Aufhausen–Kröhstorf railway

The railway line Aufhausen - Kröhstorf was a branch line in Lower Bavaria. The entire course of the former railway line now lies in the area of ​​Oak market village.

Background and construction

After the opening of the railway line in the Landau - Arnstorf 1903 Oak Village, which was still without a railway connection endeavored to prevent the construction of a spur track to Plattling, but this was rejected by the Bavarian State Railroad as uneconomical. So oak village tried, then a market of 1,300 inhabitants, to obtain a rail link at Aufhausen. However, the Department of Transportation in Munich sat through an extension until Kröhstorf to open up larger portions of the Vilstales. Oak Village got a through station.

On 26 June 1908, decided by the local railway law of construction of the line Aufhausen - Kröhstorf. With an estimate of only 820 600 Mark was one of the cheapest Bavarian local railways. The route on the sandy, gravelly and loamy soil along the Vils was simple, only at Dornach Petzenbach had to be overcome on a six -meter-long bridge.

Nevertheless, the start of construction was delayed mainly because of the sluggish property negotiations. It was only on August 4, 1913 began with the Humusabhub. On August 1, 1914, the works were completely stopped because of the arranged mobilization and only resumed on October 1, 1914. For delays in delivery due to the war, it took until November 9, 1915, when the first train could travel the route.

Operation

The railway line was profitable at any time. As unfavorable proved that the confluence with Aufhausen was against the direction of travel to Landau, so that through trains between Landau and Kröhstorf were excluded. Plans to extend the small local train through the Vilstal 11.8 km from Alder creek with connection to the railway line Vilshofen - Aidenbachstraße were not realized.

After the Second World War, over 400 non -propelled steam engines were turned off from the occupied territories temporarily. It was discovered in the fire hole of an old freight train locomotive, the mummified corpse of a former German soldiers. Presumably he had been deposed by his unit and here's a hiding place without being able to open the door from the inside again.

1953 were still 30 173 tickets sold and shipped 698 carloads. In 1957, the ticket sales had dropped to 13,223, but the carload traffic rose by 400 truckloads.

Closure

On 1 July 1962, the Federal Railroad hired the passenger trains and moved him into the street. On May 22, 1971, the last trip took place on the track. The diesel locomotive 212239-8 carried two D- coaches with 82 passengers, including 68 school children of the elementary school oak village, as well as a van. On May 23, 1971, the entire route was shut down and dismantled in March 1973. Today runs on sections of the route of the Vilstal bike path.