Upper Jagst Railway

The Upper Jagst railway is the railway line from the station Goldshöfe to Crailsheim. It is part of the travel path of the intercity trains between Karlsruhe and Nuremberg, single-track and electrified. The route follows the river course of the upper Jagst and thus got its name. The additive is used to distinguish the Lower Jagst train, this is the section Bad Frederick Hall Osterburken today francs web.

History

In 1863 the railway line from Aalen to Nördlingen was opened. Since then, the construction of the line was already planned to Crailsheim, a separation station was built in Goldshöfe. The two routes share the assumed before the reception building, which lies between the two lines, that is, it is a key railway station. The route from Goldshöfe to Crailsheim was opened in 1866. In 1870, efforts were made to establish a connection from Ellwangen Dinkelsbühl and continue to Nuremberg. However, these plans were rejected because of the much shorter route via Crailsheim and Ansbach. In 1939, the single-track line of the Upper Jagst web should eventually be expanded to double track. These plans failed due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

The end of 1982 began with the electrification of around 30 km section between Goldshöfe and Crailsheim ( and other 10 km between Crailsheim and Quick village); retrofitting of a second track was kept open it. This was the last electrification gap between Nuremberg and Stuttgart was closed. Until then reversed through trains between Stuttgart and Nuremberg with diesel locomotives. The electric train service on the Upper Jagst railway was opened on 14 May 1985, received the regular electric operation with the timetable change on 2 June 1985.

Operation

Extension

The route is electrified and expanded single-track and fully equipped with H / V- light signals. Only the Goldshöfe station still has the form of signals that are served by two mechanical interlockings. The maximum speed limit on the route is 130 km / h which are south of the station Crailsheim achieved. The regional plan of East Württemberg region provides free hold the line for a two-pronged expansion.

Between Goldshöfe and Crailsheim (no passenger ) exist passing loops at stations Ellwangen, Jagstzell and Jagstheim. In the course of 1985, the electrification of sidings in Stimpfach and Schwabsberg were dismantled. All loading tracks for freight transport in Ellwangen were removed in September 2003.

Some stations do not meet today's standards. Thus, the height of the platforms in Goldshöfe is below the minimum standard of 38 cm above top of rail. The intermediate platforms there and in Ellwangen ( passenger protection by operated by the Dispatcher manual barrier) and Jagstzell can only be reached by crossing the tracks.

In Schrezheim a level crossing to be replaced by an underpass.

In two years of construction, an underpass was built in Ellwangen - Rindelbach so they replaced two 2012 level crossings since October.

In summer 2010, the platforms in Jagstzell the platforms in Ellwangen were modernized, from autumn 2010 to spring 2011.

For some time, there are efforts to reactivate the no longer used for passenger station Jagstheim and the abandoned train station Stimpfach. Furthermore, driven by the city Ellwangen the refurnishing a breakpoint in Ellwangen - Rindelbach. The commissioned by the Regional Association Ostwürttemberg in November 2009 feasibility study on the double-track extension of the line and to set additional breakpoints between Ellwangen and Crailsheim certifies only Rindelbach sufficient demand for the continuation of efforts.

Regional Transport

Regional express trains of the relation Ulm- Crailsheim run every hour from Ulm to Ellwangen, each second train is extended to Crailsheim. The journey time is 43 minutes from Aalen to Crailsheim. In the opposite direction the trains are 40 minutes on the road, the necessary train crossings usually take place in Jagstzell. The predominant vehicles in regional traffic on the route are Regio -Shuttle Series 650 and Series 628 railcars

The Goldshöfe station had when it was built not a function of connectivity the village, even though he ( a part of the city of Aalen today ) is named after the farm directly south from the train Goldshöfe. It merely serves as a separation between the station railway lines from Aalen to Nördlingen and Crailsheim. Today, many citizens of the surrounding communities Rainau book and Huettlingen use the Goldshöfe station. In addition, he also serves as Umsteigehaltepunkt between the lines Aalen- Donauwörth and (Ulm) - Aalen- Crailsheim.

Long-distance traffic

From 1991 to 2002 went on the track of the Upper Jagst track the features of inter-regional line Stuttgart- Aalen- Crailsheim -Nürnberg. Since 2002, operate intercity trains on the 61 Karlsruhe -Stuttgart- Nürnberg ( Passau) in a two -hour intervals. Train crossings found mostly in the double-track section between the stations instead Goldshöfe and eels. In March 2013, the German Bahn AG announced to use on this line in 2017 instead of the previous ICs new double-decker InterCity trains. In addition, some freight trains of the relation between Stuttgart and Nuremberg drive on the route of the Upper Jagst web.