Feucht–Altdorf railway

The railway line wet -Altdorf is a single-track branch line in Middle Franconia. It is the extension of the wetland station expiring web Nuremberg- wet, thence from the east by the Lorenz Imperial Forest to Altdorf near Nuremberg.

History

Planning and construction

The track was already at its opening in conjunction with the route from Nuremberg to Regensburg. So there was already planning the 1836 Ludwig Railway on Wetlands and Altdorf, as well as to extend through the Lauterach, Vils and Naab to Regensburg. The plans, however, were not realized because of the of King Ludwig I favored Ludwig-Danube- Main Canal, as the railway was seen as a rival to the channel. Only with the law for the construction of Vizinalbahnen of 29 April 1869, the requirement for connection of Altdorf was given to the main railway Nuremberg -Regensburg in Feucht. The line was finally opened on October 15, 1878 by the Bavarian State Railways.

In the course of which began in May 1950, electrification work on the main line between Nuremberg and Regensburg electrification of the branch line was requested by the City of Altdorf. The efforts were successful, so that at the September 2, 1952 reversed the first electric railcars on the track.

Conversion for the S -Bahn

With the decision to build an S- Bahn network in Nuremberg was determined that the first construction phase should include not only the routes to Lauf an der Pegnitz, and Roth also the railway line from Wet from Altdorf. Began in 1984 with advance action before June 15, 1988, the actual reconstruction work began, which was completed with the opening of the route for the S -Bahn on 22 November 1992. The cost of building the entire S2 amounted to 587 million Deutsche Mark ( 300.13 million euros ).

The works included the refurbishment of the superstructure and the elimination of many level crossings to improve line speed of 60 to 100 km / h as well as the rehabilitation of the substructure. The branch line was upgraded to the main track. The platforms of the existing intermediate stops were brought to S -Bahn - standard 145- m long and 96 cm high platforms. The breakpoint moss creek (formerly Hahnhof ) was 600 m in the direction wet laid and renamed in damp moss creek in order to tap into the same district Moist better. Was newly established the breakpoint Altdorf West to develop a residential and commercial area on the western edge of Altdorf, including two schools. The Zugkreuzungspunkt was moved from the station Winkelhaid whose passing siding was removed, the breakpoint Ludersheim, which was characterized incremented to the station.

Operation

Are used today on the route designated as S2 -pull trains with electric locomotives of the series 143 and four-part x -car sets. Before the S-Bahn age perverse electric multiple units of class 432 and later electric locomotives of the series 141 with n -car sets.