Trip to Germany and Switzerland - early May 2001
The main aim of this trip was to cover the threatened route between Herborn and Hartenrod, and also the unusual Trossinger Eisenbahn which has only a Mondays to Fridays service.
Operating Company Abbreviations:
- DB - Deutsche Bahn (German Railways)
- FNW - First North Western (train operator in north west England)
- MThB - Mittelthurgaubahn (transport operator in Germany and Switzerland)
- OSB - Ortenau S-Bahn (part of SWEG)
- SBB - Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways)
- SM - Serco Metrolink (operator of Greater Manchester Metrolink)
- SWEG - Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs AG (transport operator in south west Germany)
- TE - Trossinger Eisenbahn (private rail operator)
- FVAG - Freiburger Verkehrs AG (transport operator in Freiburg area)
- VS - Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen (transport operator in Schaffhausen area)
| Place | Arrive | Depart | Train | Traction details & notes |
Friday 4th May 2001
| Timperley | 16:21 | SM tram 1021 | ||
| St Peters Square | 16:36 | |||
| Piccadilly | 17:24 | FNW DMU 156 424 + 150 136 | ||
| Manchester Airport | 17:56 | |||
| Manchester Airport (MAN) T3 | 19:00 | BA1714 | British Airways Boeing 737 G-GFFE dep 90 late due to major power failure at airport | |
| Frankfurt Airport (FRA) T2 | 23:07 | |||
| Terminal 2/DE | 23:25 | Peoplemover PTS0001+0008 | ||
| Terminal 1/BC | 23:27 | |||
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbahnhof | 23:33 | 'S8' | DB EMU 420 set | |
| Frankfurt am Main Hbf | 23:45 | |||
| New passenger track today: none. | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Ibis Friedensbrücke (5 minutes walk from Frankfurt am Main Hbf). | ||||
Saturday 5th May 2001
| Frankfurt am Main Hbf | 09:13 | RE15059 | DB EL 111 110-3P via Biblis - Käfertal | |
| Mannheim Hbf | 10:25 | 11:07 | SE23031 | DB EL 110 462-9 via Heidelberg- Karlsruhe - Ettlingen |
| Appenweier | 12:59 | 13:04 | 82818 | OSB DR VT526 |
| Bad Griesbach | 13:47 | 13:59 | 82825 | OSB DR VT526 |
| Offenburg | 14:47 | 15:13 | IR2217 | DB EL 101 133-7 |
| Freiburg (Brsg) Hbf | 15:50 | 16:23 | RB18165 | SWEG DR VT501 via Bad Krozingen (rev) |
| Untermunstertal | 17:05 | 17:08 | RB72523 | SWEG DR VT501 |
| Bad Krozingen | 17:30 | 17:34 | RE18114 | DB EL 110 463-7 |
| Freiburg (Brsg) Hbf | 17:49 | 18:15 | RB83422 | SWEG/BSB DR VT006+003 |
| Gottenheim | 18:28 | 18:33 | RB72480 | SWEG VT508 |
| Riegel Ort | 18:54 | 18:55 | RB72330 | SWEG VT504 |
| Riegel | 18:58 | 19:10 | RB18173 | DB EL 110 272-2 |
| Freiburg (Brsg) Hbf | 19:35 | |||
| Hauptbahnhof | 19:42 | '5' | FVAG tram 258 | |
| Bertoldsbrunnen | 19:45 | 21:31 | '1' | FVAG tram 223 |
| Hauptbahnhof | 21:34 | |||
| New passenger track today: Appenweier - Bad Griesbach, Bad Krozingen - Untermunstertal, Gottenheim - Riegel Ort | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Inter City, Freiburg (adjacent to station) | ||||
Sunday 6th May 2001
| Freiburg (Brsg) Hbf | 08:08 | RB18067 | DB EL 110 481-9 | |
| Basel Badischer Bf | 09:13 | 09:48 | RB18445 | DB DL 218 483-6P |
| Waldshut | 10:40 | 11:05 | 'S41' | SBB EMU 2T+RBe 540 032-0 via Koblenz (rev) |
| Bülach | 11:56 | 12:30 | D2968 | SBB EL Re4/4 11155 |
| Schaffhausen | 12:51 | |||
| Bahnhof Schaffhausen | 13:00 | '1' | VS trolleybus 115 | |
| Neuhausen Zentrum/Rheinfall | 13:07 | 13:48 | '1' | VS trolleybus 116 |
| Bahnhof Schaffhausen | 13:56 | |||
| Schaffhausen | 14:11 | D2261 | MThB EMU RABe 526 686-1 + T | |
| Kreuzlingen | 14:54 | walk to | ||
| Kreuzlingen-Bernrain | 15:22 | SE9848 | MThB EMU RBDe 566 632-6 + 3T via old alignment but new connection into Kreuzlingen, not via flyover | |
| (Konstanz | 15:36 | 15:53 | ) through service | |
| Konstanz-Petershausen | 15:55 | 16:02 | SE18663 | MThB EMU ABDe 536 616-2 + T |
| Konstanz | 16:05 | 16:43 | RE18756 | DB EL 143 972-8 |
| Singen (Hwnt) | 17:08 | 17:19 | SE19618 | DB EL 110 293-8 |
| Rottweil | 18:08 | |||
| New passenger track today: Waldshut - Koblenz - Eglisach - Bülach, Eglisach - Schaffhausen - Kreuzlingen, Kreuzlingen-Bernrain - Kreuzlingen - Konstanz - Radolfzell | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Sailer, Rottweil (10 minutes walk from station) | ||||
Monday 7th May 2001
| Rottweil | 07:34 | RB18775 | DB DMU 628 338 set | |
| Trossingen Bf | 07:45 | 07:59 | 4 | TE ER 6 |
| Trossingen Stadt | 08:08 | 08:24 | 5 | TE ER 6 |
| Trossingen Bf | 08:32 | 08:34 | RE18702 | DB DMU 628 703 set |
| Rottweil | 08:43 | 08:48 | ICE188 | DB ICE-T 415 083 set |
| Stuttgart Hbf | 10:00 | 10:11 | IC610 | DB EL 101 055-2 |
| Heidelberg Hbf | 10:50 | 11:14 | IR2575 | DB EL 101 038-8 dep 13 late |
| (Frankfurt am Main Hbf | 12:06 | 12:22 | rev) | |
| Gießen | 13:03 | 13:15 | RE11474 | DB EL 110 128-6 |
| Herborn (Dillkr) | 13:37 | 13:40 | RB95117 | DB DL 215 013-4 |
| Hartenrod (Kr Bieden) | 14:22 | 14:42 | RB95120 | DB DL 215 013-4 |
| Herborn (Dillkr) | 15:24 | 15:28 | RB14524 | DB EL 110 499-1P |
| Gießen | 16:03 | 16:18 | IR2419 | DB EL 112 122-7 top + 112 141-7 tail |
| Frankfurt am Main Hbf | 16:57 | 17:08 | 'S8' | DB EMU 420 sets |
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbahnhof | 17:18 | |||
| Terminal 1/BC | 18:24 | Peoplemover PTS0002+? | ||
| Terminal 2/DE | 18:27 | |||
| Frankfurt Airport (FRA) T2 | 19:40 | BA1713 | British Airways Boeing 737 G-GFFF dep 45 late | |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) T3 | 21:08 | 21:20 | taxi | |
| Timperley | 21:32 | |||
| New passenger track today: Trossingen Bf - Trossingen Stadt, Herborn (Dillkr) - Hartenrod (Kr Bieden) | ||||
Tickets used: for local services: Schönes Wochenende tickets for Saturday and Sunday; otherwise, single journey tickets as required.