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districts of Biberach (TF) - With 46 503 Passengers in 2010 was the Oechsle train while behind the previous record year, but could still enter the third best result so far. Reached a new high, however, the driving days with 105, so that the load limit of the volunteer staff has been reached. 2011, therefore the timetable is somewhat limited.
Last year's attendance is the third highest after the record of 50 897 in 2009 and 46 953 in 2007, since the narrow-gauge railway in 1985 started its operation as a museum railway.
passenger numbers can be difficult to calculate at a railway museum, "visitors' interest, not least the weather and include historical art, many uncertainties," said Klaus-Peter Schuster, General Manager of Oechsle train operating company, on request. Schust and Benny Bechtel, Chairman of the narrow-gauge railway Oechsle Association showed his great satisfaction over the past season. "We also are on the whole year without any technical failures and accident-free driving", was pleased Schust. Significant increase in traffic registered those responsible for their new web pages. 120 084 visitors (2009: 75 892) is clicked on the virtual Oechsle.
concern Bechtel and Schust, however, another development: in 2010 the Oechsle 105 days has been on the road. "They are even 15-days more than the previous record year," said Schust. The staff for the rides, train drivers, firemen, train drivers and conductors is that Oechsle-narrow-gauge railway club on a volunteer basis. The coverage of these services is a major time burden for the club members because they must also shoulder much of the repair and maintenance on the vehicles. Thus, in the past year made 4100 hours in the workshop and 1,700 hours for the maintenance of the railway line. This does not factored in is 525 hours, that in these areas for psychiatric patients at the center of Bad Schussenried actively supported the Oechsle.
order to defuse the situation, have the Oechsle Officer decided to offer less regular in 2011 driving days: instead of every Saturday, the Museum web evaporated future, only the first and third Saturday of the month. unaffected by the cuts, the rides are on Sundays, from 1 May to mid-October to take place throughout the Thursday and runs from early July to late September. To increase the utilization of
Oechsle rides on, according to managing Schust to the attractiveness of the Oechsle for company outings, family reunions and other group tours are increasingly exposed. For these trips is the Oechsle-catering car of great importance, with the proceeds to restore the original Oechsle-Lok 99 633 to be financed. In addition to commercial operation have been ordered in the last season 43 special entertainment for a total of 2300 people. In order to address
passengers and bus companies for the coming season, the Oechsle train operating company in 2011 at various trade shows to be present, in January together with the Oberschwaben-tourism company in the CMT in Stuttgart. Other fairs are planned in St. Gallen, Augsburg and Kempten.
INFO: Oechsle is information on train, please visit www.oechsle-bahn.de.
Text: Thomas Frei Thanks (TF)
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Oechsle train operating company gGmbH
Mittelbergstr. 37, 88400 Biberach,
Manager: Klaus-Peter Schust
Info phone: 07352/922026 (office Ochsenhausen)
www.oechsle-bahn.de
PRESS OFFICE:
Thomas Freidank
(Dipl.-Journalist)
Phone: 07 392 /
168 028 E-mail: presse@oechsle-bahn.de
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