Allgäu Railway (Württemberg)

The railway line Aulendorf - Leutkirch, historically referred to as Württemberg Allgäu railway, is a non-electrified single-track railway line from Aulendorf about Bad Waldsee and Kißlegg to Leutkirch. The section of Aulendorf after Kißlegg is part of the Route number 753, referred to by the Deutsche Bahn AG today than Württemberg -Allgäu -Bahn and the adjacent railway line Kißlegg - Hergatz contains. The section of Kißlegg to Leutkirch belongs to the Route number 971, which describes the entire route from Augsburg to Lindau. The adjacent railway lines Herbertingen - Aulendorf Leutkirch - Isny be Historically sometimes associated with the Württemberg Allgäu railway, among other things, there is a continuous kilometer from the zero point Herbertingen to Isny. At the former breakpoint Reipertshofen the line crosses at an altitude of 658 m, the European watershed between the Rhine ( west ) and the Danube and Iller ( east ). The highest points of the route is located west of the breakpoint Wolfegg to about 690 m altitude.

History

In 1860, a so-called " railway Comite " put together, with the aim of the cities Leutkirch and Isny to the network of Royal Württemberg State Railways to connect. On 13 August 1865, the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies finally decided to build a stretch of Herbertingen about Saulgau, Aulendorf, Waldsee, Kißlegg and Leutkirch to Isny ​​. This was opened in five sections as follows:

In Aulendorf the new route crossed while the Württemberg Southern Railway, leading from Ulm to Lake Constance. Aulendorf was the construction of the Württemberg Allgäu railway therefore an important railway junction in Upper Swabia. After 1889, the railway line Leutkirch -Memmingen had arisen, the sequel lost verkehrlich to Isny ​​important.

Passenger

The passenger had been compressed to the relation Aulendorf - Leutkirch Memmingen - Allgäu- Schwaben under the clock 1993 clock hours. For years 2005 schedule, however, the hour was thinned to every two hours - for allegedly too low ridership. These figures, however, are controversial. Studies point to an increase in ridership of 386 percent on the relation Aulendorf - Kißlegg -Memmingen between the years 1993 and 2003.

Since early 2005, commuters initiative tries " Allgäu train every hour " to enforce the re-introduction of the hour clock. A partial success they achieved, as with the timetable change in December 2005 for the individual professional and student traffic previously painted trains were reinstated. In October 2006, also founded the " Initiative Allgäu Railway", be used in the Württemberg at the Allgäu Railway and lying on the railway line Kißlegg -Memmingen cities and towns to improve the perceived inadequate two-hour basic clock. The coordinated by Kißlegg Mayor Dieter Krattenmacher initiative has given as the first measure an opinion at Tübingen transport consultant Ulrich Grosse in order. Great concept, not to allow bus lines run parallel to the track, but at right angles thereto, was realized the timetable change 2007/2008 for Aichstetten and in the summer of 2008 for the room Kißlegg / Bad Wurzach.

With the timetable change to the winter timetable 2011/2012 timetable was again an approximate hour - but with remaining gaps to the less busy times of the day - compacted. The new Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Transport Winfried Hermann continued to finance the additionally ordered a transport to be paid by the Railway, among other things due to the failure of tilting trains penalties.

Freight traffic

From 1958 to 1995, 200 tons per day of oil, which was funded in the oil field Mönchsrot, transported via the railway line by tank car from Tannheim to Memmingen.

Freight transport is limited today primarily due to the delivery of raw materials for the Saint- Gobain glass plant in Bad Wurzach, these are delivered via the web Rossberg. Furthermore, operate in the summer season gravel trains, also the shell tank farm in Aichstetten - Altmannshofen is operated.

Future

On 15 February 2008, the German Federal Minister of Transport and his Swiss counterpart Moritz Leuenberger signed in Memmingen a letter of intent with the content, expand the Munich- Lindau and the not yet electrified section between Geltendorf ( between Munich and Landsberg) and Lindau Aeschach to electrify. The section Leutkirch - Kißlegg the Württemberg Allgäu railway is part of the upgraded line. This statement was followed on 18 December 2008, a financing statement. 2010 should be started with the expansion, in 2015 he was to be completed. The estimated cost of 205 million euros, the Federal Government, the State of Bavaria and Switzerland want to share. Background is the future Gotthard Base Tunnel. In particular, the Switzerland would like to use the line from Munich to Buchloe -Memmingen -Lindau - Bregenz as a feeder line for this new transit axis. The expansion will require passenger trains between Munich and Zurich today instead of four hours travel time only three hours. The end of 2012 it was announced that the completion of the expansion work will be delayed until at least 2019.