Nuttlar–Frankenberg railway

The railway line Nuttlar -Frankenberg is the 62.3 km long railway line from Nuttlar on the Upper Ruhrtalbahn about Winterberg and Allendorf ( Eder) to Frankenberg (Eder ).

History

Construction

The construction of the section of Nuttlar to Winterberg was decided on May 20, 1898 By a law of the Prussian Landtag. The section Nuttlar ( Westphalia ) Stone Light was ready on May 1, 1902. The same day, the light railway Stone Light - Medebach began as a branch line operation of a leg. The sequel to Stone Light up winter mountain was opened on 1 October 1906.

At that time the connection with the Hessian route network was already decided. Between Winterberg and Bromskirchen numerous engineering works were required, including three tunnels and a viaduct, with a slope of up to 2.5%. The continuous operation up Frankenberg was taken on December 1, 1908. In Frankenberg was following the route Korbach Warburg. From 1910/1911 to continue the journey with the Upper Eder railway to Bad Berleburg was possible by Allendorf from.

Operation

In addition to the passenger and extensive freight were handled by the route. Overall, in addition to the route endpoints were eleven stations and five breakpoints. Several pairs of trains daily on the total distance traveled. Between Winterberg and the Ruhr area often frequented Special trains for winter sports.

In the 1960s, the operation mainly the middle part of the piece caused growing deficits. Since investments remained under, this eventually led to the setting of the passenger train service between Winterberg and Allendorf safety reasons on November 14, 1966, and freight traffic between Hallenberg and Allendorf. This section has been shut down and decommissioned on 28 May 1967. The distance between Frankenberg and Allendorf was still used until 1981 for continuous connections to Bad Berleburg. On 30 May 1992, the transport of goods between Winterberg and Hallenberg has been discontinued and removed the leg, so was the parking of winter sports features to Winterberg, Hallenberg no longer possible.

Between Bestwig and Winterberg drive currently every two hours, on weekends hourly regional express trains on the line 57 of / to Dortmund with diesel multiple units the class 648, some as multiple units, often in mixed traction with 640 It is also held in Siedlinghausen and Silbach Bigge and when required ( maintenance request). The necessary when hourly train crossings are currently taking place in Siedlinghausen. This leads at the weekend in an unfavorable position clock with long turnaround times in Winterberg and Dortmund, a vehicle circulation increased demand and a guide near the block distance to the RE 17 between East and sword Bestwig. Therefore, a few years ago to stop back station built Bigge was extended to 25 November 2013 to a train station, where a Train meeting can take place. This is from the annual timetable scheduled to take place in 2015 and is also a prerequisite for a new wing concept with outflanking in Bestwig and tensile member to Brilon city. Together with the commissioning of the new station Bigge the total distance to Winterberg to an Electronic Interlocking ( Manufacturer: Tiefenbach) was connected, the operator station is located at the dispatcher Bestwig. The dispatcher interlockings in Winterberg and Siedlinghausen accounted for it. As part of the conversion of the disused for years junctions German farming community and Stone Bright were lifted.

Passenger traffic on the remaining piece of Frankenberg to Allendorf and Battenberg (Eder ) Auhammer rests mainly since the connections on summer weekends that were established only in 2005, were deleted. The offer should be open to cyclists and walkers in the first place. Since then takes passengers instead only sporadically; usually on the occasion of various events such as Eder bike tour. Freight continues to insist on the two remaining sections.

Rails are no longer in the section between Winterberg / Westphalia and Allendorf / Eder. The winter Berger Tunnel 1 was removed, the winter Berger Tunnel 2 is shut down. By Bromskirchener tunnel leads since mid-2006, a cycle path.