Aargauische Südbahn
Aargauische Southern Railway is a former railway company of Switzerland. As a joint subsidiary of the Swiss Central Railway ( SCB) and the Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB ) she joined their distances from Aarau respectively Brugg to the starting point of the Gotthard Railway ( GB) in Immensee.
History
From 1873 to 1882, the Swiss Central Railway (SCB ) built together with the Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB ) a terminal connection to their distances to the then emerging Gotthard Railway. This is operated by the Southern Railway Central Railway Aargauische led by Rupperswil about Lenzburg, Wohlen and Red Cross to Immensee. In Immensee the route of the Gotthard Railway ( km 0), the change of locomotive for freight trains starts but found at the beginning usually in the Red Cross, and only in exceptional cases in Immensee instead. Zweigstrecken led Wohlen to Bremgarten and Hendschiken to Brugg.
The routes were opened as follows:
- June 23, 1874: Rupperswil - Lenzburg - Hendschiken Wohlen
- June 1, 1875: Wohlensee Muri
- September 1, 1876: Wohlensee Bremgarten West ( as an independent company Wohlensee Bremgarten -Bahn )
- December 1, 1881: Muri- Sins - Red Cross
- June 1, 1882: Red Cross Immensee, together with the Gotthard railway line to Göschenen
- June 1, 1882: Hendschiken - Othmarsingen -Brugg AG
- May 26 1969: Connecting the Brugg
1902, the Swiss Central Railway together with the Aargau Southern Railway in the newly founded Swiss Federal Railways (SBB ) has been integrated. The Railway leased the line in 1912 Wohlensee Bremgarten West to the Bremgarten - Dietikon railway (BD), which einbaute a third rail for its meter-gauge narrow gauge railways. A planned route of Brugg Böttstein to Waldshut was never built.
The connecting line Brugg, which allowed a direct driving through the Bözbergstrecke in Aargauische Southern Railway, was created in connection with the construction of the Aare bridge, and was opened on 26 May 1969. Until its opening all trains over the Bözberg towards Gotthard had in Brugg head make ( contact ).
The construction of the Clear Mountain Road (operating recording 1975) the leg Rupperswil - Lenzburg - Othmarsingen has been significantly upgraded, most of the east-west traffic between Zurich and Bern now leads through here.
On 12 December 1980, the first five tracks of the " balancing group Dottikon " were put into operation, called the remaining five tracks timetable change on 31 May 1981. The plant, too, " Dottikon substation " or " Dottikon USA " is used with its ten 750 meter long track for the parking of north-south freight trains and surplus freight cars.
On July 18, 1982, six people were in the collision of a freight train with a night express Dortmund- Rimini in Othmarsingen killed and about a hundred injured. → Main article: Railway accident Othmarsingen
Traffic
The route from Brugg AG Rotkreuz to the Aargau Southern Railway is nowadays mostly traveled by freight trains from the north over the yard to the Gotthard Basel and Italy and thus represents an important route of transit freight train
Regional passenger:
- Between Red Cross and Lenzburg the S26 offers a half hour (hourly to Aarau ). Since the opening of the third track Lenzburg - Gexi the reasons of capacity for several years in Othmarsingen ending trains can go back to Lenzburg and there offer connections to Aarau and Zurich.
- The route Aarau- Lenzburg -Brugg is served hourly by the S23 ( Langenthal -Aarau - Lenzburg -Brugg -Baden ).
In addition, in case of delays operate long-distance trains on the Southern Railway when it comes to a route conflict with the regular train on the route between Arth -Goldau and train.
Pictures
Re 420 with a reserve composition between Muehlau and Sins
Re 482 with container train crosses the Reuss at Oberrüti