Fröndenberg–Kamen railway

The railway line Fröndenberg - Kamen is a single-track, partially electrified and partially disused railway line in North Rhine -Westphalia. Leads you from Fröndenberg / Ruhr Unna Unna - Königsborn and formerly continued to Kamen.

History

The railway line Fröndenberg - Kamen was the end of the 19th or early 20th century built as a railway branch line from the Directorates Elberfeld and eating the Prussian state railways to connect in the form of a snake line four stations on major parallel east-west routes in the second half of the 19th century were caused by the competition of the large private railway companies in Westphalia ( north to south ):

  • Kamen station on the railway route Dortmund -Hamm the Cologne -Minden Railway Company from 1847,
  • Station Königsborn on the railway line Welver - Sterkrade the Royal Westphalian Railway Company from the year 1876,
  • Unna station on the railway route Dortmund- Soest Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company from 1855,
  • Fröndenberg station on the railway line Hagen- Warburg from 1870, also Bergisch- Märkische Railway Company.

First, on January 2, 1899, opened the Royal Railway Direction Elberfeld the connection between Fröndenberg and Unna.

The next section from Unna to Königsborn was built jointly with the Royal Railway Direction food and opened just over a year later, on April 1 in 1900, only for freight.

Then the Essenes Directorate was alone responsible for the last part, from Königsborn and Kamen. Only half a year later the track was completed and released from the November 1, 1900 for freight.

It took almost a year to the movement of persons between Unna and Kamen was taken on October 1, 1901.

Closures

In early 1926, passenger services were set on the northern section between Unna and Kamen again after 1909 with the narrow-gauge railway Unna- Kamen -Werne an overland tram from Kamen Unna to Werne had been opened.

Then the transport of goods between Königsborn and Kamen was on June 3, 1955 set the route so completely decommissioned and dismantled in the aftermath. On aerial photographs can be the former route partly still understand very well.

Current situation

The section Fröndenberg - Unna is still a non-electrified railway branch line with a maximum speed of 60 km / h To increase the speed, level crossings to be technically assured. This has already happened to some extent.

It is operated exclusively by the regional train RB 54 " Hönnetal -Bahn ", which is tied over the train track Letmathe - Fröndenberg to Menden to Hönnetal train to Neuenrade.

Since the Westphalian distance between Werl and Unna- King Born to be decommissioned in the late 1960s, the passenger was taken on the stretch between Unna and Unna- King Born on May 26, again in 1963 and as a Route number 232c ( from the following year 232b ) to Dortmund townhouse by bound.

In 1972 a clocked transport line from Unna Unna- Königsborn, Dortmund townhouse and Dortmund- Dorstfeld was set to Dortmund - Marten South, which was extended in 1983 to Dortmund - Luetgendortmund. This was the direct predecessor of the S- Bahn line S 4 S-Bahn Rhein- Ruhr.

First, however, had to be upgraded, the route for the S -Bahn traffic. Until 25 May 1984, the section from Unna was provided to Unna - Königsborn with overhead line and converted on 28 June 1984 in a railway main line with a maximum speed of 80 km / hr.

Gallery

Station Fröndenberg

Breakpoint Ardey

Former station building Frömern

Breakpoint Frömern

Bahnhof Unna before conversion 2007/2008

Bahnhof Unna- Königsborn

Breakpoint Unna- West

Station Kamen

Kamen station ( platform side )

Weblink

NRWbahnarchiv of André Joost:

  • Description of the line 2852: Fröndenberg ↔ Unna
  • Description of the line 2933: Kamen Unna ↔
  • 1435 mm
  • Railway line in North Rhine -Westphalia
  • Traffic (Ruhrgebiet )
  • Fröndenberg / Ruhr
  • Unna
  • Kamen
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