Cheb train station
| Cheb | |
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 Railway station in Cheb
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| Data | |
| Platform tracks | 4 + 1 additional track |
| abbreviation | XTCH |
| IBNR | 5400004 |
| opening | 1865 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Cheb |
| Okres | Okres Cheb |
| region | Karlovy Vary |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 '26 " N , 12 ° 22' 50" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 463 m nm |
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| List of train stations in the Czech Republic | |
The station Cheb (officially: Železniční stanice Cheb , formerly Eger station ) is a passenger and freight traffic serving Railways - operating agency in Cheb ( Eger ) in the Czech Republic at the addresses Žižkova 1301/4 and náměstí Dr. Milady Horákové 1301/2. The station is of particular importance as a railway junction and border station in traffic between the Czech Republic and Germany .
history
The station was created in 1865 as a joint station between the lines of the Actiengesellschaft der Bavarian Eastern Railways , the Royal Bavarian State Railways and the Voigtland State Railroad . The station was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The first new connections led to Herlasgrün , Oberkotzau and Wiesau .
In June 1866, more than 140 locomotives and several thousand wagons, which had been evacuated from the attack by Prussian troops during the German War , were assembled in Eger station .
In the 1870s, other railway lines were added, in 1870 the Buschtěhrad Railway with the Chomutov – Cheb railway , in 1872 the Kaiser Franz Joseph Railway with the Plzeň – Cheb railway and in 1881 the Nuremberg – Cheb railway . Each railway company had its own facilities and buildings in the station. a. four different engine sheds are available. The cost sharing of the operating costs of the station was based on the number of axles of the trains of the respective railway company, previously the costs had been calculated according to the number of incoming routes. Numerous special regulations between the individual companies somewhat simplified the complicated operation at the community station.
In 1865 the station facilities consisted of ten tracks and four platforms, later the station was expanded several times as the number of transports increased.
After the establishment of Czechoslovakia as a result of the First World War, the station was officially given the Czech name "Cheb". Due to the location in a predominantly German-speaking area, however, the previous German station name was retained. From then on, all station signs were bilingual.
Large parts of the station were badly damaged in an air raid on April 8, 1945.
Due to the regulations after the Second World War, the respective state had to take over the operational management on its territory, the special status of the station with the operational management by the Deutsche Reichsbahn ended. The Československé státní dráhy took over the station in 1946. From then on only the Czech station name Cheb was used .
Until 1962, due to the complicated operating conditions, there were no remote-controlled switches on the station premises; all switches were set by hand on site. In the 1970s, the station building destroyed in World War II was replaced by a new building.
By closing a gap on the Cheb-Oberkotzau route, the continuous journey from Cheb to Hof is now possible again.
Web links
- www.egerer-landtag.de The Eger train station - a special feature (accessed on July 26th)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festschrift 125 years (...) Cheb - Oberkotzau, Cheb - Herlasgrün . P. 7.
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, railway depots and buildings , EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 78
- ^ Siegfried Bufe, Heribert Schröpfer: Railways in the Sudetenland , Bufe-Fachbuchverlag, Egglham, 1991 ISBN 3-922138-42-X ; P. 77