Blumenberg train station

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Blumenberg
Reception building, water crane and exit signals in the direction of Magdeburg and Wanzleben, 2014
Reception building, water crane and exit signals in the direction of Magdeburg and Wanzleben, 2014
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Intermediate station (1843–1881, since 2002)
Separation station (1881–2002)
Design Through station
Platform tracks formerly 6
abbreviation LBLG
IBNR 8010056
Price range 6th
opening July 15, 1843
Profile on Bahnhof.de Blumenberg
location
City / municipality Wanzleben-Börde
Place / district City of Wanzleben
country Saxony-Anhalt
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 2 '2 "  N , 11 ° 27' 25"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '2 "  N , 11 ° 27' 25"  E
Height ( SO ) 93.612  m above sea level NN
Railway lines
Railway stations in Saxony-Anhalt
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Blumenberg is a train station in the village of the same name in the Wanzleben district of the small town of Wanzleben-Börde in the Bördekreis in Saxony-Anhalt . It went into operation in 1843 with the Magdeburg - Halberstadt line and is one of the oldest train stations in Saxony-Anhalt. With the construction of the branch lines to Staßfurt , Eilsleben and Schönebeck (Elbe) , it developed into an important branch line node in the Magdeburg Börde from the 1880s . Since the closure of the branch lines at the turn of the millennium, the station was only of local importance for the city of Wanzleben. Due to insufficient passenger numbers, its passenger service was discontinued with the timetable change on December 9, 2018.

Location and structure

Blumenberg station, long shot looking northeast, 2014

The station is located in the former Vorwerk Blumenberg south of the city ​​of Wanzleben . The tracks run in a northeast-southwest direction. The lines from Magdeburg and Eilsleben run from the northeast into the station, the lines to Halberstadt , Staßfurt and Schönebeck leave it in a south-westerly direction. The reception building is located north of the tracks on the street Am Bahnhof, of the three central platforms, central platform II on platforms 3/4 is in operation, and access is via a pedestrian tunnel. The freight and shunting tracks connected to the southwest of the tourist facilities. During its heyday, the station had 18 tracks. There are three level crossings within the station boundaries , at which the federal highway 246a , the Schulstrasse and a farm road cross the tracks.

The signaling systems are operated and monitored from three mechanical interlockings ( Zimmermann & Buchloh design ). Depending on their location , the signal boxes were initially given the names Ot , Mt and Wt , and later Bo , Bmf and Bw . The command signal box Bmf is at the western end of platform II, the guard signal box Bo is opposite the reception building , the guard signal box Bw at the western entrance from the direction of Halberstadt, Schönebeck and Staßfurt. The water tower to the east of the reception building is commonly regarded as the station's landmark.

The reception building, the water tower and two civil servants' houses are under monument protection .

history

When the plans for a connection between Magdeburg and Braunschweig were finalized in the early 1840s, a route via Oschersleben was chosen instead of the direct route via Helmstedt out of consideration for the city of Halberstadt . For the section from Magdeburg to Oschersleben, the Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft (MHE) chose a tour that goes south past Wanzleben . The four-kilometer-shorter direct connection via Wanzleben would have resulted in inclines of 1: 150, which were high for the time. As a replacement station for Wanzleben, the MHE built a stop for passenger and freight traffic at the Vorwerk Blumenberg, three kilometers south of the city . It went into operation with the single- track Magdeburg - Halberstadt line on July 15, 1843. In 1851 the line got its second track. Next to the station in Dodendorf , the station was initially the most insignificant stop on the route. In the 1870s the station had four tracks, the only passenger platform was on the Magdeburg - Halberstadt track west of the route from Wanzleben to Egeln , the station building was to the east. A goods shed on the south side and a stable with an attached toilet completed the facility.

The station underwent its first major renovation with the construction of the Staßfurt - Blumenberg branch line , whose western section Egeln - Blumenberg was opened on August 10, 1881. The route originally threaded two kilometers further west at the signal station Klein Germersleben in kilometer 24.1 in the Magdeburg - Halberstadt route. During the construction period, the nationalization of the MHE and the subordination of the Blumenberg station to the Royal Railway Directorate Magdeburg (KED Magdeburg). On February 25, 1881, the Prussian state parliament approved the construction of the Blumenberg - Eilsleben branch line , which was to establish a connection to the sugar factories in Klein Wanzleben and Seehausen . The Blumenberg - Klein Wanzleben section went into operation for freight traffic on October 5, 1882, in time for the beet campaign . Passenger traffic began almost a year later on September 1, 1883.

Despite the roofing and the short distance to track 1, there was no house platform at the station building , 2014

As part of the renovation, the station received a new station building west of the Wanzleben - Egeln route (today: Schulstrasse); it was not completed until November 26, 1881 due to delays in the delivery of materials. Two central platforms, each 220 meters long, were built on tracks 1-4 for passenger traffic. The covered open space between the station building and track 1, sometimes incorrectly referred to as a platform, was cordoned off. The transition to the platforms was at the same height, and was replaced by a platform underpass by 1898 at the latest. During the construction of the two branch lines there were considerations for a further connection to Schönebeck, the Prussian state parliament decided to build it in the spring of 1886. Delays in the acquisition of land and the reconciliation of local interests postponed the start of construction until 1895. It was opened on October 8, 1896 for the Freight and on November 1, 1896 for travel. The construction of the line required the construction of a third platform between track 5 and 6, which was initially only usable on one side. The branch line Etgersleben - Förderstedt , which opened in 1892 and branched off nine kilometers south of Blumenberg from the line to Staßfurt, brought further traffic .

In addition to the five platform tracks, the station had seven additional tracks for goods traffic around 1900. For the freight loading a side ramp, two wall cranes stood with a half or tonne capacity and a weighbridge with 20 tonne capacity available. The locomotive station comprised a two-tier, from 1908 stand-alone locomotive shed with a 16-meter turntable in front , an inspection pit and a coal platform. Since the 1890s at the latest, there have also been three signal boxes . At the west head there was an unspecified drainage mountain . Due to a gradient of 1: 419 (≈ 2.39 per thousand) to the west, its use was difficult. In normal operation, the wagons were therefore pushed into the shunting tracks from the Ostkopf .

Official residence and water tower, 2014

On July 19, 1901, the line to Staßfurt was given its own track between Blumenberg and Klein Germersleben to improve operations, which meant that the crossing of the Magdeburg-Halberstädter line could be omitted. The main track led directly to track 4, while tracks 2 and 3 were used for through traffic between Magdeburg and Oschersleben and Halberstadt. Track 1 was intended for the trains ending in Blumenberg towards Eilsleben, and track 5 for the trains towards Schönebeck. During the renovation, which lasted until 1903, the threading from track 1 to track 2 was brought forward by 300 meters and the separated track stump continued to be used as a siding. On the south side, three more shunting tracks with a transfer hall in between went into operation. For the conversion, the west tower had to be removed as it stood in the way of the track extension, the new signal box went into operation 50 meters further west. The water tower ( Klönne type ) with a capacity of 100 cubic meters was built around 1910 and replaced the old water station.

View from platform II towards the signal box Bw with platform I (right) and platform III (left), 2014

In 1905 platform II was roofed, platform I followed in 1907. The roofs only covered part of the platforms, which is why it was planned to extend them. The budget of 1914 provided 15,000 marks for this  , the project was to take place at the same time as the widening of platform I. Since there were no plans for this yet, the project was initially postponed. Other grievances that were drawn to the attention related to the sometimes narrow arches at the exit to Halberstadt or the poor placement of a track construction fleet in the basement of the overnight building. 480,000 marks were estimated for their elimination. In 1915, 99,000 marks were approved, of which only about half could be claimed. A report from the Magdeburg Railway Directorate to the Reich Ministry of Transport from 1921 showed that up to this point in time, among other things, the main tracks at the western exit and three switch connections had been technically changed and Platform I was lengthened and widened. For better protection against bad weather, the responsible works office had two fields of the roofing on platform II provided with protective walls in autumn 1917. In November 1920, platform III was given a second usable edge on track 6, which in particular made it easier to handle a pair of commuter trains between Magdeburg and Blumenberg.

Civil servants' houses with outbuildings west of the reception building, 2014

In September 1921, the newly founded Deutsche Reichsbahn applied for approval for the further expansion of the Blumenberg station. The core of the demand of 2.1 million marks was the increase in the number of entry and exit routes for the freight trains, as they had to wait in front of the entry signals when the platform tracks on the east head were occupied . Track 1 was to be made usable as an overtaking track by extending it and a siding 4a for the trains to Staßfurt was to be created between track 3 and 4. The signaled exit in the direction of Staßfurt was to be implemented on track 4, as the trains had previously had to leave track 6 or on command . The shunting personnel of the eastern shunting group should be given a building close to the work area. The measures were essentially implemented by October 1924. The expansion of track 1 into a passing track and the construction of four additional side tracks for shunting operations did not take place due to inflation. The partial reorganization of the tracks was also evident in the construction of the Bw signal box, which went into operation on August 10, 1924. The route signals in the signal box district Bm were omitted, all exit signals were concentrated on the peripheral signal boxes Bo and Bw. After 1925, a second drainage hill went into operation at the east head. As a result of the measures, the station reached its greatest extent.

With the dissolution of the Reichsbahndirektion Magdeburg (RBD Magdeburg), which emerged from the KED Magdeburg, on October 1, 1931, the Blumenberg station and the adjoining lines were assigned to the Reichsbahndirektion Hannover . The route Blumenberg (exclusively) - Staßfurt came to the Reichsbahndirektion Halle . The station survived the Second World War relatively unscathed. One of the larger attacks on the station premises was a low-flying attack on a parked train, in which the signal box Bm was damaged. On August 18 or October 18, 1945, the RBD Magdeburg was re-established in the Soviet occupation zone . With the exception of the branch line Schönebeck (Elbe) - Blumenberg (exclusively) , which came to the RBD Halle, the allocation to Blumenberg largely corresponded to that of before 1931. In the post-war period, the occupying power dismantled various systems for reparation purposes . The second track of the Magdeburg - Halberstadt connection and thus track 2, the western strand of track 6 and tracks 12 and 14 fell victim to the dismantling.

As before the Second World War, the station's importance for tourist traffic was primarily as a transfer station. The number of passenger departures - d. H. the journeys that began in Blumenberg were in disproportionate proportion to the number of train departures. In freight transport, the first major changes became apparent with the discontinuation of general cargo transport and the closure of the goods shed and the reloading hall in the mid-1960s. At around the same time, the level crossing on today's federal highway 246a was equipped with an automatic barrier system, which meant that item 16 could be omitted. The turntable, which was no longer required, was removed after 1963, and the eastern drainage hill on track 7 in the 1970s. The cars were then pushed from track 8 into the target tracks. From the 1970s on, shunting tracks 15–17 were increasingly used as stabling and collecting tracks for various types of freight wagons , including crew transport cars , tank cars and refrigerated cars , which were called up as required. Damaged wagons parked in the station were transferred to the Reichsbahn repair shop in Magdeburg-Salbke for repairs or partially dismantled on site and the materials obtained were reused for personal use. In the early 1980s, the former engine shed was demolished, and the station restaurant closed shortly afterwards .

The turnaround and subsequent reunification led to a sharp decline in both travel and freight traffic from 1990 onwards. The nearby Klein Wanzleben sugar factory completely relocated its transports to the road. On October 15, 1990, the DR dissolved the Reichsbahndirektion Magdeburg and placed the station under the Reichsbahndirektion Halle . From 1991, Blumenberg was no longer an independent office and was temporarily assigned to the Oschersleben (Bode) train station . From the beginning of the 1990s, individual renovation measures were carried out on the platform roofs and the signal boxes. As a result of the decline in the volume of goods, several tracks that were no longer needed were expanded in March 1997. The originally planned closure of the Bmf signal box and its relocation to Bo, however, were not implemented.

The lines leading to Schönebeck and Staßfurt were closed in 1999 and 2001, the line to Eilsleben followed at the end of 2003. Except for the section Blumenberg - Klein Wanzleben, which was converted into a siding at the Blumenberg station. The German Regional Railway (DRE) leased the 8.4 kilometer long section from DB Netz from December 13, 2005 for 20 years. The end of 2007 the section was upgraded with state funds and passes are for from 23 January 2008 bioethanol plant of Nordzucker served. Since August 28, 2008, the section has been a reactivated free stretch . Currently (as of 2018), the station still has platform tracks 3 and 4 on platform II and track 7 as shunting and bypassing tracks for the transfer trips to Wanzleben.

Exit in the direction of Magdeburg and Wanzleben with signal box Bo, water crane and the locked access to platform III, 2014

As part of the route expansion between Magdeburg and Halberstadt, the modernization of the control and safety systems is planned by 2021 . The mechanical signal boxes Bmf, Bo and Bw will be replaced by an electronic signal box and the tracks will be expanded for speeds of up to 120 km / h. Since the existing platforms would lose their protection as a result of the expansion, they would have to be rebuilt. In summer 2018, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt (NASA) announced that it would give up the passenger stop in Blumenberg for the timetable change on December 9, 2018. NASA justified the step with the low passenger numbers, which would not justify the renewal of the platforms and access structures. In the course of the route expansion, the platforms are to be dismantled.

Traffic volume

Crossing of two local railcars at the Bw signal box, 2012

Tourist traffic

The timetable from 1854 shows five train stops for Blumenberg, three trains went to Oschersleben , Halberstadt and Braunschweig , two in the opposite direction to Magdeburg . The trains ran mixed , pure passenger trains and courier trains did not stop in Blumenberg. The timetable from May 15, 1880 shows five passenger train journeys from Magdeburg main station to Thale and six journeys in the opposite direction. Around 1900 there were around 40 trips on weekdays, half of which began or ended in Blumenberg. Through trains ran on the routes Magdeburg - Oschersleben and occasionally Eilsleben - Staßfurt and Magdeburg - Staßfurt.

The discontinuation of the nearby branch line Etgersleben - Förderstedt in 1967 meant an initial decline in tourist traffic . In the early 1970s, the Magdeburg Rbd planned to discontinue passenger traffic between Blumenberg and Schönebeck, but refrained from doing so after the central superstructure renewal in 1975. Operationally, the line with the connection to Eilsleben was combined into one unit, but there were no through trains between Eilsleben and Schönebeck. Individual trains went from Schönebeck via Blumenberg to Wanzleben and back. In 1992 the Reichsbahn introduced the regular timetable on the Magdeburg - Halberstadt line, the branch lines from Blumenberg already followed under the direction of Deutsche Bahn on June 2, 1996. While trains stopped every hour on the main line, passenger trains ran every two hours on the branch lines. Additional amplifiers drove between Blumenberg and Eilsleben . Since the measures to increase the supply did not bring the desired success, the state of Saxony-Anhalt , which has been responsible for local traffic since January 1, 1996, canceled passenger traffic on the routes from Blumenberg to Schönebeck and Egeln on May 29, 1999. From September 28, 2002, there were no more passenger trains on the connection to Eilsleben. On December 9, 2018, the stop of the remaining regional trains in Blumenberg was canceled.

Freight transport

Local freight traffic was always of secondary importance in Blumenberg. For a long time, the main area of ​​responsibility consisted in the dissolution and assembly of trains between the branching branch lines on the one hand and the main line to Magdeburg on the other. The goods transported and transshipped in Blumenberg included agricultural products and livestock as well as fertilizers, fuels and machines. The transport of sugar beet from the surrounding villages to the sugar factories in the Börde brought the greatest volume of freight . Of the 70 or so freight trains that ran into Blumenberg every day around 1900, around 30 percent were on- demand trains for the beet campaign . In addition, the transport of lignite and potash salts on the Staßfurt - Blumenberg branch line should be mentioned. In the mid-1960s, the Reichsbahn closed the goods handling area and the reloading hall. In 1967 it stopped freight traffic between Blumenberg and Egeln. From the end of the 1960s, Blumenberg served to relieve the Magdeburg-Buckau marshalling yard by re-sorting local goods trains to Halberstadt in groups. On the connection to Schönebeck, from 1972 trains from Blumenberg only ran twice a day to Altenweddingen to serve a grain store. On the branch line to Eilsleben, the Klein Wanzleben sugar factory and BHG Wanzleben were the largest connections. After 1990, the volume was gradually reduced to individual handover trips from Magdeburg-Rothensee to Wanzleben, from where the Klein Wanzleben sugar factory, which was renovated in 1994, the Agroservice Wanzleben (formerly BHG) and a tank farm operated by Westfalen AG were served. While the tank farm and the sugar factory brought a regular but modest volume of freight, the transport to the fertilizer factory only took place occasionally, but was all the more extensive. Since 2008, bioethanol has been regularly transported to Wanzleben. The trains shunt in Blumenberg if necessary.

literature

  • Kurt Kaiß: Interim stop at Blumenberg - a Bördedorf and its train station . Astrid Kaiß Verlag, Leichlingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-9809357-4-6 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Blumenberg  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt (p. 497 in PDF).
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