Burbach railway station (Kr Siegen)

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Burbach
Burbach train station.jpg
former reception building
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation EBUR
IBNR 8001268
Price range 6th
Profile on Bahnhof.de Burbach__Kr_Siegen_
location
City / municipality Burbach
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 44 '56 "  N , 8 ° 4' 39"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '56 "  N , 8 ° 4' 39"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Burbach (Kr Siegen) train station is the train station of the municipality of the same name in the southern Siegerland.

history

The railway station was opened in the early 1860s when the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft built the line from Deutz to Gießen .

In mid-1861, the 2.41-mile-long Betzdorf – Burbach line of the Cöln-Giessen Railway was opened. In addition to the Deutz – Siegen and Betzdorf – Burbach lines with 15.67 ml., Which have been in operation since 1861, the Burbach – Gießen line with 8.63 ml. Was added on January 12, 1862, so that at the end of the year of operation the entire branch line with 24 , 30 ml. Was opened. In 1893 it was decided to rename the station from "Burbach (Sieg)" to "Burbach (Westf.)". The receiving station "Burbach (Westf.)" Of the Frankfurt (Main) administrative district, like other stations in the Siegerland, was supplied with coal, etc. from the Ruhr district.

But when the Dill line was completed in 1915 (Gießen – Siegen since May 14, 1965; Siegen – Cologne electrified since May 1, 1980), the Hellertal Railway lost more and more importance, and with it the train station. The old route via Burbach is only of local importance today ( Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd ), and Burbach station belongs to station category 6 .

present

The reception building of the station was sold and the waiting hall closed. In return, several shelters were built.

The station has the following tracks:

  • Track 1 is a through track and can be reached without steps via the house platform. The edge height is 38 cm.
  • Track 2 is another through track with an intermediate platform. It can be reached via the house platform, but not barrier-free. The edge height is 38 cm.
  • Track 3 was a through track with a platform and is now only a butt track without a platform due to renovation work. It is used for shunting work on the Siegen-Wittgenstein circuit for Saar-Blankstahl GmbH.
  • Track 4 was a through track and is being dismantled (April 3, 2019).
  • Track 5 and track 6 were former through tracks and connected a private goods loading facility and a former industrial facility. Today they are no longer connected to the grid, some are overgrown with bushes and trees and some have been showered with gravel.

The old goods shed also still exists. It is located on platform 1 west of the reception building, is in very poor condition and has been abandoned.

passenger traffic

The line RB 96 (Betzdorf – Dillenburg) is operated by the Hessische Landesbahn with class 1648 railcars . It runs here every two hours on weekdays, but there are gaps in the intervals. At the weekend there is a continuous two-hour service.

Freight transport

Freight traffic is operated by the Siegen-Wittgenstein circular railway. It is the Saar-Blankstahl GmbH several times approached the week in Burbach and transported towards Betzdorf (Sieg). Freight trains from Würgendorf ( Dynamit Nobel Defense ) also pass through the station. The WLE also drives to the Mannesmann steelworks in Holzhausen.

future

The Burbach train station is to be rebuilt. The hourly service, which only applies between Betzdorf (Sieg) and Neunkirchen (Kr Siegen), is to be expanded further to Dillenburg. Since Burbach will then become a crossing station, a new signal box is to be built. In addition, the central platform is to be expanded to 55 cm so that at least trains in one direction can be reached without barriers.

Other changes include new equipment (weather protection), new lighting and better signage. These points have been included in the train station funding program of the Westphalia-Lippe Association (NWL).

In addition, consideration was given to demolishing the goods shed in order to build a new bus station.

It is also often asked to electrify the Hellertalbahn and expand it to double-track again. The main argument is the handling of goods traffic that drives over the Dill route. However, due to the 1.5 percent incline from Haiger to Würgendorf, this is hardly manageable for heavy freight trains.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Newspaper of the Association of German Railway Administrations , 7th year, Leipzig 1867, p. 287. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  2. ^ Cöln – Minden incl. Oberhausen – Arnheim and Cöln – Giessen. In: Statistical News from the Prussian Railways , Volume 10, Ernst & Korn, 1863, p. 13. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  3. ^ Addendum I to the station statistics of the Prussian State Railways. Published by the Ministry of Public Works according to the information provided by the Royal Railway Directorates, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1893, p. 22. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  4. ↑ Eisenbahn-Verordnungs-Blatt , Volume 22, edited by the Prussian Ministry of Public Works, Carl Heymanns Verlag , 1899, p. 15. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  5. ^ The administration of public works in Prussia 1900 to 1910. Report to His Majesty the Raiser and Rönig. Refunded by the Minister of Public Works, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1911, p. 284. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  6. ↑ Glückauf , Volume 48, Verlag Glückauf, 1912, p. 79. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  7. ^ Ulrich Krieger: Chronicle seven hundred and fifty years Edingen: 1255–2005. History and stories. Gemeinde Sinn, 2005, p. 120. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  8. ↑ a b c Burbach (Kr Siegen). NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost; accessed on March 28, 2019.