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Frankenbahn
The Franconia Railway (german: Frankenbahn) is a railway line in the north of the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia that links Stuttgart and Würzburg. Its name comes from the fact that the majority of the line runs through Franconia. The first section of the line was opened in 1848 and is one of the List of the first German railways to 1870, oldest lines in Germany. The main line (railway), main line is now electrified and has been almost entirely upgraded to double-tracks. Name The name ''Frankenbahn'' is not a historical term for the Stuttgart–Würzburg line, but was adopted in 1996 following the regionalisation of operations. Other historical names for different sections of the line included the Württemberg Central Railway, Central Railway (''Centralbahn''), the first railway in Württemberg, running from Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen to Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. The part of this route east of Stuttgart is now considered to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart North Station
Stuttgart Nord station (german: Nordbahnhof) is in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It consists of a passenger railway station on the Stuttgart S-Bahn and a goods yard. History Owing to the increasing volume of traffic, the Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'') required further locomotives. In 1891, the railways acquired land for a new yard in the district of Prag at the junction of the Gäu and the Northern Railways (''Frankenbahn'') with a locomotive depot with 59 locomotive stalls and a freight yard. Two years later, in 1893, construction began. The aim was to relieve the old Stuttgart Central Station. Tracks were also laid from Feuerbach for freight trains running towards the Gäu Railway. In April 1894, the railway depot was inaugurated. On 1 November 1895, operations started at the Prag goods yard (''Prag-Güterbahnhof''). It also had a military loading ramp and a loading dock for the discharge of sewage. The Prag a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kornwestheim Station
Kornwestheim station is located in the Ludwigsburg district of Kornwestheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Franconia Railway (german: Frankenbahn) and is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. It is near the junction of the Untertürkheim–Kornwestheim line (''Schusterbahn'') freight bypass. Kornwestheim passenger station was the site of a Deutsche Bahn car train loading facility until December 2007. History With the establishment of the Central Railway (''Zentralbahn'') of Württemberg from Stuttgart to Ludwigsburg Kornwestheim also received a station. On 15 October 1846, the station was opened about a kilometre away from the village it served. At first passengers used the Seegasse (roughly today's Bahnhofstraße and Güterbahnhofstraße) to reach the station. Initially it had a one-storey station building, but another floor was added later. On the ground floor there was a waiting room and an area for providing services. Upstairs w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prag Tunnel
The Prag Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the German city of Stuttgart under the Prag, a ridge between the Stuttgart basin and Feuerbach. The two 680 metre-long bores of the tunnel connect Stuttgart North station with Feuerbach station. Trains from Stuttgart run through the tunnel towards Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Heilbronn on the Franconia Railway and the Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway and towards Ludwigsburg and Leonberg on the Stuttgart S-Bahn. The tunnel runs in layers of Gipskeuper rock, containing anhydrite, which swell strongly when in contact with water. The track centres in the two tubes are 3.70 and 4.00 m apart. History The first tube of the Prag tunnel was built as part of the first railway in Württemberg, the Württemberg Central Railway between Esslingen, Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. The first sod was turned on 26 June 1844 and marked the start of the construction of the Central Railway. Five shafts were sunk to enable the construction of the tunnel running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asperg Station
Asperg station is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located at the 17.6 kilometre mark of the Franconia Railway. History Between 1846 and 1848 the Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen'') gradually opened the Northern Railway from the south in order to connect Stuttgart and Heilbronn. On 11 October 1847, regular operation began on the section between Ludwigsburg and Bietigheim. Asperg station was opened as the only stop for the time being on this approximately nine and a half kilometre long stretch. It was equipped with a small two-storey entrance building . It was about a kilometre east of the village. The road leading to the station initially remained unpaved and was barely passable in bad weather. In 1852 the railway from Stuttgart to Bietigheim was duplicated. Gradually Asperg grew towards the station. New residential and commercial buildings were built along Bahnhofs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwigsburg Station
Ludwigsburg station is in Ludwigsburg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg on the Franconia Railway and the Backnang–Bietigheim line. It is served by regional trains and the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Until 2005 the Ludwigsburg–Markgröningen line also connected to the station. In addition, it has a direct link with Stuttgart's main marshalling yard at Kornwestheim. History From the beginning of the planning for the Central Railway (german: Centralbahn), a station was planned for the ''Residenzstadt'' (city with a royal palace) of Ludwigsburg. Construction began in 1844 and affected several parts of the Ludwigsburg district. A portion of the Lerchenholz hill had to be removed. The site of the former Schafhofseen (lake) had to be filled in. Ludwigsburg station had a two-storey entrance building and a locomotive depot. On 5 October 1846 the first train ran to Ludwigsburg. The stops between Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg were not served by the Royal Württemberg State Railways until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuster Railway
Schuster ("shoemaker", "cobbler") is a common family name in German. It is also common among Ashkenazi-Jews, sometimes spelled as "Shuster". People * Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880–1954), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan * Alon Schuster (born 1957), Israeli politician * Armin Schuster (born 1961), German politician * Arnold Schuster (1927–1952), murdered businessman * Arthur Schuster (1851–1934), German-born British physicist * Assaf Schuster (born 1958), Israeli entrepreneur and professor of computer science * Augusto Schuster (born 1992), Chilean actor, singer, dancer and model * Bernd Schuster (born 1959), German footballer and former manager of Real Madrid * Sir Claud Schuster (1869–1956), British civil servant * Dirk Schuster (born 1967), German former footballer and football manager * Eugenia Schuster (1865-1946), American community activist * František Schuster, Czech sports shooter * Franz Schuster (1904–1943),( de) Austrian member of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim–Stuttgart High-speed Railway
The Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway is a 99 km long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Mannheim and Stuttgart. The line was officially opened on 9 May 1991, and InterCityExpress service began on 2 June. The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway also opened at the same time. The line cost about DM 4.5 billion to build and has 15 tunnels and more than 90 bridges. Planning Planning for a new line between Mannheim and Stuttgart (the two largest cities of Baden-Württemberg) began in 1970. The railway lines that it replaced followed the terrain and followed rivers and valleys, resulting in steep gradients and sharp curves and thus not suitable for high-speed trains. The 1973 federal transport plan incorporated the following minimum requirements for mixed traffic to accommodate heavy, slow goods trains and light fast passenger trains: *maximum grade of 1.25% (occasionally 2.0%) *curves with small superelevation and minimum radii of 4,800 to 7,000 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kornwestheim Marshalling Yard
Kornwestheim ( Swabian: ) is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about north of Stuttgart, and south of Ludwigsburg. History Origins and Development Kornwestheim can look back at a history of more than 1200 years. It was first mentioned in official documents as "Westheim" around 780 AC, within the interest register of the Lorsch monastery. The name form "Kornwestheim" appeared much later; for the first in 1472, which became common in the 17th century and has been in use ever since. Archeological findings furnish evidence for the populating of the area in already prehistorical times. There was a Roman road that lead through the Kornwestheim urban area, which has been partially preserved as dirt road. Part of it was restored in Kornwestheim-Ost near the Theodor-Heuss-Realschule. In the western part of the city there was an even older road from the Bronze Age running towards what today is a highway. It is assumed that the origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Forest Railway (Württemberg)
The Black Forest Railway (German: ''Schwarzwaldbahn'')—also known as the ''Württembergische Schwarzwaldbahn'' ("Württemberg Black Forest Railway") to distinguish it from the railway of the same name in Baden—is a railway line in southern Germany from Stuttgart to Calw, passing through the foothills of the Black Forest, that was opened in stages between 1868 and 1872. The Stuttgart–Weil der Stadt section was electrified in the 1930s and has been operated as part of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network since 1978. The section from Weil der Stadt to Calw was closed to passenger services in 1983 and goods traffic ceased in 1988. It is to be reactivated and operated again as the ''Hermann-Hesse-Bahn'' from December 2020. History In 1865, the parliament of Württemberg determined to build the Black Forest Railway from Stuttgart via Leonberg and Weil der Stadt to Calw. Planning and construction of the line was directed by Carl Julius Abel. The Black Forest Railway was planned and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
