German railway route numbers

Route numbers are used for the description and identification of railway lines or individual sections of it. In Germany and at the Deutsche Bahn, there are a total of three different number systems, which differ according to their field of application. Moreover, there are the numbers of the directory schedules, which are not considered here.

  • 2.1 systematics
  • 2.2 Example
  • 3.1 systematics
  • 3.2 Example
  • 5.1 Saxony
  • 6.1 Denmark
  • 6.2 France
  • 6.3 Sweden

VzG route number

VzG stands for directory locally permissible speeds. These are internal documents of the respective regional areas of the DB network in which, for each line of the corresponding regional area, the maximum allowable speed in each section is listed. It serves as a working basis for all builds schedule and route orders. In VzG all DB Netz are recorded on four-digit route numbers.

History

The number system used in VzG was developed in the years 1970 to 1975 of surveying service of the German Federal Railroad. On the basis of this number system was established in 1984, the DB database application DB's data - abbreviated STREDA - developed and introduced in 1989 nationwide. In 1993, the routes of the former Deutsche Reichsbahn were integrated into the system.

Importance

The numbering system of the VzG allows to assign any infrastructure elements of a route as operating, bridges, tunnels, etc. clearly based on the four-digit VzG track number and track kilometer. In STREDA or VzG all routes are included that meet the conditions for the implementation of the scheduled train service. Also planned, under construction, abandoned, degraded, sold and not built routes are included, as far as the railway rights or legal obligations are assigned.

Thus, the VzG track numbers are the only official route numbers. You are unique and do not change in contrast to the Route number numbers over time. VzG route numbers are therefore used outside of the Deutsche Bahn AG for procurement of works, planning of buildings, land use planning, etc..

System

The classification of VzG route numbers is based on the state of the route -launch as follows:

Examples

Enclosed illustrating some practical examples:

  • In section high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main are from the branching point Cologne stone road to Troisdorf six main lines next to each other: The two eastern tracks belong to the victory line Cologne - Deutz- Siegburg - Betz Village Haiger - Wetzlar - casting with the VzG route number 2651
  • The two high-speed tracks in the middle represent the actual speed rail Cologne-Rhine/Main Cologne -Frankfurt Stone Road stadium with the VzG route number is 2690 and
  • The western two tracks belong to the right Rhine route Mülheim- Speldorf - Dusseldorf -Rath - Cologne-Kalk - Troisdorf- Niederlahnstein with the VzG track number 2324th

Route number number

In the course book the course book routes ( KBS ) are sorted by three-digit numbers. They are used to facilitate the passenger orientation in the schedule tables in the course book. Therefore, the classification and numbering of the course book and routes to local traffic-related aspects, such as train routings done. The numbering of the course book routes has been changed to a greater extent since the 2nd World War in the years 1950, 1970 and 1992. There are always minor changes to the timetable change.

The course book route numbers are so time and place considered not always clear. Strictly speaking behind a Route number verkehrlich a meaningful collection of VzG routes or parts thereof, on which trains a Route number.

System

The rough classification of the course book lines at the Hundred create based partly on previous boundaries of the directorates of the former German Federal Railways and Deutsche Reichsbahn.

  • KBS KBS 100 to 199: Hamburg region and coastal countries, former Bundesbahndirektion Hamburg
  • KBS KBS 200 to 299: Berlin / Brandenburg / Sachsen- Anhalt / Eastern Saxony, former Reichsbahn Berlin, Cottbus, Greifswald, Halle, partially Magdeburg, Schwerin, Wittenberg, partly Dresden
  • KBS KBS 300 to 399: Region Lower Saxony / Saxony -Anhalt, former Bundesbahndirektion Hanover, partially Reichsbahndirektion Magdeburg
  • KBS KBS 400 to 499: Nordrhein- Westfalen, former Federal Railway Directorates Essen and Cologne
  • KBS KBS 500 to 599: Region Sachsen / Kursbuch routes # Thuringia, former Reichsbahn Erfurt, Dresden partially, partly Hall
  • KBS KBS 600 to 699: Western Region Thuringia / Hesse / Nordbaden / Rhineland -Palatinate / Saarland, former Reichsbahn Erfurt ( partial), Railway Board Frankfurt and Saarbrücken
  • KBS KBS 700 to 799: Baden- Württemberg, former Railway Board Karlsruhe and Stuttgart
  • KBS KBS 800 to 899: Region Northern Bavaria, former Railway Board Nuremberg
  • KBS KBS 900 to 999: Region Northern Bavaria / Southern Bavaria, former Bundesbahndirektion Munich, Nuremberg partially

Museum and park trains are partially listed in the course book. Your numbers are five digits.

Example

Very often, therefore, there is a train when he travels on a Route number, several VzG routes. The KBS 310 Hanover-Brunswick -Magdeburg includes as an example all or part of the following VzG routes:

La route number

Speed ​​restrictions - have route numbers as the Route number numbers the task to summarize the traffic along operationally useful under a number more busy in the course of a train journey from A to B VzG routes or portions thereof. They serve as an aid for easier orientation for the driver on the routes, which he often drives on one by one.

System

The numbering and classification of La - route numbers is not subject to continuous or unique system. In addition, the numbering not over the entire route network of the DB network are unique. In the area of ​​the former Deutsche Reichsbahn with branches east and southeast of DB Netz, the La - line numbers are always three digits and are in the hundreds of creating a certain local system, similar to the timetable route numbers. Also there is no numbering over branch boundaries here time. However, the La - route numbers are here clearly only one branch.

In the area of the former German Federal Railway with branches north, central, west, southwest and south of the DB Netz, the numbering of La routes is one to three digits. However, here there are only three so-called La - areas awarded the La - distance numbers. Thus, the La - route numbers are branch boundaries of the DB Netz numbered in the area of the former German Federal Railroad away and therefore not unique per branch. Recently, the VzG route numbers were used directly as La route number in individual cases.

As a special feature each letter a or b is used to distinguish the direction of travel behind the La - distance numbers.

Example

The La - La - Route 1 South Division stretches from Mannheim Hbf via Stuttgart to Munich Hbf and wholly or partly includes the following VzG routes:

  • 4000: Mannheim -Heidelberg Hbf main station - Bruchsal
  • 4130: Bruchsal -Bretten
  • 4800: Bretten -Illingen route change 4842/4800
  • 4842: Illingen route change 4842/4800-Sersheim route change 4800/4842
  • 4800: Sersheim route change 4800/4842-Stuttgart Hbf
  • 4700: Stuttgart Hbf -Ulm Hbf
  • 4700/5302: Ulm Hbf - Neu-Ulm
  • 5302: Neu-Ulm -Augsburg Hbf
  • 5503: Augsburg Hbf Munich Hbf

In addition, the distance of the La 1 - Area South includes all relevant parallel routes, such as the freight train tracks between Bruchsal and the branch Bruchsal East ( Route 4131 ) or the S- Bahn tracks in the Stuttgart area (lines 4801 and 4701 ).

Other number systems

Various projects of institutions and individuals concerned with the collection of historic railroad infrastructure. For this, they mostly use the VzG numbers deviating route numbers. Examples:

  • Railway land Geographical database for archiving and analysis of the historical development of the network of railways in Germany
  • History of the German railway infrastructure, historic railroad Atlas

Historic Designation systems

Saxony

In Saxony was already at the time of the Royal. Saxon State Railways introduced a system of designation. It consisted of the respective first letter of the respective start and end points of the routes, possibly supplemented by lower-case letters to avoid duplication. The system was also in the Reichsbahndirektion Dresden as a successor to the Royal. Saxon. State Railways maintained until 1992 and further developed. Examples:

  • LD - Leipzig -Dresden
  • BSG - Buchholz -Schwarzenberg

Foreign countries

Denmark

In Denmark, a route number directory that is contained in two pamphlets published by Banedanmark with the name Strækningsoversigter Vest and Strækningsoversigter Øst exists. This route directories that are constantly updated to include the complete track layouts of the entire Danish Banedanmark - haul network.

In previous years, the railway lines were designated with letters. Each of these formed the abbreviation of start and end station such as: TdrHoj in route Tønder - Højer Sluse or Supp at the track Vester Sottrup - Skelde.

France

In France there are for each railway line that belongs to the network operator RFF, a six-digit number:

  • 001000-204000 Est Region
  • 216000-328000 Northern Region
  • 340000-554000 Region Ouest
  • 952000-990000 Region Ile- de -France

Sweden

In addition to the course book -distance number system, which is published by Resplus, there is a route list, which is managed by the national authority Trafikverket. Each railroad has a two-digit number - one exception is the Inland Railway which no longer is in state administration. In their route number (99 ) are all branching paths that are not managed by Trafikverket, with classified.

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