Ybbs tram

Ybbs tram
Railcar 2 in the Historama Ferlach
Route length:	2.935 km
Gauge :	760 mm ( Bosnian gauge )
Legend Western Railway from Salzburg 0.000 railway station 0.240 Wieselburgerstrasse 0.340 Western Railway to Vienna 1.045 Sarlinger Auwege 1.120 Ybbs (42.2 m) 1,210 Jubilee avenue 1,340 Inundation bridge 1,450 Small Laben Bridge (4 m) 1.510 Great Laben Bridge (10 m) 1,780 Werksgrabenbrücke (24 m) 1,865 Urban bath 2.330 Remise 2,455 Fabriksgasse 2,681 Angern suburb 2,700 Mühlbach Bridge (4 m) 2,798 Long alley 2,880 Steamship station 2.935 Town square

Opening of the tram

Route map of the tram

The Ybbs tram was an Austrian tram company . Between 1907 and 1953, the railway connected the town of Ybbs on the Danube with the Kemmelbach-Ybbs station located outside the city on the Westbahn Vienna – Salzburg - from 1910 Ybbs-Kemmelbach , now Ybbs on the Danube . The route, which is only 2.935 kilometers long, was laid out in the 760 millimeter gauge, the so-called Bosnian gauge , which is extremely unusual for trams because of the tight curves .

The Ybbs tram was originally licensed as a railway , the operating company was called the electric small railway Ybbs – Kemmelbach . It was only with the so-called connection of Austria in 1938 that it was rededicated to a tram. After the slightly shorter Gmunden tram , which was also rededicated at the time, the Ybbs tram was the second shortest tram company in Austria.

history

On June 30, 1906, the construction of the line began, for which, however, the concession was not granted until May 21, 1907. On March 23, 1908, the concession was extended in favor of luggage transport . The opening was on November 11th, 1907. Two railcars were procured from the Grazer Waggonfabrik for operation. Up to 20 trips were made every day. Except for the two switches that branched off into the Remise, the line was a single track throughout. There were no other evasions . A special feature was that in the event of high water that flooded the town square in Ybbs, the replacement traffic in this area was carried out with rowing boats.

As a result of the reassignment to a tram, the route was assigned the line letter Y for Ybbs, analogous to F for the Florianerbahn , G for Gmunden and P / H for St. Pölten – Harland . This was written on the vehicles in white letters on a black background, and the signal could be illuminated in the dark.

In the course of the expansion of the road to the Ybbs-Persenbeug power plant , the first Danube power plant in Austria, the tram was shut down. She drove for the last time on September 22, 1953. The tram was replaced by a bus connection .

vehicles

number	Construction year	Manufacturer	LüK	Wheelbase	Remarks:
1	1907	Graz wagon factory	6550 mm	2000 mm	Sold in 1953, scrapped in 1964
2	1907	Graz wagon factory	6550 mm	2000 mm	Sold in 1953, preserved to this day

After the cessation of operations, the two railcars were bought by the Mixnitz – Sankt Erhard local railway . Railcar 1 received the designation T 1 and was used in the shunting service. In 1963 the vehicle was replaced by an electric locomotive . Railcar 2 or T 2 was in use until 1969 and then - largely restored to its original condition - went to the Nostalgiebahnen in Carinthia , where it has been preserved in the Historama Ferlach to this day.

literature

• Alfred Laula: Ybbs tram . 2., ext. Ed., Slezak Verlag, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-85416-094-1
• Wolfgang Kaiser: Trams in Austria . GeraMond Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7654-7198-4
• Gerald Böhm: Ybbs tram 1907-1953 . Cultural association OKAY - Open culture from Ybbs, Ybbs 2007, ISBN 978-3-200-00899-1

Web links

• Ybbser tram - Documentation by Gerald Böhm and Franz Straka
• Tram Ybbs - Documentation on www.strassenbahnforum.de
• 100 years of Ybbs tram - Documentation on "Open culture from Ybbs"

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of the Ministry of Railways of May 21, 1907, regarding the licensing of a narrow-gauge small railway from Kemmelbach-Ybbs to Ybbs to be operated with electric power.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Announcement of the Ministry of Railways dated March 23, 1908, regarding the amendment of the Ministry of Railways announcement of May 21, 1907, RG Bl. No. 134, concerning the concession of a narrow-gauge small railway from Kemmelbach-Ybbs to Ybbs to be operated with electric power the introduction of baggage traffic on this small train.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Holdings of the Austrian Library Association
4. ↑ Inventory record of the Austrian library network ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Holdings of the Austrian Library Association ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.