Turmbergbahn
Turmbergbahn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Route length: | 0.315 km | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 362 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 7.2 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Company opening: | May 1, 1888 |
Track length: | 315 m |
Gauge: | 1,000 mm |
Height difference: | 100 m |
Max. Pitch: | 36.2% |
Pull rope | |
Diameter: | 26 mm |
Calculated breaking load: | 43.05 t |
dare | |
Max. Crew: | 52 people (including 21 seats) |
business | |
Speed: | 7.2 km / h (2 m / s) |
The Turmbergbahn ( TBB ) is a funicular railway that leads from Karlsruhe - Durlach to the Turmberg ( 256 m above sea level ). It was opened on May 1, 1888, making it the oldest operational funicular in Germany.
On a route length of 315 meters, the train overcomes a height difference of 100 meters with a maximum gradient of 36.2 percent.
history
The Durlacher Turmbergbahn was opened on May 1st, 1888. The drive was carried out by gravity with water ballast , i.e. a tank in the car going downhill was filled with the required amount of water and pulled the uphill car upwards. The meter-gauge route was originally three-track, only two-track in the area of the siding (similar to the route of the Nerobergbahn ), and it also had Riggenbach racks for braking the vehicles.
At the beginning of the Second World War , the service was briefly interrupted, but soon resumed. The damage caused by fighting in 1945 was more serious, so that the train could not run again until the spring of 1946.
The railway was extensively rebuilt in 1966. The water ballast drive was replaced by an electric drive, new wagons were procured and the line was converted into a single-track track with an Abt siding in the middle . The reception buildings at the valley and mountain stations were replaced by new buildings. The drive rope was renewed several times, most recently in 2004. The operating license of the railway expires at the end of 2019. According to a decision by the municipal council, the railway is to be modernized and made barrier-free after 2019, and it is also to be extended on the existing free stop route to the terminus at Durlach Turmberg of the Karlsruhe tram at the foot of the Turmberg.
Oldest funicular in Germany
The Turmbergbahn is the oldest funicular in Germany still in operation. There were only two older lifts, but both of them have ceased operations: the cable car that opened in Zeitz in 1877 and the Malbergbahn that opened in 1887 . However, neither vehicles nor infrastructure are in their original condition on the Turmbergbahn. The original construction is comparable to the Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden, which was built at the same time and is technically very similar . The water ballast drive and the shape of the track structure have been preserved there to this day. But it was completed five months later.
Excursion destination
The Turmberg is a popular destination and - when the view is clear - a valued lookout point with a view of the Rhine plain , the Palatinate Forest and Alsace . On the Turmberg is the Schöneck sports school , where, among other things, the 1954 World Cup team under Sepp Herberger prepared for the World Cup , and Sören Anders' restaurants .
The Turmbergbahn is not barrier-free, access is via steps and narrow doors.
literature
- Eberhard Stolz: The Turmbergbahn in Durlach. In: Manfred Koch (Ed.): Under power: History of local public transport in Karlsruhe. Badenia-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2000, ISBN 3-7617-0324-4
- Klaus ER Lindemann (Ed.): 100 years of the Turmberg Railway. INFO Verlag, Karlsruhe 1988, ISBN 3-88190-037-3
Web links
- Information on the Turmbergbahn from the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund
- Evening show - last ride of the old Turmbergbahn in Karlsruhe (TV report from December 1, 1965, without sound) via ARD media library. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brochure "Facts and Figures 2011", City of Karlsruhe - Office for Urban Development, 36th edition, p. 4, Ed .: Office for Urban Development
- ↑ cf. Postcard from around 1963. Karlsruhe City Archives, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ The timetable for the Turmbergbahn is being expanded: after the renovation, it also runs more often in winter. In: ka-news.de. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 59 '52.4 " N , 8 ° 29' 0.2" E