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The Chiemgau Railway (German: ''Chiemgaubahn'') is a single-tracked, railway line between
In 1875 after Theodor von Cramer-Klett had purchased Hohenaschau Castle and its associated property in the valley of the River Prien, he financed the construction of a railway line to Aschau. It was opened on 18 August 1878 and opened up the Prien valley to the main line from Munich to Salzburg.
In the post-war period the line was worked by
The Chiemgau Railway (German: ''Chiemgaubahn'') is a single-tracked, railway line between Prien am Chiemsee
Prien am Chiemsee (official: , High German [], Bavarian (local) dialect []) is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian Rosenheim (district), district of Rosenheim in Germany. The town is a certified Luftkurort, air and Sebastian Kneipp, Kneipp sp ...
and Aschau im Chiemgau
Aschau im Chiemgau is a municipality and a village in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to ...
in the state of Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
in southern Germany. It is timetabled as route no. 952.
Operation and History
In 1875 after Theodor von Cramer-Klett had purchased Hohenaschau Castle and its associated property in the valley of the River Prien, he financed the construction of a railway line to Aschau. It was opened on 18 August 1878 and opened up the Prien valley to the main line from Munich to Salzburg.
In the post-war period the line was worked by railbus
A railbus is a lightweight passenger railcar with an automotive engine. It shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, typically having a bus (original or modified) body and four wheels (2 axles) on a fixed base instead of on bogies. O ...
es of Class VT 98. In 1987 these were modernised by the repair shop at Kassel and painted in white and mint-green livery.
These modernised Chiemgau Railway railbuses were the only ones in the Bundesbahn fleet to be given a special paint scheme - all the others were painted in the red livery, then typical of multiples operated by the DB. The former Chiemgau Railway vehicles are in service today in tourist trains on the Kleinengstingen
Engstingen is a municipality in the Tübingen (region), Tübingen administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the Swabian Jura (plateau), about south of Reutlingen.
It was formed on January 1, 1975 from ...
–Münsingen
Münsingen (; ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into Münsingen, and on 1 January 2017 the former municipalit ...
–Schelklingen
Schelklingen () is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Ehingen, and 20 km west of Ulm. Schelklingen and 82% of its territory form part of the Swabian Jura Biosphere Reserv ...
– Ulm Hbf route (KBS 759) and known as the ''Ulmer Spatz'' (Ulm sparrows). As a result of this uniqueness there are several models by model railway
Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are Model building, modelled at a reduced Scale (ratio), scale.
The scale models include locomotives ...
manufacturers of the Chiemgau railbuses.
In 1996 the Chiemgau Railway railbuses (798 652 and 798 653) were replaced by Class 628.4 units. At present ''RegionalBahn
The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...
'' trains work the line from Aschau to Prien (one or two pairs of trains per hour). The 628s need 15 minutes for the long line. In the mornings and evenings there are trains that run via Prien to Rosenheim
Rosenheim () is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the Rosenheim (district), district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn ...
on the Munich–Salzburg line. In addition one train runs through each evening from Salzburg via Traunstein to Aschau.
See also
*Royal Bavarian State Railways
The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German ...
*Bavarian branch lines
Bavarian branch lines comprised nearly half the total railway network in Bavaria, a state in the southeastern Germany that was a Kingdom of Bavaria, kingdom in the days of the German Empire. The construction era for branch lines lasted from 1872 ...
Sources
* :de:Chiemgaubahn {{Authority control Branch lines in Bavaria