Ludwigsburg tram

Ludwigsburg tram
Route length:	27.5 km
Stations:	19 to 30
Schwieberdingen Markgröningen Possible In the Waldeck Pflugfelden Rheinlandstrasse Arena Ludwigsburg Kepplerbrücke / Ludwigsburg train station Stuttgart Gate East Street Brünnerstrasse Pattonville Aldingen Oßweil Neckargröningen Neckarrems Hegnach Waiblingen

The Ludwigsburg Stadtbahn is a planned and investigated in a feasibility study to reactivate the Ludwigsburg – Markgröningen railway line , which should run from Schwieberdingen and Markgröningen via Ludwigsburg to Remseck and Waiblingen . A report from 2008 showed that the new tangential connection in the northeast of the Stuttgart area could be used by up to 6.4 million passengers annually. Since Möglingen and Markgröningen are two municipalities without a current rail connection to Ludwigsburg, around 1.8 million car journeys could be replaced in the future.

The tracks of the Ludwigsburg – Markgröningen railway line , which was closed for passenger traffic in 1975, can be used on a large section of the route . Low- floor vehicles are to be used , which run in the core area between Möglingen and Remseck at rush hour every ten minutes, on the outer branches every 20 minutes.

According to a study by Switch Transit Consult , the construction costs for the Markgröningen – Waiblingen line were estimated at 205 million euros in 2008 , and the annual operating costs at 8.3 million euros. The construction costs of the branch lines to Schwieberdingen and Aldingen were estimated at 23 million and 92 million euros respectively.

Variants under discussion

On the occasion of the local and regional elections in 2009, the parties CDU, SPD, Greens and FDP voted in favor of building at least the Markgröningen – Neckarrems route.

An expert report published in September 2010 showed that the Remseck-Neckargröningen and Waiblingen sections were not economical and therefore not eligible for funding.

The Stuttgart Region Association decided on November 17, 2010 to contribute 18,000 euros to a more detailed report if a preliminary examination shows that at least Remseck can still be included. This "slimmed-down" variant is also of regional importance. The Ludwigsburg district as well as Möglingen and Markgröningen have already approved this procedure.

At the beginning of November 2012, the Transport Committee of the Stuttgart Region Association (VRS) announced that the VRS would no longer financially participate in the preliminary investigations of the planned light rail from Markgröningen via Ludwigsburg to Pattonville and Aldingen (Remseck). The association gave formal reasons for its decision. Originally, the route of the rail project was supposed to cross district borders - to Waiblingen in the east and to Stuttgart in the south. In the meantime, however, the urban railway planning has been limited to the Ludwigsburg district. In addition, according to the state's local transport law, the region is no longer responsible for implementation as a pure light rail system. The district of Ludwigsburg and the associated municipalities would now have to raise around 150,000 euros for an updated report alone. As the operator of the new Ludwigsburg Stadtbahn, the Ludwigsburg district office brought the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) into discussion.

In December 2013, the Mayor of Ludwigsburg and the district administrator agreed that Wilhelmstraße and Myliusstraße in Ludwigsburg's city center were probably not suitable for a high-floor light rail. Instead, electric buses could run there.

In a report published in early 2015, four variants were examined and a cost-benefit factor of 1.4 in the low-floor variant and 1.3 in the high-floor variant as an extension of the Stuttgart U14 was determined. SSB board spokesman Wolfgang Arnold therefore described the implementation of the project as "completely realistic". SSB AG favored a route from Pattonville through Leonberger Straße to Ludwigsburg train station and from here via the existing railway line to Markgröningen. The city administration of Ludwigsburg could not imagine accommodating the high-floor light rail with its elevated platforms and overhead lines in the baroque city center. Against the high-floor variant , the BUND district association and the VCD local group Ludwigsburg also brought the campaign alliance for a low-floor light rail into position. The BUND group Markgröningen campaigned for an immediate reactivation of the railway line and its connection to Kornwestheim. If the urban railway, which is far less quickly realized, ever comes, it could also use the section between Ludwigsburg and the Markgröningen train station.

Double strategy as a compromise

On May 3, 2017, the Ludwigsburg municipal council voted unanimously in favor of the "dual strategy" previously agreed in the State Ministry of Transport, which would immediately reactivate and extend the Ludwigsburg – Markgröningen railway line via a new stop at the expanded W&W headquarters to Kornwestheim and in the Ludwigsburg city area initially provides for the use of BRT express buses . At the same time, the establishment of a low-floor tram is to be promoted and a funding application to be submitted immediately. The light rail will later run in mixed operation with the railroad (according to the railway building and operating regulations ) and replace part of the BRT lines in the Ludwigsburg city area. After the district council voted in favor of the dual strategy in July 2017, the SSB's high-floor tram is off the table. Before the summer break of 2017, the district administration submitted a GVFG funding application for a low-floor tram. The Ludwigsburg city administration wanted to submit an application for state funding for rail reactivation and the BRT system in 2017. The rejection of the high-floor variant was confirmed by the Ludwigsburg municipal council on July 27, 2018.

On October 24, 2018, the Ludwigsburg district administrator and the (lord) mayors of the participating municipalities, moderated by the ministerial director responsible for the state, agreed as a compromise on further planning. The decision leaves many details open, which is particularly emphasized by the Ludwigsburg city administration. But it also sets some cornerstones:

Determination of a low-floor light rail system: What is meant is a real low-floor solution such as B. in Ulm, Freiburg and Strasbourg with platforms that can also be used (permanently or in advance) by low-floor buses. High-floor variants like those in the neighboring Stuttgart light rail network are ruled out, so that the large curve radius of the DT8 vehicles there does not have to be taken into account when planning the route. The alternative of using high-floor articulated trolleys with better curves, such as For example, to plan in Frankfurt, Rhine-Ruhr or Hanover, because especially in Ludwigsburg, considering the cityscape, you don't want elevated platforms anyway. Therefore, there will be no direct line trips to the Stuttgart network, but a compulsory transfer in the north of Pattonville.

Concretized network planning: The core network to be planned initially comprises four route branches in accordance with the "with" case 1 of the preparatory investigations with a provisional KNF of 1.4, all of which start from the Ludwigsburg train station and are linked there:

A) Direction Markgröningen: Crossing the track field of the DB at LB station, guided tour through Ludwigsburg Weststadt, then use of the disused, but not de-dedicated railway line via Möglingen to Markgröningen, extension from the station to the city center of Markgröningen. There are several variants for crossing the railway at LB station (through the underpass Schiller- / Hoferstraße or over a new bridge) and the route through Weststadt, including those from VCD and BUND. A light rail run-up operation is planned on the existing railway line. However, with the low entry height of approx. 30 cm, there are currently no two-system or hybrid light rail vehicles, as would be required due to the existing 15,000-volt overhead line in LB station. Even the Chemnitz model , which is often mentioned for comparison , does not provide a direct solution. There, the newer light rail vehicles have barrier-free access at two different heights (60 cm and 43.5 cm) for the railway (55 cm high platforms) and the urban area (38.5 cm high platforms), typical low-floor platforms for buses and Light rail vehicles are one step lower (22 to 27 cm), so such railways would have to be redeveloped, e.g. B. within the Karlsruhe project of a collective order by several operators.

B) Direction LB-Oßweil: Guided tour via Myliusstraße, Arsenalplatz, Wilhelmstraße and Schorndorfer Straße to Oßweil. At the request of the city of LB, a rapid bus system (BRT = Bus Rapid Transit) is to be set up as a light rail advance with the construction of bus lanes according to the light rail routing parameters. The originally planned continuation of the light rail via Remseck-Neckargröningen and Waiblingen-Hegnach to Waiblingen is still considered uneconomical and is no longer being pursued.

C) Direction Schlösslesfeld: junction from the branch to Oßweil, through Comburgstraße.

D) Direction Remseck-Aldingen Süd (Hornbach U12): The planned route runs in LB through Leonberger Strasse, Hindenburgstrasse, Oststrasse and Aldinger Strasse and in Remseck-Pattonville through John-F.-Kennedy-Strasse and across an open field to the Hornbach stop the Stuttgart Stadtbahn (U12). As an alternative, VCD and BUND propose to run this route like the Oßweiler branch over Arsenalplatz. Ludwigsburg would have liked to run a low-floor line to Aldingen, Remseck prefers to extend a Stuttgart line (U14) to Pattonville in order to keep the option of a continuous city line from there to the new Remseck city center (near Neckargröningen) open. As a compromise, combined elevated and underground platforms could be planned in this section. The branches A) to D) are also included and shown in the regional traffic plan (RVP) of the Stuttgart region

In addition, a branch from the Markgröninger branch to the work center Schwieberdingen-Nord (Bosch) and a route to the office location Tambour (W + W) in the extreme north of Kornwestheim, either via the freight track to the Kornwestheim marshalling yard, or via rail tracks to the passenger station, are to be examined Kornwestheim or in the street area. Other conceivable network expansions such as B. to Pflugfelden remain postponed. In the longer term, further transfer points to the Stuttgart high-floor network could arise on the western edge of the Ludwigsburg network, namely in Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen -Nord to a planned route from there via Korntal-Münchingen -allenberg and Neuwirtshaus to Stammheim or Zuffenhausen . The section of this route in the Stuttgart city area was included in the Stuttgart Local Transport Development Plan (NVEP) in December 2018. A description of the project can be found on the page> Stadtbahn Stuttgart <under the heading> Possible projects <.

On January 8, 2019, the participating municipalities and the district reaffirmed their compromise in a jointly formulated template for their decision-making bodies. The template contains the principles of the future financing agreement (50% share of the district in the light rail and BRT system), the inclusion of the Schwieberdinger and Kornwestheim route branches in the concrete planning, the commissioning of experts and planners as well as the formation of construction sections. After the district council on January 28, 2019, the Ludwigsburg municipal council also approved the agreement of January 7, 2019 on February 6, 2019. As soon as this has happened in all participating municipalities, the Transport Science Institute of the University of Stuttgart commissioned with it can prepare the tender for further planning steps and the Intraplan company can carry out feasibility studies and standardized assessments for the Schwieberdinger and Kornwestheimer route branches. It will have to be clarified in particular whether an operation with low-floor trams on underground platforms on the main line to Kornwestheim can be approved at all.

At the political level, the Ludwigsburg district council decided in its meeting on June 17, 2020, one and a half years after a corresponding declaration of intent, to found a special purpose association for the construction and operation of the light rail. In addition to the district, the cities and communities Ludwigsburg, Remseck, Möglingen, Markgröningen and the association of the community district Pattonville von Remseck and Kornwestheim become members. For Kornwestheim itself and Schwieberdingen there is an opening clause in the event that they later want to connect their local public transport to the light rail network

In the election campaign for the Ludwigsburg mayor election, the incumbent Werner Spec clearly positioned himself against the light rail project and thus distanced himself from the dual strategy . In the newly elected municipal council, Spec's re-election was only supported by the parliamentary group of Free Voters, while the Greens, CDU and SPD stand behind his rival candidate Mathias Knecht, who won the election on June 30, 2019.

Web links

• Action alliance for a low-floor tram from the BUND district association and the VCD local group Ludwigsburg. Retrieved November 24, 2018
• Feasibility study from 2007 (PDF file; 2.90 MB). Retrieved November 24, 2018
• Video from the city of Ludwigsburg on the dual strategy (2 min.). Retrieved November 24, 2018
• Intraplan study on the route network ("With" case) [20] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• Compromise offer from the district of LB to the city of LB [21] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• District council meeting, Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung from September 29, 2018 [22] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• Stadt LB, brochure "Time to change lanes", on the "double strategy" [23] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• Statement by the BUND local group of October 25, 2018 to the city of Markgronigen [24] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• Background information from the BUND local group in Markgroningen [25] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• Statement by MdL Walter (Greens) of October 10, 2018 [26] , accessed on November 26, 2018
• Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung from September 28, 2018 [27] , accessed on November 26, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Feasibility study from 2007 (PDF file; 2.90 MB) Retrieved on November 24, 2018.
2. ↑ Ludwigsburg – Markgröningen , geralds-bahnseiten.de, accessed on November 24, 2018.
3. ↑ Local transport must be a matter for the region , press release from the CDU Ludwigsburg. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 5, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
4. ↑ Strong SPD - strong region , press release of the SPD Region Stuttgart, accessed on November 24, 2018.
5. ↑ District election program  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF; 165 kB), Green Ludwigsburg, no longer available
6. ↑ District Assembly 2009 - election program  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF), FDP Remseck, no longer available
7. ↑ Setback for large light rail project  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) in: Stuttgarter Zeitung of September 30, 2010, no longer available
8. ^ Association Region Stuttgart. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 18, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
9. ^ Article from the Stuttgarter Zeitung of November 7, 2012: "Ludwigsburg - Stadtbahn: the region is getting out". Retrieved November 24, 2018.
10. ↑ Article from the Bietigheimer Zeitung of December 13, 2013: "Still many hurdles to the tram". Retrieved November 24, 2018.
11. ^ Tim Höhn: Ludwigsburg district: New hope for the light rail. Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 4, 2015, accessed on February 10, 2015 .  , accessed November 24, 2018.
12. ^ Position of the action alliance for a low-floor light rail , accessed on November 24, 2018.
13. ↑ Information on the railway line and the position of the BUND Group Markgröningen on the AGD Markgröningen portal , accessed on November 24, 2018.
14. ↑ See municipal council resolution on the city ​​of Ludwigsburg's regional rail transport concept , accessed on November 24, 2018.
15. ^ Rejection of the high-floor system by the city of LB [1] , accessed on November 30, 2018.
16. ^ Notification of October 24, 2018 [2] , accessed on November 24, 2018.
17. ↑ Press release Landkreis LB [3] , accessed on November 26, 2018.
18. ↑ Stadtnachrichten Remseck [4] , accessed on November 26, 2018.
19. ↑ SPD welcomes the decision on the tram [5] , accessed on November 26, 2018.
20. ↑ Resolution of November 29, 2018 for the Technical Committee [6] , accessed on November 29, 2018.
21. ↑ Reaction of the district administrator to urban preconditions [7] accessed on November 30, 2018.
22. ↑ Variant of VCD and BUND [8] , accessed on November 24, 2018.
23. ↑ VDV project two-system trams for Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, Chemnitz and Neckar-Alb [9] , accessed on July 26, 2020
24. ↑ Remseck prefers Hochflur [10] , accessed on November 30, 2018.
25. ^ Section branches AD in RVP [11] , accessed on January 11, 2019
26. ↑ Schwieberdingen route branch in the RVP [12] , accessed on January 11, 2019
27. ↑ Template from January 8, 2019 [13] , accessed on January 11, 2019
28. ↑ LKZ from January 9, 2019 [14] , accessed on January 11, 2019
29. ↑ StZ of January 8, 2019 [15] , accessed on January 11, 2019
30. ↑ District Council, approval of the agreement on January 7, 2019 [16] , accessed on February 8, 2019
31. ↑ Local council LB, approval of the agreement on January 7, 2019 [17] , accessed on February 8, 2019
32. ↑ [18] , accessed on July 22, 2020
33. ↑ [19] , article of August 7, 2020 in LB Compact on the ratification of the Stadtbahn-Zweckverband and the planning of the bus route, accessed on August 7, 2020
34. ↑ Werner Spec attacks CDU, SPD and Greens. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. June 15, 2019, accessed June 18, 2019 . 

Remarks

The network graphic at the top of the page shows only one of several routes discussed, not necessarily the most likely.