Neckar Valley Railway
The Neckar Valley Railway is the railway line from Heidelberg Eberbach and Mosbach to Bad Friedrich -Jagstfeld. It belongs to the transport association Rhein- Neckar ( VRN) and is operated in part by the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar.
- 2.1 Vehicle use and station equipment
- 2.2 passenger
- 2.3 freight Transport
History
Planning, construction and opening
The section of Heidelberg Neckargemuend originated in 1862 as part of the Baden Odenwald railway which led from Heidelberg Neckargemuend Meckenheim Neckarbischofsheim, Aglasterhausen, Obrigheim, Neckarelz, Mosbach, Oberschefflenz, Seckach, Osterburken, Königshofen and Lauda up to Würzburg. The basis for the track construction a law which had been decided on 27 April 1860. The section Heidelberg Neckargemuend was opened as part of this route on 23 October 1862.
Although it would be between Neckargemuend and Neckarelz geographically considered the most obvious variant have been to build the track along the Neckar, at the river Neckar situated and belonging to Hesse places Neckarsteinach and Hirschhorn were a thorn in the side, so you a more circumstantial variant on the so-called "small Odenwald " had preferred. ( Genesis )
About a decade later rang you to do so by overcoming particularism, so on May 24, 1879, the route Neckargemuend -Neckar - Steinach Eberbach- Neckarelz - Jagstfeld could be opened through which the trains of the relation Heidelberg Würzburg wrong from then.
Further developments until 2003
Continuous trains ran from Heidelberg on the Neckar Valley Railway, both in the direction of Würzburg as well as towards Heilbronn.
1955 Heidelberg Central Station was moved from the center to its current location, which is also the route of the Neckar Valley Railway between Heidelberg Main Station and the Karlstorbahnhof changed. Since then, the Neckar Valley Railway used the route through the whole 2487 meter long tunnel king chair, the had previously only used the freight trains to the now decommissioned Heidelberg yard.
As from the fifties of the twentieth century also many main lines of the DB were electrified, and the Neckar Valley Railway Heidelberg Heilbronn came under the contact wire.
Until the mid- nineties there was also long-distance traffic on the Neckar Valley Railway, which has since been completely stopped.
Until the introduction of the new Zugbezeichnungen (RE / RB ) were on track especially commuter trains, but also three " hedge Neil trains " that led from Frankfurt am Main Hanau and Erbach to Stuttgart and used the Neckar Valley Railway from Eberbach to Heilbronn.
Since 2003: Opening of the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar and future plans
With the opening of the S -Bahn operation three new breakpoints were put into operation at the Neckar Valley Railway: Heidelberg-Weststadt/Südstadt, Heidelberg Orthopaedics and Neckargemuend -Altstadt. The platform level of the rest of the stations in Heidelberg to Neckarelz was increased to 76 inches to allow a ground-level entry into the S-Bahn. All platforms have a length of 140 meters.
The continuous hedge Neil trains from Frankfurt to Stuttgart were set in December 2004, after the state of Baden- Württemberg had no more interest in it.
The section Mosbach- Neckarelz bath Friedrich -Jagstfeld -Heilbronn to be recorded in June 2014 in the network of light rail Heilbronn.
In a few years, the S -Bahn network is to be restructured so that the S-Bahn ride on the Neckar Valley Railway is no longer over the railway line Mannheim -Saarbrücken to Kaiserslautern, but from Schiffer city a new way about Speyer up to Germersheim and later until after Bruchsal take.
Operation
Vehicle use and station equipment
All stations of the Neckar Valley Railway, which are listed in the timetable of the DB under the numbers 665.1 and 665.2 are equipped for disabled rebuilt for the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar and feature weatherproof cottage. At some larger stations ( for example, Eberbach or Neckarelz ) were retrofitted LCD platform displays a few years after the S-Bahn introduction. By increasing the platforms 76 cm above top of rail, a level equal access to the S-Bahn railcar series 425.2 is possible. These are used vehicles:
- 111 series with n- wagon as RE Mannheim -Heilbronn ( individual trains on weekdays )
- Series 425.1 and 425.4 as RE Mannheim- Heilbronn,
- Series 425.2 for the S -Bahn
Passenger
During the day, on this route every hour the lines S1 ( Homburg - Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Osterburken ) and S2 (Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Heidelberg - (weekdays Eberbach / Mosbach )) of the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar as well as all two hours regional Express trains Mannheim -Heilbronn Eberbach; start or end some of these RE- trains on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in Stuttgart Hbf While the S2 two hourly ends in Eberbach and Mosbach, S1 runs hourly throughout Osterburken, since the timetable change what the optimal integration in the schedule of Franconia railway Stuttgart -Würzburg means.
Between Neckarelz and Jagstfeld run RB trains the relation Neckarelz -Stuttgart- Ulm every hour. In the rolling stock used are mostly to double-deck cars. However, n- carts come Chance or during rush hour used. Strung are the coatings formed from double-deck cars exclusively with electric locomotives of the class 146.2. Before the trains formed from n- car electric locomotives of the series 111 are used. All locomotives that come on this RB- line for use are based in Stuttgart. Together with the Franks railway Stuttgart -Würzburg this link is listed under the course book route number 780
Freight traffic
The regular freight trains mainly early morning and late evening. This is mainly to cars, coal and tank car trains, which are operated by DB Schenker Rail Germany. But private transport companies are to be found in the Neckar valley in the movement of goods, TXL, HGK and BCB.
During the construction- full closure of the route Bruchsal- Muehlacker ( 16 May to 28 October 2008) there were in the Neckar valley, however, significant additional traffic, which is why, inter alia, the nightly shut-down was lifted.
As of 31 December 2001, the operation of the last served in freight transport stations Eberbach, Neckar Neckarelz and rooms by the German Bahn AG was set in the context of C MORA. Since May 2008, the Neckarelz station but again operated by DB Schenker Rail, after a loading track was reactivated at the initiative of the Neckar- Odenwald -Kreis and is now to be used for the handling of around 60,000 tonnes per year of wood.