I revisited this train station, and was mildly disappointed

Some years ago, I visited Heigenbrücken to see a new railway tunnel that was being built, which would change the face of the village for ever. So it was time to go back, and see what progress has been made.

Chapters:
00:00 Why I am here
00:52 What I found
01:19 The old tunnel and station
02:14 Why the railway was important
02:53 Plans and current progress
03:37 The tourist industry
04:27 The new station
04:53 How to get here

Music:
"Hot Swing"
Creative Commons Attribution licence

Map data:
OpenStreetMap

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[BPMunich]

As a train driver, who drives regularly through the new tunnel, I always wondered what happened to the old route.

Thank you very much for bringing this information right into my cosy home. :)

[panzwes]

I really enjoy these types of videos, where you take viewers to a place and give a brief history lesson.

It's good to hear the villagers still have the railway. It would be even better to see the plan of the green space turn into reality.

[isaacbobjork]

I like looking how railways used to go, both on maps and on location

[alijassim]

The old train-route of heigenbrücken still exist as a map in game of Train Sim World. When I played that route I really wanted to visit Heigenbrücken station to see how train pass the tunnel but wen i saw your first video about that old tunnel route abandoned I was disappointed 😢 but now this video, I think it’s still worth it to visit the abandoned old station of heigenbrücken.

[offichannelnurnberg]

This feels like a mix between AlexE and Geoff Marshall and I love it.

[Itsjustme-Justme]

When an Englishman says he is "mildly disappointed", things must be catastrophic. And they are.
Is there an English word for Bauruine or is that a typical German thing?

The new train station is a testament of what the DB thinks of its customers. There's not even have kind of weather protection anywhere on the platform. But - hey, they were so kind to buy one bench per platform. Under covid restrictions this means one single person can sit, all others stand. That is a whole new level of comfort.

[Pystro]

Looks like a good opportunity to connect Jägerstraße to approximately where Gartenstraße ends (I hope I'm reading those correctly). Now that a bridge doesn't have to be high and wide enough to cross 2+ tracks, it would be way easier to get the south part of the village connected to the rest through more than 2 bottlenecks. That way the village isn't almost entirely cut in half when some road works have to be done, like if that "Sanierung Brücke, Neubau" project actually ends up happening. It doesn't even have to be a car bridge, I bet pedestrians would also appreciate not having to take those 2 stairs to cross the park.

[burgerpommes]

In italy there are bike paths that go through old railway tunnels and it is great
seems like a nice way to ride your bike with less climbs

[Brapish]

Just past Heigenbrücken on my ICE to Cologue and now I'm watching this just as we pull into Aschaffenburg :)

[GetIntoItDuhh]

Love your content! Keep posting, boss!

[ChasedWheels]

Ich hatte schon dieses Video geschaut. Sehr gut!

[True_NOON]

in TSW the main-spessart-rampe DLC sort of preserved the old route, wich shows that the plattforms at heigen brücken were as follows:
[1]■[1|2]■[2|3]■[3|4]■ (also the actual width would be in this diagram ■[ ]■)

[stekra]

I hope sone will make a park out of this at some point.

[TadeuszCantwell]

I can also imagine this as Tim Traveller video.

[tommyvercettygt]

It's so wierd to see the tunnel, the path, the station, but no railway and no trains

[tuschman]

This seems like something that doesn't affect me at all but which I will nevertheless become weirdly invested in. #Heigenbrücken_railway_park

[dummerchenmithirn]

So schade meinen alten Heimatort so zu sehen. Alles verfällt im Ortskern :(

[ixamisus]

Literally just watched your old video a few days ago

[Korschtal]

I suspect there will be similar feelings when Stuttgart 21 is completed.

[friendlyoctopus]

I love mild disappointment! subscribed.