Neumünster–Flensburg railway

The railway Flensburg- Neumünster as part of Jutland line an important north -south rail link Schleswig -Holstein. Together with the branching of this route in Juebek route to Husum and branching in Rendsburg to Kiel route part it also serves as a major east-west axis of the relation Kiel ( on the east coast ) to Marschbahn on the west coast.

Route

The route runs through dominantly agricultural lowlands. Significant engineering structures are the Rendsburg High Bridge and Rendsburger loop. In Flensburg, the route travels around since 1927 the city into a big bow at the then outskirts, in order to spare the change of direction to Denmark moving trains.

In addition to the starting points of the route, Neumünster - this connection to the railway line Hamburg- Altona- Kiel - and Flensburg ( cross-border traffic to Denmark ), the most important hubs are located at Rendsburg station, where a route to Kiel branches, and in Juebek near Schleswig. There is branched from a distance to Husum.

Flensburg railway facilities

Track image to the Rendsburg railway station in 1925

Neighbourhood Station Schleswig

Operation and history

Formation

The track is later - after the annexation of part of the country Schleswig by Prussia - caused by restructuring built for purposes other parts. First, the approximately 34 kilometer was long, was opened, funded by regional prospective range of Rendsburg- Neumünster 's Railway Company between Neumünster and Rendsburg- Glacis as Jutland line on 18 September 1845. She was followed on 1 January 1847 connecting the port rail of Rendsburg- glacis to Rendsburg- Obereider. These routes have been integrated on 1 January 1864 in the ownership of the Altona- Kiel Railway Company.

On April 1, 1854 later English railway station was on the railway line Flensburg- Tonning first from outside the city Holzkrug, also located in the city from October 4, taken above railhead operation. This station at the south end of the Flensburg Fjord in the Flensburg old town was handed over for operation by the Danish King Frederik VII, the patron saint of the railway line, opened on October 25.

The Flensburg- Husum - Tönninger Railway ( FHTE ) built the line from Flensburg on the treene Eggebek right after Easter Ohrstedt and Ohrstedt after Owschlag and Rendsburg to around 40 kilometers in length. The course was conducted over Ohrstedt because the branch over Husum to Tonning for the livestock to England was the main starting point of railway construction by the English firm Morton Peto. This railway company built in 1854, the port railway in Flensburg in the extension of the line access to the English station by the head station through the port area.

Neustrukturen

Schleswig was connected by Klosterkrug with a five- kilometer branch line on June 2, 1858 which also built Morton Peto. After the Prussian -Danish War of Schleswig region went to Prussia and you structured the distance around; the Schleswigsche railway built with the company Peto 1867-1869 from South Head to the train station Klosterkrug over Schleswig -Friedrich Berg and Juebek left the treene Eggebek by a 23 km long and 16.8 km thus shorter distance, relocated to Eggebeck station at 500 m to the east. In addition, the section Juebek - Sollbrück the track Juebek - Husum arose. On March 26, 1898, the Prussian State Railways opened the port railway Rendsburg to the former Kaiser- Wilhelm-Kanal. In preparation for the channel widening the Rendsburg High Bridge was built and became involved with a big bow, to use the existing Rendsburg station on; she went solemnly on 1 December 1913 in operation. The old swing bridge was transferred to Kappeln. In addition, the station previously located at the level of the channel now had to be postponed following the southern Vorbrücke ( New Bahnhof54.2835929.720025 ) to the appropriate height Osterronfeld (Age Bahnhof54.2915589.704082 ).

New station Osterronfeld, also shut down

In 1927 in Flensburg, today's main train station, which replaced the two terminal stations on the fjord and with a large loop around the urban settlements allowed a passage towards Denmark without changing locomotives, but shifted the maintenance tasks for railway vehicles in the narrower city.

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1899

Current operating

Long-distance traffic

In long-distance inter-city express trains of the relation Aarhus -Hamburg- Berlin use this route with stops in Flensburg, Schleswig, and Rendsburg Neumünster. One City Night Line train of the relation Copenhagen -Munich holds in Flensburg and Neumünster.

In addition, InterCity trains provide direct Fridays from Flensburg to Munich and Cologne ago ( also with stops in Schleswig, and Rendsburg Neumünster). Sundays run IC trains from Berlin andSchwarzach - Vitus to Flensburg.

On the side branch Husum - Juebek there is merely intercity traffic when construction work for a diversion of trains on the march web is necessary. Furthermore, until 2002 there was a inter-regional link between Flensburg and Hanover. After setting this distance traffic performance of the Deutsche Bahn, the state of Schleswig -Holstein ordered after a short tender a replacement bus service in the private railway traffic Flex -AG. This took over the business with modern electric locomotives of the series on ES64U2 Taurus Siemens Dispolok and used passenger cars. The as - Flensburg Express ( FLEX ) designated inter-regional compensation was performed in the timetable of the train type FLX.

Following the insolvency of Flex traffic AG Nord-Ostsee -Bahn (NOB ) operational by December 2005, the rail service every two hours from Padborg ( DK ) to Hamburg Central Station with stops in Flensburg, Tarp, Schleswig, Rendsburg, Nortorf, Neumünster and Elmshorn. Since December 2005, this traffic is again served by the DB regional train Schleswig- Holstein as " Schleswig -Holstein - Express".

Regional Transport

The DB Bahn Regional moves Schleswig-Holstein in regional traffic between Flensburg and Neumünster with RE and RB trains every hour to every two hours. They also travel on the relation - Juebek - Husum Schleswig- Rendsburg- Kiel with modern drive trains every hour. In particular, in the Kieler Woche, the rail service will increase substantially on this relation, so that some are also loco-hauled trains for use.

Freight traffic

This route is part of the main route for freight from Germany to Denmark and Sweden. From the timetable change in December 2012, is a regular on the track 835 meters long trains after the signal technique was adapted for these trains. So far, only 750 meter long trains were allowed. As most locomotives Electric locomotives of series 185 or DSB EC are used.