Distelrath station

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Distelrath station
EAKJ station Distelrath 1997-07-06.jpg
The EAKJ rail buses on July 6, 1997 at Distelrath station
Data
Operating point type Depot
Location in the network Terminus
opening October 6, 1908
Conveyance April 30, 1963 (passenger transport)
location
City / municipality Düren
Place / district Distelrath
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 48 '40 "  N , 6 ° 30' 32"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '40 "  N , 6 ° 30' 32"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Distelrath train station is located outside the center of Düren in the suburb Distelrath in the Düren district . The station was the operational center of the Düren Kreisbahn (DKB) from the beginning . In addition to the administration, the main workshops for road and rail vehicles and later for buses were located here. The railway lines leading into the station from Düren station , from Nörvenich and the circular line each had an entry signal. At the Distelrath station there was also the transition to the city network of the DKB. The railway station tracks used by the tram were electrified with 600 volts DC . In addition to passenger traffic on the tram and small rail lines, the station served in particular to connect goods traffic to the Reichsbahn and later the federal railway at Düren station .

After the DKB ceased passenger traffic in 1963 and goods traffic in 1971, the station's facilities were dismantled except for a reloading and loading track , and the depot was converted into a pure bus depot until 1978. It was not until 1997/98 that the facilities were expanded again to include an operations and main workshop for the Rurtalbahn's rail vehicles.

history

The Distelrath station was opened on October 6, 1908. Initially, in addition to goods traffic to and from Düren train station and to Nörvenich - Zülpich, trams in the direction of the city center. The lines going out from Distelrath led via the market to Rölsdorf and on to Gürzenich and Lendersdorf . With the electrification of Distelrath to Merzenich in November 1908, tram traffic was extended to there. On May 1, 1909, the first passenger train ran from Distelrath via Nörvenich to Zülpich. The tram from Düren station to Distelrath served as a feeder for the steam trains in the direction of Nörvenich. Special tram cars were used on this line, which led the 2nd and 3rd class and were equipped with a packing compartment for the transport of general cargo.

Course of the former pull-out track in 2013

In 1915, a siding was built from the Distelrath station to the Düren airship hangar, which was built about three kilometers south of the station in the same year .

From 1929 tram lines 4 (Merzenich - Distelrath - Markt - Jesuitenhof, in the morning to Düren station), 5 (Girbelsrath - Distelrath - Markt - Jesuitenhof) and 7 (Düren station - Markt - Distelrath - Nörvenich) served the Distelrath station. Lines 4 and 5 ran every hour, line 7 about every 1.5 hours.

Due to the effects of the Second World War , the DKB had to stop all traffic in February 1945. After the end of the war, the Distelrath station was approached again from Zülpich - Nörvenich on September 17, 1945. Traffic on the route to the Düren train station could be resumed as early as August 13, 1945. The trams stationed in Rölsdorf were towed over this route to the main workshop in Distelrath.

Shortly after the Second World War, a new signal box with main light signals for the entrances and exits was built for the Distelrath station . The tram route towards the city center could be reopened at the end of 1947 to Scharnhorststrasse and again to the market in 1948. In 1951, with the construction of the Rur Bridge between Birkesdorf and Mariaweiler, the Ringbahn was put back into operation.

In 1953 the old half-timbered station building was replaced by a flat brick building. There was also a small restaurant in the station building.

On April 30, 1963, passenger traffic to Nörvenich and the Düren city network was discontinued, which also meant the end of the tram. The catenary was then dismantled. This ended passenger traffic at Distelrath station.

Distelrath station in 1994

After the cessation of freight traffic to Nörvenich in 1968, the line was closed. On February 28, 1970, traffic on the Ringbahn was also stopped. The remaining connecting line to the Düren train station was converted into an industrial trunk line. The once extensive facilities of the Distelrath train station were dismantled except for a transfer and a loading track. The connection was operated by the DKB itself until January 31, 1971, and from February 1, 1971, the Deutsche Bundesbahn took over the delivery of wagons.

On August 28, 1969, the DKB's supervisory board decided not to further renovate the workshop facilities that were in urgent need of renovation and were originally built exclusively for the maintenance of trams and railroad vehicles. Instead, a completely new bus depot was planned in Distelrath, which was inaugurated in early 1978. In addition to the administration of the DKB, this included a large storage hall, a workshop hall, a washing hall and a washing area. A staff car park was created on the area of ​​the former tracks on the lines to Nörvenich and Birkesdorf.

In 1997 and 1998 the depot of the DKB was largely rebuilt. In an existing hall, which was originally built and used exclusively for the maintenance of buses, two tracks for the maintenance and repair of the regional sprinters with pits and a lifting device were installed. In addition, there was a washing system in the maintenance track and a used underfloor wheelset lathe in the maintenance track. The actual Distelrath station was rebuilt and provided with sidings. The old route to the transfer station was shut down and a new connection to Düren station was built via the Bördebahn . To compensate for the omnibus, extensions for maintenance and parking were built. The new company workshop for trains and buses went into operation on January 19, 1998.

In January 1999, after around 15 months of construction, the new DKB Center was inaugurated, which, in addition to the DKB, houses the road traffic office of the Düren district and a branch of TÜV Kraftfahrt GmbH as well as other service providers. A declared aim of the concept was to confront the user of motorized individual transport with local public transport.

present

DKB depot

The DKB has had its headquarters at Distelrath train station since it was founded. The depot for the DKB buses is located here. Distelrath is also the place of work for the bus drivers of the DKB.

Rurtalbahn depot

Rurtalbahn GmbH , which was spun off from DKB in 2002, has had its headquarters in Distelrath since it was founded. The railway depot and the main workshop for the rail vehicles can be reached from the Düren train station via the exit from the Bördebahn .

Bus routes

The bus lines 208 and 276 of the DKB have a stop in the immediate vicinity of the train station with the “Distelrath” stop. This is located approximately at the level of the former level crossing of the track to the airship port with the Kölner Landstrasse .

Tracks

DKB station until the 1970s

For passenger traffic, there were two tracks with overhead lines for the tram on the west side of the central platform and one track without overhead lines on the east side of the same. From here the steam trains went in the direction of Nörvenich and Zülpich, later the railcars to Birkesdorf-Süd and Mariaweiler. In addition, the station had extensive track systems for freight traffic as well as numerous sidings.

In the 1930s, the station had the following tracks:

  • Track 1: Main track for passenger trains (electrical operation) to and from Merzenich and to and from the city network (tram), usable length 180 m
  • Track 2: Main track for passenger trains (steam operation) from and to Nörvenich, 1951–55 also from and towards Birkesdorf (ring line), usable length 136 m
  • Track 2a: pull-out and relocation track (connection to the Düren airship hangar from 1915 to the early 1930s)
  • Track 3: freight train track (main track), usable length 136 m
  • Track 4: freight train track (main track), usable length 210 m
  • Track 5: loading street, usable length 130 m
  • Track 6: Crossing and transfer track (main track) for passenger trains (electrical operation) to and from Merzenich and to and from the city network (tram), usable length 180 m
  • Tracks 7 + 8: butt tracks (freight traffic), usable length 180 m
  • Tracks 9A – F: workshop and depot for the tram
  • Track 10: access to the engine shed and to track 12
  • Tracks 10a + b: engine shed
  • Track 11: stump track (freight traffic), usable length 80 m
  • Track 12: stump track (company workshop)

Tracks 1, 6 and 9A-F were provided with electrical overhead lines.

There were also the following sidings:

  • Belly miller
  • Buirer reference and sales cooperative
  • Kabza
  • Lövenich

The station had a signal box from which the switches to the main tracks 1–4 and 6, the entry signals “B” (from the transfer station), “C” (from Merzenich) and “D” (from Birkesdorf) as well as the intermediate signal “A “(From Merzenich or Birkesdorf) were served.

Parking facility and workshop of the Rurtalbahn from 1998

The Distelrath stabling facility of the Rurtalbahn has three sidings with a usable length of 131 m, 80 m and 168 m. The railway operations workshop with a connection to the siding in Distelrath offers a workshop with two tracks. These each have a usable length of 90 m.

literature

  • Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983.
  • Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways, Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia - southern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1997, ISBN 3-88255-660-9 .
  • Dieter Höltge, Axel Reuther: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 7: Cologne, Düren, Aachen . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-338-3 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof (Distelrath)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983, p. 11 .
  2. ↑ Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways, Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia - southern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1997, p. 43 .
  3. ^ Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983, p. 15 .
  4. ^ Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983, p. 18 .
  5. ↑ Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways, Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia - southern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1997, p. 48 .
  6. ↑ Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways, Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia - southern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1997, p. 44 .
  7. ^ Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983, p. 23 .
  8. ^ Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983, p. 24 .
  9. ^ Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH (Ed.): 75 years of Dürener Kreisbahn . Düren 1983, p. 26 .
  10. ↑ Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways, Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia - southern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1997, p. 41 .
  11. ↑ Bernd Hahne: Always on the move - 100 years of the Düren circular path 1908–2008 . Hahne & Schloemer Verlag, Düren 2008, ISBN 978-3-927312-93-7 , p. 123 .
  12. ↑ Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways, Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia - southern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1997, p. 52 .
  13. ↑ Bernd Hahne: Always on the move - 100 years of the Düren circular path 1908–2008 . Hahne & Schloemer Verlag, Düren 2008, ISBN 978-3-927312-93-7 , p. 131-132 .
  14. ↑ Bernd Hahne: Always on the move - 100 years of the Düren circular path 1908–2008 . Hahne & Schloemer Verlag, Düren 2008, ISBN 978-3-927312-93-7 , p. 134 .
  15. ↑ Willi Hallmann: The Dürener Kreisbahn in the course of time and 10 years of the new Rurtalbahn . Hahne & Schloemer Verlag, Düren 2003, ISBN 3-927312-62-2 , p. 42-43 .
  16. ↑ Willi Hallmann: The Dürener Kreisbahn in the course of time and 10 years of the new Rurtalbahn . Hahne & Schloemer Verlag, Düren 2003, ISBN 3-927312-62-2 , p. 122 .
  17. ↑ Willi Hallmann: The Dürener Kreisbahn in the course of time and 10 years of the new Rurtalbahn . Hahne & Schloemer Verlag, Düren 2003, ISBN 3-927312-62-2 , p. 58-59 .
  18. ↑ Bus line 208 Düren, Distelrath. Retrieved September 7, 2012 .
  19. ↑ Bus route 276 Düren, Distelrath. Retrieved September 11, 2012 .
  20. ↑ Terms of use for service facilities of Rurtalbahn GmbH - special part (NBS-BT). (PDF) Retrieved May 28, 2016 .