Rentwertshausen–Römhild railway

The railway line Rentwertshausen - Römhild was a nearly 11 -kilometer branch line from Rentwertshausen after Römhild in southern Thuringia grave field. Because of the nearby Gleichberge the railway line was also called direct mountain railway. The single track of 1435 mm gauge ( standard gauge ) was not electrified. In 1973 the line was dismantled.

History

On December 15, 1874, train traffic was recorded on the railway line Schweinfurt -Meiningen by the Bavarian State Railways. As a spur track followed on 25 November 1893, the 10.7 km long secondary path of Rentwertshausen after Römhild.

Was based on the distance a treaty between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Duchy of Saxe -Meiningen, which was closed on 16 June 1884. The financing of the railway line has been done by Saxe-Meiningen and the community Römhild, construction and operation of the branch line was carried out by the Bavarian State Railways. Beginning in March 1895 sold Saxe-Meiningen equal mountain railway to Bavaria.

From the year 1901, the route with the commissioning of the plant in urban basalt Römhild developed for lifeline of the city. Over 140,000 cars with 10 tons of gravel or gneiss, which averages about 18 cars per day, were traversed in the following 26 years after Rentwertshausen.

After the Second World War came the railway line, which has been managed since 1931 by the Reichsbahn Nuremberg, due to the demarcation route network of Reichsbahndirektion Erfurt. Since the main railway between Mühlfeld and Rentwertshausen was locked, now the passenger trains were leaving directly from Römhild to Meiningen. The passenger train was set on 29 September 1968, freight transport took place in early January 1970. Dismantling the route was carried out between the years 1972 and 1973.

Operation

As locomotives, inter alia, the series 93 and 86 were used. In 1944 toured the former Route number number 417K daily four pairs with about half an hour driving time.