Special train
A special train (DMA) is an addition to the public schedule contained regular trains for a separate, usually specially established for the individual schedule traffic hearkened forming train . In Switzerland the term “ extra train ” is used for this. In Austria, special train is abbreviated as SD.
history
The first special train in Germany ran on April 28, 1837 on the section of the Leipzig – Dresden railway from Althen to the book fair in Leipzig, which had been in operation four days earlier .
On the Prussian State Railways , special military trains (including empty runs) had priority over other passenger and freight trains.
species
A special train can be used for public transport, such as the relief trains at peak times (work, school traffic ) or for major events that can be used with normal tickets . These trains or railways are also called emergency vehicles or booster cars . Another variant are the “ staff cars ” in large cities, which transport employees to and from the depots at night. Emergency, booster and staff cars primarily operate on the tram .
Special trains, which are offered as private "special trips" by tour operators , railway museums or museum railways , are not public transport and can only be used with special tickets. They often run only without intermediate stops as a direct connection between the start and destination stations; The special trains that are run for “private” customers also include military or “ court trains ”.
On Czech railways, the term “mimořádný vlak” (extraordinary train) has been introduced for all trains other than regular trains. There are five types:
- vlak v obecném zájmu (Common Interest Train) - an ordered train with the highest priority, e.g. B. a government train;
- vlak podle potřeby (train on demand) - a train that appears on the pictorial timetable but runs only on demand or less than once a week;
- rušící vlak (disruptive train) - a train that appears on the visual timetable, but its operation prevents or interferes with the regular running of another train;
- zvláštní vlak (special train) - a train not shown in the pictorial timetable, with the aim of meeting the transport requirements that were not known when the train traffic graphics were made;
- násled (successor) - a train that follows the schedule of a particular (parent) train (and follows it as the next train).
Worth knowing
A musical appreciation of the subject can be found in the title “ Special Train to Pankow ”, interpreted by Udo Lindenberg in 1983 .
With the announcement "... Sonderfahrt ...", a formerly employed tram driver prevented passengers from wanting to board when he kidnapped a tram set that was empty for a pee break at the Rodaun terminus two stops away.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of September 3, 1910, No. 40. Announcement No. 634, p. 389.
- ↑ "Bim" thief was a tram driver orf.at, January 23, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017.