Main line 1 (Dortmund urban railway)

Main route I (Dortmund)
U49 train in Kampstraße station
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Overhead line 750 V  =
Top speed:	80 km / h
Opening:	2nd June 1984
Lines:	U 41 U 45 U 47 U 49
Underground stations:	8 (trunk line) + 7 (other tunnels)
Trunk line (inner city tunnel)
U 41 north U 47 north 6.3 Leopoldstrasse Turning system Hbf 5.9 Central station U 45 U 49 S 1 S 2 S 5 RB RE IC ICE 5.5 Kampstrasse U 43 U 44 4.9 City garden U 42 U 46 4.4 DO town house S 4 Turning system town house 3.8 Markgrafenstrasse Westfalenpark U 45 south U 49 south Märkische Strasse U 41 south U 47 south

The original route I is one of three original routes of the rail in Dortmund . The official start of light rail operations took place when the inner city section opened on June 2, 1984, although an outside section had already been opened on May 27, 1983. It runs roughly from the north and north-west to the south and south-east, and it also serves the main train station .

history

The story of the first trunk line began on July 7, 1969, when Dortmund joined the Stadtbahngesellschaft Ruhr mbH (later Stadtbahngesellschaft Rhein-Ruhr mbH ). The aim of this company was to turn the close-knit tram network of the Rhine-Ruhr area into a non-intersectional, city-connecting underground network. Because of the city-connecting function of this subway network, the planned network was called Stadtbahn . In Dortmund, a network was to be built with three lines that intersect in the city center in a triangle (similar to the metros in Eastern European cities, e.g. Metro Prague ). Construction work on the first trunk line began on October 22, 1969. The first tunnel section was opened in 1983 in the southern district of Hörde , but this was used by tram lines 401 and 406 until the opening of the inner city route in 1984.

Almost the entire tunnel was opened on June 2, 1984 between Leopoldstrasse and Westfalenpark with a branching tunnel ramp to the Märkische Strasse stop, which was still on the surface at that time, and the first three light rail lines were also put into operation.

Due to objections in the planning process, the missing tunnel section between Markgrafenstraße and Hörde train station was not put into operation until 1986; in addition, an intersection-free extension was built for the route to Aplerbeck behind Märkische Straße. The provisional ramp in front of the Märkische Strasse station was retained for the time being to reach the Westfalendamm depot.

Central Station

Initially, the route was operated by type N trams , as the first B light rail cars did not arrive until 1986. It was not until 1999 that the last N-cars on main line I could be withdrawn from service after the traditional above-ground tram lines were converted for use with B-cars.

After a new turning system was opened at the Hafen station in 1991, the already slightly changed light rail network was reorganized, especially in the northern part. a. the U49 light rail line takes the branch to Brambauer.

The current lines were introduced in 2005 (see next section).

business

Lines

line	Line route (tunnel stations in bold) / notes	Cycle (Mon-Fri)
U 41	Brambauer Verkehrshof 1 - Brambauer Hospital - Lünen , Herrentheystraße - Dortmund , Oetringhauser Straße - Brechte Center 2 - Wittichstraße - Maienweg - Waldesruh - Grävingholz - Externberg - Amtsstraße - Minister Stein Colliery - Güterstraße - Fredenbaum - Immermannstraße / Clinic Center North - Lortzingstraße - U  Münsterstraße - U  Leopoldstraße - U  Dortmund Hbf - U  Kampstraße - U  Stadtgarten - U  DO-Stadthaus - U  Markgrafenstraße - U  Märkische Straße - U  Karl-Liebknecht-Straße - U  Willem-van-Vloten-Straße - U  DO-Hörde , train station - U  Dortmund , Clarenberg 3	20 min (1–2) 10 min (2–3)
U 45	(  Dortmund , Fredenbaum - Immermannstraße / Klinikzentrum Nord - Lortzingstraße - U  Münsterstraße - U  Leopoldstraße -) U  Dortmund Hbf - U  Kampstraße - U  Stadtgarten - U  DO-Stadthaus - U  Markgrafenstraße - U  Westfalenpark - Remydamm - U  Westfalenhallen During peak hours , the line will be extended to the Fredenbaum stop. It is used at events from / to the stadium stop; from Westfalenhallen it continues to run as U46 in the direction of Brunnenstrasse.	10 min
U 45E	(  U  Dortmund Hbf - U  Kampstraße - U  Stadtgarten - U  DO-Stadthaus - Markgrafenstraße - U  Westfalenpark - Dortmund,  stadium  )
U 47	DO-Westerfilde - Obernette - Buschstraße - Parsevalstraße - Huckarde Bushof - Huckarde junction - Insterburger Straße - Hafen - U  Schützenstraße - U  Leopoldstraße - U  Dortmund Hbf - U  Kampstraße - U  Stadtgarten - U  DO-Stadthaus - U  Markgrafenstraße - U  Märkische Straße - Kohlgartenstraße - Vosskuhle - Lübkestrasse - Max-Eyth-Strasse - Stadtkrone Ost - Main Cemetery - Allerstrasse / Westphalian Clinic for Psychiatry - Westendorfstrasse - Schürbankstrasse - DO-Aplerbeck	10 min
U 49	(  Dortmund , Hafen - U  Schützenstraße - U  Leopoldstraße -) U  Dortmund Hbf - U  Kampstraße - U  Stadtgarten - U  DO-Stadthaus - U  Markgrafenstraße - U  Westfalenpark - Rombergpark - DO-Hacheney During peak hours , the line will be extended to the Hafen stop	10 min

The lines U45 and U46 are each connected to a line at the Westfalenhallen.

On weekdays during peak hours , the U45 trains stop at the main station in order to use the U49 again in the direction of Hacheney, while the U49 trains stop at the port and start again as the U45 in the direction of Westfalenhallen. On weekdays in the SVZ and on weekends, this line change takes place exclusively at the main station.

vehicles

After the N tram was withdrawn in November 1999, only B tram cars were used on all lines .

Accessibility

Except for six stations on the U47 South , all stations are equipped with elevated platforms. In addition, all of these elevated platforms are barrier-free .

U41 north

U41 north
Brambauer Verkehrshof U 41 Brambauer Hospital Herrentheystrasse City limit Dortmund / Lünen Oetringhauser Strasse Brecht Center U 41 Wittichstrasse Maienweg Forest rest Grave wood Externberg Amtsstrasse Mine Minister Stein Güterstrasse Loop Fredenbaum Fredenbaum Immermannstrasse Lortzingstrasse Munsterstrasse further than the inner city tunnel (see above)

As a light rail line

With the opening of the inner city tunnel, lines 401 and 403 were replaced by the U41. The new tunnel ends after the underground stop at Münsterstraße shortly before the stop at Lortzingstraße, and from there it switches back to the traditional route. Then the route leads along the federal road 54 through Eving to Brechte, where the B 54 is left. After a stop at Oetringhauser Straße, you will leave the city of Dortmund and thus the area of ​​the VRR. It finally reaches the Brambauer district of Lüner. The Westphalian tariff (WT) now applies to inland traffic in the Lüner area.

Tram as a forerunner

This branch has a long history as a tram. As the first section, the line from Steinplatz through Münsterstrasse to Fredenbaum went into operation on June 1, 1881, initially as a horse-drawn tram and single-track with a switch, operated by the private Dortmund tram for horse and steam operation , and from October 4, 1881 by one new operator Deutsche Lokal- und Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft , which was finally renamed in 1891 to Allgemeine Lokal- und Straßenbahngesellschaft (ALSAG), from which electrification was decided in 1893. The longest part of the route was opened on December 14, 1904 from Fredenbaum via Eving and Brechte to Brambauer as part of the then electric trams of the Dortmund district , completely on the current route of the U41. The main line had two branches at times: From January 1905 a line from Minister Stein via Kemminghausen , Schulte-Rödding, Kirchderne and Altenderne to Lünen Markt. The section to Schulte-Rödding was shut down again in 1914, and the remaining line was connected via Bornstrasse (today U42, trunk line 2). In the 1960s there were (never realized) plans to rebuild the connecting route through Kemminghausen. The complete track triangle built at the Schulte-Rödding stop at the end of Bayrische Straße was probably intended as an advance payment, but then only served as a turning triangle for line 16 (Hörde - Schulte-Rödding). In 1927 a branch line from Minister Stein to Lindenhorst was added, which was shut down in 1973. In Brambauer, from December 23, 1924 to September 6, 1953, it was possible to transfer to a meter-gauge tram of the Vestische Kleinbahnen (from 1940 Vestische trams ) via Waltrop to Mecklenburghoven . With the introduction of the uniform VRR tariff in 1980, lines 1 and 3, which operate on today's north branch of the U41, became lines 401 and 403.

U47 north

U47 north
Mengede until 1989 Wodanstrasse until 1989 Haberlandstrasse until 1989 Wachteloh until 1989 Bodelschwingher Strasse until 1989 DO-Westerfilde station U 47 S2 Obernette Freight bypass railway (at the same level) Bush road Parsevalstrasse Huckarde bus station Planned branch to Kirchlinde Huckarde branch Insterburger Strasse Depot Dorstfeld Main line III Port U 49 Schützenstrasse further than the inner city tunnel (see above)

As a light rail line

With the opening of the inner city tunnel to the port (1984), the entire route was designated as the U45, although beyond the port it was anything but developed as a light rail system. On May 31, 1989, the Westerfilde - Mengede section was closed due to the construction of the S-Bahn. From January 12, 1992, the line was finally relocated to a new line over the extended Mallinckrodtstraße, which was developed as a city motorway, which also contains a short tunnel under the departure ramp to Huckarder Straße with the branching off of an operating line to the depot in Dorstfeld and via the Insterburger Straße stop on Huckarder branch reaches the existing route again. After a short interlude with the U49 as far as Westerfilde, the U47 has been running to Westerfilde since 1990, and the U41 at times went to Hafen during peak hours, and since 2003 the U49 sometimes ends at the harbor.

Tram as a forerunner

The branch to the port, to Huckarde and Westerfilde, has a forerunner as a tram, for a long time as line 5, after the introduction of the VRR tariff in 1980 as 405. The first section of this went into operation in 1898, from Steinplatz through Steinstraße, Roßstraße, Schützenstraße and Mallinckrodtstrasse to the harbor. After the area of ​​the main train station and its access routes - Cöln-Mindener and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn - had been raised with embankments and embankments in 1910, the tram was able to pass through the new underpasses in the course of Schützenstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse to the city-side station forecourt (today Königswall). be guided. In 1916 an extension followed by Westfaliastraße and Fleischerhaken , a series of overpasses and underpasses of several railway lines in the course of Franziusstraße, with sharp and tight curves, to Huckarde Markt.

In 1923 the line was extended as a high-speed tram to Mengede . This led - like the U47 today - away from the streets through largely undeveloped area via Obernette to Westerfilde, then followed the freight railway at that time in a wide arc - more extensive than the S-Bahn route today - west past the small cemetery Bodelschwingh am Wachteloh To Nette / Oestrich (crossing area Haberlandstrasse / Käthe-Kollwitz-Strasse), past the factory premises of the Adolf von Hansemann colliery and through Dönnstrasse to the original transfer terminal, which was created at the northern end of the village at that time (confluence of Mengeder Strasse / Mengeder Schulstrasse), because a future extension to Waltrop seemed certain. However, on December 28, 1924, the Vestische Kleinbahnen ( Vestische trams since 1940 ) met this with the opening of a meter-gauge tram from Brambauer via Waltrop to Datteln -Meckinghofen (closed on September 6, 1953). After that, an extension of the express tram no longer seemed economical. In the 1950s, the terminal was therefore moved back to the center.

U45 south and U49 south

As light rail routes

U45 south
further than the inner city tunnel (see above) Remydamm Stadium U 45E (only for events) Westfalenhallen U 45 ↔ U 46 Westfalenhallen turning system further than main line II
U49 south
further than the inner city tunnel (see above) Rombergpark Hacheney U 49 Preinstrasse / Zillestrasse (planned) Market (planned) Godekindstrasse (planned)

When the branch to the stadium was to be used regularly in 1990, the U45 was divided, the U49 now went to Hacheney, while the U45 went to the stadium. At the same time, a stop was set up on Remydamm. When, on May 24, 1998, the Stadtgarten - Police Headquarters urban railway, which was part of the main line II, was extended to the Westfalenhallen, the U45 was also diverted there and connected to the U46 line. Since then, the stop at the stadium has only been used for events. An extension of the U49 to Wellinghofen with three new stations is planned.

Tram as a forerunner

Of all today's light rail routes, the U49 South has the shortest history as a tram. After the Second World War, two approx. 30 m wide traffic aisles were cut through the still largely destroyed city center in the early 1950s: a north-south axis (Bornstrasse - Kuckelke - Kleppingstrasse - Ruhrallee) and an east-west axis (Hamburger Strasse - Brüderweg - Kampstraße - Rheinische Straße). It was possible to build on earlier considerations from the time before and after 1933, including studies from 1929 (Architects Pinno and Grund) and from 1938 (Hermann Jansen) on the widening of Brüderweg and Kampstrasse and from 1939 on the new construction of today's Kleppingstrasse and another Axis to the Nazi Gau Center . Since there were only a few buildings in the way, the construction law of 1950 favored such planning, and because Dortmund was in comparatively good financial position as an industrial city ​​during the reconstruction period of the beginning economic miracle , the planning within the Wallring was completed by the mid-1950s and then naturally served also as important tram routes. The former tram line 6, coming from Derne via Bornstrasse, was initially extended through Kuckelke and Kleppingstrasse to the northern end of Ruhrallee at Neutor, then from November 1, 1957 via the newly developed Ruhrallee to the provisional Gleisdreieck Markgrafenstrasse and finally on April 30, 1959 as a free intersection Express tram route over the Westfalenpark to Hacheney (along the federal highway 54 ). This also included the tram route along Remydamm to the stadium with the originally ground-level crossing of Ardeystraße. Back then, people only went there for events. In 1965 tram lines 6 and 13 served the route. In 1974 it was lines 5 and 5E. When the VRR tariff was introduced in 1980, it became line 405 and when the inner city tunnel was opened (and the tram line through the inner Ruhrallee was closed) it became the U45.

U41 south

As a light rail line

U41 south
further than the inner city tunnel (see above) Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse Turning system at Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse Willem-van-Vloten-Strasse Hear Bf RE, RB Clarenberg U 41 Clarenberg turning system Ramp (planned) Ringstrasse (planned) Overgünne (planned)

The line to Hörde has the oldest urban railway tunnel in Dortmund, it was opened on May 27, 1983 and was initially used by tram lines. It replaced the above-ground route to Brücherhofstrasse and initially only ran from Hörde train station to Clarenberg. On days with little traffic, the line to Hörde is occasionally operated in single-track traffic, the trains in the direction of Clarenberg switch to the northbound track on Märkische Strasse or Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse. It is planned to extend it by approx. 900 meters to Benninghofen with a stop south of the "Overgünne" road and an intermediate stop "Ringstraße" in the area between the junction with Bojerstraße.

Tram as a forerunner

On this route, the Stadtbahn replaced a tram line that was inaugurated in 1881 and which was originally operated as a horse and steam train and from the Burgtor through Brückstraße (opposite direction later Reinoldistraße), Betenstraße, Märkische Straße, Willem-van-Vloten-Straße (then Dortmunder Straße) and Faßstraße (this section formerly Seekante) led to the first Hörder terminus on the market at the intersection of (today's) Hörder Hafenstrasse with (today's) Seekante. In the course of electrification (until 1896), a new route was built through Semerteichstrasse (then Viktoriastrasse) to Schlanken Mathilde (Post stop), but the old route to the market was also operated electrically for a while, as a historic postcard photo shows: Auf Dated before 1910 , it shows an electric tram at the Böllhoff restaurant , on the eastern section of today's Willem-van-Vloten-Straße, beyond the intersection with Semerteichstraße. This is also confirmed by a city guide from 1905. Both branches of the route are also shown on a historical city map from 1912.

From 1899 there was the possibility of changing to meter-gauge trams on the Hörder Kreisbahn in the direction of Aplerbeck, Schwerte or Hombruch at Schlanken Mathilde , for example for those returning from Aplerbeck from an evening symphony concert in the “Kronenburg” on Märkische Strasse.

After the incorporation of most of the district of Hörde (1929) and the takeover of the Hörder Kreisbahn by the Dortmund tram, the meter-gauge line to Wellinghofen was shut down and the section up to Brücherhofstrasse was converted to standard gauge.

After the Second World War, the inner city section of Line 1 was given a new tour from the Burgtor via the Freistuhl (opened in 1955), Kampstrasse (the drastically widened east-west axis ) to Reinoldikirche and on through Kleppingstrasse (new north -South axis ) to Neutor (see section U45 Süd and U49 Süd).

Between the Hörder Bridge and the Wellinghofer Straße there was an approximately 130 m long backyard crossing for about 50 years, until the Schildplatz was created at this point in the early 1960s and after the bridge was closed to motor vehicle traffic important transfer point to the southern Hörder bus routes.

After the opening of the inner city tunnel, line 401 was renamed U41, line 406 was diverted to the Westfalenstadion. The U41 trains continued to run between Märkische Strasse and Hörde station on the surface due to objections to the planning process; the connecting tunnel section with the two underground stations Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse and Willem-van-Vloten-Strasse was opened on August 24, 1986 . A short section was realized in the cut between Willem-von-Vloten-Straße and Hörde Bahnhof.

U47 south

As a light rail line

In November 2016, the level crossing over Bundesstraße 1 at the junction from the same into Marsbruchstraße was closed because it was replaced by an underpass. In this context, the original Vahleweg and Allerstraße stops were replaced by a new Allerstraße / LWL-Klinik Dortmund station.

U47 south

further than the inner city tunnel (see above) Kohlgartenstrasse Vosskuhle Max-Eyth-Strasse Stadtkrone Ost until May 28, 2000 Am Rosenplätze Main cemetery Bundesstrasse 1 Vahleweg until 2016 Allerstraße / LWL-Klinik Dortmund since October 2016 Westendorfstrasse Schürbankstrasse Aplerbeck U 47 Marketplace until 1971 Benediktinerstraße until 1971 DO-Aplerbeck Süd Bf until 1971 Erlenbachstrasse until 1971 Aplerbeckermark until 1971 Schwerter Wald until 1971

Tram as a forerunner

The tram route to Aplerbeck was opened on June 13, 1913 through the then almost undeveloped land along the Westfalendamm , which was built at the same time , a representative tree-lined boulevard through the villa district Gartenstadt, which is being developed on both sides . It continued along the main cemetery planned since 1912 and built from 1919 and along Marsbruchstrasse. It was initially served by line 8 Hauptbahnhof - Aplerbeck. Along the Nussbaumweg (in the area of ​​today's B 236) there was a branch line to the racetrack , also built in 1913, since August 31, 1913 , closed on October 17, 1974. By March 27, 1902, the Hörder Kreisbahnen had a meter-gauge line from Asseln over Aplerbeck to Schwerter Wald opened, this was discontinued after the takeover of the Hörder Kreisbahnen by Dortmunder Straßenbahn GmbH on May 2, 1929; instead, the Aplerbeck line was extended on September 1, 1929 on a modified route to Schwerter Wald, where it continues to connect to meter-gauge lines In the direction of Hörde and Schwerte. In this context, the 7 drove to Aplerbeck for the first time, while the 8 now drove to the main cemetery. This line 7 remained today, although there were intermittent booster lines (17 and 27) and 7 was renamed to 407 after the introduction of the VRR tariff in 1980 and then to U47 after the opening of the inner city tunnel in 1984. The Aplerbeck - Schwerter Wald section was discontinued on April 1, 1971.

Train in Aplerbeck

See also

• Rhein-Ruhr urban railway
• Dortmund light rail
• Main line 2 (Dortmund Stadtbahn)
• Main line 3 (Dortmund Stadtbahn)
• DSW21 (traffic)

literature

• Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 4 Ruhr area. EK-Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 1994, ISBN 3-88255-334-0 .
• R. Schwandl, P. Lohkemper, C. Groneck: Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2: Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Bochum, Dortmund + Special Bielefeld. Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-936573-08-5 .

Web links

• Website of the operating company DSW21
• Track plan of the light rail
• Information and network plans for the tram , will no longer be available on February 16, 2019
• Stadtbahn Dortmund on Urbanrail

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tram planning 1965 [1] , accessed on March 23, 2019
2. ↑ Broadening Kleppingstrasse 1952 [2] , accessed on March 29, 2019
3. ↑ History of Brüderweg and Kampstraße [3] , accessed on 29 March 20 ^ 9
4. ↑ Studies on the widening of Kampstrasse and Brüderweg [4] , accessed on March 31, 2019
5. ↑ Aufbaugesetz NRW [5] , accessed on March 30, 2019
6. ^ Opening of the route to Hacheney [6] , accessed on February 27, 2019
7. ↑ Tram before 1910 at Böllhoff, second photo in the first post (Stenkelfelder) [7] , accessed on April 16, 2019
8. ^ Heinrich Lemberg, Guide through Dortmund. With a city map and several illustrations. Fifteenth edition. Dortmund: Printing and publishing by CL Krüger, 1905. Page 31. Digitized version of the University and State Library of Münster. [8] , accessed April 10, 2020
9. ↑ City Map 1912 [9] , accessed on April 16, 2019
10. ^ Hörder Volksblatt dated December 7, 1899 ( the local visitors to the Kronenburg symphony concerts ... )
11. ↑ Concertgoers from Aplerbeck [10] , accessed on April 16, 2019
12. ↑ City map section Hörde 1938 [11] , accessed on April 19, 2019
13. ↑ Westfalendamm [12] , accessed on March 23, 2019