Paar Valley Railway
The pair of roller coaster is a partial in the valley of the pair extending railway line between Augsburg- Ingolstadt high tariff and Friedberg, Dasing, Aichach and Schrobenhausen. The single-track and non-electrified main line is 67 km long (calculated from Augsburg Main Station ) and has the course book number 983
History
The track was built in 1872-1875 and inaugurated on 15 May 1875. Planning around the turn of the century in 1900 via a connection of Pottmes and Eurasburg were not realized. Likewise, there was no one more than once andiskutierten connecting track from the pair of roller coaster from Aichach the endpoint of the Ludwig -Thoma -Bahn in Altomuenster (now S -Bahn line A of the MVV - network ) that has a direct connection to today's Munich S- Bahn network would have made . In the winter of 1922 it was due to the lack of coal temporarily to a suspension of operations.
1935 were first used between Augsburg and Aichach railcar. During the Second World War, the route was also used for military transports; However, in early 1945, the operation to a halt after a bridge over the pair had been blown up. But the operation was resumed already on 1 January 1946.
During the 1960s, passenger numbers declined due to the increasing individual motorisation, and 1975 saw the first reflections on a closure of the route. That did not happen, however, some breakpoints were closed and thinned the train service in the following years.
In 1989, the distance between Augsburg and Radersdorf in the Augsburg Transport Association (GCU) was recorded in 1996, with the introduction of the Bavaria - clock train traffic compacted. At this time, especially railcar class 628 and locomotive-hauled push-pull trains were used. 1999, the maximum speed limit was raised to the track to 120 km / hr.
End of 2000, DB Cargo freight train operation on the track. From the beginning of July 2002, the Augsburg Localbahn took over the operation again.
With the timetable change in 2009, which belongs to Veolia Transport Bavarian Regiobahn took over the operation on the pair of roller coaster after it had won a tender of the Bavarian Railway Company. Simultaneously, a 15 -minute intervals between Augsburg and Friedberg and a 30 - minute cycle was further adapted to Aichach.
Traffic
Since the timetable change 2009, the route is operated by diesel railcars of type LINT 41, before that since 2001 railcars of series 642 were used. Scheduled, continuous freight is at present does not occur. However, it is during the week, a short, northern section of Ingolstadt with a transfer freight train operated by DB Schenker Rail, as in Karlskron - Probfeld a freight forwarder is a resident, who runs a large car storage space. In addition, the route was temporarily traveled in August 2002 by oil trains Ingolstadt -Kempten (Allgäu ), which are pulled by locomotives of the Augsburg Localbahn.
Since July 2007, freight traffic between Augsburg and Radersdorf takes place again. Based in Unterbernbach sawmill Anton Heggen Staller has to renew its sidings and the charging system, so again Holztransporte be carried out by the Augsburg Local rail or by other private utilities, such as the OHE regularly. The goods movements can be carried out only in the morning and have to be completed to 14 clock to prevent obstruction of the passenger traffic.
In addition, transfer trips take place over this distance. So in some cases the replacement of the V 90 of the station Gablingen is performed via this route, for which early in the morning a V 90 of Ingolstadt Augsburg direction moves. The reverse power is usually held on Saturday mornings.
Security technology
Except for the station Aichach the entire route is already converted to light signals. In Aichach station are still procedural requirements and form the main signals.
Future
The following projects are under discussion to make in the context of the planned regional rail clock Augsburg pair Switchback even more attractive in the future:
- Reopening of the breakpoint pair
- Reopening of the breakpoint wells in December 2016
- Extension of trains running to the train stations Ingolstadt Nord or Augsburg -Oberhausen
- Sections of track doubling
- Electrification and upgrading the track for 160 km / h
After a given the state of Bavaria commissioned feasibility study would reduce the journey time from Augsburg to Ingolstadt by electrification and a top speed of 160 km / h and reduce stopping at all of today's stations and the planned stops in couple and fountains, to about 49 minutes. At the same time this distance express trains could then also with the Heading Hold Haunstetterstraße in Augsburg, Augsburg- inch high, Friedberg, Aichach, Radersdorf Schrobenhausen and put back in about 42 minutes.