Döbeln Tramway

The tram chub Association 1892-1926 the peripheral central station of the Saxon town chub with the city center and has always operated as a narrow gauge horse tram. Since June 2007, a reconstructed section is traveled on special occasions as a museum tram.

History

Chub in 1847 joined by the Chemnitz- Riesa railroad initially Riesa, 1857 with Chemnitz. 1868 a second line between Dresden and Leipzig chub was put into operation. Since then, chub was a railway junction. The train station was about two kilometers in a straight line from the center of the old town. The desire for an inner-city connection eventually led on 20 February 1891 establishing the Döbelner tram AG involving the city and private investors. 1943 had the city only twelve percent of the shares.

Establishment and operation

On 10 July 1892 the first section of the tramway between the main station and the upper market could be opened. Later, the railway was extended to the " White Cross ", the length of the route, improved to 2.450 km. The tram carried out persons also post and cargo. Starting at the main station they ran parallel to State railway to Dresden by the Bahnhofstrasse, to lay the wagon shed. Then she reached the lying on an island between two arms of the River Freiberger Mulde old town with the low and the upper market and ended at the White Cross in Dresden street. Because only the first 500 meters of track were laid double track, she received the following section for a total of eight passing places and a short detour to Posthof ( post office ).

Operation setting

Although the city chub then had fewer than 20,000 residents, more than 200,000 passengers a year were transported by horse-drawn tram before the First World War. However, it did not come for the introduction of electric operation - instead at this time no longer contemporary horse-drawn tram on 20 December 1926, decommissioned; she was one of the last horse-drawn trams in Germany (only the Zerbst tram ( to 1928 ), the tram Hagen (up to 1930) and the Spiekerooger Island Railway ( to 1949 ) were even longer operated with horses ). The train was finally replaced by the bus company that was already some months previously set up parallel to the tram service. This bus service was also in the hands of the hitherto existing society, which continue unchanged traded as Döbelner tram AG. In 1928, the tracks were removed between the station and the low market. Despite the early closure were more sections of the horse-drawn tram for a lot longer - a part of the trail disappeared only when road construction in the 1980s, one last short section on the upper market was removed in 2006 as part of the local repaving. These residues included, together with the existing track until today remains on the Zerbst marketplace, the oldest surviving railway relics of a German tram.

Revival

On January 11, 2002 25 members founded the traditional club Döbelner Pferdebahn eV with the aim of replacement elsewhere still preserved original cars Döbelner the tram and the establishment of a historic vehicle operation. The association later succeeded one approximately 550 meters long section in downtown rebuild. However, existing until 2006 original track remains could not be used again. They were too badly worn and therefore had to be replaced with new rails.

Since 9 June 2007, this section is in the summer on the first Saturday of the month and on special occasions back in operation and is now a tourist attraction of chub. A special feature of the web today, however, not as after the 1938 came into force regulations on the construction and operation of the trams ( BOStrab ) is operated. The horse-drawn tram was only removed by the TÜV in their reopening.

German Horse Railway Museum

The German horse-drawn tram museum chub was opened on 13 June 2009. It is located on the Lower Werder 6 in chub. The building dates from the early 1900's was formerly Child care or nursery school and was heavily damaged during the flood in August 2002. 2007, it was transferred to the traditional club of the city. Body of the museum is the traditional club Döbelner Pferdebahn eV

The museum has on display boards and models with the history of horse railways and horse trams all over the world ( mainly in Germany ) from its beginning, through the culmination of the development around 1900 to the present.

The end of 2009 was the connection to the tram Döbelner be created with the closing of the last track gap that exists in the city center since 2007. Since then, the horse-drawn tram car is parked in the car hall in the museum building. The vehicle is considered to have specific dates on the museum track of a horse.

Rolling stock

For operation opening in 1892 the horse trams were three cars available, their stock was increased to 1912 to seven vehicles. They were about six meters long and 1.80 meters wide, each car had twelve seats and standing room fifteen. In addition, there were three closed Postwagen and also two salt spreaders to free the rope rails in winter.

Cart 1 remained to this day. He came to the cessation of the first tram Meissen, where he was used as a sidecar behind electric railcars. After his 1937 made ​​phasing out he took the time as a gazebo in the hamlet wedge Busch ( a district of the municipality located in Meissen Diera- Zehren ). In June 2003, he was rescued from the traditional club Döbelner Pferdebahn eV, today he is after a laborious restoration in Dresden back in his old home in operation.