Landau–Arnstorf railway

The railway Landau Arnstorf was a branch line of Landau an der Isar to Arnstorf in Lower Bavaria.

Preparation

End of the 19th century, the area around the markets Arnstorf and oak village was surrounded by railroad tracks, but it still did not carry into the field. On April 1, 1894, was in Arnstorf a public meeting with representatives from 24 communities involved, which came to the conclusion to apply for a railroad construction after Arnstorf, the starting point was left open.

The General Directorate of Traffic royal institutions urged to make a decision between Landau or Eggenfelden as the starting point of the route to Arnstorf. On January 18, 1896, the mayor of publicans Arnstorf and Steinbauer of Landau submitted a proposal for a railway from Landau to Arnstorf. After further discussions, for example about the possibility of extending the line to Münchsdorf was ( Isar ) Arnstorf approved by the Law of 30 June 1900, the local railway Landau.

Construction

The construction costs were estimated at 2.114 million marks, those interested were required to raise 157,500 marks. Arnstorf at that time was 1,400 inhabitants, Simbach over 700 and oak village about 1,100. A total of 18,400 inhabitants lived in the transport area of the track.

On July 4, 1900, Landauer and Arnstorfer met for a joint celebration and set up a greeting and a telegram of thanks to the State Government. As the main sponsor of the local railway proved to the district medical officer and Member of Parliament Dr. Joseph Hauber.

During the construction of 300,000 cubic meters of earth had to be moved. As usual had to provide the land for the railway construction available for free to interested parties. Since Arnstorf had to pay its share of 50,000 marks by a loan, the market council decided on May 10, 1901 to repay a Lokalmalzaufschlag of 1.40 marks per hectolitre verso Hüttenes malt, which meant an increase in the beer price of 20 pence to 22 pence per liter. Despite some unrest this measure was enforced.

Operation

The line was opened on December 29, 1903, recorded on New Year's railway operations. She left the Landau station on its eastern side and turned in a sharp bend of the valley of the Isar River, which it crossed. It reached 420 meters in altitude, the watershed between the Isar and Vils and crossed the Vils at Aufhausen on a flood-free dam. South Haunersdorf she rose to her second vertex on the height between Vils and Kollbachtal in 445 meters. Parallel to the district road they reached the station of Arnstorf, a monstrous three-storey building on the northwest side of the market.

1908, the construction of the railway Aufhausen - Kröhstorf was decided, but until 1915 was opened this branch line, so that the market also oak village came to a railway connection. On December 30, 1953 it was organized for the 50th anniversary of a great anniversary celebration. The anniversary special train with the festively decorated locomotive 64 438 at 13:10 clock went off in Landau and arrived at 14:31 clock in Arnstorf.

However, the operation was becoming unprofitable. The number of tickets sold in Arnstorf fell from 13,624 in 1952 and 9,417 in 1958 to 836 in 1963, the amount of sent truckloads of 6,235 tonnes ( 1952) about 4,046 tons to 1,415 tons (1963 ), which received truckloads of 9,413 tonnes ( 1952) to 6,898 tons, but rose again to 8,688 tonnes ( 1963). In Simbach station there were in the same years in the number of tickets sold is also a drastic decrease of 11,086 over 8063 to 681, the mass of the shipped carloads increased from 643 tonnes to 1,625 tonnes and then fell to 544 tons. The carloads in the reception, however, increased from 2,573 tons in 1952 to 3,877 tons in 1958 to 5,014 tons in 1963.

Closure

From the summer timetable 1961 with reduced number of trains rail buses were used in each direction. Uerdinger rail buses had already become the successor of the trains with Class 64. On September 27, 1964, the passenger rail service has been set, small locomotives took over the freight, yet there was only in the autumn sugar beet harvest a lively operation.

After the demolition of the goods shed in Arnstorf and the train station Haunersdorf the Wildthurn station was canceled in January 1978. On July 10, 1982 once again reversed a passenger when the company Akustikbau Lindner rented a large special train for their company outing. On 30 November 1993, the freight was finally stopped, closure was followed by the 28th May 1994 the removal of the tracks in 1998. On August 24, 1999, it was opened on the former railway line Bockerlbahn the bike path a d Landau Isar Arnstorf.