Altenkirchen (Westerw) railway station
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 Altenkirchen station before modernization (2008)
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| Operating point type | railway station |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | KAK |
| IBNR | 8000351 |
| Price range | 6th |
| opening | April 1, 1885 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Altenkirchen__Westerw_ |
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| City / municipality | Altenkirchen |
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 41 '6 " N , 7 ° 38' 21" E |
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| Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
The station Altenkirchen (Westerw) is the station of the Rhineland-Palatinate district town Altenkirchen (Westerwald) . It belongs to station category 6. It is located on route kilometer 65.1 of the Limburg – Altenkirchen railway , known as the Oberwesterwaldbahn , and on route kilometer 61.1 of the Engers – Au railway , also known as the Holzbachtalbahn .
history
The station Altenkirchen (Westerwald) on 1 April 1885 the stretch Altenkirchen- Hachenburg of the upper Westerwaldbahn designated Limburg-Altenkirchen railway opened. With the opening of the Siershahn – Altenkirchen (Holzbachtalbahn) railway in 1887, it became a crossing station . When the Altenkirchen – Au (Sieg) railway line opened on May 1st of the same year, Altenkirchen station became a traffic junction in the front Westerwald .
After the Second World War , Uerdinger rail buses ran on the route from Engers via Siershahn and Altenkirchen to Au (Sieg) Uerdinger . Up until 1975 there were regular steam locomotives on the line .
On June 2, 1984, passenger traffic on the Holzbachtalbahn was stopped. Freight traffic still takes place from Altenkirchen today.
On 23 May 1993 the route between Au (Sieg) and old churches was converted to signalized train control, at the same time there was a Vertaktung the local rail on the entire line of Au over Altenkirchen of Limburg .
When put into the vectus traffic mbH the timetable change 2004/2005 on 12 December 2004, since 1986 trains running were DMUs of the 628 series by modern LINT - railcars replaced and in 1986 established optional stop between old churches and Au (Sieg) back into regular breakpoints converted.
The line of the Oberwesterwaldbahn (RB 28) was put out to tender in September 2011 by the regional association SPNV-Nord as part of the tender for the Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg diesel network (EWS) . In the course of this tender, the trains coming from Limburg and Westerburg via Altenkirchen and Au (Sieg) to Siegen and, on individual journeys, to Kreuztal were extended. The lines RB28 (Limburg – Westerburg – Altenkirchen – Au (Sieg)) and RB95 (Au (Sieg) –Wissen (Sieg) –Siegen) were merged into one continuous line (RB90) as part of this measure.
Reception building
The reception building station Altenkirchen (Westerwald) is a handsome Every system works from quarry stone . It was built around 1883/84. The train station has the address Bahnhofstraße 1 . According to the Rhineland-Palatinate Monument Protection Act , the reception building of the Altenkirchen train station is a cultural monument .
Track systems
Altenkirchen (Westerwald) station has a total of four tracks, two of which are platform tracks. The HLB trains run from platform 2 in the direction of Limburg (Lahn) via Hachenburg and Westerburg . Track 3 is used by trains to Siegen via Au (Sieg) and Betzdorf . The two platform-free tracks are used by the Hessian State Railways to park their vehicles and freight traffic .
traffic
passenger traffic
Altenkirchen (Westerwald) station is on the Oberwesterwaldbahn Au (Sieg) –Altenkirchen (Westerwald) - Westerburg –Limburg (Lahn) ( KBS 461), which was operated by the vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft between December 2004 and December 2014 and has been in operation since December 2014 operated by the Hessische Landesbahn , operating area Dreiländerbahn . On the route, the trains of the line RB 90 (Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn) run daily at hourly intervals on behalf of the special purpose association SPNV Nord according to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle. In the Betzdorf – Altenkirchen section, traffic from Monday to Friday during rush hour is partially reduced to half-hourly intervals.
The older, now overhauled GTW 2/6 from Stadler and since 2006 the newer one-piece Coradia LINT 27 (640 series) and the two-part LINT 41 (648 series) from ALSTOM LHB have been used on this route since 1998 .
| line | Train run | Tact |
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| RB 90 (Westerwald-Sieg Railway) | Siegen - Eiserfeld - Niederschelden North - Niederschelden - Mudersbach - Brachbach - Freusburg settlement - Kirchen - Betzdorf - Scheuerfeld - Niederhövels - Wissen - Etzbach - Au (Sieg) - Geilhausen - Hohegrete - Breitscheidt - Marienthal Monastery - Obererbach - Altenkirchen (Westerw) - Ingelbach - Hattert - Hachenburg - Unnau / Korb - Nistertal-Bad Marienberg - Büdingen - Enspel - Rotenhain - Langenhahn - Westerburg - Willmenrod - Berzhahn - Wilsenroth - Frickhofen - Niederzeuzheim - Hadamar - Niederhadamar - Elz - Staffel - Diez Ost - Limburg (Lahn) | Hourly.
Repeater trains between Betzdorf and Altenkirchen. |
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| Obererbach (Westerw) |
 RB 90 Oberwesterwaldbahn |
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Freight transport
Goods traffic still takes place on the Holzbachtalbahn from Altenkirchen. In 2018, DB Cargo took over the operation from the district's own Westerwaldbahn GmbH (WEBA). In the Selters - Raubach –Altenkirchen section , freight customers have been served by rail again since 2006, including a siding in Neitersen and the Schütz container construction company in Selters, where the route now runs right through the factory halls.
Bus transport
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The majority of regional bus traffic is carried out by Martin Becker , a company belonging to the Rhenus Veniro group .
There is a bus station on the forecourt of Altenkirchen train station , where regional buses run to the surrounding towns and villages. There is a combined platform between the bus station and platform 2 of Altenkirchen train station , which enables you to switch from trains to buses and vice versa at the same level as the platform.
There are also two parking spaces for taxis and cars at Altenkirchen train station .
Rates
Since August 1st, 2002 the tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) has been recognized as a transitional tariff on the rail routes - but not on the bus routes - in the Altenkirchen district if the start or destination station is in the area of the VRS. The district of Altenkirchen has also been a member of the Rhein-Mosel transport association (VRM) since January 1st, 2009 . The VRM tariff applies to trips within the Altenkirchen district and to other districts that are members of the VRM, e.g. B. in the district of Neuwied . Membership in the VRM enables passengers with network tickets to switch from train to bus or vice versa without having to buy another ticket.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Querying the course book route 421 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of course book route 423 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Querying the course book route 461 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ http://www.zughalt.de/2011/09/spnv-nord-schreiben-dieselnetz-eifel-westerwald-sieg-aus/ SPNV Nord writes out diesel network Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg
- ↑ http://www.hlb-online.de/unternehmen/fahrzeuge/triebfahrzeuge/ - accessed on January 8, 2015