State forest railway Ruhpolding – Reit im Winkl
| Ruhpolding – Reit im Winkl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 One of the few remaining structural remains: the
southern access ramp to the bridge over the Weisse Traun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 22.5 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating mode: | steam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Installation: | May 18, 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attitude: | December 31, 1931 (regular traffic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator: | Bavarian Forest Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The state forest railway Ruhpolding-Reit im Winkl was a meter- gauge narrow - gauge railway that was operated between 1922 and 1940 by the Bavarian forest administration . The forest railway closed to the standard gauge railway line Traunstein-Ruhpolding at, although their station of about 400 meters east of standard gauge was -Bahnhofs. The route was primarily used to transport wood from the Seetraun and Schwarzlofer valleys . In addition, it also took care of local transport needs in the form of people , general cargo and mail . The railway largely followed today's federal highway 305 . Several sections of the former route now serve as a railway cycle path and are part of the Chiemgau cycle path .
history
After several unsuccessful efforts to build a railway to Reit im Winkl, the forest railway Ruhpolding – Reit im Winkl began regular operations on July 19, 1923. It owed its creation primarily to the great wind throws in 1919. The end point of the route was in the Groissenbach district of rider. Like most Bavarian narrow-gauge railways , it had a track width of 1000 millimeters.
From the beginning, the main transport goods of this forest railway were raw wood, the passenger traffic mainly played a role for the forest workers, as the train stations and stops were far outside the villages and only two pairs of trains ran daily. In addition, an already existed at that time Kraftpost - bus line between Reit im Winkl and Marquartstein where following the trains of Deutsche Reichsbahn was.
Due to the recurring heavy snowdrifts and avalanches and the associated road closures, the lack of wood transport, but also because of the steadily declining passenger numbers , the volume of traffic collapsed at the end of the twenties. As a result, passenger traffic was stopped on October 31, 1931. Regular freight traffic ended on December 17th of the same year. In the years that followed, the line was still used sporadically by employees of the forest administration before the tracks were finally dismantled in the spring of 1940.
business
A maximum of two pairs of trains ran a day with a journey time of around 60 minutes. The trains mostly ran in the form of a freight train with passenger transport (Gmp). A disadvantage for passenger traffic was that the forest train station in Ruhpolding was around 400 meters from the state train station and the final train station in Reit im Winkl was 1.5 kilometers outside the town. The trains of the Waldbahn carried only third class cars .
vehicles
The forest railway had a total of four steam locomotives , two identical from Krauss and two from O&K of different designs , one of which was regular gauge. This machine was needed because trolley traffic was carried out and the transfers to the standard gauge station in Ruhpolding were made with it. Furthermore, there was the fleet of nine people - 29 goods - and a baggage car , which is in most vehicles these were used purchases from other railway companies. In addition, the forest railway had six rolling and several intermediate cars.
A passenger car and two goods wagons are now operational at the German Railway Association in Bruchhausen-Vilsen .
Others
At the two end points, a street name reminds of the earlier route, in Ruhpolding this is the Waldbahnstraße , in Reit im Winkl the street Am Waldbahnhof .
literature
- Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways. Volume 7: Bavaria. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-88255-666-8 .
- Railway Atlas Germany. Schweers & Wall, Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9 .
Web links
- Wolfgang Mletzko: Forest Railway Ruhpolding - Reit im Winkl. Retrieved on June 7, 2017 (inventory of relics of the railway line).