Darchau Ferry

Tanja (ex Waal, ex Wijkse Veer ) is a circulating on the Elbe in Lower Saxony ferry. She travels between New Darchau in the Lüchow -Dannenberg and Darchau in Amt Neuhaus, district of Lüneburg.

General data

The ferry was in 1959 at the Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek H. J. Koopman in Dordrecht, Netherlands, built and put into service as Waal on 26 March 1960. From 1960 to 1974 she was operated by the Dutch municipality of Tiel. In 1974, the ship of the municipality Wijk bij Duurstede was taken. As Wijkse Veer drove it there until 1993. Since 1993 the ship from " Eigenbetrieb ferry Tanja " of the community New Darchau is operated. It replaced a smaller double-ended there with the same name, which was in use until 1997 reserve ship in New Darchau.

Specifications

Tanja is a free-moving double-ended ferry with ramps at both ends. The wheelhouse is located on a bridge over the middle of the roadway. The ferry has a total length of 45.9 meters, a width of 12.1 meters and a draft of 0.7 meters. The usable for the transport length is 30.9 meters, the load carrying capacity of 140 tons. Up to 21 cars or 200 people are being transported. The highest transportable single weight is 40 tons. The ship reaches a speed of 14 km / h The drive consists of two Scania diesel engines each driving a Voith-Schneider propeller.

Ferry

The Elbfähre Tanja 536.5 connects two sections of the national road 232 ( L 232 ) at Elbkilometer. On the left side of the river, the country road establishes a transport connection New Darchaus the federal road 216 ( B 216) in Dahl castle. The right bank section of the national road 232 meets in Neuhaus (Elbe ) onto road 195 (B 195). With the Amt Neuhaus, which operates between Bleckede and New Bleckede, provides the ferry fro the direct transport links between the lying on the right bank of the Elbe Amt Neuhaus and the linkselbischen circle area of ​​the district of Lüneburg.

The ferry runs all year round and is continuously between two piers. A trip takes about five minutes. On weekdays Tanja runs 5:00 to 21:00 clock, on Sundays and holidays periods from 9:00 bis 21:00 clock.

In 2007 the ferry crossed according to the own operation 60,000 times the same. This 495 cars were transported daily on average and transported a total of 436,000 people.

Originally the ferry to her commissioning in 1960 to 1993 in the Netherlands in use. Until 1974, she went on the Waal between Tiel and Wamel. From 1974 to 1993 reversed the ship on the Lek between Rijswijk and Wijk bij Duurstede.

Documents

The information in this article come from for the most part

  • William Long: Tanja. In: Car ferries in Germany, the Netherlands and Western Europe. Dortmund 2003. Accessed on May 9, 2010.

In addition, the following specific evidence is cited:

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  • Ferry (Elbe )
  • New Darchau
  • Traffic ( Landkreis Lüneburg )
  • Shipping (Lower Saxony)
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