Bavaria (train)

The Bavaria was a long-distance train which traveled from 1954 to 1969 as D- train between Munich and Geneva, and from 1969 to 2002 between Munich and Zurich. From 1969 to 1977, he sailed as Trans - Europ -Express ( TEE), then as D- train, Intercity and Euro City.

History

In the winter timetable 1954, the railway administrations of Germany, Austria and Switzerland established an express train with the train numbers 180/183 from Munich to Lindau and Zurich to Geneva. He was given the Latin name of Bavaria, "Bavaria". The path of the train resulted in its central part on the non-electrified railway Allgäu. Therefore, the fast was initially drawn between Munich and Lindau steam locomotives of Class 18.4, the former Bavarian S 3/6. Starting in 1962, stationed at Bw Kempten diesel locomotives of Class V 200.1 took over the traction of Bavaria on the Allgäu Railway. As of the summer 1955 timetable, the train to the timetable change 1959/60 as Light Express (LS ).

Due to longer existing claims of the Bavarian and Swiss business world of the last-selected as D 260/261 train in the winter timetable 1969/70 for Trans - Europ -Express ( TEE) was incremented by one. The henceforth driven as TEA 56/57 train only ran between Munich and Zurich. The trip from Munich to Zurich took on TEE four hours and seven minutes, while the previous D train had required five hours. This was due, among other things, that the number of intermediate stops has been reduced from 14 to six. The train stopped on the way in Kempten (Allgäu ) Hbf, Lindau, Bregenz, St.Margrethen, St. Gallen and Winterthur. In the head station Lindau, there was like with the D- train a direction change. First, the Swiss- Dutch TEA multiple units of the type RAm of the SBB were used.

On February 9, 1971, the railway accident Aitrang, in which the Bavaria from Munich to Zurich derailed and then drove a Uerdinger railbus the debris occurred. Here, a RAm railcar was destroyed and 28 people lost their lives. After the operation was interrupted for a week, the Bavaria was run as a wagon train hauled by a locomotive. This consisted of German TEE cars, each with a compartment car type Avmz 111, a seating car type Apmz 121 and the short and dining car spare a bar car of the type ARDmz 106 As a rule dining car finally an SBB restaurant car of the UIC -X design was carried, the specifically for this use a TEE colors received. As a motive power came first a Gasturbinenlok the 210 series of the German Federal Railroad in the section Munich -Lindau and Lindau and Zurich between a SBB Re 4 /4 I used, which were painted in TEE colors. In addition, these locomotives were given wider pantograph contact strips for the routes in Germany and Austria. Later, the Bavaria was drawn on the German section of the locomotives DB Class 218.

For summer timetable change on 22 May 1977, the Bavaria was abandoned as TEA and then drove as D 276/277 with two classes of cars. From summer 1983 to winter timetable timetable 1983/84 it ran half a year as a remote Express FD 268/269. On 3 June 1984, he was classified for Intercity. With the introduction of the Euro City traffic on 31 May 1987, Bavaria has been integrated into this type of train and got the train numbers 98 /99. The end of 2002 was then omitted the name Bavaria.

Schedule

Winter Timetable 1971/72