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Waldkirchen–Haidmühle Railway
The Waldkirchen–Haidmühle railway was a branch line in Bavaria, in southern Germany. It ran from Waldkirchen to Haidmühle in the Bohemian Forest and had a junction there to the line from Haidmühle to Wallern, run by the former United Bohemian Forest Branch Line company (''Vereinigte Böhmerwald-Lokalbahnen''). It branched at Waldkirchen from the Passau–Freyung railway, Passau – Freyung branch line (''Ilztalbahn''). The line was finally closed in 1994. History On 10 August 1904 the Bavarian state government authorised the construction of a 26.9 kilometre long branch from Waldkirchen to the Czech border beyond Haidmühle. It was not expected that the line itself would make a profit; it was built to form a junction with the Bohemian railway network. It was opened on 15 November 1910. As a result of the state treaty agreed with Austria on 22 November 1904 this branch line was given a junction with Bohemia at Haidmühle to the United Bohemian Forest Branch Line company to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passau–Freyung Railway
The Passau–Freyung railway, also known as the Ilz Valley Railway or ''Ilztalbahn'', is a branch line in Bavaria, Germany. It runs from Passau to the town of Freyung, Bavaria, Freyung in the Bavarian Forest. At Kalteneck it forms a junction with the branch line to Deggendorf–Kalteneck railway, Eging-Deggendorf. At Waldkirchen the Waldkirchen–Haidmühle railway, Waldkirchen–Haidmühle line branches off towards the Czech border, where since 1945 there has been a junction with the Czech railway network. Course The ''Ilztalbahn'' begins at platform 1a, the so-called ''Waidlergleis'', in Passau Hauptbahnhof. From there it runs to the west over the present-day timetable route (Kursbuchstrecke or KBS) 880, branches off about 2 kilometres to the north and crosses the river Danube on the Kachlet bridge not far from Kachlet power station. Thereafter it climbs into the Bavarian Forest and reaches the valley of the river Ilz behind Tiefenbach (bei Passau), Tiefenbach. It then follows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
