Augsburg–Welden railway

The railway line Neusaess - Welden, also called Weldenbahn, led by Bavaria, more by Welden. The branch line was classified through single track and as a side alley. They branched first from the old Neusässer station from the main line Augsburg- Ulm. After this in 1933 realigned the operational separation was finally just behind the - but only opened in 1940 - Station Augsburg Hirblinger road.

History

The Royal Bavarian State Railways opened the Neusaess from originally 19.2 km long route on December 5, 1903; all trains began and ended in the Augsburg Central Station where the chainage had its zero point. The traffic volume of the track met the expectations of the operator, in 1909 classified the track as second most local train in Swabia.

Between 1929 and 1933 the main route Augsburg- Ulm was realigned west of Augsburg -Oberhausen in the course of electrification, which is also the branch of Weldenbahn shifted slightly to the north. From the operational separation at 4,633 kilometers, the two grades form but also in the further course of a structural unit. The trains of after Welden drove it from now on between the two tracks of the main line to the new breakpoint Neusaess before a few hundred meters further on the previous line was reached. The new route was on 31 May 1933 operation.

Since 1949, parallel to the railway line was a railway bus connection from Augsburg to Welden. In the following decades this made ​​along with the growing motorized transport for a decline in volume on the rail link. As of June 1, 1975 was on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays operation alone. On January 21, 1986, the passenger was finally set on the basis of the July 17, 1985 precipitated the Board of the German Federal Railroad Decision.

The always low freight transport was also halted between Lohwald and Welden in the first half of 1986 ( officially on 26 May 1986), after the dismantling of the rails was carried out on this section in the summer of 1986. The paint factory in germ Lohwald was supplied until July 31, 1989 by train before by the move of the company after Diedorf and the remaining section was taken and mined out of service. Only between Augsburg Hirblinger road and Neusaess the track remained.

Current situation

The route of the Weldenbahn remained in the form of a paved cycle path condition, this is referred to as district - Dr. Frey bike path and is also popular with inline skaters. Today the regional bus 501 ( Augsburg - Neusaess - Aystetten - Welden ) As regards public transport and 500 ( Augsburg - Neusaess - Aystetten ) of the Augsburg Transport Association (AVV ) are available. These lines are operated by the regional bus Augsburg GmbH (RBA ).

Media

• Michael Baumgartner, Jürgen Fiedler: The Weldenbahn - story of a Bavarian local railway. Wood Winkler model railway club eV, Welden 1993.
• Francis Schaffer, Jürgen Schiffler, Gerd Peykel: route closure in densely populated areas, arguments for a reactivation of the railway line Augsburg- Welden; in: Augsburg Social Geographic magazines No. 3; Paul Kieser Verlag Neusaess / Augsburg 1979
• Video: The Weldenbahn - story of a Bavarian local railway, Author Association Helmut Fuchs, Elmar Kretz, Klaus Boehme and Rolf Mühler, 2011