1891–1913: planning and construction of the marshalling yard Ulm Hauptbahnhof
station plan 1890
forecourt station building, main post office , fountain in 1904
aerial view of station in 1905
on 1 august 1891, ulm general post office established railway post office in station forecourt. in march 1892, duplication of maximilians railway between augsburg , neu-ulm completed, whole line between munich , stuttgart via ulm duplicated. on 1 october 1893, platform tickets introduced entry platforms. on 3 november 1894, first petrol-powered railcar service ran ulm blaubeuren; powered daimler-otto engine maschinenfabrik esslingen. on 27 april 1897, ordinarischiff (“ordinary boat”, simple wooden boat, convey freight , passengers downstream , steered poles) left ulm vienna down danube last time, no longer compete against railway. on 15 may 1897, ulm tramway opened, first line running through station forecourt. in september 1898, fountain crowned atlas erected in forecourt; donated schwenk company, local cement manufacturer. in 1 year 1 april 1898 31 march 1899, ulm station used 1,211,199 passengers , fourth busiest station in württemberg. ulm handled total of 390,864 tons of freight, placed third in württemberg.
in 1899 , 1900, city of ulm considered lowering station 4 metres in order solve traffic problems on connections between inner city , western ulm. project supported several experts, not pursued because of high cost of @ least twelve million marks. instead, plan developed in 1901 , 1902 relocate passenger station along planned marshalling yard blaubeurerstraße aligned east-west , redevelop former railway land. lines augsburg , friedrichshafen connected new railway station tunnel through kuhberg , new ulm bypassed. new south station built on new line in söflingen district near today s königstraße. project rejected administration of state railway due high cost.
the münster hotel opened in 1901 station hotel on station forecourt opposite station building. mohrenkopf bridge, built in 1903 , 1904 on southern station tracks, completed on 1 october 1904; later renamed after governor of fortress, rudolf von zingler, zingler bridge. city , state railway had disputed years whether build overpass or underpass. opening of bridge, level crossing on ehinger straße closed. march 1906, city of ulm planned underpass under tracks between bahnhofstrasse in east , schillerstraße in west of station, never carried out.
steam locomotive in blaubeurer tor tunnel 1905
because old freight handling facilities not keep pace rising freight traffic, freight yard , marshalling yard situated east of ulm station on danube valley railway urgently needed. in 1899, royal württemberg state railways bought 67,259 square metres of fortress lands use yard. on 25 september 1902, württemberg king wilhelm ii granted state railway right expropriate required land, construction of marshalling yard begin in 1903. operations began on part of new rail yard in october 1906. on 28 april 1907, new ulm-söflingen station opened on danube valley railway @ western end of marshalling yard, replacing previous söflingen station opened in 1868. neutor bridge crossing fils valley , brenz railways north of ulm station completed in july 1907. 112 metres long, 11.6 metres wide , weighed 600 tons. while iron structures , pillars built state railways, roadway built city of ulm. first ticket machine installed in station vestibule on 7 january 1908. bahnhofsmission (a charity assists various social problems @ german stations) established in ulm in late summer of 1910. railway yard completed on 12 june 1911 , ulm station renamed ulm hauptbahnhof (ulm main station). duplication of danube valley railway ulm söflingen completed on 19 march 1912 , duplication of southern railway ulm friedrichshafen, begun in 1905, completed in 1913.
industrial tracks required connect yard industrial , commercial areas east , west of city. in 1907, 3.8 kilometre-long ulm-west industrial tracks built , 5 main tracks connected premises of 40 companies. 1.3 kilometre-long ulm-ost (east) industrial tracks, had been proposed in 1897, built 1910 1911, , stayed in operation until 9 may 1979, when closed , later dismantled.
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