Westfrankenbahn

Westfrankenbahn

Basic information
Company headquarters	Aschaffenburg
Web presence	www.westfrankenbahn.de
Reference year	2017
owner	DB RegioNetz
Employee	370
Lines
Gauge	1,435 mm
railroad	Aschaffenburg – Miltenberg Miltenberg West-Wertheim Crailsheim – Königshofen railway line Lauda – Wertheim railway line Seckach – Miltenberg Hohenlohebahn Frankenbahn Kahl-Schöllkrippen
number of vehicles
Railcar	19 class 642 , of which 7 were taken over from the Kahlgrundbahn + 27 from the Elbe-Saale-Bahn 36 Series 628
statistics
Passengers	16,200 daily including the Kahlgrundbahn
Mileage	3.6 million train kilometers annually
Stops	94, including 50 of their own
Length of line network
Railway lines	371 km, 206 km of which are in-house infrastructuredep1
Operating facilities
Depots	Schöllkrippen

Class 628 railcar as a regional train from Würzburg to Crailsheim in Kirchheim (Unterfr)

Locomotive 218 105-5 of the Westfrankenbahn in Aschaffenburg

The Westfrankenbahn , WFB for short , formerly also WestFrankenBahn , founded on January 1st, 2006 , is a regional network of Deutsche Bahn AG , in which the areas of infrastructure , stations, operations, service and sales are combined under one roof.

history

The company leased the railway line Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg , the railway Miltenberg West Wertheim , the railway Lauda-Wertheim , the railway Crailsheim-Königshofen and the railway Seckach-Miltenberg . In addition, the Westfrankenbahn operates passenger trains on the Crailsheim – Heilbronn and Lauda – Königshofen routes . The Kahl – Schöllkrippen railway line has also been part of it since December 13, 2015 , while the Würzburg – Lauda section has not been provided since December 2018. The total length of the travel route traveled by the Westfrankenbahn is 401 kilometers, of which 204 kilometers are on its own infrastructure. Every year a transport performance of 3.6 million train kilometers is provided.

As of 2006, the Westfrankenbahn ensures that freight traffic will be possible again on its routes in the future. In 2016, however, freight traffic only took place on the northern routes. The ports in Aschaffenburg and Wertheim are served regularly. Freight trains also run to Obernburg-Elsenfeld, Miltenberg, Kleinheubach and Gamburg. Trains that exceeded the loading gauge also ran through the Main and Taubertal valleys in order to bypass the Schwarzkopftunnel by 2017 .

The headquarters of the profit center management is located at Elisenstraße 30 in the historic railway office at Aschaffenburg Central Station. From there, passenger traffic is operated on the routes mentioned above . The vehicles are serviced in the workshop of Kahlgrund-Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH in Schöllkrippen , which was rented from the Westfrankenbahn.

The company plans to invest around 134 million euros in the improvement of the rail infrastructure between 2006 and 2025 , and new railcars have been purchased from 2008. The WFB is also active in freight transport , e.g. B. to the port of Aschaffenburg .

The Westfrankenbahn developed a three-line version of the dynamic text display for its stations , which also shows the next train departures.

vehicles

Originally the Westfrankenbahn were 32 diesel multiple units of the 628 series , 46 DMU Class 642 and the diesel locomotive 218,460 available. In December 2018, the company took over 27 additional class 642 multiple units from DB Regio, which were modernized and replaced the last units of the 628 series by December 2019. However, the Anna and Maria railcars , both in mint-green product paint , were retained as operating reserves. On December 1, 2019, the farewell run for the 628 series took place at the Westfrankenbahn.

Farewell drive of the 628 series on December 1st, 2019
Farewell drive of the 628 series on December 1st, 2019 (Anna and Maria)
Farewell drive of the 628 series on December 1st, 2019 (30 years of the VT628)

Passenger Advisory Board of the Westfrankenbahn

A passenger advisory board was founded in April 2016 and is intended to support the Westfrankenbahn in future in improving operations and service. The honorary members are all customers of the Westfrankenbahn, for example commuters, occasional drivers and retirees. The advisory board meets three times a year to provide information and advice on new projects or operational disruptions and also takes part in public events organized by the Westfrankenbahn.

Web links

Website of the Westfrankenbahn

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Figures, data, facts on bahn.de , accessed on October 16, 2017
↑ “ der schienenbus ” magazine , issue 6/2006, page 77 - route report, course book route 709
↑ Peter Garke: From Taubertal to Madonnenland . In: railway magazine . No. 1 , 2016, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 42 f .
^ WestFrankenBahn: Positive balance of the first months. In: regionalverkehr.de. April 13, 2006, accessed December 7, 2018 .
↑ Passenger information is very important at small stations. (PDF; 1.5 MB) In: Customer magazine WFB-Takt 01/2016. DB RegioNetz, p. 7 , accessed on March 14, 2017 .
↑ Retro-628, new services and lack of vehicles. In: railway magazine . No. 8 , 2018, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 28 .
↑ Events - Westfrankenbahn. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .

[bahn.de-1] Figures, data, facts on bahn.de , accessed on October 16, 2017

[schienenbus-200606-2] “ der schienenbus ” magazine , issue 6/2006, page 77 - route report, course book route 709

[3] Peter Garke: From Taubertal to Madonnenland . In: railway magazine . No. 1 , 2016, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 42 f .

[regionalverkehr-4] WestFrankenBahn: Positive balance of the first months. In: regionalverkehr.de. April 13, 2006, accessed December 7, 2018 .

[5] Passenger information is very important at small stations. (PDF; 1.5 MB) In: Customer magazine WFB-Takt 01/2016. DB RegioNetz, p. 7 , accessed on March 14, 2017 .

[6] Retro-628, new services and lack of vehicles. In: railway magazine . No. 8 , 2018, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 28 .

[7] Events - Westfrankenbahn. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .