Arnsdorf train station (b Dresden)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arnsdorf (b Dresden)
tracks and platforms currently in use at Arnsdorf station (2010)
tracks and platforms currently in use at Arnsdorf station (2010)
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network former crossing station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation DAF (Bf Arnsdorf [b Dresden])
DAF N (Bft Arnsdorf Nord)
DAF W (Bft Arnsdorf West)
IBNR 8010006
opening October 15, 1875
Profile on Bahnhof.de Arnsdorf__b_Dresden_
location
City / municipality Arnsdorf
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 5 '35 "  N , 13 ° 58' 54"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '35 "  N , 13 ° 58' 54"  E
Height ( SO ) 250.53  m above sea level NHN
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
i11 i16

The Arnsdorf train station (b Dresden) is an operating point on the Görlitz – Dresden-Neustadt and Kamenz – Arnsdorf – Pirna railway lines in the municipality of Arnsdorf in Saxony . The station used to have extensive track systems for freight and passenger traffic with five platforms and over 30  tracks . Part of the Arnsdorf station (b Dresden) are also the parts of the station Arnsdorf Nord and Arnsdorf West on the so-called Arnsdorf curve .

history

View of Arnsdorf train station from the Karswaldstraße flyover, looking west (2015)

Arnsdorf train station was built in 1875 when the Kamenz - Pirna railway line opened. At the time, the station replaced the Fischbach stop that had existed on the Görlitz - Dresden railway line since December 22, 1845. The station has grown in importance since its inception, as freight such as Bohemian lignite has no longer been transferred via Dresden since it was opened, but rather via the roughly 25-kilometer-shorter route on the Kamenz - Pirna railway line. This is shown by the formerly extensive track systems with a total of over 30 tracks and three platforms. The tracks on the south side were primarily intended for freight traffic, while the tracks on the north side were intended for the passenger trains from Kamenz to Dresden that made head here and for the locomotive shed . The importance of the station was emphasized by the representative entrance building, which was demolished in 2008. In addition to this, a few residential buildings were built, the locomotive shed with a turntable of 15 meters in diameter, by 1930 three mechanical signal boxes , a shunting group with a donkey back and a goods shed with a loading ramp. A water tower was built on the east side between the tracks of the Görlitz - Dresden and Kamenz - Pirna railway lines. The entire station had a total of 116 points.

Originally, the trains from Dresden to Kamenz were run over the Arnsdorf curve opened in 1871. This connection was no longer used for passenger traffic after 1875, after 1910 it was only used to park damaged vehicles until the tracks were completely removed after 1911. From 1900, the route of the Kamenz - Pirna railway line in the area of ​​the Arnsdorf station was double-tracked. There was a first turning point in the design of the station after 1945, when the tracks on the Kamenz – Pirna railway were only single-tracked for reparation reasons . The entire station area remained essentially unchanged.

The face of the station was radically changed around 2001; almost all freight tracks and the shunting group were removed. The work took place in connection with the conversion of the control and safety technology to an electronic interlocking (ESTW). The connection to the ESTW was completed on August 18, 2001. Only tracks 4 and 6 (previously 5) still exist on the south side of the station. On the north side only tracks 3 and 5 (formerly 38 and 40) are left, with currently only track 3 being used for occasional shunting of freight trains. At the same time, the tracks around the engine shed and the bypass tracks 46 and 47 were removed. The platforms on tracks 3 and 4 are still there. In 2005 the former W2 signal box and the farm building next to the locomotive shed were demolished, and around 2008 the station building also disappeared. In 2009 the Arnsdorf curve was rebuilt for more efficient operation of the Dresden - Kamenz connection. The curve runs between the train station parts Arnsdorf West and Arnsdorf Nord.

  • Railway house from the street side next to the former station building (2015)

  • Freight shed (2015)

  • Existing headers from the direction of Kamenz (2015)

  • View of the Arnsdorf train station in the direction of Dresden (2015)

Platforms

Until 1989 the station had six platform tracks. Track 1 had a house platform with a usable length of 345 meters, a central platform with a length of 310 meters was located on track 2 and 4. For passenger traffic between Dresden and Kamenz, three butt tracks were available west of the reception building . Track 38 shared the platform with track 1, the platform was 270 meters long. Another central platform with a length of 225 and 285 meters was located on tracks 40 and 46.

Since the renovation of the tracks in 2001, the station has four platform tracks. In addition to the house platform on track 1 with a length of 185 meters, there is the middle platform on tracks 2 and 4 with a length of 185 and 140 meters respectively and the head platform on the former track 38, now track 3, with a usable length of 180 meters. The platform height is uniformly 55 centimeters.

Engine shed

Locomotive shed at the station, 2015

The locomotive shed had two stands and was used to park the shunting locomotives at the station and for occasional services on the route from Arnsdorf to Dürrröhrsdorf station. In 1946, two locksmiths worked in the Arnsdorf engine shed . Responsibility changed several times; it was initially independent, after 1946 it was subordinated to the Dresden-Friedrichstadt depot and from 1955 to the Pirna depot. In the 1960s it was the seat of a personnel department. In contrast, the Ors equipment wagon was permanently subordinate to the Kamenz depot. In 1969 the last steam locomotive was withdrawn from here. With the introduction of diesel traction, the Arnsdorf locomotive shed was no longer of any importance.

The locomotive shed was important to railway fans as the location of a six-axle saloon car for the KSächsStB . With the dismantling of the tracks after 2001, this vehicle was also scrapped. Since 2001 the locomotive shed has been without a siding and has no use. His further fate is unclear.

literature

  • Hans Raschinsky: Railways around Kamenz . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1998, ISBN 3-927587-95-8 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Arnsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Hackeschmidt: History. Arnsdorf municipality, accessed on August 5, 2015 .
  2. ^ A b Hans Raschinsky: Railways around Kamenz . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1998, ISBN 3-927587-95-8 , p. 12 .
  3. ↑ a b track plan Bf Arnsdorf (after 1945). In: www.sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Arnsdorf (b Dresden). In: www.sachsenschiene.net. March 28, 2015, accessed August 5, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Photo of the water house. In: www.sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
  6. ↑ a b route chronicle. Commissioning. In: www.sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 5, 2015 .
  7. ↑ a b route chronicle. Shutdowns. In: www.sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 5, 2015 .
  8. ^ Holger Kötting: List of German signal boxes. Entries A. In: www.stellwerke.de. January 10, 2015, accessed August 5, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Platform information . Station Arnsdorf (near Dresden). DB Station & Service, accessed on February 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Photo of the interior of the engine shed. In: www.sachsenschiene.net. Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
  11. ^ Hans Raschinsky: Railways around Kamenz . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1998, ISBN 3-927587-95-8 , p. 66 .