Homburg–Neunkirchen railway

The railway line Homburg Neunkirchen is now a two-track, electrified railway mainline in the Saarland. It combines Homburg on the Palatine Ludwig Railway and Neunkirchen (Saar) on the Nahe Valley Railway.

Historically, the section to Bexbach was built as part of the Palatine Ludwig Railway, he finds himself in the timetable of Deutsche Bahn AG under the different KBS 683

The section from Wellesweiler was built as part of the mine connection train to Heinitz.

Route

In Homburg (Saar ) Hauptbahnhof, the Ludwig train branches into two branches. Since 1848 resulted in the planned route to Bexbach, where she found after the Prussian colliery railway siding to Neunkirchen, which was in turn linked with the Middle Valley Railway towards Bingen (Rhein). The branch on St. Ingbert had been in 1866, first built by the Hasseler tunnel to the head station in St. Ingbert, 1877 provided an extension to Saarbrücken, 1879 the station was converted into a through station and 1904 has been simplified on the link to today's route on Kirkel.

History

On 10 January 1838 a provisional Society ( from 1865 in Ludwigshafen renamed) made ​​it to the construction of this section of the Rheinschanze to Bexbach. Then on 30 March of the same year, the final establishment as " Bavarian railway company of the Palatinate - Rheinschanz - Bexbacher train". In May, 1844 company was eventually renamed " Palatine Ludwig Railway Company ".

The line was built under the direction of Paul Camille von Denis, who was part of his time to the outstanding railway pioneers of Germany, from the end of March 1845. It served primarily as a means of transportation for coal from the Saar Bexbacher area up to the Bavarian government of the opposite scale of Mannheim port and trading center " Rheinschanze ". The route was named after the Bavarian King Ludwig I. In addition, it was agreed to join the capital of the Bavarian Rhine circuit by means of a branch of Schifferstadt to Speyer to the track.

Situated on Bavarian territory section of Homburg to Bexbach was opened on 6 June 1849. The Bexbach railway station is the oldest, still surviving railway in the Saarland. This newly opened section between Bexbach and Homburg served the democratic guerrillas to escape from engaging the Prussian troops. The Prussian part of the track from Neunkirchen to Wellesweiler was put into operation on 20 October 1850. In July 1856, the track was expanded to double track over entire length between Ludwigshafen and Neunkirchen.

After the First World War, the Saar was placed under League of Nations administration. So came 1920, this route under the administration of the Saar Railway. With the incorporation of the Saar into the German Empire in 1935, the route went to the German Reichsbahn ( DR).

Development after World War II (since 1945)

After the Second World War, the route came back under its own administration, this time one called Railways of the Saarland, EdS short. The ESS was acquired by DB 1957 with the inclusion of the Saarland in the Federal Republic of Germany.