Mühldorf–Simbach am Inn railway

The railway line Mühldorf - Simbach is a 39- km-long single-track, non-electrified main line in Bavaria.

Geography

Starting from Mühldorf The route runs east to German - Austrian border between Simbach and Braunau, where it merges seamlessly into the Innviertelbahn. The shortest rail link between Munich and Vienna via these two routes.

History

The railway line Mühldorf - Simbach was at the end of the 19th century part of the most important railway junction between Munich and Vienna. From 1884 to 1897 wrong on this route, for example, the Orient Express. Later, the route lost its importance in favor of Munich -Rosenheim relation -Salzburg- Linz- Vienna (see railway line Munich -Rosenheim, Rosenheim -Salzburg railway line and Western Railway ).

Until 1969 there was at Simbach connection station on the railway line Simbach - Pocking.

Traffic

Passenger

Along the route there with Mühldorf ( Upper Bavaria ), Toeging ( Inn), Marktl and Simbach ( Inn) and four stations with Neuoetting and Julbach another two break points. Julbach was reopened on 30 April 2004, after the 1907 breakpoint built in 1984, had been shut down. In addition, since 1899 existed with Perach book and two other stations, which were shut down in the late 1980s.

The passenger traffic on this route is from the SüdostBayernBahn, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (DB) between 5.00 und 23.00 clock clock every hour operated (as of 2014). Of the through -bound to Munich Central Station RE trains apart, the train services are provided by the Regional railcar class 628. In the morning on weekdays operate two regional express trains consistently to Munich Hbf The return achieved again in the evening Simbach.

Even up to the realization of the concept " Linear Star Mühldorf " in the summer of 1994, there were on this route through traffic between Bavaria and Austria. This was realized by a pair of coaches from Linz to Munich and back. In recent years, prior to setting the path was withdrawn on the Austrian side to catfish. Since 14 December 2008 continuous passenger traffic between Bavaria and Upper Austria is offered here again. A formed from the ÖBB locomotive BR 2016 " Hercules" and four IC -Wagen ÖBB train pair operates with few intermediate stops in the morning from Linz to Munich and in the evening in the opposite direction. Between Mühldorf Linz and also with a DB Railcar BR 628 Driven pair of trains stopping at most stations was set up, which establishes a direct connection to Austria morning and an evening Reversing opportunity. In addition to this train every hour ride regional trains on the track.

Between Julbach and Simbach the track is built into the tariff of the transport association Rottal -Inn.

Freight traffic

At the eastern end of the station Toeging ( Inn ) branches off to the rail industry Töginger Industrial Park " Inn Valley ". Provided them by the mid- 1990s, the work of the United Aluminium Werke ( VAW) in Toeging. Currently, there runs twice a week for a Übergabezug the company Aleris Recycling between Mühldorf and Toeging to the local industrial park. These trains are usually covered with a locomotive of the BR 363 or 294. Another Übergabezug wrong weekdays between Mühldorf and Simbach in both directions, drawn by a locomotive of SüdostBayernBahn (BR 218). This freight train service was discontinued in 2011. An operation of the station Simbach is no longer ever since. In addition, each business day, at some rail car trains that connect the chemical plants in Burghausen with Austria and Slovakia. These services are provided by Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Schenker Rail with its Series 225 and 247 in Simbach the Austrian Federal Railways ( ÖBB) take on these traits.