Wieserbahn

Wieserbahn Lieboch – Wies-Eibiswald (red, from Lieboch southwards)
Route length:	50.69 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	100 km / h
Legend GKB main line from Graz Hbf 336  m above sea level A. 0.00 Dear 336  m above sea level A. Einödstrasse underpass GKB trunk line to Köflach Liebochbach Bridge A2 (south motorway) Kainach Lahnbach Connection railway tank farm of the Erdöl-Lagergesellschaft u. a. Agricultural warehouse connecting railway Bridge B 76 (Radlpass Straße) 4.33 Lannach 7.61 Oisnitz- Sankt Josef 320  m above sea level A. 11.66 Alling-Tobisegg Level crossing L 617 Mettersdorferstrasse 14.45 Preding- Wieselsdorf 287  m above sea level A. Transition to the Stainzerbahn (narrow gauge) Oisnitz Level crossing L 639 Wohlsdorferstrasse Connection railway Hasslacher Norica Timber Stainzbach Koralmbahn to / from Graz Hbf Underpass L 639 Wohlsdorferstrasse 17.37 Wettmannstätten 295  m above sea level A. Koralmbahn to Klagenfurt Hbf Underpass L 601 Schröttenstrasse 19.88 Gussendorf 22.59 Great Saint Florian 307  m above sea level A. Level crossing L 637 Sulzhofstrasse Lassnitz Level crossing L 601 Schröttenstrasse 27.50 Frauental - Bad Gams Level crossing L 643 Gamsstrasse Lassnitz Bridge B 76 (Radlpass Straße) 30.37 Deutschlandsberg 365  m above sea level A. Connecting line sawmill Liechtenstein Level crossing L 618 Freilandstraße Lassnitz Bridge B 76 (Radlpass Straße) Bridge B 74 (Sulmtal Straße) 35.89 Hollenegg Level crossing L 648 Schwanbergstrasse 38.17 Schwanberg 368  m above sea level A. Black Sulm Bridge Sankt Peter im Sulmtal 39.56 Sankt Peter im Sulmtal former connecting railway company Wolfram 42.26 St. Martin i. S. - Bergla 338  m above sea level A. 44.38 Dietmannsdorf Connection to Gleinstätten (formerly Sulmtalbahn ) Level crossing L 605 Pölfing-Brunner-Straße 47.09 Pölfing-Brunn Level crossing L 668 Kopreinigstrasse White Sulm 49.56 Pointed market Level crossing L 653 Pitschgaustraße White Sulm Level crossing L 605 Pölfing-Brunner-Straße 50.69 Wies- Eibiswald 337  m above sea level A.

The Wieserbahn , also: Wieser Bahn , is a railway line in Styria that runs from Lieboch to Wies-Eibiswald and is operated by Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH. The route is integrated into the Styrian rapid transit network as a line and partly also coincides with the course of the Koralm railway, which is currently under construction .

history

The GKB 671 with a special train in Deutschlandsberg station on October 5, 2008 on the occasion of 135 years of the Wieserbahn

Historic signal box in Deutschlandsberg

Route near St. Peter in Sulmtal

Stop building St. Martin i. S. - Bergla (2006)

Lannach railway station (2019)

Establishment

On February 28, 1871, the GKB General Assembly decided to build a wing runway to the Graz - Köflach line ( Köflacherbahn ) from Lieboch to Wies, which was opened in 1860, and received the necessary license for this on September 8, 1871 ( RGBl . No. 129/1871). The Pongratz brothers were immediately entrusted with the construction work. The construction of the stations, bridges and culverts was entrusted to the Deutschlandsberg master builder Josef Pfleger.

Because of the resistance of the carters, who feared for their business, the route was built a long way from the localities, so that today train stations such as B. Wettmannstätten or Schwanberg are far away from the towns. Since the management of the Eibiswalder Hüttenwerk at that time was also against a continuation of the railway to Eibiswald , the line ends in Wies, whose station, however, has the double name Wies-Eibiswald.

On December 1, 1872, a locomotive reached Deutschlandsberg on the new route and on January 12, 1873 the entire route to Wies could be driven, although landslides had occurred in the area of ​​the Leibenfelder Höhe, which delayed construction.

In April 1873 the technical and police examination was carried out and on April 8, 1873 the Wieserbahn was officially opened. Public transport began the following day, April 9, 1873.

An approx. 3 km long connecting line ran from Wies-Eibiswald station to the mining area around Steieregg. On this route, in addition to the coal transport freight trains, workers from the mines in this area were transported with worker trains from five passenger cars, the costs were settled directly with the companies via the shift lists, and factory ID cards (control stamps) served as tickets. There was no public transport on this route. The workers' trains only ran between Steieregg and Wies-Eibiswald station and were last run in 1926. After that, the line was only used for freight traffic, it was dismantled after 1930 after the mines on which it was located had been closed: in 1927 the mining in (then spelling :) Steyregg and in 1931 the Haraldschacht in Kalkgrub.

Before 1918

An extension over the Radlpass to Saldenhofen / Vuzenica and thus a connection to the Marburg - Klagenfurt route was sought in the 1880s, but never came about.

In 1892 the Stainzerbahn was opened as a narrow-gauge siding from the Preding-Wieselsdorf station. For the first time in Austria, GKB standard- gauge wagons were bolstered on roller stands of the narrow-gauge railway.

A sensational accident occurred at Deutschlandsberg station on February 2, 1902, when locomotive 151 "Pölfing" was destroyed in a boiler explosion and the engine driver, the stoker, a shifter and a magician were killed. The cause of the accident was cited as the fact that too little water was supplied to the locomotive's steam boiler, which was only built in 1898. This accident was used by the railway authorities as an opportunity to require the installation of a fuse ( fusible plug , lead screw) in steam locomotive boilers , which melted when overheated and thus made it possible for the remaining water in the boiler to penetrate the fire box and to extinguish the fire there, or at least to dampen.

On February 13, 1913, an interlocking of the type SBW500 was put into operation at Deutschlandsberg station, which was in operation until September 18, 1991 and can now be viewed as a museum object.

After 1990

Extensive modernizations were carried out from the 1990s. The stations were equipped with modern infrastructure - such as signal boxes, customized platforms, park & ​​ride facilities and other improvements. The operational management has been streamlined, the majority of the stations are now remote controlled either from Lieboch or Deutschlandsberg.

The Laßnitz Bridge in Deutschlandsberg, which dates from 1932, was replaced by a new bridge on March 24, 2012. The old bridge was brought to Northern Germany. It became part of a sculpture project called "Raumsichten". The bridge structure now stands on two concrete foundations above the Vechte on the border between Lower Saxony and Westphalia near the towns of Ohne and Klein Haddorf in Wettringen , around 40 km from Münster . It is viewed as a sculpture and is not accessible. The idea "Laßnitzbrücke crosses Vechte" comes from Hans Schabus .

Further changes are currently being made due to the ongoing construction of the Koralmbahn , the route of which also affects the Wieserbahn.

The Wieserbahn in the Wettmannstätten - Wies-Eibiswald section is to be electrified by December 2025, at the same time as the Koralmbahn goes into operation. The remaining section of the Wieserbahn is to be electrified by 2028.

The connection at Wettmannstätten has been in operation since the end of 2010.

The route (S6 Graz - Werndorf - Wies-E. And S61 Graz - Lieboch - Wettmannstätten) is driven every hour during the week with densities in the peak hours. At the weekend, the S6 does not run on Saturday mornings with two exceptions, but instead the S61 goes to Wies-Eibiswald (every 2 hours on Sundays).

Trivia

For the 135th anniversary of the Wieserbahn at Deutschlandsberg station on Sunday, October 5, 2008, Austrian Post, in cooperation with the Deutschlandsberg Philatelist Association, issued a special postmark.

Web links

Commons : Wieserbahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RGBl. with concession
2. ^ Sepp Tezak : 110 years of the Wieserbahn . In: Rail transport currently. Past and present of Austria's railways . Special issue. Pospischil, Vienna 1983, ZDB -ID 568413-4 , pp. 36-37.
3. ↑ Siegfried Magele: 120 years Wieser train . In: Weststeirische Rundschau . No. 14.1993 (April 10, 1993), volume 66, ZDB -ID 2303595-X . Simadruck Aigner u. Weisi, Deutschlandsberg 1993.
4. ↑ B .:  The opening of the Lieboch – Wies railway. In:  Deutsche Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 460/1873, April 11, 1873, p. 6 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ^ Josef Slezak , Hans Sternhart: The 100 year old GKB - a treat for railroad fans. History, fleet and operation of the Graz-Köflacher Railway. Self-published by the authors, Vienna 1960. p. 8 (with departure times Wies 5.56, 14.20 and 22.20, Steieregg 6.21, 14.35 and 22.27.).
6. ↑ Martina Schweiggl: An accident with great consequences . In: mein district.at, October 17, 2018 (accessed July 24, 2020).
7. ^ Gerhard Michael Dienes: From the stagecoach to "rush hour" . In: Walter Brunner (Ed.): History of the City of Graz . Volume 2: Economy - Society - Everyday Life . Self-published by the City of Graz, Graz 2003, ISBN 3-902234-02-4 , p. 368.
8. ↑ Röll: boiler explosion .
9. ^ Cauldron explosion. In:  Wiener Zeitung , Wiener Abendpost , No. 27/1902, February 3, 1902, p. 4, top center. (Online at ANNO ). .
10. ^ Sepp Tezak: A railway accident 90 years ago. Rail traffic up-to-date . No. 2 (February issue), year 1992. Pospischil Verlag Vienna. P. 10.
11. ^ Christian Oitzl: 95 years of signal box in Deutschlandsberg . In: Airstream . No. 58.2008, ZDB -ID 1494544-7 . Steirische Eisenbahnfreunde, Graz 2008. (Special edition “135 Years of the Wieserbahn”, October 2008).
12. ^ Christian Oitzl: 130 years of the Wieser Bahn . In: Airstream . Special number, ZDB -ID 1494544-7 . Steirische Eisenbahnfreunde, Graz 2003, p. 5.
13. ↑ West Styrian Rundschau . No. 13.2012 (March 30, 2012), Volume 85, ZDB -ID 2303595-X . Simadruck Aigner u. Weisi, Deutschlandsberg 2012, p. 3.
14. ↑ Franz Weintögl: The Art and GKB or "A railway bridge is going on tour." In: turntable. The staff magazine of the Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH . Edition 58.2012 (June 2012), ZDB -ID 2181683-9 . Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH, Graz 2012, p. 3.
15. ^ Christian Oitzl: Koralmbahn current . In: turntable. The staff magazine of the Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH . Edition 37.2008, ZDB ID 2181683-9 . Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH, Graz 2008, p. 6.
16. ↑ GKB route network will be electrified by 2025. steiermark.orf.at, May 7, 2019, accessed on May 28, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Graz-Köflacher Bahn plans to electrify the line by 2025. tt.com, May 6, 2019, accessed on May 8, 2019 . 
18. ↑ GKB electrifies the region. gkb.at, May 6, 2019, accessed on May 8, 2019 . 
19. ^ Ernst Suppan: Starting point: electrification of the GKB. In: GKB. January 13, 2020, accessed January 13, 2020 . 
20. ^ ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (Ed.): Kursbuch Timetables Austria. Timetable 2012 . ÖBB-Personenverkehr, Vienna 2012, ZDB -ID 2386793-0 .
21. ↑ 135 years of the Wieserbahn 1873–2008 . In: Post.Philatelie. Post.at customer magazine for philatelists . (Enclosure to: The postage stamp ). Edition 2008,10 (October 2008), ZDB -ID 2189162-X , Österreichische Post AG - Philatelie (publisher), Vienna 2008.