Bachstein transport company
The transport companies Bachstein GmbH is a transport company based in Celle . It was founded by Herrmann Bachstein in 1879 as the central administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein (CV) in Berlin .
history
Bachstein founded the central administration as an open trading company (OHG). In 1933 it was converted into a GmbH and the spelling changed to secondary railways . As a subsidiary, u. a. In 1895 the Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SEG) was founded with its headquarters in Darmstadt , to which some CV railways were transferred. In 1923 the railways located in Thuringia were combined in the Thuringian Railway Company (Theag) . This should improve the profitability of all railways. Some routes found themselves in financial difficulties as a result of the poor overall economic situation in Germany, while others drove in large profits. Due to contractual obligations, CV could not part with uneconomical routes. The consequences were, among other things, partial closures, tariff increases and a centralized workshop service.
The following railways, among others, were built, operated or held by Herrmann Bachstein:
- Darmstadt steam trams (taken over by SEG in 1895 , Hessische Eisenbahn-Aktiengesellschaft , HEAG in 1912 )
- Dreiecksbahn Mannheim - Heidelberg - Weinheim (1897 takeover by SEG , 1911 Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (OEG))
- Essener Straßenbahn (1895 takeover by SEG , 1954 renaming of SEG to Essener Verkehrs-AG (EVAG) )
- Mainzer Vorortbahnen (takeover by SEG in 1895 , takeover by the city of Mainz in 1919)
- Mainz tram (taken over by SEG in 1895, taken over by the city of Mainz in 1904)
- Karlsruher Lokalbahn (taken over by SEG in 1897, taken over by the City of Karlsruhe in 1914)
- Wiesbaden trams and suburban railways (taken over by SEG in 1895 )
- Berlin steam tram consortium
- Groß-Lichterfelde - Teltow - Stahnsdorf steam tram (taken over by Teltower Kreisbahnen in 1906 )
- Dessau tram
- Osthofen-Westhofener Eisenbahn ( Gickelche , taken over by SEG in 1895, taken over by DB in 1953 )
- Reinheim-Reichelsheimer Eisenbahn Reinheim - Reichelsheim (1895 takeover by SEG , 1953 takeover by the State of Hesse, 1955 Hessian State Railroad )
- Sprendlingen – Fürfeld railway line (taken over by SEG in 1895, taken over by the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1953, taken over by DB in 1959 )
- Railway line Worms – Offstein (1895 takeover by SEG , 1953 takeover by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, 1969 takeover by DB )
- Arnstadt-Ichtershausen Railway (taken over by SEG in 1895 , nationalized in 1949)
- Ilmenau-Großbreitenbacher Eisenbahn (Bachstein has owned since 1883, taken over by SEG in 1895 , nationalized in 1949)
- Hohenebra-Ebelebener Eisenbahn (Bachstein leaseholder since opening in 1883, owner since 1884, taken over by SEG in 1895 , nationalized in 1949)
- Bregtalbahn Donaueschingen - Furtwangen (taken over by SEG in 1897 , MEG in 1953 , SWEG in 1971 )
- Kaiserstuhlbahn Gottenheim - Riegel am Kaiserstuhl - Breisach (taken over by SEG in 1897 , MEG in 1953 , SWEG in 1971 )
- Obere Wiesentalbahn (Zell-Todtnauer Eisenbahn) Zell - Todtnau (1897 takeover by SEG , 1953 MEG )
- Greußen-Ebeleben-Keulaer Eisenbahn (CPKE) (1923 takeover by Theag )
- Neubrandenburg-Friedland Railway Company
- Southern Harz Railway Company
- Weimar-Berka-Blankenhainer Railway (1923 takeover by Theag )
- Osterwieck-Wasserleben Railway
- Neuhaldensleber Railway
- Esperstedt-Oldisleben Railway (taken over by Theag in 1923 )
- Ruhlaer Eisenbahn (from 1925/26 taken over by Theag )
- Weimar-Rastenberger Eisenbahn (Weimar-Buttelstedt-Großrudestedter Eisenbahn, taken over by Theag in 1923 )
- Wenigentaft-Oechsener Railway
- Ziederthal Railway Company
- Buttstädt-Rastenberger Eisenbahn (taken over by Theag in 1923 )
- Gotha-Ohrdrufer Railway
- Berlin - Spremberg
- Küstrin - Szczecin
- Fröttstedt-Friedrichrodaer Railway
- Parchim-Ludwigsluster Railway
- Eisenberg-Crossen Railway
- Stargard-Küstriner Railway
- Glasow-Berlinchener Eisenbahn
- Mecklenburg Southern Railway
- Prignitzer Eisenbahn AG
- Berlinchen - Armswalde
- Pyritz circular paths
- Friedeberg - Alt Libbehne
- Friedland District Railway (FBB; partly narrow gauge 750 mm)
- Dessau-Wörlitz Railway
- Oberviechtach - Schönsee
- Neunburg - Rötz
In 1939 the railways number 17 and 21 to 31 still belonged to the Central Administration .
After the division of Germany, only the narrow-gauge railway Walkenried – Braunlage (the line to Sorge and Tanne was interrupted by the border) and a seven-kilometer section of the Osterwieck-Wasserleben Railway in West Germany were of these railway operations . From 1973 the latter was combined with some bus routes in the Hornburg GmbH transport company .
In the end, the train traffic there consisted only of railcar journeys that were carried out during the day on behalf of the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the Braunschweig / Salzgitter / Helmstedt area. The railcars had their home station in Hornburg . After the rail traffic was also stopped here on May 27, 1978, a railway operation had become a pure bus operation.
The company was changed accordingly to Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein GmbH. As early as 1948, the company's headquarters were relocated from Berlin to Braunlage. In 1986 the company moved to Burgdorf and is now based in Celle. With the participation in private railways (Osthannoversche Eisenbahn) the company Bachstein is today again connected with rail traffic.
present
The Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein GmbH founded the former Arriva Bachstein GmbH together with the then Arriva Deutschland in 2007 in order to acquire the majority of the capital of the Osthannoverschen Eisenbahnen (OHE), whereby the company is indirectly active again in the railway business. Today it is called Netinera Bachstein GmbH
literature
- Dirk Endisch: The Bachstein transport company. Endisch, Leonberg 2004, ISBN 3-936893-10-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Bornemann: The South Harz Railway . 3. Edition. Ed. Piepersche Druckerei, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1991, p. 62 .