Mühldorf–Pilsting railway
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The Mühldorf–Pilsting railway runs mainly through the province of Lower Bavaria
in Germany
, but part of the line crosses into Upper Bavaria
as well. It was opened in 1875 by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (the Ostbahn) as part of the route between Mühldorf and Plattling
, and was taken over by the Royal Bavarian State Railways
on 1 January 1876. Whilst the southern section of the route from Mühldorf to Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
became an important regional transport link as a result of the branches to Landshut
and Passau
at Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, the remaining section of the line never achieved its expected significance. Since 1970 only goods trains have worked between Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and Frontenhausen
-Marklkofen
, the adjoining section to Pilsting
was closed entirely in 1969.
Canal and the Isen river, before entering the hill country, typical of the area, at Rohrbach (Oberbay)
. On the 16 kilometres or so of line from Mühldorf to Neumarkt-Sankt Veit there are no large towns en route, so that, apart from Rohrbach railway station, there is just one intermediate station (now closed) on the heights of the Taibrechting hamlet near Niederbergkirchen
. Shortly before Neumarkt-Sankt Veit it crosses the river Rott
and follows the valley for the next three kilometres.
The town of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit has a centrally located railway station, from which the railways to Landshut and Passau branch off, giving the line its additional significance. Whilst the former leaves the route to Pilsting immediately northeast of the railway station at Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, the branch off point onto the Rottalbahn is about 2 kilometres further east. The route to Pilsting continues uphill towards the north, in order to cross the watershed between the Rott and the Bina
in a cutting, after passing the former halt at Thambach, and finally runs down into the Bina valley. The market town of Gangkofen
there has a railway station which is well west of the main settlement. North of Gangkofen the route climbs again in order to cross the line of hills between the Bina and the Vils
. Near the highest point of the railway lies the little village of Obertrennbach, in which there is a small through station called Trennbach. Over the following eight kilometres the route falls again and reaches the Vils valley at Marklkofen via the valleys of the Trennbach and Schwimmbach. Here the trackbed follows the Vils for about 1.5 km in an east-west direction.
In the village of Marklkofen is a railway station with the double-barrelled name of Frontenhausen-Marklkofen that forms the present-day northern terminus of the route, and is named after the neighbouring village of Markt Frontenhausen. West of the railway station the route crossed the Vils on three bridge sections until the closure of the section of the line from Frontenhausen-Marklkofen to Pilsting in 1969. Via the little villages of Poxau and Steinberg, where at one time there were wayside halts, the track runs finally uphill to the north. At the hamlet of Wunder the line crossed the watershed between the Vils and the Isar
in a long cutting. Around here is also the intermediate station which lies about 1.5 km from the village of Griesbach, part of the town of Markt Reisbach
. With steep inclines in places the route continues on to Mamming
, where there is a railway station north of the Mamming brook which is crossed on a large bridge. The largest structure on the route is found on the next section where the river Isar is crossed on a steel truss bridge comprising five 36 m long section. Behind Goben the route finally reaches the railway station of Pilsting above two kilometres south of the market town which gives it its name. The following section from Pilsting–Plattling is today part of the Landshut–Plattling railway
.
(K.Bay.Sts.B), and the Bavarian Forest railway
, also planned by the Ostbahn and which would form a junction north of Plattling, this was to provide a trans-regional link between the Inn
valley and Bohemia
.
The licence for the construction eventually went to the Ostbahn on 25 November 1872, work beginning that same year. Under the direction of chief engineer, Ludwig Fromm, and architect, Karl Zenger, the 80.8 km long link from Mühldorf to Plattling was able to be completed in just under three years. The opening of the largely single-tracked main line, the trackbed of which was laid for two tracks along certain stretches in expectation of the likely rise in demand for rail services, took place on 15 October 1875. Between Pilsting and Landau
, today part of the route from Landshut to Plattling, a second track was laid from the outset. On 1 January 1876 the route was incorporated, along with the entire Ostbahn company, into the K.Bay.Sts.B.
In the following years several branches were built: the Landshut–Pilsting link
, which opened on 15 May 1880, the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway
, which went into service on 4 October 1883, and the Rottalbahn
initially finished on 1. September 1879 as far as Pocking
and finally extended all the way through to Passau
by 6 October 1888.
The expected trans-regional significance of the railway link never materialised; traffic between Tyrol and Bohemia
was largely routed via Munich. The section from Pilsting to Plattling, however, gained significance as part of the (Munich–)Landshut–Plattling(–Passau) route and its operations were immediately aligned to it. The route between Mühldorf and Neumarkt-Sankt Veit soon proved to be of regional importance for both passenger and goods traffic, thanks to the branches to Landshut and Pocking/Passau. The Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Pilsting section never had high numbers of passengers, however, due to the relatively sparse population, railway stations that were sometimes a long way from the villages and trade links that were oriented towards Landshut rather than following the railway route.
With the rise of private motor car ownership from the 1950s the Deutsche Bundesbahn
(DB) recorded an increasing reduction of the already low traffic volumes between Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and Pilsting. Various rationalisation measures were implemented, including the formal relegation of the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Pilsting section from a main line to a branch line in 1964. Nevertheless the profitability of this section of the line continued to be inadequate. With the approval of the Federal Transport Ministry the DB closed local passenger services (SPNV) between Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Pilsting as well as goods traffic between Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Griesbach on 29 September 1969. With the cessation of goods transportation between Griesbach and Pilsting on 13 December 1969, the Frontenhausen-Marklkofen–Pilsting section was finally completely closed. The trackage there was dismantled in the years that followed.
SPNV services did not continue for much longer between Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and Frontenhausen-Marklkofen; the last passenger train worked the line on 27 September 1970. By contrast, the factory of car suppliers, Mann+Hummel
, based in Marklkofen, provided well-laden trains for many years, before the firm transferred its operations from road to rail in the 1990s for various reasons. The only regular user of the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Frontenhausen-Marklkofen section since then is a joint regional refuse union that transfers household rubbish into containers in Marklkofen and dispatches it by rail to a refuse incineration
plant at Burgkirchen
. A sister firm of the company that runs the plant, Max Aicher, has also been the railway infrastructure company for the aforementioned section of the line since 2008.
The southern section, Mühldorf–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, has been closely linked, operationally, with lines branching off in Newmarkt since the end of the 19th century and is used by trains working the Mühldorf–Landshut and Mühldorf–Passau routes. After the privatisation of the Deutsche Bundesbahn this section of the line was transferred to the SüdostBayernBahn
division of the Deutsche Bahn
. Since 28 September 2008 the points and signals on the line have been fully remotely controlled by the electronic signal box
at Mühldorf.
. After the opening of the branches, traffic between Mühldorf and Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and between Pilsting and Plattling noticeably increased, whilst on the middle section the extension of some train services to and from Rosenheim was the only significant change. In 1924 there were three pairs of trains per day on the whole route, several years later again the usual four. To attract more passengers, an intermediate stop was built at Poxau in the post-war years and the timetable added a fast-stopping train (Eilzug
) from Rosenheim to Plattling and back to the existing four pairs of trains shuttling between Mühldorf and Plattling. These services continued until the cessation of traffic between Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Pilsting in 1969.
Between Mühldorf and Neumarkt-Sankt Veit the route has also been worked by numerous trains on the routes to Landshut and Passau since the end of the 19th century. To these were added in the first half of the 20th century a moderate number of long-distance services, typically in the shape of a D-Zug (express) coach group from Berlin via Mühldorf to Klagenfurt. Under the direction of the Deutsche Bundesbahn between 15 and 20 passenger train pairs run daily on the Mühldorf–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit section. In the 1990s these services were organised at standard intervals (to a so-called Taktfahrplan), whereby the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft
tasked the operator, the SüdostBayernBahn
, initially with two-hourly services on the Mühldorf–Passau route and also between Mühldorf and Landshut, these being supplemented with extra services especially at peak journey times. Hourly services were introduced to Landshut from 14 December 2008, to Passau from 12 December 2009.
s were uncommon. Passenger and goods traffic was separated from the outset.
Since about the 1960s the Mühldorf–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit(–Landshut) section trains have also increasingly come from the Bavarian Chemical Industry Triangle. Important local customers are the agricultural and forestry industries, the car suppliers, Mann+Hummel, at Marklkofen and, since the 1980s the regional refuse company. By 2008 after the loss of numerous freight customers, either of their own volition or as a result of the efforts of the former goods transport division of the Deutsche Bundesbahn and DB Cargo
, the only goods traffic that remains are the chemical trains from the Chemical Industry Triangle, refuse transportation from Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Eggenfelden
(on the Rottalbahn) to the south and liquid transportation to Dietfurt (Rottalbahn). The train operation is Railion
.
, the all pervasive C III
and the Bavarian B VI
. Steam locomotives used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn
and the Bundesbahn included engines of classes 50
, 54
and 57
in goods traffic and 24
, 64
, 70
and 86
for passenger services.
railbuses
of classes VT 95 and 98 took over much of the passenger traffic from the 1950s including the fast-stopping trains (Eilzug) on the Rosenheim–Plattling route, whilst for goods duties the Köf III
and V 100
ousted the steam locomotives. In the end the latter also took over the passenger trains hitherto hauled by steam engines. Variants of the V 160
also worked the route from the 1960s, mainly hauling goods trains from the chemical works "triangle".
Since the early 1990s, passenger services from Mühldorf to Landshut and Passau have been mainly provided by Class 628
multiples, more rarely using Class 218
diesel locomotives. Regional goods traffic has been handled by Railion
since 2006 using Class 294
locos. Representatives of classes 217
and 232/233 locomotives have been used for the chemical trains since the 1990s.
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The Mühldorf–Pilsting railway runs mainly through the province of Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.- Geography :Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions - Landshut and Donau-Wald. Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany, generally giving huge...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, but part of the line crosses into Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions : Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland , and Südostoberbayern...
as well. It was opened in 1875 by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (the Ostbahn) as part of the route between Mühldorf and Plattling
Plattling
Plattling is a town in the district of Deggendorf, in Bavaria, Germany.During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenburg concentration camp was located here...
, and was taken over by the Royal Bavarian State Railways
Royal Bavarian State Railways
As a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
on 1 January 1876. Whilst the southern section of the route from Mühldorf to Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the river Rott, 10 kilometers north of Mühldorf, and 33 kilometers southeast of Landshut.-External links:**...
became an important regional transport link as a result of the branches to Landshut
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway
The Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway is a single-tracked, unelectrified main line in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is operated by SüdostBayernBahn .- History :...
and Passau
Passau–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit railway
The Passau–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit railway or Rott Valley Railway is a single-tracked, unelectrified branch line in southeastern Bavaria in Germany. At 98 kilometres it is the longest branch line in Bavaria.-Construction:...
at Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, the remaining section of the line never achieved its expected significance. Since 1970 only goods trains have worked between Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and Frontenhausen
Frontenhausen
Frontenhausen is a municipality in the district of Dingolfing-Landau in Bavaria in Germany....
-Marklkofen
Marklkofen
Marklkofen is a municipality in the district of Dingolfing-Landau in Bavaria in Germany....
, the adjoining section to Pilsting
Pilsting
Pilsting is a municipality in the district of Dingolfing-Landau in Bavaria in Germany....
was closed entirely in 1969.
Course
Leaving the railway hub of Mühldorf, the railway to Pilsting initially runs northwards for about 2 kilometres through the plain between the InnInn River
The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...
Canal and the Isen river, before entering the hill country, typical of the area, at Rohrbach (Oberbay)
Rohrbach, Bavaria
Rohrbach is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria in Germany.- External links :*...
. On the 16 kilometres or so of line from Mühldorf to Neumarkt-Sankt Veit there are no large towns en route, so that, apart from Rohrbach railway station, there is just one intermediate station (now closed) on the heights of the Taibrechting hamlet near Niederbergkirchen
Niederbergkirchen
Niederbergkirchen is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria in Germany....
. Shortly before Neumarkt-Sankt Veit it crosses the river Rott
Rott River
The Rott is a 109 km long river in Bavaria, Germany, left tributary of the Inn. Its source is in the municipality Wurmsham in Lower Bavaria, between Landshut and Waldkraiburg. It flows east through a rural area with small towns, including Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Eggenfelden, Pfarrkirchen and...
and follows the valley for the next three kilometres.
The town of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit has a centrally located railway station, from which the railways to Landshut and Passau branch off, giving the line its additional significance. Whilst the former leaves the route to Pilsting immediately northeast of the railway station at Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, the branch off point onto the Rottalbahn is about 2 kilometres further east. The route to Pilsting continues uphill towards the north, in order to cross the watershed between the Rott and the Bina
Bina
Bina may refer to:* Binə, Baku, Azerbaijan* Binə, Khojavend, Azerbaijan* Bíňa, Slovakia* Bina Etawa, India* Bina Railway Colony, India...
in a cutting, after passing the former halt at Thambach, and finally runs down into the Bina valley. The market town of Gangkofen
Gangkofen
Gangkofen is a municipality in the county of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria in Germany. GeographyThe market town Gangkofen lies in the valley of the river Bina along the federal highway B 388 about 17 km west of Eggenfelden, 26 km south of Dingolfing, 40 km southeast of Landshut,...
there has a railway station which is well west of the main settlement. North of Gangkofen the route climbs again in order to cross the line of hills between the Bina and the Vils
Vils (Danube)
The Vils is a river in Bavaria, Germany, right tributary of the Danube. It is formed by the confluence of its two source rivers, the Kleine Vils and the Große Vils, in Gerzen. It is 68.62 km long . It flows east through a rural area with small towns, including Aham, Frontenhausen, Marklkofen,...
. Near the highest point of the railway lies the little village of Obertrennbach, in which there is a small through station called Trennbach. Over the following eight kilometres the route falls again and reaches the Vils valley at Marklkofen via the valleys of the Trennbach and Schwimmbach. Here the trackbed follows the Vils for about 1.5 km in an east-west direction.
In the village of Marklkofen is a railway station with the double-barrelled name of Frontenhausen-Marklkofen that forms the present-day northern terminus of the route, and is named after the neighbouring village of Markt Frontenhausen. West of the railway station the route crossed the Vils on three bridge sections until the closure of the section of the line from Frontenhausen-Marklkofen to Pilsting in 1969. Via the little villages of Poxau and Steinberg, where at one time there were wayside halts, the track runs finally uphill to the north. At the hamlet of Wunder the line crossed the watershed between the Vils and the Isar
Isar
The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf. At 295 km in length, it is the fourth largest river...
in a long cutting. Around here is also the intermediate station which lies about 1.5 km from the village of Griesbach, part of the town of Markt Reisbach
Reisbach (Vils)
Reisbach is the name of a municipality in Bavaria. It belongs to the administrative region of Niederbayern.-Villages in the municipality:* ;* Englmannsberg* Griesbach* Niederhausen* Oberhausen* Obermünchsdorf* Reith* Thannenmais...
. With steep inclines in places the route continues on to Mamming
Mamming
Mamming is a municipality in the district of Dingolfing-Landau in Bavaria in Germany....
, where there is a railway station north of the Mamming brook which is crossed on a large bridge. The largest structure on the route is found on the next section where the river Isar is crossed on a steel truss bridge comprising five 36 m long section. Behind Goben the route finally reaches the railway station of Pilsting above two kilometres south of the market town which gives it its name. The following section from Pilsting–Plattling is today part of the Landshut–Plattling railway
Landshut–Plattling railway
The Landshut–Plattling railway is a single-tracked, electrified main line in Lower Bavaria, in southern Germany. It runs along the Isar river and is part of the line between Munich and Passau.- History :...
.
History
As part of a programme of construction authorised on the 3 August 1869 by the Bavarian state government, the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (known as the Bavarian Ostbahn) began work on a project that year for a railway link between Mühldorf and Plattling. Together with the Rosenheim–Mühldorf railway, owned by the Royal Bavarian State RailwaysRoyal Bavarian State Railways
As a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
(K.Bay.Sts.B), and the Bavarian Forest railway
Bavarian Forest railway
The Bavarian Forest Railway links the heart of the Bavarian Forest around Regen and Zwiesel to Plattling and the Danube valley on one side, and the Czech Republic through Bayerisch Eisenstein on the other...
, also planned by the Ostbahn and which would form a junction north of Plattling, this was to provide a trans-regional link between the Inn
INN
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valley and Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
.
The licence for the construction eventually went to the Ostbahn on 25 November 1872, work beginning that same year. Under the direction of chief engineer, Ludwig Fromm, and architect, Karl Zenger, the 80.8 km long link from Mühldorf to Plattling was able to be completed in just under three years. The opening of the largely single-tracked main line, the trackbed of which was laid for two tracks along certain stretches in expectation of the likely rise in demand for rail services, took place on 15 October 1875. Between Pilsting and Landau
Landau an der Isar
Landau an der Isar is the second largest town in the Lower Bavarian district, or Landkreis, of Dingolfing-Landau, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Isar. As of 2005, the population was around 12,950.-History:Landau was founded in 1224 by the Wittelsbach Duke Ludwig of Kelheim...
, today part of the route from Landshut to Plattling, a second track was laid from the outset. On 1 January 1876 the route was incorporated, along with the entire Ostbahn company, into the K.Bay.Sts.B.
In the following years several branches were built: the Landshut–Pilsting link
Landshut–Plattling railway
The Landshut–Plattling railway is a single-tracked, electrified main line in Lower Bavaria, in southern Germany. It runs along the Isar river and is part of the line between Munich and Passau.- History :...
, which opened on 15 May 1880, the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway
The Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Landshut railway is a single-tracked, unelectrified main line in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is operated by SüdostBayernBahn .- History :...
, which went into service on 4 October 1883, and the Rottalbahn
Passau–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit railway
The Passau–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit railway or Rott Valley Railway is a single-tracked, unelectrified branch line in southeastern Bavaria in Germany. At 98 kilometres it is the longest branch line in Bavaria.-Construction:...
initially finished on 1. September 1879 as far as Pocking
Pocking
Pocking is a town in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.-History:...
and finally extended all the way through to Passau
Passau
Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north....
by 6 October 1888.
The expected trans-regional significance of the railway link never materialised; traffic between Tyrol and Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
was largely routed via Munich. The section from Pilsting to Plattling, however, gained significance as part of the (Munich–)Landshut–Plattling(–Passau) route and its operations were immediately aligned to it. The route between Mühldorf and Neumarkt-Sankt Veit soon proved to be of regional importance for both passenger and goods traffic, thanks to the branches to Landshut and Pocking/Passau. The Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Pilsting section never had high numbers of passengers, however, due to the relatively sparse population, railway stations that were sometimes a long way from the villages and trade links that were oriented towards Landshut rather than following the railway route.
With the rise of private motor car ownership from the 1950s the Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
(DB) recorded an increasing reduction of the already low traffic volumes between Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and Pilsting. Various rationalisation measures were implemented, including the formal relegation of the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Pilsting section from a main line to a branch line in 1964. Nevertheless the profitability of this section of the line continued to be inadequate. With the approval of the Federal Transport Ministry the DB closed local passenger services (SPNV) between Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Pilsting as well as goods traffic between Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Griesbach on 29 September 1969. With the cessation of goods transportation between Griesbach and Pilsting on 13 December 1969, the Frontenhausen-Marklkofen–Pilsting section was finally completely closed. The trackage there was dismantled in the years that followed.
SPNV services did not continue for much longer between Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and Frontenhausen-Marklkofen; the last passenger train worked the line on 27 September 1970. By contrast, the factory of car suppliers, Mann+Hummel
Mann+Hummel
The MANN+HUMMEL Group was established in Ludwigsburg, in southwest Germany in 1941. The Stuttgart area is home to many important automotive companies. It is related in its head office location and products to-Function:...
, based in Marklkofen, provided well-laden trains for many years, before the firm transferred its operations from road to rail in the 1990s for various reasons. The only regular user of the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit–Frontenhausen-Marklkofen section since then is a joint regional refuse union that transfers household rubbish into containers in Marklkofen and dispatches it by rail to a refuse incineration
Incineration
Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials. Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas, and...
plant at Burgkirchen
Burgkirchen an der Alz
Burgkirchen an der Alz is a municipality in the district of Altötting, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Alz, 8 km west of Burghausen....
. A sister firm of the company that runs the plant, Max Aicher, has also been the railway infrastructure company for the aforementioned section of the line since 2008.
The southern section, Mühldorf–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, has been closely linked, operationally, with lines branching off in Newmarkt since the end of the 19th century and is used by trains working the Mühldorf–Landshut and Mühldorf–Passau routes. After the privatisation of the Deutsche Bundesbahn this section of the line was transferred to the SüdostBayernBahn
SüdostBayernBahn
SüdostBayernBahn is one of several regional railway networks in Germany owned by Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn AG...
division of the Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
. Since 28 September 2008 the points and signals on the line have been fully remotely controlled by the electronic signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
at Mühldorf.
Passenger services
In the early years of operations two pairs of trains ran daily between Mühldorf and Plattling, later this increased to four, and sometimes they ran on to Bayerisch EisensteinBayerisch Eisenstein
Bayerisch Eisenstein is a village and a municipality in the Regen district, in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:Bayerisch Eisenstein is part of Bayerischer Wald and borders the first German national park established in 1968. The town is both winter and summer resort. In the summer walking in the...
. After the opening of the branches, traffic between Mühldorf and Neumarkt-Sankt Veit and between Pilsting and Plattling noticeably increased, whilst on the middle section the extension of some train services to and from Rosenheim was the only significant change. In 1924 there were three pairs of trains per day on the whole route, several years later again the usual four. To attract more passengers, an intermediate stop was built at Poxau in the post-war years and the timetable added a fast-stopping train (Eilzug
Eilzug
An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:...
) from Rosenheim to Plattling and back to the existing four pairs of trains shuttling between Mühldorf and Plattling. These services continued until the cessation of traffic between Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Pilsting in 1969.
Between Mühldorf and Neumarkt-Sankt Veit the route has also been worked by numerous trains on the routes to Landshut and Passau since the end of the 19th century. To these were added in the first half of the 20th century a moderate number of long-distance services, typically in the shape of a D-Zug (express) coach group from Berlin via Mühldorf to Klagenfurt. Under the direction of the Deutsche Bundesbahn between 15 and 20 passenger train pairs run daily on the Mühldorf–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit section. In the 1990s these services were organised at standard intervals (to a so-called Taktfahrplan), whereby the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft
Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft
Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft is the passenger transport company for regional railways in Bavaria. Founded in 1995, it is organised as a GmbH wholly owned by the Bavarian Government. The company does not provide any services or own tracks or rolling stock...
tasked the operator, the SüdostBayernBahn
SüdostBayernBahn
SüdostBayernBahn is one of several regional railway networks in Germany owned by Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn AG...
, initially with two-hourly services on the Mühldorf–Passau route and also between Mühldorf and Landshut, these being supplemented with extra services especially at peak journey times. Hourly services were introduced to Landshut from 14 December 2008, to Passau from 12 December 2009.
Goods traffic
After the anticipated use of the route for trans-regional goods traffic did not come to fruition, it was used mainly by local customers. From the north these mainly ran to Gangkofen, trains heading south departed from stations between the hub at Mühldorf to Frontenhausen-Marklkofen. Mixed trainMixed train
A mixed train is a train that hauls both passenger and freight cars or wagons. In the early days of railways they were quite common, but by the 20th century they were largely confined to branch lines with little traffic. As the trains provided passengers with very slow service, mixed trains have...
s were uncommon. Passenger and goods traffic was separated from the outset.
Since about the 1960s the Mühldorf–Neumarkt-Sankt Veit(–Landshut) section trains have also increasingly come from the Bavarian Chemical Industry Triangle. Important local customers are the agricultural and forestry industries, the car suppliers, Mann+Hummel, at Marklkofen and, since the 1980s the regional refuse company. By 2008 after the loss of numerous freight customers, either of their own volition or as a result of the efforts of the former goods transport division of the Deutsche Bundesbahn and DB Cargo
Railion
DB Schenker Rail is a European railway cargo carrier. The company was formed from the freight operating section of the Deutsche Bahn DB Cargo with the addition of various European rail freight operating companies.In December 2007 Railion became part of the DB Schenker logistics group, itself a...
, the only goods traffic that remains are the chemical trains from the Chemical Industry Triangle, refuse transportation from Frontenhausen-Marklkofen and Eggenfelden
Eggenfelden
Eggenfelden is a town in the Rottal-Inn district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Rott, 55 km south of Straubing and 55 km southwest of Passau.-Notable people:*The ski mountaineer Konrad Lex is born in Eggenfelden....
(on the Rottalbahn) to the south and liquid transportation to Dietfurt (Rottalbahn). The train operation is Railion
Railion
DB Schenker Rail is a European railway cargo carrier. The company was formed from the freight operating section of the Deutsche Bahn DB Cargo with the addition of various European rail freight operating companies.In December 2007 Railion became part of the DB Schenker logistics group, itself a...
.
Running and rolling stock
For operations during the early years of the railway the relatively low-performance steam locomotives of the Ostbahn and the K.Bay.Sts.B. were sufficient. Amongst the classes employed were the tank engines of Class D XIIBavarian D XII
The Bavarian Class D XII steam locomotives were manufactured by the firm of Krauss from 1897 for the Royal Bavarian State Railways . Ninety six of them were procured for service on the stub lines running from Munich into the mountains, but in reality they were stationed in many large Bavarian...
, the all pervasive C III
Bavarian C III
The Bavarian C III engines were steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways .- Standard Variant :...
and the Bavarian B VI
Bavarian B VI
The Bavarian B VI steam engines were locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways .This class was a development of the B V; its dimensions, heating area and grate area being almost the same, only the driving wheel diameter being larger...
. Steam locomotives used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
and the Bundesbahn included engines of classes 50
DRB Class 50
Because the Deutsche Bundesbahn had sufficient goods train locomotives, they could quickly phase out the DRB Class 52 engines, so that the ageing boilers on the Class 50s could be replaced by those of the Class 52s. Even the 'bathtub' tender of the Kriegslokomotiven was used by the 50s amongst...
, 54
Bavarian G 3/4 H
The Class G 3/4 H steam locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways was built between 1919 and 1923. Its striking features in comparison with the G 3/4 N were its superheater system, the feedwater preheater, the larger and higher-positioned boiler and its Adams axle. In addition, they were...
and 57
Bavarian G 5/5
The Bavarian G 5/5 goods train, steam locomotives were intended for steep stretches of line belonging to the Royal Bavarian State Railways network in northern Bavaria...
in goods traffic and 24
DRG Class 24
The DRG Class 24 steam engines were German standard locomotives built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1928 and 1939 to haul passenger trains.-History:...
, 64
DRG Class 64
The Deutsche Reichsbahn had a standard passenger train tank engine with a wheel arrangement of 1'C1' or 2-6-2 and a low axle load, which was designated in their classification system as the DRG Class 64 . The Class 64 was developed from 1926 onwards and it was built between 1928 and 1940...
, 70
Bavarian Pt 2/3
The two-cylinder, superheated Bavarian Pt 2/3 engine was built by Krauss for the Royal Bavarian State Railways between 1909 and 1915...
and 86
DRG Class 86
The DRG Class 86 was a standard goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. It was intended for duties on branch lines and was delivered by almost all the locomotive building firms working for the Reichsbahn...
for passenger services.
railbuses
Uerdingen railbus
The Uerdingen railbus is the common term for the multiple units which were developed by the German firm of Waggonfabrik Uerdingen for the Deutsche Bundesbahn and private railways after the Second World War. These vehicles were diesel-powered, twin-axle railbuses of light construction...
of classes VT 95 and 98 took over much of the passenger traffic from the 1950s including the fast-stopping trains (Eilzug) on the Rosenheim–Plattling route, whilst for goods duties the Köf III
DB Class Köf III
The DB railways Köf III class are light two axle shunting locomotives of Deutsche Bahn AG.-History:...
and V 100
DB Class V 100
These DB Class V 100 diesel locomotives were produced in the late 1950s by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for non-electrified branch lines as a replacement for steam locomotives...
ousted the steam locomotives. In the end the latter also took over the passenger trains hitherto hauled by steam engines. Variants of the V 160
DB Class V 160
The Class V 160 is a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the German railways. It is the first variant of the V160 family, built for the Deutsche Bundesbahn for medium/heavy trains....
also worked the route from the 1960s, mainly hauling goods trains from the chemical works "triangle".
Since the early 1990s, passenger services from Mühldorf to Landshut and Passau have been mainly provided by Class 628
DB Class 628
The DB Class 628 is a twin-car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn AG for local passenger rail services.- Design :...
multiples, more rarely using Class 218
DB Class 218
The DB Class 218 are a class of 4 axle, diesel hydraulic locomotives acquired by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for use on main and secondary lines for both passenger and freight trains....
diesel locomotives. Regional goods traffic has been handled by Railion
Railion
DB Schenker Rail is a European railway cargo carrier. The company was formed from the freight operating section of the Deutsche Bahn DB Cargo with the addition of various European rail freight operating companies.In December 2007 Railion became part of the DB Schenker logistics group, itself a...
since 2006 using Class 294
DB Class V 90
The DB Class V90 locomotive is a German diesel-hydraulic locomotive for shunting and freight hauling.-History and design:...
locos. Representatives of classes 217
DB Class V 162
The DB Class V 162 is a class of four-axle diesel hydraulic locomotive built as a development of the DB Class V 160 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn from 1965 to 1968....
and 232/233 locomotives have been used for the chemical trains since the 1990s.
See also
- Royal Bavarian State RailwaysRoyal Bavarian State RailwaysAs a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
- List of scheduled railway routes in Germany
- List of railway stations in Bavaria
Sources
- Karl Bürger: "Kurvig and bucklig" (Teil 1). In: EisenbahnGeschichte Nr. 31 (2008), S. 46 - 54.
- Siegfried Bufe, Nebenbahnen zwischen Arber und Hallertau, Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham, 1999, ISBN 978-3922138693
- Die Bahnlinie Plattling–Pilsting–Mühldorf, The 64er, Vol.1/1994, Historischer Eisenbahnverein Plattling, Plattling, 1994
- Reinhard Wanka, Wolfgang Wiesner, Die Hauptbahn Munich–Simbach und ihre Zweigbahnen, Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham, 1996, ISBN 3-922138-59-4, pp. 14–16, 23
- Walther Zeitler, Eisenbahnen in Niederbayern und der Oberpfalz. Die Geschichte der Eisenbahn in Ostbayern, Buch- and Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg, 1997, ISBN 978-3924350611
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany