Lübeck–Hamburg railway
The railway line Lübeck- Hamburg is one of the major railway routes of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. It connects the two Hanseatic cities and is sometimes seen as part of the international Vogelfluglinie.
Route description
From Lübeck, the route runs southwest through most dominantly agricultural, slightly wavy plains. The Travelodge is crossed three times. The most important intermediate stop is Bad Oldesloe, from where hourly connections to Bad Segeberg and Neumünster exist with the nordbahn railway company. Between Ahrensburg and the Hamburg- Rahlstedt the route along the setting Moorer tunnel valley runs. In the city of Hamburg is achieved parallel to the S- Bahn line of the Hamburg Central Station from the east after crossing the freight bypass track.
History
Already in 1831 the construction of a railway line between Lübeck and Hamburg was discussed. First, however, it was because of the refusal of the Duchy of Holstein reigning Danish authorities for the construction of the railway Lübeck- Büchenberg by the Lübeck- Büchener Railroad ( LBE ). So Lübeck was connected to the Berlin- Hamburg, trains to Hamburg but had to take into account the approximately 32 km long route via Büchenberg. The direct connection from Lübeck to Hamburg was opened by the LBE until August 1, 1865. Already 1875/76 it was expanded to double track.
In 1963, the railway lines Lübeck- Puttgarden and Rodby Havn, Copenhagen were expanded to Vogelfluglinie. This means that the offer was an increase in long distance trains between Lübeck and Hamburg. In addition to the trains to Copenhagen wrong Interzone trains to Rostock. The D- trains, the TEE Mercury and the TEEM freight trains Puttgarden were covered with diesel locomotives DB Class 221.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the express trains were covered in push-pull operation with diesel locomotives DB Class 220. A special feature of these trains were stopped not only Eilzugwagen the genus yl until 1977 with double-deck cars of the previous LBE. The route Lübeck- Hamburg was the only route of the German Railways, were used on the double-deck coaches (see also: double-decker streamlined Wendezug the LBE ).
Regional trains in the section Hamburg -Bad Oldesloe were run until December 2008 with modernized last n- trolleys ( pieces of silver ) or bi-level cars with upholstery by Diesel locomotives of the series 218 or railcar DB Class 628.
The railway lines Lübeck- Travemünde- Lübeck and Lübeck- Hamburg were electrified in 2008. To this end, the distributed traction current converter station Lübeck- Genin was built for 14 million euros, which supplies the railway Lübeck- Hamburg with single-phase 15 kV 16.7 Hz. The timetable change in December 2008, the train has been recorded with electric locomotives. Since then, ICE is tied to Munich via Hamburg to Lübeck /.
Operation
The since the construction of the Great Belt Bridge between Funen and Zealand significantly reduced long-distance rail traffic between Hamburg, Lübeck and Copenhagen has been ongoing since December 2007 Intercity Express trains of the DB and Euro City trains Danske Statsbaner. This long-distance trains are now operated with diesel -ICE series 605 of the German and Danish MF sets.
Between Lübeck and Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Central Station every morning to night, Mondays to Fridays regional express trains at 30- minute intervals on weekends every hour. In this section there are the largest number of train travelers in Schleswig -Holstein. The regional express trains stop only in Reinfeld, Bad Oldesloe and at times also in Ahrensburg. On the Hamburg -Bad Oldesloe section operate regional rail trains that stop also at the remaining stations. You will almost always run with double-deck cars. Currently (February 2010) the locomotive-hauled trains are driven by electric locomotives of the series 112 or series 143 and series 218 diesel locomotives.
Between Ahrensburg and Bargteheide the breakpoint Ahrensburg garden wood was built in 2009. However, the opening of the station to the timetable change in 2009 failed because of legal issues and was completed with a one year delay on 12 December 2010.
Future
The section Hamburg -Bad Oldesloe will be expanded starting in 2017 for the S -Bahn operating with new holding Claudiusstraße, Bovestraße, Holstenhofweg and Pulverhof. By 2018 the railway crossing on the road to hammer soft an underpass in Marienthal, what is seen as a prerequisite for the expansion of the S-Bahn.