Dachau–Altomünster railway

The railway line called Dachau - Altomuenster, also Bummerl, Bockerl or Ludwig -Thoma -Bahn is a railway line in Bavaria. It is integrated into the network of the Munich S-Bahn and is within the Munich Transport and Tariff Association ( MVV ) is designated as line A. The spur track connects the city of Dachau on the high-speed line Nuremberg -Ingolstadt- Munich Münster Alto, important intermediate station is market Indian village.

History

At the beginning of the 1900s - years there have been for the construction of a railway line going off of the Munich- Ingolstadt to develop the Dachau hinterland several plans. In 1893 a railway Comité was established that the construction of a local railway to Altomuenster demanded. 1898 called for the neighboring Indian village a port of the place. For the Streckenlegung there were so many suggestions: Connection of Altomuenster about Schwabhausen and dirt road from the Dachau station or connection of market Indian village, outgoing from Hebertshausen. The respective municipalities could not agree on one or the other route of the journey, which led to a compromise.

This compromise is reflected in present-day course of the route. First she leads west to Schwabhausen, then further north to Indian village, most recently in Glonntal back towards the southwest to Erdweg. From there, the route goes back to the northwest to Altomuenster. This results in a distance of almost 20 kilometers in a straight line between Dachau and Altomuenster to a distance of 29.9 kilometers. At the turn of 1910/11 began with the construction. On July 8, 1912 was the first section Dachau Indian village, taken on 18 December 1913, the total distance to Altomuenster as Dachau local railway in operation. The construction costs amounted to 1,826,021 marks. The reception building were carried out according to a uniform pattern, but in different sizes.

At the time of the Munich Soviet Republic the local railway was an important economic factor for the revolutionary government. The printed in the paper mill in Dachau money could be transported directly to Munich without large detours.

Since the introduction of the MVV tariff composite the entire route in this is integrated. She was still operating with local trains. For use with push-pull trains came yl - n- cars and wagons were drawn by locomotives of the series 211 later 212. Previously, until 1965, the trains were drawn by steam locomotives of Class 86. In the early days here perverted locomotives of the Bavarian PtL 2/2, and later Bavarian G 3/4 H.

In 1982, the pilot model zuggesteuerte signal technique was introduced, which included among others relapse turnouts in Indian village and Altomuenster, train radio, the main light signals through free message attached to the rear of the train station and less staff. Simultaneously, the maximum line speed of 60 km / h to 80 km / h was increased, the travel time from Dachau to Altomuenster then fell to 39 minutes. In 1995, the integration of the still non-electrified rail as line A in the Munich S-Bahn.

Operation

From Dachau to Altomuenster line A runs hourly. At peak times it is bound to the Munich train station. The route is served by diesel railcar class 628. The Roadmap 2010/11 is the travel time from Dachau to Altomuenster 41 minutes, which corresponds to a cruising speed of just 44 km / h.

The sooner rather brisk freight transport in agricultural products (cereals, milk, cattle ), coal, building materials, feed and fertilizers was set before the conversion of the track in 1982.

Future

The S-Bahn line to be electrified and expanded to double track between Bachern and Schwabhausen as well as dirt track. The former junction station market Indian village to be dismantled single-track. For a 30 -minute intervals would be possible. The expansion has been postponed repeatedly. The estimated cost in 2005 was 32 ​​million euros. End of June 2006 was signed in the planning agreement for the electrification.

In mid-November 2013, the contract for the electrification of the line in the amount of eight million euros was allocated. As part of the Europe-wide tender five bids were received. Until the timetable change in December 2014, the project should be completed (December 2011). From 29 April to 14 November 2014, the line will be completely closed for construction work. From December 2014, the offer is to be increased from 38 to 55 pairs of trains. 39 pairs of trains will run as Flügelzug the S2 ( train separation Peter Hausen / Altomuenster in Dachau) directly to and from Munich, the remaining pairs of trains run only between Altomuenster and Dachau. For multiple units of the 420 series will return to the Munich S-Bahn network again.