Landsberg am Lech–Schongau railway
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 Landsberg–Schongau railway crosses Feldweg north of Krankenhaus Shongau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line number | 5365 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 28.7 km (17.8 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | non-electrified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Landsberg am Lech–Schongau railway is a railway line from Landsberg am Lech to Schongau via Fuchstal, Denklingen and Hohenfurch. The line is also called the Fuchstalbahn (English: Fuchs Valley Railway).
History[]
Freight use[]
The Buchloe–Kaufering–Landsberg am Lech line was opened on 1 November 1872. The Buchloe–Kaufering section has been extended to the Buchloe–Lindau railway. The remaining 4.83 kilometres (3.00 mi) section runs from Kaufering to Landsberg am Lech. The Landsberg–Schongau railway goes 28.70 kilometres (17.83 mi) further to Schongau and was opened for operations on 16 November 1886.
From 1907 to 1929 there was a railway station connecting to the Kinsau cog railway that connected as a work train the Landsberg am Lech pulp factory with the Landsberg–Schongau railway.
Passenger use[]
From 1984 regular passenger services were offered on this track, while the freight developed since 1998 by the rising of Augsburg Localbahn.
The track owner DB Netz redeveloped the majority of the track in 2010–2013. In this case, in October 2013, the existing remains of the platform were mined in the former Hohenfurch station.
Operation[]
In contrast to the ever-increasing volume of traffic on the parallel B 17 and the positive migration balance in the regions around Munich, especially the Lech region, calls the initiative Fuchstalbahn e. V. for some time the resumption of passenger traffic on the route and organizes occasional extra tours in cooperation with railway companies, both with historic steam trains as well as with modern railcars (so the summer holiday weekends in 2009 with a railcar Bayerische Regiobahn), in July 2015, with a historic railcar of VT 98.[8 Series ]
Even the district of Landsberg am Lech supports these claims. Concerns were voiced out in the Municipality of Landsberg am Lech, because of the result of frequently closed railroad crossings on main roads in urban areas. As early as 2002, a report reactivation of passenger traffic positively evaluated. However, the Bavarian state government rejected the reactivation because in his time it figured out to be 10-13 million euro cost for the reestablishment of infrastructure. Currently, the infrastructure costs, including the establishment of the necessary breakpoints, securing level crossings, and appropriate safety equipment (track signal box) are estimated to be about EUR 20 million. This would have to be borne by the municipalities with a significant part by the participating in mid-2013, the commissioning of an updated report was discussed, which funded equally by the district Landsberg and from Weilheim-Schongau in 2014. As of December 2013, however, it was not commissioned. In February 2014, the Bavarian Transport Minister Joachim Herrmann commented negatively to the participation of the Bavarian Railway Company on such reports.
References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 106, 114.
Sources[]
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
- Railway lines in Bavaria