Immenstadt–Oberstdorf railway

The railway line Immenstadt - Oberstdorf is a non-electrified single-track and continuous railway track in Bavaria. The standard gauge railway branches off in Immenstadt of the Allgäu railway and via Sonthofen to Oberstdorf. She is completely in the district of Upper Allgäu and follows along the entire length of the run of the Iller. The branch line is operated by Deutsche Bahn and called Iller Valley Railway. In her course book trails are 970 and 975 In addition, the service also alex Vogtlandbahn on the track.

History

After Immenstadt was already connected to the railway network since 1853 by the Allgäu railway to Sonthofen tried to a spur track the plant. The 8.33 km long Vizinalbahn went there on 16 November 1873 in operation and was also operated by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. In Immenstadt the new train from the east was introduced into the station, so that from Kempten (Allgäu ) coming trains with destination Oberstdorf until today there have to change their direction of travel.

On July 29, 1888, the local railway Aktien-Gesellschaft (LAG ) finally opened the 13.38 km long continued to Oberstdorf, she was classified as a secondary path. In Sonthofen henceforth was a common terminus with the state railway. Furthermore, private LAG then took over the management on the existing section Immenstadt -Sonthofen.

With the made ​​for August 1, 1938 nationalization of the LAG, the German Reichsbahn was henceforth responsible for the overall route, they now belonged to Reichsbahndirektion Augsburg. The German Federal Railroad eventually replaced 2 October 1949 Sonthofener old train station from the existing to this day through station on the western edge of town, on the route direction Oberstdorf. Through the likewise new connection curve, the distance shortened time of 21.71 to 20.704 km. The construction work for the new Sonthofer station was started on November 15, 1937, due to the war, but they could be continued until 30 August 1948.

The old Sonthofener reception building - it was located on the promenade road, opposite the mouth Schnitzer road - was demolished in 1962 as part of the redevelopment of the Oberallgäuer place. The street name Am Alten Bahnhof remembers there today at the former station.

Until March 23, 1951, there was also a separate depot in Oberstdorf, it was then converted to a branch of the Kempten railway depot.

Operation

On the route runs every two hours a Regional Express ( RE) from Ulm to Oberstdorf and also every two hours, a Regional Express ( RE) from Augsburg to Oberstdorf. These two lines are driven with DB railcars of Class 612. Moreover runs every two hours alex from Munich to Oberstdorf. The latter replaced the former 2007 Allgäu- Express, which was introduced again in 2003 as a replacement for the former Inter Regio. The offer is supplemented by individual trains which operate only between Kempten or Immenstadt and Oberstdorf.

In the long-distance transport, there are two pairs of trains. Firstly, the Intercity Allgäu from Hannover to Oberstdorf and back. This pair of trains traveling towards Oberstdorf from Ulm as Regional Express and can be used with tickets of local transport. In Hanover the train runs all along the line as Intercity. In addition, the Intercity foghorn from Hamburg to Oberstdorf and retracts.

Gallery

Station Altstädten (Allgäu )

The terminus Oberstdorf