Landsberg am Lech–Schongau railway
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2016) |
| Fox Valley Railway | |||
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| Line number | 5365 | ||
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| Line length | 28.7 km (17.8 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | 1 | ||
| Electrification | non-electrified | ||
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The railway line from Landsberg am Lech to Schongau on Fuchstal, Denklingen and Hohenfurch, also called Fox Valley Railway, is a railway line, which was built with regard to freight transport, so that most stations are located about one kilometer from the previous site.
History
Freight use
On November 1, 1872, the railway line Buchloe-Kaufering-Landsberg am Lech was opened. The leg Buchloe-Kaufering is today extended to Bavarian Allgäu Railway. The remaining 4.83 km run from Kaufering to Landsberg am Lech. The Fox Valley Railway leads 28.71 kilometers further to Schongau and was opened on 16 November 1886 for the transport.
Already in 1877 a Verbindungsbahn Kaufering-Bobingen-Augsburg was opened. Thus, the Landsberg am Lech station was the interface between the Lechfeld Railway (Augsburg-Landsberg) and the Fox Valley Railway Landsberg-Schongau.
From 1907 to 1929 there was a railway station connecting to Kinsauer Kinsau cog railway that connected as a work train the location am Lech pulp factory with the Fox Valley Railway.
Passenger use
From 1984 regular passenger services has been set on this track, while the freight developed since 1998 by the rising of Augsburg Localbahn.
The track owner DB Netz redeveloped the majority of the track in 2010-2013. In this case, in October 2013, the existing remains of the platform were mined in the former Hohenfurch station.
Operation
In contrast to the ever-increasing volume of traffic on the parallel B 17 and the positive migration balance in the regions around Munich, especially the Lech region, calls the initiative Fuchs Talbahn e. V. for some time the resumption of passenger traffic on the route and organizes occasional extra tours in cooperation with railway companies, both with historic steam trains as well as with modern railcars (so the summer holiday weekends in 2009 with a railcar Bayerische Regiobahn), in July 2015, with a historic railcar of VT 98.[8 Series ]
Even the district of Landsberg am Lech supports these claims. Concerns were voiced out in the Municipality of Landsberg am Lech, because of the result of frequent closed railroad crossings on main roads in urban areas. As early as 2002, a report reactivation of passenger traffic positively evaluated . However, the Bavarian state government rejected the reactivation because in his time it figured out to be 10-13 million euro cost for reestablishment of infrastructure. Currently, the infrastructure costs - establishment of the necessary breakpoints, securing of level crossings and appropriate safety equipment (track signal box) -. estimated to be about EUR 20 million. This would have to be borne by the municipalities with a significant part by the participating in mid-2013, the commissioning of an updated report was discussed, which funded equally by the district Landsberg and from Weilheim-Schongau in 2014. As of December 2013, however, it was not commissioned. In February 2014, the Bavarian Transport Minister Joachim Herrmann commented negatively to a participation of the Bavarian Railway Company on such reports.