The Busenbach–Ittersbach railway is a line in the northern Black Forest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The mostly single-track and continuously electrified line branches in Waldbronn-Busenbach from the Alb Valley Railway (German: Albtalbahn)—with which it is closely linked operationally and historically—and runs as a branch line to Ittersbach. The Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (Alb Valley Transport Company, AVG) is responsible for the railway infrastructure and is the only company operating on the 14.4 kilometre-long line. Originally the Busenbach–Ittersbach railway was operated together with the Ittersbach to Pforzheim line, which later became the Pforzheim Light Railway (Pforzheimer Kleinbahn). The whole line from Busenbach to Pforzheim was initially built to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge, later the section from Busenbach to Ittersbach was rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and the Pforzheim Light Railway was closed. The line has been operated as part of line S 11 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn since 1994.
The opening of the Alb Valley Railway from Karlsruhe to Busenbach on 14 May 1898 was followed by the opening of the Busenbach–Ittersbach section on 10 April 1899. These lines were originally metre gauge. The extension to Brötzingen, then a suburb of Pforzheim, followed on 2 January 1900. The line was initially operated with steam locomotives.
In 1898, the Busenbach–Ittersbach and the Alb Valley lines were taken over by the Badische Lokal-Eisenbahnen Aktiengesellschaft (Baden Local Railway Company, BLEAG), a newly formed subsidiary of the Westdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (West German Railway Company, WeEG).
In 1911, the line from Busenbach to Ittersbach was electrified with single-phase AC at 8,000 volts 25 Hz (later increased to 8,800 volts). Technical problems and a lack of thermal coal forced the BLEAG in 1917 to abandon electrical service on the branch line from Busenbach and later to remove the overhead wiring.
During the Great Depression, the BLEAG came under pressure and therefore it abandoned the unprofitable operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach in early 1931. The remaining section to Pforzheim, however, was sold to the town of Pforzheim, which then operated it as the Pforzheim Light Railway.
Only after the take over of the BLEAG by The German Railway Operating Company (Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft), DEBG) in 1932 were operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach resumed. The line was electrified again by 1936.
On 1 April 1957, the AVG finally took over the line. Unlike the neighbouring Alb Valley Railway, the line to Ittersbach by AVG was not upgraded for full operations, but instead it was temporarily closed down on 14 November 1964. It was not until almost two years later, on 30 June 1966, that the section to Langensteinbach Süd was reopened with standard gauge and electrified at 750 Volt DC.
The following section to Ittersbach remained closed due to low demand. It was not until the municipality of Karlsbad was founded in 1971 that it was decided to reconstruct the Langensteinbach–Ittersbach section. This section was reopened on 16 October 1975. The new line left its original route to improve the connection to Spielbergof. So in 1975, operations ended on the Langensteinbach station–Langensteinbach Süd section, which had been reopened in 1966. The new line also runs closer to the centre in Ittersbach than the route used by the metre gauge line.
In 1979, the Busenbach–Reichenbach section was realigned and shortened. In 2011, a short double track section was also built between Langensteinbach and the newly created station of Schießhüttenäcker.
Operations
Track plan of the line (not to scale) as of 2006
A train of line S 11 near Ittersbach
The end of the line at Ittersbach Rathaus
The Ittersbach line has been served during the daytime every 30 minutes by line S 11 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn since 1994. Previously the service on both the line to Bad Herrenalber and to Ittersbach had been called line A. The trains to and from Ittersbach run over the Alb Valley Railway and continue through Karlsruhe and usually end on the Hardt Railway (Hardtbahn). In the peak hour additional express services are run. No freight traffic operates on the line.
The platform height at most stations is 38 centimetres. Turning loops at Langensteinbach St. Barbara and Ittersbach Rathaus enable trains to be reversed. The whole line is operated under the regulations for operations applying to non-federally owned railways (Fahrdienstvorschriften Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen, FV-NE). There is a depot in Ittersbach.
Notes
^"Strecken Detailbeschreibungen" [Detailed description of lines] (in German). www.geralds-bahnseiten.de. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 93, 161. ISBN978-3-89494-139-0.
References
Manfred Koch, ed. (2000). Unter Strom: Geschichte des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs in Karlsruhe (in German). Karlsruhe: Badenia Verlag. ISBN3-7617-0324-4.
Klaus Bindewald (1998). Die Albtalbahn: Geschichte mit Zukunft: von der Schmalspurbahn zur modernen Stadtbahn (in German). Ubstadt-Weiher: verlag regionalkultur. ISBN3-929366-79-7.
Kurt Schwab (1997). Straßen- und Kleinbahn in Pforzheim (in German). Nordhorn: Verlag Kenning. ISBN3-927587-64-8.
Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges (1992). Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Volume 2: Baden (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN3-88255-653-6.
Günter König (1992). "Der elektrische Betrieb der Albtalbahn in Schmalspur". Die Museums-Eisenbahn: Zeitschrift für Kleinbahn-Geschichte (in German) (3): 21–47.
Helmut Iffländer (1987). Die Albtalbahn: von der Bimmelbahn zum modernen Nahverkehrsbetrieb (in German). Munich: Andreas-Braun-Verlag. ISBN3-925120-03-3.
Dieter Höltge (1976). Albtalbahn und Kleinbahn Pforzheim-Ittersbach (in German). Gifhorn: Verlag Wolfgang Zeunert. ISBN3-921237-27-0.
Peter-Michael Mihailescu, Matthias Michalke (1985). Vergessene Bahnen in Baden-Württemberg (in German). Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag. pp. 52–60. ISBN3-8062-0413-6.
"Die Panoramabahn Ettlingen - Ittersbach - Pforzheim" (in German). verkehrsrelikte.de. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
January 31, 2023
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The Busenbach Ittersbach railway is a line in the northern Black Forest in the German state of Baden Wurttemberg The mostly single track and continuously electrified line branches in Waldbronn Busenbach from the Alb Valley Railway German Albtalbahn with which it is closely linked operationally and historically and runs as a branch line to Ittersbach The Albtal Verkehrs Gesellschaft Alb Valley Transport Company AVG is responsible for the railway infrastructure and is the only company operating on the 14 4 kilometre long line Originally the Busenbach Ittersbach railway was operated together with the Ittersbach to Pforzheim line which later became the Pforzheim Light Railway Pforzheimer Kleinbahn The whole line from Busenbach to Pforzheim was initially built to 1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in metre gauge later the section from Busenbach to Ittersbach was rebuilt to 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gauge and the Pforzheim Light Railway was closed The line has been operated as part of line S 11 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn since 1994 Busenbach Ittersbach railwayOverviewLine number9421LocaleBaden Wurttemberg GermanyServiceRoute number710 1TechnicalLine length14 4 km 8 9 mi Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeOld gauge1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in metre gaugeElectrification750 V DC overheadMaximum incline0 4 1 Route mapLegendAlb Valley Railway from Karlsruhe0 000 Busenbach 170 mAlb Valley Railway to Bad Herrenalb2 040 Reichenbach Kurpark since 1972 239 m former flatter longer route until 1979 Etzenroter StrasseKilometrage until 1974 since 1979 3 2 0 2 670 Reichenbach Bahnhof formerly Reichenbach b Ettlingen 258 mHeldrunger Strasse4 195 Schiesshuttenacker since 2011 257 msiding to Ritter Paradigma formerly HummelEttlinger Strasseincorrect length 21 770 m 22 m or 27 7 mLangensteinbach 5 4 0 4 952 Langensteinbach BahnhofAlemannenstrasse5 673 Langensteinbach St Barbara since 1975 with turning loop 270 m 6 3 00 000 Langensteinbach Erholungsheim 1932 1964 6 8 00 000 Langensteinbach Sud 1966 1975 with turning loop Enzstrasse 8 3 00 000 Spielberg bei Ittersbach until 1964 8 220 Spielberg since 1975 344 m 9 6 00 000 Ittersbach Industrie 1944 1964 11 498 Ittersbach Industrie since 1975 314 m 11 6 00 000 Ittersbach Waldecke until 1964 Landesstrasse 622 12 6 13 720 Ittersbach Bahnhof 308 mIttersbachto Pforzheim until 1968 14 155 Ittersbach Rathaus since 1975 with turning loop Source German railway atlas 2 Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe opening of the Alb Valley Railway from Karlsruhe to Busenbach on 14 May 1898 was followed by the opening of the Busenbach Ittersbach section on 10 April 1899 These lines were originally metre gauge The extension to Brotzingen then a suburb of Pforzheim followed on 2 January 1900 The line was initially operated with steam locomotives In 1898 the Busenbach Ittersbach and the Alb Valley lines were taken over by the Badische Lokal Eisenbahnen Aktiengesellschaft Baden Local Railway Company BLEAG a newly formed subsidiary of the Westdeutsche Eisenbahn Gesellschaft West German Railway Company WeEG In 1911 the line from Busenbach to Ittersbach was electrified with single phase AC at 8 000 volts 25 Hz later increased to 8 800 volts Technical problems and a lack of thermal coal forced the BLEAG in 1917 to abandon electrical service on the branch line from Busenbach and later to remove the overhead wiring During the Great Depression the BLEAG came under pressure and therefore it abandoned the unprofitable operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach in early 1931 The remaining section to Pforzheim however was sold to the town of Pforzheim which then operated it as the Pforzheim Light Railway Only after the take over of the BLEAG by The German Railway Operating Company Deutsche Eisenbahn Betriebs Gesellschaft DEBG in 1932 were operations between Busenbach and Ittersbach resumed The line was electrified again by 1936 On 1 April 1957 the AVG finally took over the line Unlike the neighbouring Alb Valley Railway the line to Ittersbach by AVG was not upgraded for full operations but instead it was temporarily closed down on 14 November 1964 It was not until almost two years later on 30 June 1966 that the section to Langensteinbach Sud was reopened with standard gauge and electrified at 750 Volt DC The following section to Ittersbach remained closed due to low demand It was not until the municipality of Karlsbad was founded in 1971 that it was decided to reconstruct the Langensteinbach Ittersbach section This section was reopened on 16 October 1975 The new line left its original route to improve the connection to Spielbergof So in 1975 operations ended on the Langensteinbach station Langensteinbach Sud section which had been reopened in 1966 The new line also runs closer to the centre in Ittersbach than the route used by the metre gauge line In 1979 the Busenbach Reichenbach section was realigned and shortened In 2011 a short double track section was also built between Langensteinbach and the newly created station of Schiesshuttenacker Operations Edit Track plan of the line not to scale as of 2006 A train of line S 11 near Ittersbach The end of the line at Ittersbach Rathaus The Ittersbach line has been served during the daytime every 30 minutes by line S 11 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn since 1994 Previously the service on both the line to Bad Herrenalber and to Ittersbach had been called line A The trains to and from Ittersbach run over the Alb Valley Railway and continue through Karlsruhe and usually end on the Hardt Railway Hardtbahn In the peak hour additional express services are run No freight traffic operates on the line The platform height at most stations is 38 centimetres Turning loops at Langensteinbach St Barbara and Ittersbach Rathaus enable trains to be reversed The whole line is operated under the regulations for operations applying to non federally owned railways Fahrdienstvorschriften Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen FV NE There is a depot in Ittersbach Notes Edit Strecken Detailbeschreibungen Detailed description of lines in German www geralds bahnseiten de Retrieved 13 April 2012 Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland German railway atlas Schweers Wall 2009 pp 93 161 ISBN 978 3 89494 139 0 References EditManfred Koch ed 2000 Unter Strom Geschichte des offentlichen Nahverkehrs in Karlsruhe in German Karlsruhe Badenia Verlag ISBN 3 7617 0324 4 Klaus Bindewald 1998 Die Albtalbahn Geschichte mit Zukunft von der Schmalspurbahn zur modernen Stadtbahn in German Ubstadt Weiher verlag regionalkultur ISBN 3 929366 79 7 Kurt Schwab 1997 Strassen und Kleinbahn in Pforzheim in German Nordhorn Verlag Kenning ISBN 3 927587 64 8 Gerd Wolff Hans Dieter Menges 1992 Deutsche Klein und Privatbahnen Volume 2 Baden in German Freiburg EK Verlag ISBN 3 88255 653 6 Gunter Konig 1992 Der elektrische Betrieb der Albtalbahn in Schmalspur Die Museums Eisenbahn Zeitschrift fur Kleinbahn Geschichte in German 3 21 47 Helmut Ifflander 1987 Die Albtalbahn von der Bimmelbahn zum modernen Nahverkehrsbetrieb in German Munich Andreas Braun Verlag ISBN 3 925120 03 3 Dieter Holtge 1976 Albtalbahn und Kleinbahn Pforzheim Ittersbach in German Gifhorn Verlag Wolfgang Zeunert ISBN 3 921237 27 0 Peter Michael Mihailescu Matthias Michalke 1985 Vergessene Bahnen in Baden Wurttemberg in German Stuttgart Konrad Theiss Verlag pp 52 60 ISBN 3 8062 0413 6 External links Edit Karlsruhe Albtalbahnhof Ettlingen Bad Herrenalb Ittersbach in German Albtal Verkehrs Gesellschaft Archived from the original on 16 May 2012 Retrieved 13 April 2012 Die Panoramabahn Ettlingen Ittersbach Pforzheim in German verkehrsrelikte de Retrieved 13 April 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Busenbach Ittersbach railway amp oldid 1125699535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
