On July 18, 1983, the transport ministers of Germany, France and Belgium met in Paris. On the sidelines of a conversation about the future prospects of the railways, the possibility of a high-speed connection Paris – Brussels – Cologne was discussed. A joint working group was commissioned to submit a report by April 1984 on the technical, economic, financial and legal aspects of such a route. In 1984 the Netherlands joined the working group. Were examined in three variants wheel rail and one in maglev technology.

The results were presented in the summer of 1984. Accordingly, the "economic and social benefits of such a connection" are guaranteed. As a result, a working group was commissioned to present a more detailed and in several respects optimized report by the end of 1985. About 500 people were involved in processing the study. The Netherlands later joined the project; Amsterdam was included in the network of corridors to be examined. In the course of the investigations, a magnetic train was also checked. The report was finally presented in December 1986. A total of four variants were examined.

In 1987 an international working group for the project was initiated by the city ​​of Cologne .

On April 11, 1988, the European transport ministers involved in the Paris – Brussels – Cologne / Amsterdam high-speed rail project reaffirmed that the project would be implemented, including an extension to Frankfurt (today: Cologne-Rhine / Main high-speed line ). The plans envisaged completing the expansion measures in the Cologne – Aachen section by the start of operations of the Eurotunnel in 1993.

In November 1989, the transport ministers involved agreed on the schedule for opening the routes. The section between Cologne and Aachen was scheduled to be completed by 1995, while the section between Aachen and Brussels should go into operation in 1998.

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The new line from Paris to Brussels has been in operation since May 1993 and is used by Thalys , among others, at speeds of up to 300 km / h. The Belgian section of the route from Brussels via Liège to Aachen ( HSL 2 and HSL 3 ) was completed by the end of 2007. Due to the fact that the ICE and Thalys trains were not equipped with the train control technology applied to the HSL, the commissioning of the section between Liège and Aachen was delayed until June 2009. For the ICE , the travel time between Aachen and Liège was reduced from the commissioning of HSL 3 47 minutes to 21 minutes. Thalys has only been using this route since the timetable change in December 2009.

The Buschtunnel between the German / Belgium border and Aachen Central Station was expanded and renovated.

Last level crossing Jägerspfad on the high-speed line Cologne – Aachen

The heavily used German section between Aachen and Cologne has been largely completed as a more cost-effective route upgrade. The existing line between Cologne and Düren was extended by one or two more tracks by the end of 2002 and converted into a high-speed line . All train stations on the route section have been rebuilt and in some cases converted into pure S-Bahn stops or stations. The 42-kilometer-long section between Düren and Cologne has a top speed of 250 km / h, which can only be reached by the ICE . The Thalys travels this section at a maximum of 200 km / h, as it only has 4,460 kW of power below 15  kV in the German network .

After the work has been completed, the route between Aachen and Langerwehe will sometimes only be passable at 140 or 160 km / h. In a second construction phase, the section between Langerwehe and Düren is to be upgraded for speeds of up to 200 km / h. The reopening on June 14, 2009 and the new construction of the parallel Eschweiler valley railway also help to relieve the line between Stolberg (Rheinl) and Langerwehe . This is used by the Euregiobahn . In addition, the Nothberg station was closed because a new Eschweiler-Nothberg stop was being built on the Eschweiler valley railway. The last Jägerspfad level crossing on the Cologne – Aachen high-speed line between the former Nothberg train station and Eschweiler Hauptbahnhof was due to close in 2019, but this did not happen until April 17, 2020.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notification of rapid connection Paris – Brussels – Cologne is being investigated . In: Railway technical review . Volume 32 (1983), p. 650.
  2. ^ Sven Andersen: New and upgraded lines for high-speed traffic in Belgium . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6/2002, ISSN  1421-2811 , pp. 278–281.
  3. ^ R. Forst-Lürken: rapid train connection Paris – Brussels – Cologne / Amsterdam . In: Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (Ed.): Status seminar for track guided long-distance traffic. Magnetic levitation technology. Reports. , Hanover, October 1986.
  4. ^ High-speed rail connection Paris – Brussels – Cologne / Amsterdam: Report of the international working group . Without place, 91 pages, December 1986.
  5. ↑ Greetings . In: DBProjekt Köln – Rhein / Main (Ed.): On the subject , ZDB -ID 2115698-0 , issue 1/2000, Frankfurt am Main, February 2000, p. 3.
  6. ↑ Annual review 1988 . In: Die Bundesbahn , 1/1989, p. 63.
  7. ↑ Review of the year 1989 . In: Die Bahn informs , ZDB -ID 2003143-9 , Issue 1, 1990, pp. 12-15.
  8. ↑ Extension line (ABS) 4. Cologne - Düren - Aachen - Paris / Amsterdam: 1st construction phase Cologne - Düren . 16-page brochure, August 2002.
  9. ↑ Eschweiler: City agrees: Jägerspfad 2019 transition closed from December 14, 2017
  10. ↑ Yesterday the time had finally come.