Trossingen Railway
| Trossingen Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Trossingen Railway as part
of the Ringzug network |
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| Native name | Trossinger Eisenbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Termini |
Trossingen station Trossingen Stadt |
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| Line number | 9463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius | 190 m (623.4 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | 600 V DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum incline | 3.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route number | 742.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Trossingen Railway (Trossinger Eisenbahn, TE) is a DC-electrified branch line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The branch line has connected the town of Trossingen with Trossingen station, which is located on its periphery, since 1897. Trossingen station (formerly called Trossingen Staatsbahnhof—"state station") is on the Rottweil–Villingen railway. The railway is not part of the Deutsche Bahn network; instead it is owned by Stadtwerke Trossingen GmbH. This company formerly operated the railway, but since 2003, operations have been carried out by the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn (HzL). Freight operations were abandoned in 1996.
When the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen) opened the Rottweil–Villingen railway on 26 August 1869, Trossingen was not included in the route of the line. The new line ran about four kilometres in a straight line to the north of Trossingen. Despite the economic growth as a result of increasing industrialisation, in particular in the musical instrument industry (for instance Hohner), Trossingen found itself increasingly isolated. Therefore, committed citizens of the town tried in subsequent years to improve the transport situation and when the state railway had shown no interest they ended up agreeing to establish a private company.
To this end, the AG Elektrizitätswerk und Verbindungsbahn Trossingen (“Trossingen Electrical Works and Connecting Railway”) was established in 1896 and the appropriate license for the new line was issued on 31 December 1897. Because a power station was built nearby in Trossingen at the same time, the projected line was to be electrified. The relatively steep slope of the track—it climbed 66 metres towards the town—also favoured electric operations. The new railway was finally opened on 14 December 1898. It was taken over by the town of Trossingen in 1908 and it has been operated ever since as a municipal utility.
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