Laupheim–Schwendi railway

Laupheim West–Schwendi
Overview
Locale Baden-Württemberg
Line number 4510
Technical
Line length 16.02 km (9.95 mi)
Minimum radius 200 m (660 ft)
Maximum incline 1.7%
Route number 753 (formerly 306b)
Route map

Legend
 Operating points and lines[1] 
 Southern Railway from Ulm
 0.000 Laupheim West
 Southern Railway to Friedrichshafen
 Laupheim south curve to Schemmerberg (line 4513)
 0.221 Laupheim curve east
 2.320 Laupheim Stadt(until 1983)
 2.474 Laupheim Stadt (town)
 5.270 Bronnen (b Laupheim)
 8.110 Burgrieden
 9.710 Rot (b Laupheim)
 12.200 Orsenhausen-Bußmannshausen
 14.050 Großschafhausen-Wain
 16.020 Schwendi

The Railway line Laupheim West - Schwendi in Germany connected the town of Laupheim with the then village of Schwendi. The railway line was opened by the Royal Württemberg State Railways on 17 May 1904. It branched off from the Württemberg Southern Railway, connecting Ulm with Friedrichshafen. The length of the railway line was 16 km (approximately 10 miles). The railway line had the classification number of 4510. The steam locomotive used on the line, received the nickname Rottalmolle by the local population, referring to the course of the railway line through the valley of the river Rot.

The transport of passengers between the city station of Laupheim and Schwendi was discontinued on 23 May 1971, the transportation of goods on 28 September 1984. Afterwards the railway tracks were dismantled.

Passenger trains on the part leading from Laupheim to Laupheim-West were discontinued on 27 May 1983. However, unlike the tracks leading to Schwendi, the tracks to Laupheim-West were left intact and re-opened on 30 May 1999 for public transport. Direct trains operate from Laupheim to Langenau via Ulm Central Station, without passengers having to change at Laupheim-West.

Works to implement long-established plans for a new southern route, enabling direct connections to Biberach an der Riß, started in 2009 and were completed in 2011. The opening of the southern route took place on 11 June 2011, extending the route from Langenau to Biberach. In order to facilitate railway traffic a second railway platform was built at Laupheim city station during the same period of time.[2]

Laupheim-Schwendi line 1910
Laupheim, town station, ca. 1904
Former railway bridge near Bronnen

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Feierliche Eröffnung der neuen Bahnlinie Laupheim Stadt–(Südkurve)–Biberach (Riß)" (in German). bahnaktuell.net. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

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