Alexisbad train station

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Alexisbad
Station building from the track side
Station building from the track side
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation LAX
IBNR 8017001
opening 1888
location
City / municipality Harzgerode
Place / district Alexisbad
country Saxony-Anhalt
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 38 '52 "  N , 11 ° 6' 53"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 38 '52 "  N , 11 ° 6' 53"  E
Height ( SO ) 325  m
Railway lines
Railway stations in Saxony-Anhalt
i16 i18

The Alexisbad Station is a place of business of the Harz narrow gauge railways in Harzgerode district Alexisbad . The station is on the Selketalbahn , which branches off here in branches to Harzgerode and Hasselfelde .

location

The train station is roughly in the middle of the village, parallel to federal highway 185 . On the other hand, the Selke delimits the station area.

history

99 7237-3 in May 1990 in Alexisbad station

In 1888 the meter-gauge Gernrode-Harzgeroder railway reached Alexisbad. Originally there was only a small service building with a waiting room. In 1889, Alexisbad became a separation station when the line towards Silberhütte was built - which was later extended to Hasselfelde . With the connection to the railway, tourism in Alexisbad, which had previously declined due to the poor traffic conditions, experienced a new boom.

After the Second World War , the Selketalbahn was completely dismantled in 1946 as a reparation payment . The Deutsche Reichsbahn began with the partial reconstruction in 1947, on May 8, 1949, freight traffic on the Gernrode – Straßberg section was resumed; passenger traffic followed on May 16, 1949. The following year, the route to Harzgerode was operated again. The pool operation ended in Alexbad in 1950, after which the Free German Trade Union Federation and companies took over some accommodations. The Deutsche Reichsbahn maintained the Selketal and Klostermühle holiday homes in Alexisbad .

In 1959, the Deutsche Reichsbahn introduced the simplified branch line service on the Selketalbahn to streamline operations and save personnel . The train conductor was stationed in Alexisbad station. On April 13, 1994, a Selke flood destroyed the railway station's tracks. The reconstruction, financed by state and federal funds, was completed on May 11 of the same year and continuous traffic on the Selketalbahn was resumed. In 2004 the Selketalbahn was assigned to the train control area Nordhausen Nord and the train control post in Alexisbad was canceled. The ticket office was closed in 2014, tickets have since been available in a hotel near the train station.

Investments

The station now has three platform tracks and a siding leading to the loading street and the goods shed. However, since 1990 (Gernrode – Harzgerode) or 1991 (Silberhütte – Harzgerode) no freight traffic has been operated on the northern part of the Selketalbahn. A locomotive shed built around 1890 was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century. Two water cranes allow the steam locomotives to take water.

The station building is built in the Harz homeland style and is similar to the buildings in Mägdesprung and Harzgerode. After the train conductor left in 2004, there is now only one ticket office. The station restaurant has been closed since the mid-1990s. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH leased the reception building in need of renovation to a local hotelier; a complete renovation has not yet taken place, however, the roof has meanwhile been renewed. Overall, the building makes a neglected impression.

With the departure of the train conductor, who was also responsible for setting the points in the Alexisbad station, the track systems of the station had to be redesigned and, in particular, four fallback points had to be installed.

traffic

The station is served by steam and multiple units of the Harz narrow-gauge railways. The station is known for the parallel exit of trains in the direction of Stiege and Harzgerode.

gallery

  • Locomotive 99 7240-7 in Alexisbad (August 1989)

  • Two trains stop at Alexisbad station (August 1989)

  • Steam locomotive taking water

literature

  • Dirk Endisch: From GHE to HSB. Tradition and innovation on meter gauge tracks in the Harz Mountains. Volume 1: The Selke Valley Railway . Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2011, ISBN 978-3-936893-70-0 , p. 160-162 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Alexisbad  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dirk Endisch: From the GHE to the HSB. Tradition and innovation on meter gauge tracks in the Harz Mountains. Volume 1: The Selke Valley Railway. Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2011, ISBN 978-3-936893-70-0 , p. 118.
  2. ↑ Dirk Endisch: From the GHE to the HSB. Tradition and innovation on meter gauge tracks in the Harz Mountains. Volume 1: The Selke Valley Railway. Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2011, ISBN 978-3-936893-70-0 , pp. 41 and 120.
  3. ↑ Dirk Endisch: From the GHE to the HSB. Tradition and innovation on meter gauge tracks in the Harz Mountains. Volume 1: The Selke Valley Railway. Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2011, ISBN 978-3-936893-70-0 , p. 121.
  4. ↑ Dirk Endisch: From the GHE to the HSB. Tradition and innovation on meter gauge tracks in the Harz Mountains. Volume 2: The Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH. Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2011, ISBN 978-3-936893-70-0 , pp. 64-65.
  5. ↑ a b Bernd Peper: There is no more coffee in Alexisbad. ( Memento from March 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Harzbahnpost, issue 4/2004, p. 23.
  6. ^ A b Jörg Bauer: Reconstruction of Alexisbad station completed. ( Memento of August 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Harzbahnpost, issue 4/2004, p. 22.
  7. ↑ Gerd Alpermann Harz Narrow Gauge Railways close service point. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of March 6, 2015 (accessed on March 20, 2018)
  8. ↑ Dirk Endisch: From the GHE to the HSB. Tradition and innovation on meter gauge tracks in the Harz Mountains. Volume 2: The Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH. Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2011, ISBN 978-3-936893-70-0 , pp. 42-43.
  9. ↑ Jürgen Steimecke: 125 years of narrow-gauge railways in the Harz Mountains. In: Neue Wernigeröder Zeitung, special edition 2012 (125 years of narrow-gauge railways in the Harz Mountains), p. 11.
  10. ^ Jörg Bauer: On the use of real estate of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH. ( Memento from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Harzbahnpost, issue 4/2006, p. 8.
  11. ↑ Jörg Müller: 125 years of narrow-gauge railways in the Harz Mountains. In: Der Preß'-Kurier, edition 5/2012, p. 12.