Trossingen Railway

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Trossingen train station – Trossingen city
Line of the Trossingen Railway
The Trossingen Railway as part of the Ringzug system
Route number : 9463
Course book section (DB) : 742.1
Route length: 4.655 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class : C2
Power system : 600 V  =
Maximum slope : 35  ‰
Minimum radius : 190 m
Top speed: 80 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Rottweil
Station, station
 0.0 Trossingen train station 648 m
   
 to Villingen
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 2.0 West bypass tunnel (15 m, since 2005)
   
 2.6 Consumption / Coop connection (until 1985)
End station - end of the line
 3.9 Trossingen city 714 m
June 2003: the T3 railcar in Trossingen station before the renovation
Trossingen station after the renovation
Trossingen city station

The Trossinger Eisenbahn , abbreviated to TE , is a direct current operated branch line in Baden-Württemberg . The branch line has been connecting the city of Trossingen with the peripheral Trossingen station , also known as the "Trossingen State Station " on the Rottweil – Villingen railway line , since 1898 . The line is a non-federally owned railway ; Stadtwerke Trossingen GmbH acts as the railway infrastructure company . In the past, they were also the railway company responsible for regular traffic , but since 2003 the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL) has been in charge of the operation. The freight was abandoned 1996th

history

When the Royal Württemberg State Railways opened the Rottweil – Villingen line on August 26, 1869 , the city of Trossingen was not taken into account in the layout. The new line ran north past Trossingen about four kilometers as the crow flies. Despite the upswing due to increasing industrialization , including the musical instrument industry in particular (e.g. Hohner ), Trossingen fell more and more into the shadows of traffic. Committed citizens of the city therefore tried to improve the traffic situation in the following years. After the state railroad had shown no interest, their involvement finally led to the establishment of a private railway .

For this purpose, the AG Elektrizitätswerk undverbindungsbahn Trossingen was founded in 1896 , and on December 31, 1897 the corresponding license for the new line was granted. Since a power station was being built in Trossingen at the same time , it made sense to electrify the planned route . The relatively steep gradient of the route - 66 meters in altitude had to be overcome in the direction of the city - spoke in favor of electrical operation. On December 14, 1898, the new railway was finally opened. In 1908 it was taken over by the city of Trossingen and is still run by it as a municipal company .

The route of the Trossingen Railway was considered a special feature from the start, because it differs from the traction current system of 15 kV / 16.7 Hz alternating current that is common in Germany , and it represents a so-called electrical island operation .

Since the 1990s, the line was considered to be in danger of being closed, but it was saved by integrating it into the Ringzug concept for the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg region . As a result, in 2003 the diesel - powered Regio-Shuttle - multiple units of the HzL took over the entire traffic on the Trossingen railway. In some cases, the trains are tied through via Villingen and Donaueschingen to Bräunlingen .

The overhead line is no longer needed since the planned operation, the electric vehicles used until 11 July 2003. Since then, only in the museum business use. Between December 2004 and June 2005, the T3 and T5 railcars were temporarily used again because there was a lack of vehicles on the ring train.

Historical vehicle park

Art designation Construction year Manufacturer Electrics comment
Railcar T1
stuff Christe 		1898 MAN AEG is one of the oldest operational electric rail vehicles in the world
Railcar T2 1898 MAN AEG Retired in 1961
sidecar B2 Lias 1898 MAN - Formerly B3, from 1938 B7, received the chassis of B5 as B6 in 1952, and B2 from 1968
sidecar B5 1900/1906 Ganz / Hannoversche Waggonfabrik AG - Built in 1900 as a steam powered rail car, converted into a passenger car in 1906, in Trossingen from 1908, called " Salonwagen ", broken off in 1952, donated chassis to B2
sidecar B7 1913 Rastatt wagon factory - B6 until 1952, retired in 1965, scrapped in 1967
Freight wagons G4 1898 MAN - Whereabouts unknown
locomotive EL4 Lina 1902 AEG AEG
Tow car T3 1938 Machine factory in Esslingen AEG called " Sunday Car "
Railcar T5 1956 Machine factory in Esslingen Siemens-Schuckertwerke
Railcar T6 1968 Rastatt wagon factory Siemens From 2003 to 2005 exhibited in the family park Villingen-Schwenningen

Trossingen city station

The Trossingen Stadt terminus today only has one platform track for regular / scheduled passenger traffic . The remaining three tracks are used for the museum railway .

In addition to the connecting traffic to the trains in Trossingen Bahnhof , trains of the ring train concept also run directly to Villingen and Bräunlingen .

There is a connection to the bus lines at Trossingen Stadt train station (as of 2014):

  • 51 Trossingen - Tuttlingen central bus station
  • 52 Trossingen - Tuningen
  • 53 Trossingen - Spaichingen
  • 57 Trossingen - Weigheim
  • 21/22 Trossingen - Aldingen / Trossingen - Aldingen - Aixheim

museum

Railcar T6 and the museum in the background

In the locomotive shed at Trossingen Stadt station, there has been a small museum on the Trossingen railway since June 5, 2005 . Most of the historic vehicles are also housed there. The museum opens monthly during the summer months, as well as during special trips with the historic vehicles.

Friends of the Trossinger Eisenbahn e. V.

The museum and the special traffic with the historic vehicles are run by members of the Freundeskreis der Trossinger Eisenbahn e. V. operated. The association was founded on September 7, 2004 and carried out its first official special trip on May 1, 2005. It now has around 100 active and passive members.

Every year special trips to the Trossingen events, Whitsun Market and Kilbe-Märt, are carried out.

After damage to the EL4 Lina locomotive, it became apparent that if the vehicles did not move properly, damage to the stalls would occur. That is why there have been monthly exercise trips since 2010 . These are usually carried out on the third Friday of the month. As moonlight rides , they are open to anyone interested.

As with the daytime special trips, either the T1 , B2 and EL4 vehicles or the T3 and T5 railcars are used. In some cases, scheduled ring train services are being replaced by the historic vehicles.

literature

Web links

Commons : Trossinger Eisenbahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 26.4 "  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 54.8"  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.trossinger-eisenbahn.de/museum/
  2. ↑ Eisenbahn Magazin, 6/2006, page 11, heading Along the rails, article until June 10th, Trossinger ET-Oldies: Planned use ends
  3. ↑ http://www.trossingen.de/freizeit-tourismus/maerkte/ Markets in Trossingen