Albert Schweitzer (train)
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| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Trans Europ Express (TEE) | ||||
| Status | Discontinued | ||||
| Locale | Germany France | ||||
| First service | 2 June 1980 | ||||
| Last service | 27 May 1983 | ||||
| Former operator(s) | Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) SNCF | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Dortmund Hbf Strasbourg-Ville | ||||
| Stops | 12 | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily, Monday to Friday | ||||
| Train number(s) | TEE 8, 9 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | First class only | ||||
| Catering facilities | Restaurant car | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | 15 kV AC, 16.7 Hz (Germany) | ||||
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The Albert Schweitzer was a short-lived express train that linked Dortmund Hbf in Dortmund, Germany, with Strasbourg-Ville in Strasbourg, France. Introduced in 1980,[1] it was operated by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) and the SNCF.
The train was named after Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary, who was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine and educated partly in Strasbourg.
The Albert Schweitzer was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) and operated on Mondays to Fridays only. It was intended mainly to provide transport between Bonn, then the capital of West Germany, and the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It was discontinued in 1983.[2]
- Dortmund Hbf – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne (Köln) – Bonn – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe – Strasbourg-Ville
The southbound train (TEE 9) was scheduled to depart from Dortmund at 6:35 and arrive in Strasbourg at 11:48. The northbound train (TEE 8) was scheduled to leave Strasbourg at 16:43 and reach Dortmund at 21:52.
Formation (consist)
The train's coaches were all from German Federal Railways (DB) and included a separate restaurant car, operated by the German Sleeper and Dining Car Company (in German: Deutsche Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen-Gesellschaft, or DSG).[1] Throughout its route, the train was hauled by electric locomotives,[1] from DB within Germany and from SNCF within France.
