Neufahrn Link

The Neufahrner clasp is a double-track electrified main line and in Upper Bavaria. It connects the Neufahrn station ( Freising ) on the railway line between Munich and Regensburg with the Munich Airport.

Course

The route branches off northeast of the station Neufahrn ( Freising ) free height on the rail line between Munich and Regensburg. She meets a few hundred meters to the A92 and runs parallel to it from here. In Achering the B11 crosses under at the exit Freising Süd. After that, the route along the highway runs through the river Isar, crosses the Isar and then follows the Airport Shuttle. Just before the airport she meets at the branch office in Munich Airport West to the railway line Munich East Munich Airport.

History

After the opening of the Munich Airport in 1992 it was connected only over the railway line from Munich East Munich Airport to the rail network. To produce a second compound link built Neufahrn. The groundbreaking ceremony for the building was opened on 18 March 1997, the route on 29 November 1998.

On August 16, 2003 there was in the area of ​​unloading, the route towards the airport to the collision of two S -Bahn trains, which had recently been divided into Neufahrn. Several people were injured. The first part, which was to go to Freising was headed to the track due to an incorrectly identified Soft to the airport. The driver stopped the train to and therefore came to be who provide the exit signal to red before the contacts. This left this green. According to regulations, the driver of the second train would in any case have to obtain a Abfahrauftrag the dispatcher. However, this was not usually done in Neufahrn. The absence of the usual red phase after the departure of the first train could not see the driver of the second train due to heavy fog. Upon passing of the signal after the exit of this was therefore recognized for it to be correct.

Traffic

In passenger transport, the route is served by the S1 S-Bahn Munich in 20 -minute intervals. This service operates from Munich East on the main line and the line from Munich to Regensburg to Neufahrn. Here the train in most cases is shared. The front part goes on to Freising, the rear of the Neufahrner clasp to the airport. In addition to the S-Bahn trains still run occasional freight trains to the airport.

Future

As part of the Erdinger ring closure of the airport should also be connected to eastern Bavaria. For this purpose, the so-called counter- Neufahner curve will be constructed, which branches off before the Neufahrn station, crosses the A92 and then hits the track direction Freising / Regensburg. The double-track and electrified curve will be 2.5 km long. The planning began in 2006, in April 2013 signed the German railway and the State of Bavaria to the realization and financing agreement. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2013 and completion is planned for 2018.