Roßbacher Forst tunnel

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Roßbacher Forst tunnel
Roßbacher Forst tunnel
View of the tunnel from the north (around 1988)
traffic connection High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg
length 255 m
Number of tubes 1
construction
Client German Federal Railroad
business
operator DB network
release 1988
location
Roßbacher Forst tunnel (Hesse)
Red pog.svg
Red pog.svg
Coordinates
North portal 50 ° 15 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 48 ″  E
South portal 50 ° 15 ′ 6 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 39 ″  E

The Roßbacher Forst tunnel (sometimes also called the Rossbach tunnel ) is a 255 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg . The building is located to the west of the Altengronau district of the Sinntal municipality in East Hesse . It is the southernmost tunnel on the line in Hesse .

The structure takes up two tracks on a ballast superstructure , which can be driven at speeds of up to 250 km / h as planned.

Location and course

View from the north portal of the Altengronauer Forest Tunnel (1987)

To the north, after a short open section, the Altengronauer Forest Tunnel follows . To the south, also after an open section, is the Dittenbrunn hillside bridge .

Part of the Altengronau transfer point is located in the tunnel .

history

As one of three tunnels in the southern section of the new line, the tunnel was completed at the end of 1983.

The building was not planned for 1981.

An InterCity leaves the tunnel in the direction of Würzburg (June 1988).

The tunnel was opened for commercial traffic in 1988 as part of the Fulda – Würzburg section of the new line.

Web links

Commons : Roßbacher-Forst-Tunnel  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Klaus-Dieter Schwendener: Part renewal 97080 WRSTW SFS 1733 in the RB Süd G016180176. (PDF) DB Netz AG, July 25, 2019, p. 9 , retrieved on December 10, 2019 (file Annex 15 BAst_Teilernlassung Stw 1733.pdf in ZIP archive 19FEI40778_Vergabeunterlagen_Zwischenstand.zip ).
  2. ↑ Belter: Great progress in building the tunnels for the new lines . In: Der Eisenbahningenieur , 34, 1983, issue 12, p. 661 f.
  3. ^ Helmut Maak: New Hanover – Würzburg line, start of construction in the southern section . In: The Federal Railroad . Vol. 57, No. 10, 1981, ISSN  0007-5876 , pp. 801-806.