The tea celebrates comeback: 175 years of the Geislinger Steige in the festive rush!

The tea celebrates comeback: 175 years of the Geislinger Steige in the festive rush!

At the weekend, the celebrations for the 175th anniversary of the Geislinger Steige took place. As part of this special event, the legendary Trans-Europe Express (TEE) returned to the Filstal. Two nostalgic trips from Stuttgart via Geislingen to Ulm and back attracted railway enthusiasts and curious people alike. The event was enriched with an impressive demonstration of the electrolocomotive E03 001, which was built in 1965 by the Siemens-Schuckert works and the Henschel locomotive factory.

The E03 001 was not only part of the historical spectacle, but also symbol of an era of international rail connections. Photographs were taken from Ulm via Geislingen to Stuttgart near Uhingen and the D 338 between Stuttgart, Geislingen and Ulm between Altbach and Plochingen during the trips of the D 337, which underlined the nostalgia and the charm of that time. Lok Report reports that this return of the tea is a tribute to its glorious past.

The Trans-Europe Express was launched in 1957 and maintained the international express train service in Western Europe until 1995. At its high in 1974, 45 trains were located and connected 130 cities from Spain to Austria and from Denmark to southern Italy. The first tea drove on June 2, 1957, while the last assignment took place on May 28, 1995. His main task was to promote business travelers, and his trains only kept in large cities, which created an exclusive travel option. Wikipedia explains that the trains were originally only designed for first class and changed over the years in order to meet the needs of travelers.

With the advent of new train technologies, such as the French TGV, the importance of tea fell, and in 1995 the Eurocity network was introduced beyond the tea names. Germany is currently planning a new tea 2.0 network that is supposed to connect several European cities with a minimum speed of 160 km/h, which indicates the ongoing legacy of tea and its influence on the European railway architecture.

The celebrations for the 175th anniversary of the Geislinger Steige once again showed how important the history of the railways is for the development of travel in Europe and how nostalgic reviews can preserve the public interest in historical trips.