Annweiler am Trifels station

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Annweiler am Trifels
Annweileramtrifelsbahnhof.JPG
Track and platform systems
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation RAN
IBNR 8000582
Price range 5
opening September 12, 1874
Architectural data
Architectural style Late classicism
location
Place / district Annweiler am Trifels
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 12 '19 "  N , 7 ° 57' 59"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '19 "  N , 7 ° 57' 59"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate
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The station Annweiler am Trifels is the main station of the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Annweiler am Trifels . It belongs to Deutsche Bahn station category 5 and has three platform tracks . The station is in the network area of ​​the Rhein-Neckars transport association ( VRN ) and belongs to tariff zones 181 and 191. Since 2002, Annweiler has also been connected to the Karlsruhe transport association (KVV) with a transitional tariff . Between Landau (Pfalz) Hbf (Main station) and Pirmasens Nord , Annweiler was always the most important train station on the way; accordingly, many long-distance trains stopped at it earlier .

The station was opened on September 12, 1874, when the first section of the line from Landau went into operation. 14 months later, he was charged with by binding to two bridges to the transit station . This resulted in today's Landau – Rohrbach railway line , which has existed in its current form since 1895.

location

The train station is located on the northern outskirts of Annweiler. The Great Adelberg extends directly to the north of it , which is why a retaining wall was built in this area. To the northeast is a residential area on the mountain slope. Bahnhofstrasse and Queich are located south of the train station, parallel to the tracks . The western head of the station is spanned by a stone arch bridge that serves road traffic. The Landau – Rohrbach railway line, which is very winding in the catchment area of ​​the city, comes from the northeast and continues west after the station; it follows the Queich until shortly before Hauenstein .

history

First efforts for a rail connection and opening of the station

On January 10, 1838, a meeting took place in Speyer , which marked the beginning of the share subscription of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway. One proposal was to let the railway line run via Zweibrücken and from there along the Schwarzbach via Rodalben , Annweiler and Langenkandel to the Rhine , but this did not prevail.

Nevertheless, there were plans to build a line from Landau to Zweibrücken . Annweiler and the other places in the Queichtal are particularly committed to this . Above all, Annweiler with its industrial settlements, but also the places between Landau and Annweiler, should benefit from a railway connection. Despite the resistance of the Palatinate Railway Administration, which feared a weakening of the Ludwig Railway, they persisted and stubbornly advocated the construction of such a connection. A planning committee initially considered setting up a branch line from Landau to Annweiler as an alternative solution. Then, however, under pressure from the city of Landau , the committee changed its concept and thereupon also campaigned for the construction of a line from Landau to Zweibrücken. This time the efforts were successful: the committee received the approval to produce a suitable draft, which it had to finance itself. The license required for this was granted on April 1, 1865. The Annweiler-based industry , which produced straw hats and paper, among other things, was the decisive factor for a route along the Queich, after a route through the Wasgau via Bergzabern and Dahn was also considered at times .

The Annweiler am Trifels station was opened with the commissioning of the Landau (Pfalz) –Annweiler am Trifels section on September 12, 1874. On this day, a festival was held in the city for the occasion. There were many celebrants at the station itself; a total of 300 people boarded the first train. The mayor also gave a speech. This was followed by a pageant led by the chapel of the 25th Rhenish Infantry Regiment from Strasbourg .

Further development

Steam locomotive of the type Palatinate G 2.I in the station towards the beginning of the 20th century

For the first 14 months of its existence, the station was the end point of the line that was extended to Zweibrücken on November 25, 1875 . At the beginning of the 20th century, like all other stations in the Palatinate, the station received platform closures. During this time, the station was managed by the Landau Operations and Building Inspectorate and was part of the area of ​​responsibility of the Albersweiler-St. Johann . After Germany had lost the First World War and the French military had marched in, the Palatinate route network south of Maikammer-Kirrweiler was closed to passenger traffic on December 1, 1918, but was reopened three days later. In 1922, the line and Annweiler station were assigned to the newly established Ludwigshafen Reich Railway Directorate . A year later employed at the station railway workers were the carried out in the course of France, to 1924 permanent director operation reported. Then they returned. After the Reichsbahndirektion Ludwigshafen was dissolved, the Reichsbahndirektion Saarbrücken took over responsibility on May 1, 1936; at that time it was under the control of the Zweibrücken Works Office (RBA).

The German Federal Railways was divided the station after the Second World War in the Bundesbahndirektion Mainz one, they all operating sites in Rhineland-Palatinate allotted. In the course of the gradual dissolution of the Mainz management, on June 1, 1971, it came under the jurisdiction of its Karlsruhe counterpart. At the same time, the platform barriers were lifted. The station has been part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN) since 1996 . The KVV tariff has also been recognized since 2002. On January 1, 2009, DB Station & Service put an information system at the station into operation. In 2014, the platforms are to be upgraded to be handicapped accessible.

Buildings

former outbuilding

Reception building

The reception building is a late classicist building erected in 1874 when the station went into operation. According to the Rhineland-Palatinate Monument Protection Act, it is under monument protection . In its design it was almost identical to its original counterpart, the Biebermühle train station (today Pirmasens Nord ) . The central part of the building facing the gable houses three floors. Two two-story wings are attached to it. The platform roof was only completed a few years after the station opened. Similar buildings were also given to the Enkenbach , Kirchheimbolanden , Langmeil and Marnheim stations in the Palatinate Railways network .

More buildings

In addition, the railway operations in the western area of ​​the station also included a two-story annex that served as a goods handling facility and has since been converted into a residential building. In terms of architecture, it is also characteristic of the Palatinate Railways. The relatively large goods shed came from the 1930s and was demolished in September 2013. In the eastern area of ​​the station there is a signal box , which was also built in the 1930s. Red sandstone from the region was used for its basement.

Investments

The station has three tracks for passenger traffic , one of which was dismantled around 1990 to become a stump track .

Platforms
track Usable length Platform height Current usage
1 226 m 34 cm Regional trains in the direction of Pirmasens Hauptbahnhof
2 351 m 38 cm Dead end ; rarely used
3 351 m 38 cm Regional trains in the direction of Landau (Pfalz) Hauptbahnhof

traffic

passenger traffic

Train to Pirmasens in the station in September 2005

The southern Palatinate line Landau – Zweibrücken was conceptually the continuation of the Germersheim – Landau line and the Bruhrain line Bruchsal - Germersheim , which is clear from the uniform kilometering. This begins in the middle of the Germersheim Rhine Bridge . In the timetable of 1897, continuous journeys from Zweibrücken via Annweiler and Landau to Germersheim are recorded. Until the end of the 1930s there was continuous passenger traffic from Saarbrücken to Germersheim and Bruchsal. From 1938 it ran in an easterly direction via Winden , Wörth and Karlsruhe , including during World War II.

Annweiler was regularly the end point of trains that began in Landau. There were also trains to the Pirmasens main station and Zweibrücken . In the 1970s there were partly continuous trains to Homburg , Neustadt , St. Ingbert and Bruchsal. In 1994 most of the connections to Zweibrücken and Saarbrücken were canceled, and traffic to Pirmasens has been concentrated ever since. In 2008 the last through train to Saarbrücken was canceled. Two years later, continuous connections were established between Karlsruhe and Annweiler, which run on the Neustadt an der Weinstrasse – Wissembourg railway and the Winden – Karlsruhe railway. From May to October, the excursion trains “Bundenthaler” and “Felsenland-Express” run from Mannheim and Karlsruhe on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays , both of which also stop in Annweiler.

Passenger train connections ( KBS 675 )
line Route Clock frequency
RB 55 Landau (Pfalz) - Godramstein - Annweiler am Trifels - Wilgartswiesen - Hinterweidenthal Ost - Münchweiler (Rodalb) - Pirmasens North - Pirmasens Hbf every hour with densities between Landau and Annweiler during rush hour
RB 55
"Bundenthaler"		 Mannheim - Neustadt (Weinstr) - Landau (Pfalz) - Godramstein - Annweiler am Trifels - Wilgartswiesen - Hinterweidenthal Ost - Münchweiler (Rodalb) - Pirmasens Nord - Pirmasens Hbf / Hinterweidenthal Ort - Dahn - Bundenthal-Rumbach individual trains on Sundays and public holidays
RB 57
"Felsenland Express"		 Karlsruhe - Wörth (Rhine) - Winden (Palatinate) - Landau (Palatinate) - Annweiler am Trifels - Wilgartswiesen - Hinterweidenthal Ost - Hinterweidenthal Ort - Dahn - Bundenthal-Rumbach individual trains on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays

Freight transport

former goods shed

At the beginning of the 20th century, freight trains ran on the Kaiserslautern – Homburg – Landau – Germersheim and Saarbrücken – Landau – Germersheim routes. Stabila was one of the local freight customers . Local freight traffic also lost a lot of its importance after the war. From the 1980s, transfer trains operated the station, which at that time was no longer an independent freight tariff point. It was operated from the Neustadt main station , which it served as a satellite. Accordingly, in the end only transfer trains ran from Landau to Wilgartswiesen . The service of the station for goods traffic ended in 1994. In the following period the loading tracks in the station were closed and in 2001 some of them were dismantled. A few years earlier he had already lost his freight loading.

Bus transport

There is a bus stop at the station forecourt . Queichtal Nahverkehrsgesellschaft GmbH has been responsible for the relevant bus routes since 2012, which were reorganized in the same year.

Bus stop at the station forecourt

The train station is currently served by the following bus routes:

literature

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Annweiler am Trifels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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