Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway
The railway line Ulm -Kempten is a non-electrified single-track main line and most of New Ulm to Memmingen Kempten ( Allgäu). It follows the entire length of the run of the Iller and is therefore also called Iller Valley Railway. The track is built from New Ulm to Kellmünz in the Danube -Iller - Nahverkehrsverbund ( DING ). The course book, she is under the number 975, between Ulm and Memmingen runs to her also the Route number 756
History
Since by the construction of dams and hydropower plants during industrialization rafting on the river Iller came to a standstill and transport on the road was not worth came in 1843 by a Kemptener citizens on the idea of a railway to Ulm via Memmingen. However, the state had at another construction in this area, no interest.
Because the city of Memmingen was not included in the Bavarian region of Swabia in the planning of the first railroads in the country, the city took the initiative to build the Iller Valley Railway. She received on 13 September 1861, the license for the original 85.0 km long route that branched in Neu-Ulm from the state railway and upriver led up to Kempten. She took this on a credit of about 3.5 million guilders and had to take care of themselves to the acquisition of land and construction activities. The first section to Memmingen could be opened on October 12, 1862, the second on June 1, 1863. To finance the construction of the route the city of Memmingen took the lead together with Kempten under a private company a loan.
The state railway provided the vehicles and continued the business on the land leased from its route. Because of more than local importance of the railway they acquired the Bavarian State for the 12th April, 1876, hence the mortgage from the private company was replaced.
Since the completion of Neu-Ulm 21 in 2009, the Iller Valley Railway by the new control center over at the breakpoint Finninger road to the trough Bahnhof Neu -Ulm is two-pronged. The continuation of the Danube has been expanded to two tracks so that the track is performed independently of the railway Augsburg- Ulm in Ulm Main Station.
Expansion plans
The railway plans to toughen up the track for a top speed of 160 km / hr. For this it is necessary to close some smaller crossings and adjust the remaining crossings, where it could still be delays due to appeals.
It is planned to integrate the section Ulm -Memmingen as S -Bahn Regio -S -Bahn Danube -Iller and to open in the course of the breakpoints Pless, Fellheim, Heimertingen and Memmingen Amendingen new.
Operation
Regional train
The regional trains run hourly from Ulm Main Station to Memmingen and every two hours on to Aulendorf and usually hold at all intermediate stations except the Gerlenhofen station, which is operated by individual trains. Some trains continue to Kempten or Oberstdorf, once a day with tensile member to Wangen im Allgäu. The trains consist of diesel railcars of series 628 or 650 individual services, especially in off-peak situation or rush amplifiers are also equipped with car trains of n- wagon drawn by locomotives of the series 218 and diesel railcars of series 612, 611 and 642 run. Since December 2013 also run hourly local trains from Ulm to White Horn, the railway line Ulm - Kempten use in the area Neu-Ulm to send.
Regional Express
It run every two hours regional express trains from Ulm with a tensile member to Oberstdorf, most have a Lindau or Wangen im Allgäu. There are also two hourly circulating amplifier trains running only to Kempten. Since December 2011, keeping all regional express trains in Illertissen.
The trains consisted of diesel railcars of Class 612 or n- cars and a locomotive Class 218 Since the timetable change on December 15, 2013 DMUs drive the 612 series all services on this regional express line. The only remaining n- car train pair is the snow Express on Sundays between Stuttgart and Oberstdorf.
Intercity Allgäu
The intercity train pair Allgäu leading from Ulm to Hanover via Oberstdorf and back. The train runs from Ulm as Regional Express and can be used with tickets of local transport. He is strung between Stuttgart and Oberstdorf with two diesel locomotives of the series 218. However, the upside return on the entire path as an intercity and therefore can not be used on public transport tickets.
Accident in July 2013
On July 17, 2013, a train crash occurred just before the Kellmünz station. A busy with about 50 people railcars of Class 612 who associated a regional train derailed after it collided at a railway crossing with a motor vehicle. A car of the train tipped it off the tracks, turned around 180 degrees and stayed laterally lying next to the tracks. In the accident, three people were seriously injured, including the car driver and a person who was thrown from the train.