Heimbach (Nahe)–Baumholder Railway

The railway opened in 1912, Heimbach (Nahe) - Baumholder is now used exclusively for freight and military transports.

History

In 1897 permission for construction of a light railway Heimbach Baumholder was granted. In 1902, however, the preliminary steps have been set. In 1908 a Prussian law for the construction of a railway was adopted. On 15 December 1912, the line was opened. After the construction of the training area from 1937 to 1938, the track has undergone a rebirth, notably the tracks were extended in Baumholder station. The setting of the persons intercourse took place on 31 May 1981. Since the bus runs (now line 322 in the Rhein -Nahe - Nahverkehrsverbund ( RNN) ). On weekends, no public transport takes place.

An exception was the Rheinland-Pfalz -Tag 2007. From its rise since 1981, perverted by 29 June 2007 to 1 July 2007 will at regional trains on the track.

The infrastructure between the branch from the Nahe Valley Railway and the railhead Baumholder was acquired in 2006 by the community of Baumholder from the previous owner DB Netz. Both the purchase price of 310,000 EUR and investment of EUR 1.5 million were taken over by the state of Rhineland -Palatinate. The annual operating deficit of about 100,000 EUR to cover the main users of the route, the U.S. Army and the Bundeswehr, in the ratio 80:20. With the operational management as a railway infrastructure company, the municipality commissioned since December 10, 2006 RP- railroad, railway companies is usually DB Schenker Rail.

Future

The competent administration union rail transport Rheinland- Pfalz Süd ( South ZSPNV ) decided at its meeting on 10 December 2008, to reactivate the route the timetable change in December 2014 for passenger traffic. In response to the invitation of the "Diesel Southwest network " is planned to offer hourly trains between Baumholder and Kirn. The breakpoints in Heimbach place and Ruschberg will also will be served.

Rolling stock

On the Prussian branch line locomotives T 9 G 8 and G 10 were initially used. Later steam locomotives of the BR 50 and 52, before passenger trains BR 38 and BR 23 was followed rail buses 795 and 798 in passenger transport. After 1975, the military trains were driven primarily by diesel locomotives of the BR 218 and 211/212. Today, the BR 232 and 290 are used.