Zellertalbahn

Langmeil (Palatinate) –Monsheim

Route number (DB) :

3322 (Langmeil – Marnheim)
3561 (Marnheim – Monsheim)

Course book section (DB) :

662.1

Route length:

27.7 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Route class :

D4

Legend

		Alsenz Valley Railway from Hochspeyer
	0.0	Langmeil (Palatinate)
		Alsenz Valley Railway to Bad Münster am Stein
		District road 39
		Federal motorway 63
		District road 43
	6.2	Borrstadt
		State road 394
	10.9	Göllheim - Dreisen
		Bundesstrasse 47
	14.2	Marnheim
	14.3 0.0	former state border Bavaria - Hesse
		State road 449
		Donnersbergbahn to Alzey
	5.0	Albisheim (Pfrimm)
	8.1	Harxheim - Zell
	10.3	Wachenheim - Mölsheim
		Bundesstrasse 47
		to Bingen city
		Bundesstrasse 271
	13.4	Monsheim
		to Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf
		to Worms

The Zellertal Railway , also known as the Pfrim Valley Railway , is a branch line from Langmeil to Monsheim . Originally built as a main line and as such part of the Kaiserslautern – Worms long-distance main line, it lost its importance in national transport after the Second World War. In 1983 passenger traffic was stopped. In 2001 it was reactivated on Sundays and public holidays. A resumption of operations on working days, which was optionally provided as part of the 2015 Rhineland-Palatinate cycle , was not implemented for cost reasons. In August 2017, operations ceased altogether.

history

Planning and construction

As early as 1860, the company of the Palatinate Northern Railways had the first concrete plans for a railway line through the Zellertal, which at that time lay in the border area between the Palatinate (Bavaria) and Rheinhessen . These came about primarily as a reaction to the corresponding wishes of the local population. Hessen granted a corresponding license as early as 1868. In addition, those responsible saw economic advantages in linking the Alsenz Valley Railway opened in 1870 and 1871 with the Worms – Bingen line . The official project was created in 1870. In March 1871, the permit for the construction was given, which was then started. Since most of the Pfrimm valley could be used, there were no major difficulties in building the route.

However, commissioning was delayed because the government of Bavaria feared that the route would make the Palatinate Ludwigsbahn Ludwigshafen – Bexbach less important. The press within the Palatinate claimed that complaints from the Hessian side by both the government and the railway administration were responsible. The Monsheim – Marnheim section was put into operation on October 23, 1872. The opening train started at Monsheim station and carried saloon cars .

The extension from Marnheim to Langmeil followed on May 31, 1873. This section of the route was slipped through the Donnersbergbahn Alzey – Kirchheimbolanden to Marnheim, which was reflected in the kilometers.

Further development

The Palatinate route section was owned by the Nordbahn-Gesellschaft, the shorter one within Hessen part of the Hessian Ludwigsbahn . The line was expanded to two tracks as early as 1888, mainly for strategic reasons . In the following decades, the railway line became very important in national traffic. Long-distance trains on the Kaiserslautern – Worms route, as well as between Langmeil and Marnheim and then on the Donnersbergbahn, operated on the Kaiserslautern – Mainz route.

Marnheim station at the beginning of the 20th century

In the course of nationalization, the Hessian section of the route became the property of the Prussian-Hessian Railway Community. In 1908, the electrical block was put into operation between Wachenheim-Mölsheim and Monsheim (and further to Worms on the Worms – Bingen Stadt railway line ) , and telegraphic train reports were no longer required.

Within the Palatinate, the railway line was part of the Royal Bavarian State Railways from January 1, 1909 .

On February 10, 1914, “when darkness fell” between Monsheim and Wachenheim-Mölsheim, new “double light pre- signals ” were put into operation, which corresponded to the shape signal model that is still in use today .

At the beginning of the First World War , 20 military trains on the Worms – Saarbrücken route traveled the route from August 9 to 16, 1914.

In 1922, the Palatinate section of the line was incorporated into the newly founded Reichsbahndirektion Ludwigshafen , while the Rhine-Hessian section became its Mainz counterpart. In the course of the dissolution of the former on April 1, 1937, the Zellertal Railway was from this point completely under the jurisdiction of the Reich Railway Directorate in Mainz .

German Federal Railroad (1945–1993)

The German Federal Railways (DB) divided the station after the Second World War in the Bundesbahndirektion Mainz one, they all railway lines within the newly created state of Rhineland-Palatinate allotted. In the following years, the route quickly lost its importance. This had contributed to the fact that the Donnersbergbahn branching off in Marnheim was interrupted in 1945 by blowing up the Pfrim Valley Viaduct , which meant that trains on the Kaiserslautern – Mainz route, which had shared the Zellertalbahn between Langmeil and Marnheim, were no longer possible. Until then, the Langmeil – Marnheim section was primarily considered a section of the Donnersbergbahn, but because of the gap that has now arisen between Marnheim and Kirchheimbolanden, it has been assigned to the Zellertalbahn. DB received financial grants from the federal government aimed at maintaining the route for strategic reasons as part of the Cold War . At the beginning of the 1960s, as part of the electrification of the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway, several freight trains were diverted via the Zellertal Railway, as the former temporarily had a very limited capacity due to the corresponding work.

On April 30, 1972, in the course of the dissolution of the Mainz management, the Monsheim – Göllheim-Dreisen section came under the jurisdiction of its Frankfurt counterpart, while the remainder of the section was under the administration of the Saarbrücken management. In 1976 the second track was dismantled on the railway line. At the same time, the train stations or stops in Börrstadt, Göllheim-Dreisen, Harxheim-Zell and Wachenheim-Mölsheim were no longer occupied. Despite its increasing loss of importance, the line officially remained a main line until the end.

After public transport on the line was abandoned on September 23, 1983, the track was initially retained because of its importance as a strategic railway.

Recent past (since 1994)

In the course of the rail reform , the line became the property of Deutsche Bahn . In 1998 the line was closed because its strategic importance no longer existed after the end of the Cold War.

However, the Eistalbahn Association , founded in 1989 , which had already forced the reactivation of the route of the same name , tried to restart the Zellertalbahn. In September 1997, for example, he organized a special trip from Monsheim to Harxheim-Zell, which was carried out by a VT 98 rail bus . In cooperation with the Kuckucksbähnel -Bahnbetriebs-GmbH , an excursion was carried out on Sundays and public holidays from May 26th to September 23rd, 2001, which also took place in the following years in the summer months. In 2014, the Monsheim – Enkenbach route was served four times in this direction and three times in the opposite direction on Sundays and public holidays from May 1 to October 19.

The Donnersberg Touristik Verband currently acts as the railway infrastructure company and has leased the route from DB Netz AG . The reactivation planned in the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate Clock in 2015 could not be implemented because it was determined by an expert report that the reactivation measure would not result in any economic benefit. In order to maintain the infrastructure in the long term, the responsible association for local rail passenger transport Rhineland-Palatinate South (ZSPNV Süd) would like to issue an order guarantee for the existing excursion traffic for the next 15 years. The order guarantee is a prerequisite for funding for the long-term maintenance of the route. The ZSPNV Süd would like to keep the option open of creating a continuous local transport connection between the regional centers of Worms and Kaiserslautern via the Zellertalbahn .

According to a report published in December 2015, 7.9 million euros are required to maintain the route. As a result, it was decided on March 21, 2016 that DTV, as the infrastructure operator , should take over the management of the Eistalbahn eV association in the future .

Surname

The name Zellertalbahn comes from the wine valley of the same name , which runs through the route east of Marnheim. It was created in the context of the reactivation in 2001, mainly for marketing reasons. The traditional and now seldom used term Pfrimm Valley Railway came about because it follows the Pfrimm , a left tributary of the Rhine , not only in the Zellertal, but along almost its entire length.

Route

topography

After Langmeil station, the line leaves the Alsenz Valley Railway on the left and then touches a northern branch of the Palatinate Forest . North of it is already to extend North Palatine Uplands belonging Thunder Mountain . Then it passes Börrstadt and the watershed between Alsenz and Pfrimm . From Göllheim-Dreisen it follows the latter and runs mainly along agricultural areas. To the north of Marnheim there are remains of the overpass of the Donnersbergbahn overpass, which has been interrupted since 1945, after which the route reaches the Zellertal. Finally, in Monsheim it joins the Worms – Bingen Stadt railway line coming from the north . From Langmeil to Harxheim-Zell it runs within the Donnersbergkreis , the rest is in the Alzey-Worms district . 57% of the Marnheim – Monsheim section are straight, the rest in curves.

Special features of the route construction

Driving on the Zellertalbahn is permitted with a maximum axle load of 20 t. The nature of the route allows a speed of sometimes a maximum of 160 km / h. However, between Langmeil and the first level crossing near Standenbühl, it is driven at 80 km / h due to the classification as a branch line and subsequently at 60 km / h due to the not technically secured crossings. All switches are locked and may only be driven at 50 km / h due to the lack of signal dependency. The greatest incline of the route is around 9.3 per thousand in some sections. There are a total of eleven level crossings, two of which cross a state road .

business

passenger traffic

After the Pfälzische Nordbahn Neustadt – Monsheim was opened on July 20, 1873, direct trains ran from Marnheim to Neustadt. In May 1901 an express train was set up on the route Munich – Worms – Kaiserslautern – Metz – Paris. Later trains operated on the Pirmasens - Frankfurt route .

After the Second World War, traffic was essentially limited to the Kaiserslautern – Worms route. In the following decades, up to the cessation of passenger transport in 1983, the daily number of pairs of trains on the Zellertal Railway varied between five and eight. Up to the 1970s there was also a workers' train on the Ludwigshafen - Frankenthal - Freinsheim - Grünstadt - Monsheim - Marnheim route.

DB Regio trains run on the route every two hours on Sundays and public holidays. At the beginning, the Eurobahn Regio- Shuttles operated, the services of which were handed over to DB Regio in 2005 . Modern class 643 diesel multiple units operate from the beginning of the season until the end of August . In September and October, historic series 798 rail buses from Pfalzbahn GmbH run on the Zellertalbahn . They have started in Hochspeyer since 2005 and follow the Alsenz Valley Railway to Langmeil . However, the trains have not stopped in Langmeil since 2005. There are four pairs of trains running between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. The last train to the west is tied to Kaiserslautern. In addition to the Sunday trains, steam train special trips are carried out on the route at irregular intervals . The route is also used for transfer trips. All trains are run by volunteer train staff from the Eistalbahn e.V. V. accompanied. The aim of the association is to reactivate the route in the daily local rail transport , which cannot be realized in the foreseeable future.

In September 2017, operations on the line had to be discontinued due to inadequate track systems. Currently (as of January 2020) there are plans to repair level crossings. The State Audit Office criticizes the plans for the Zellertal Railway and calls for the closure and dismantling of the railway line. Even in the best case scenario, the excursion trains would only be 30 percent occupied, and operations would not even cover the running costs. In addition, freight traffic is planned on the line, although it has not yet been clarified whether the line is even suitable for freight trains.

Freight transport

Freight traffic was mainly carried by the transport of agricultural products. After the Second World War it also lost its importance. Most recently it had taken place separately in the form of transfer trains in the sections Langmeil-Börrstadt and Göllheim-Dreisen-Monsheim due to the fact that they had been part of the management since 1971 . The former was given up in 1987, the latter in 1992. If there was a brisk business at the time of the beet harvest, it came to a standstill at the beginning of the 1990s because the DB relocated the transport of beets to the road. Occasionally, there have been delivery trains to companies along the route in recent years.

Vehicle use

212 in the Zellertal on the southern bridgehead of the Pfrim valley viaduct

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Kaiserslautern workshop was responsible for the Zellertal Railway . The passenger trains ran with steam locomotives of the P 1 , P 2 and T 1 series . The G 2 G 4 , G 5 series took over the services in freight transport.

For the last remaining pair of express trains between Frankfurt and Kaiserslautern, the class 23 from Kaiserslautern was initially used and later the class V 200 . Freight traffic was handled by class 50 locomotives until the mid-1970s . Until it was discontinued in 1983, regular passenger traffic was carried out with battery-powered railcars of the DB series ETA 150 from the Worms depot . In the 1980s, diesel locomotives of the Köf III and V 60 series were responsible for transporting goods .

Operating points

Langmeil (Palatinate)

Entrance building of Langmeil train station (Pfalz)

The station is located in the south of the district of Alsenbrück-Langmeil belonging to Winnweiler . During the first years of its existence it was called Langmeil-Münchweiler . With the opening of the Zellertalbahn and the neighboring Donnersbergbahn , it became an important railway junction. At the end of 2006 it was closed due to a lack of profitability for passenger transport and since then has exclusively served as a depot.

Borrstadt

The station was on the northeastern outskirts of Börrstadt . When passenger traffic was resumed in 2001, it was not reactivated.

Göllheim-Dreisen

Scheduled traffic with the 798 818 rail bus in the last two months of each season, here at Göllheim-Dreisen station

The current stop and former train station is on the south-eastern outskirts of Dreisen . Göllheim is around two kilometers away. The ensemble of the stop is dominated by the silo of a Raiffeisen cooperative.

Marnheim

The station is located on the southern outskirts of Marnheim . From 1874 to 1945 it was a railway junction before the Donnersbergbahn was interrupted in 1945 to this day. Its reception building is also a listed building .

Albisheim (Pfrimm)

The station is located on the southern outskirts of Albisheim (Pfrimm) . Until 1910 the station name was: "Albisheim ad Pfrimm", then "Albisheim a Pfrimm". The entrance to the station building was on the side not far from the platform. The stop was occupied until the route was temporarily closed.

Harxheim-Zell

The breakpoint and former train station is in the east of the Harxheim settlement area, not far from the town center. Around 1990 the only siding was dismantled, whereby the station lost its status as a train station.

Wachenheim-Mölsheim

The station is located on the south-eastern edge of the settlement of Wachenheim (Pfrimm) . The municipality of Mölsheim is about one kilometer further north.

Monsheim

Monsheim train station

The train station is in the center of Monsheim . It was opened in 1864 as the end point of the railway line coming from Worms . In 1867 it was extended to Alzey and in 1871 to Bingen. The Zellertal Railway followed in 1872 and 1873. In 1873, the northern line, which had previously ended in Dürkheim, was tied through, making it the last line to be connected to the station. It has bicycle parking spaces, bus connections and parking spaces. Its former reception building is also a listed building. However, it no longer plays a role in rail operations. During the second half of the 1990s, it was converted into an environmental station as part of a nationwide project .

literature

Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rails. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . Transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-71073-0 , p. 212-214 .
Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Return to Rail - Reactivated and New Lines in Passenger Traffic 1980–2001 . transpress, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-613-71185-0 , pp. 137 .
Klaus D. Holzborn : Railway areas Palatinate . transpress, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-344-70790-6 .
Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). New edition. pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .

Web links

Donnersberg Touristik Verband e. V. (infrastructure operator of the route)
Förderverein Eistalbahn e. V. - Timetable information, operational management and maintenance
Picture gallery Pfrehtalbahn on schrankenposten.de
More information about the story at amiche.de

Individual evidence

^ Donnersberg-Touristik-Verband eV: Surrender of the railway infrastructure line Monsheim - Langmeil . Announcement in the Federal Gazette on August 27, 2007.
↑ Berkay: Is the Zellertal Railway underestimated? In: Förderverein Eistalbahn. April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d amiche.de: MUNICH - WACHENHEIM - PARIS . Retrieved December 16, 2013 .
↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 203 f .
^ ^A ^b Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 204 .
^ Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 35 .
↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 206 f .
^ ^A ^b Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . 1997, p. 212 .
^ Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 16 .
↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of December 5, 1908, No. 70. Announcement No. 1027, p. 786.
↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of January 24, 1914, No. 5. Announcement No. 50, p. 33.
^ Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 145 .
↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 2007, p. 13 , archived from the original on December 13, 2015 ; Retrieved December 17, 2012 .
↑ bahnstatistik.de: Royal Bavarian Railway Directorate Ludwigshafen a. Rhine - Timeline: Establishments - Designations - Dissolutions . Retrieved December 5, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate (2007) . 2007, p. 19 .
^ Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 88 .
↑ bahnstatistik.de: railway management Mainz - Timeline: erections - names - resolutions . Retrieved December 5, 2013 .
↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 28 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g schrankenposten.de: Gallery Pfrim Valley Railway Monsheim - Langmeil . Retrieved December 16, 2013 .
^ ^A ^b Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . 1997, p. 214 .
^ Martin Krauss: Development of the Railway Infrastructure 1997/98. In: Bahn-Report 2/1999, pp. 4–7, here: p. 7.
↑ Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Return to Rail - Reactivated and New Lines in Passenger Traffic 1980-2001 . 2001, p. 137 .
↑ Archive Timetable 2014 (July 29, 2014) ( Memento from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ News and updates. Förderverein Eistalbahn eV, accessed on April 1, 2016 .
↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 205 .
↑ On the way with the Zellertalbahn. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 16, 2016 ; Retrieved December 17, 2013 .
↑ Excursion traffic ceased ( Memento from January 21, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Special flair. Zellertal active e. V., accessed on January 27, 2020 .
↑ Annual report: Landesrechnunghof criticizes Zellertalbahn. In: SWR.de. February 13, 2020, accessed February 13, 2020 .
^ ^A ^b Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 215 .
^ Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 34 f .
^ Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 142 f .
↑ Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . 1997, p. 212 f .
↑ kbaystb.de: The Stations of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - linksrheinisch (Bavarian Palatinate) - Kaiserslautern central station to Lustadt. . Retrieved December 15, 2013 .
^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Donnersbergkreis. Mainz 2018, p. 35 (PDF; 5.3 MB).
↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of March 12, 1910, No. 10. Announcement No. 187, pp. 95f (96).
^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Alzey-Worms district. Mainz 2020, p. 58 (PDF; 6.5 MB).
^ Monsheim "Umweltbahnhof" (Rhineland-Palatinate). Retrieved December 15, 2013 .

[1] Donnersberg-Touristik-Verband eV: Surrender of the railway infrastructure line Monsheim - Langmeil . Announcement in the Federal Gazette on August 27, 2007.

[2] Berkay: Is the Zellertal Railway underestimated? In: Förderverein Eistalbahn. April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .

[amiche.de-3] amiche.de: MUNICH - WACHENHEIM - PARIS . Retrieved December 16, 2013 .

[4] Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 203 f .

[Sturm204-5] A ^b Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 204 .

[6] Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 35 .

[7] Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 206 f .

[FiegenbaumKlee212-8] A ^b Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . 1997, p. 212 .

[9] Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 16 .

[10] Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of December 5, 1908, No. 70. Announcement No. 1027, p. 786.

[11] Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of January 24, 1914, No. 5. Announcement No. 50, p. 33.

[12] Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 145 .

[13] Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 2007, p. 13 , archived from the original on December 13, 2015 ; Retrieved December 17, 2012 .

[14] bahnstatistik.de: Royal Bavarian Railway Directorate Ludwigshafen a. Rhine - Timeline: Establishments - Designations - Dissolutions . Retrieved December 5, 2013 .

[Engbarth19-15] Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate (2007) . 2007, p. 19 .

[16] Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 88 .

[17] bahnstatistik.de: railway management Mainz - Timeline: erections - names - resolutions . Retrieved December 5, 2013 .

[18] Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 28 .

[schrankenposten.de-19] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g schrankenposten.de: Gallery Pfrim Valley Railway Monsheim - Langmeil . Retrieved December 16, 2013 .

[FiegenbaumKlee214-20] A ^b Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . 1997, p. 214 .

[21] Martin Krauss: Development of the Railway Infrastructure 1997/98. In: Bahn-Report 2/1999, pp. 4–7, here: p. 7.

[FiegenbaumKlee137-22] Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Return to Rail - Reactivated and New Lines in Passenger Traffic 1980-2001 . 2001, p. 137 .

[23] Archive Timetable 2014 (July 29, 2014) ( Memento from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[24] Archive link ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[Eistalbahn-News-201604-25] News and updates. Förderverein Eistalbahn eV, accessed on April 1, 2016 .

[26] Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 205 .

[27] On the way with the Zellertalbahn. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 16, 2016 ; Retrieved December 17, 2013 .

[28] Excursion traffic ceased ( Memento from January 21, 2019 in the Internet Archive )

[29] Special flair. Zellertal active e. V., accessed on January 27, 2020 .

[30] Annual report: Landesrechnunghof criticizes Zellertalbahn. In: SWR.de. February 13, 2020, accessed February 13, 2020 .

[Sturm215-31] A ^b Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 215 .

[32] Klaus Detlef Holzborn: Railway Reviere Pfalz . 1993, p. 34 f .

[33] Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 142 f .

[34] Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980-1990 . 1997, p. 212 f .

[35] kbaystb.de: The Stations of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - linksrheinisch (Bavarian Palatinate) - Kaiserslautern central station to Lustadt. . Retrieved December 15, 2013 .

[36] General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Donnersbergkreis. Mainz 2018, p. 35 (PDF; 5.3 MB).

[37] Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of March 12, 1910, No. 10. Announcement No. 187, pp. 95f (96).

[38] General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Alzey-Worms district. Mainz 2020, p. 58 (PDF; 6.5 MB).

[39] Monsheim "Umweltbahnhof" (Rhineland-Palatinate). Retrieved December 15, 2013 .