Bahnbetriebswerk Passau

The depot was a Passau Hauptbahnhof Passau the affiliated railway depot ( Bw ), which was built in 1861 by AG Bayerische Ostbahnen. From the Deutsche Bahn it was decommissioned in 2000 and has since been in the possession of Passau Railway Friends ( PEF).

History

The Central Station Passau was opened with his former depot and associated facilities in 1850 as head station, the 1.5 km long route over the Inn was put into operation on September 1, 1861, which created a connection to the Austrian Empress Elisabeth train to Wels. This Passau was operated as a frontier station of two railroad companies, and created a continuous connection from Frankfurt to Vienna.

Built in 1865, the AG Bayerische Ostbahnen a rail connection to the port on the Danube at the town hall, she transferred on 1 January 1876 the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

The depot was built in 1906 moved to the Haitzingerstraße, with 150,000 square meters of earth were moved. A twenty permanent roundhouse with dual-track workshop cultivation was rebuilt along with a sechsgleisige workshop with sliding platform. This step was necessary because more branch lines of Passau were built. Previously, the facilities of the depot have already been extended several times over the years.

Until the period after the Second World War, many steam locomotives were located in Passau. Then, they were gradually replaced by diesel locomotives.

In the area of ​​responsibility of the depot was also the section from upper cell to Wegscheid, the only rack railway in the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The PtzL l3 / 4 ( BR 97.1 ) was therefore stationed only in Passau.

On the rack railway, the first attempts were made with the railcar VT 95, VT 98.9 as Steilstrecke vehicle friction operation. From 1964 to 1965, available with the VT 97 901 a railcar for the gear operation. Similarly, the Federal Railway -based tests for on the rack railway for example, the rail-road buses, or the V 100 until their execution for steep slopes, the V 100.20 ( later BR 213) followed.

Decline

Having adjusted the passenger on several routes and the route upper cell Wegscheid was completely shut down, the operating plant came through dissolution of the Railway Board Regensburg Bundesbahndirektion Nuremberg. The last independent native to Passau locomotives were made ​​in 1978 to the other services.

The last reconstruction took place in 1976, which demolished including the roundhouse and a hall for railcars and a factory building were built.

The resolution of the depot was finally Passau in 2000.

Passau railway enthusiasts

After the dissolution of the German railway Passau Railway Friends ( PEF) acquired the entire BW system from DB Services Immobilien, including former VT- hall with three tracks and the coaches hall with two tracks and the associated track field, as well as buildings and workshops. The club took place on the grounds, first some renovation and refurbishment work and since then takes care of the upkeep of the facilities.

The Passau railway enthusiasts operate in the basement of Central Station Passau a model railway, which has the entire track system of Passau border station in the state mid-1950s to the investment theme. Here also, the depot Passau is modeled at the time of the Federal Railroad in 1:87.

• Depot in Germany
• Traffic ( Passau)