Ebersbach (Sachs) railway station

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Ebersbach (Sachs)
Entrance building, street side
Entrance building, street side
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation DEB
Price range 5
opening November 1, 1873
Profile on Bahnhof.de Ebersbach__Sachs_
location
City / municipality Ebersbach-Neugersdorf
Place / district Ebersbach / Sa.
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 0 '16 "  N , 14 ° 34' 44"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '16 "  N , 14 ° 34' 44"  E
Height ( SO ) 350  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
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The Ebersbach (Sachs) station is an operating point on the Oberoderwitz – Wilthen , Ebersbach – Löbau and Bakov nad Jizerou – Ebersbach railway lines in the Ebersbach-Neugersdorf community . Ebersbach (Sachs) is a border station in traffic with the Czech Republic .

history

Track plan of the Ebersbach station until 1914
Preserved water tower of the Ebersbach station from 1929

The station was built in 1873 with the construction of the Ebersbach – Löbau line and the Bakov nad Jizerou – Ebersbach line of the Bohemian Northern Railway . When building the station, the level of the railway line to Wilthen should be taken into account. In its first design, it was a Saxon-Austrian community station on the corridor of the Neuebersbach community between Haine and the edge of the boiler; it was supposed to be called Georgswalde -Ebersbach . The lines from Rumburg and Oberoderwitz came from the south together from the Bohemian side into the station. The border crossing was right before the route from Spreedorf to Georgswalde at that time . On the Bohemian side there were still two cover signals and two switches from the station. The Rumburg route ended in the middle of the reception building .

Historical photo of the Ebersbach train station from 1914

The 106-meter-long station building dates from that time and was part of the administrative building of the Bohemian Northern Railway and part of the Royal Saxon State Railways . To the right of the station building stood the Saxon goods shed, and to the left of the customs border that of the Bohemian Northern Railway. A customs goods shed was built between the station building and the goods shed of the Bohemian Northern Railway. The station had eight parallel station and twice as many butt tracks, plus 54 points and 4 cross points.

The southern entrance to the station differed from today's introduction. The approach tracks were about 100 meters to the west than today. The national border was still different then; it ran south of today's Spreedorfer road bridge, at the confluence of the Kesselrandweg it ran north of it. The way to Georgswalde, which is also slightly offset from today's Spreedorfer road bridge, still had a level crossing with the rails. The road bridging over the B 96, which is common today, already existed on the northern side of the station . In the western area of ​​the station, on the site of today's goods shed, both railway administrations had their boiler houses, which were designed as round houses with four stands and a turntable each with a diameter of 11.6 meters.

Entrance building of Ebersbach train station in 2015, track side

At the beginning of the 1900s, the station reached the limit of its capabilities. The level crossing at the Südkopf in particular proved to be a bottleneck. That is why it was decided to redesign it as early as 1914, which could not be completed until after 1930 due to the war. Added to this were the changed political conditions and the necessary relocation of the Spree , which was completed in 1925. A little off the old road to Georgswalde, the bridge over the station tracks was built in the form of the Spreedorfer Bridge. Originally, a joint round boiler house with 14 stalls was to be built north of this, the newly founded ČSD built the new Jiříkov station on the south side of the new Spreedorfer bridge and instead expanded the round shed in Rumburg . As a result, the two boiler houses on the east side disappeared, and a significantly enlarged station with 27 tracks was created. At that time, the track system reached the greatest extent. The entrance to the station of the railway line from Oberoderwitz ran entirely on German territory and was separated from the tracks from Rumburg. In place of the earlier boiler houses, a goods shed was built for both railway administrations. Behind this there were three loading tracks and two loading lanes. A two-tier, two-track locomotive shed was built behind these. A water tower built in 1929 supplied the water cranes in the station area . When construction began, construction of the first signal box began, and in 1932 the construction of all signal boxes was completed. A personal zuggleis from Rumburg ended on the south side of the reception building.

A rail connection to a chemical factory existed in the station until 1989. In 1945 the Spreedorfer Bridge was blown up as a result of acts of war, which severely damaged the neighboring signal box 1. As a result of reparations, tracks 3, 11, 15, 22, 25, 28 and 31 were dismantled. The operating status then returned to normal. In 1952, border traffic to Rumburg was resumed. At the end of the 1960s, Ebersbach became a general cargo and wagon load hub for the surrounding train stations.

After 1989, freight traffic in the train station declined drastically. The previous scheduled freight trains became demand trains. From July 1, 1992, there was again a border passenger traffic to Rumburg, which was maintained until 2011. In 1996 the new Spreedorfer Bridge was opened to traffic, which was quickly given the nickname “Blue Wonder” due to its striking color scheme. At that time there were still six main tracks depending on the route. The reception building has been closed since then and is intended to be converted into a residential building.

Since December 2002 there have been no more scheduled passenger trains on the route to Löbau. In 2003, a train / bus interface was set up on the station forecourt. The track systems have been controlled by an electronic signal box since 2008 . A year later the previous signal boxes were abandoned and demolished. In December 2010, scheduled passenger trains from the direction of Rumburg to Ebersbach ran for the last time. On the route to Löbau and Rumburg there are buses that run more often than the last offered passenger trains due to the lower costs.

In 2015 there are still five tracks in operation in the station, only four of which are equipped with main signals, the fifth is occasionally used as a loading track.

Platforms

View of Ebersbach train station from the Spreedorfer Bridge

The station has a house platform on track 1 with a usable length of 172 meters and an island platform with a usable length of 170 meters on tracks 2 and 3. Both platforms are 38 centimeters high. The station was a transit and separation station for the route to Rumburg.

traffic

View of the freight shed at Ebersbach station

After the opening of the railway line, rail traffic increased significantly. This was particularly evident in the level crossing on Spreedorfer Weg, where around 1900 it was observed that an average of every four minutes was closed. Freight traffic on the Bakov nad Jizerou – Ebersbach railway made up a large part of the traffic. According to an Ebersbach chronicle, the receipt of 15,325 t of loads of 5 t each of Bohemian lignite (an average of around 50 coal wagons per day) for Ebersbach or Saxon forwarding was proven in 1884  . After 1930 it was bauxite traffic that also carried significant loads on the Bakov nad Jizerou – Ebersbach railway line. Up until 1944, around 100,000 t were transported from Ebersbach to Lauta every year .

In the timetable for the Oberoderwitz – Wilthen railway from 1892, seven pairs of trains from Ebersbach are listed. In 1905 six pairs of trains ran in the direction of Löbau. Around 1930, four pairs of trains ran to Prague on the line to Rumburg. There was a railcar connection between Rumburg and Ebersbach. Six trains ran here daily, some with a stop in Georgswalde. After 1939 there was only traffic from Ebersbach to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . From 1945 to 1952 there was no border traffic to Rumburg. After that, freight traffic was resumed, and passenger traffic initially only took place from Rumburg to Georgswalde.

In 1960 there were eight pairs of trains in the direction of Löbau that used the station. Six passenger trains , one express train and one express train ran on the Oberoderwitz – Wilthen railway line , with all types of train stopping at Ebersbach station. In the recent past, local goods trains from Schlauroth to Zittau reached the station seven times a day . From 1991 to 2011 there was again regular passenger traffic between Ebersbach and Rumburg. In 1992, freight traffic on this route was ended. Today (2015) there is occasional freight traffic between Bischofswerda and Ebersbach. In passenger traffic there is hourly traffic with the trains of the Trilex , whereby the trains meet in Ebersbach on the single-track route.

Ebersbach depot

Before the station renovation, the depot in Ebersbach had two four-track round sheds with a turntable each with a diameter of 11.6 meters for both railway companies. Stationed locomotives are not known; due to the small pulley diameter, they cannot have been large locomotives. The kkStB 53 series comes into question, which is based at the BNB and was still stationed in Bohemian Leipa in 1918 . The kkStB 128 was demonstrably used for passenger traffic. These machines had a wheelbase with tender of 11,517 mm.

After the station renovation, the station area received a two-track, two-tier engine shed. Obviously the shunting locomotives of the station were stationed and serviced here. Four locomotives of Class IIIb emerge from the literature , and Class IV T is also listed. Around the 1930s, the second locomotive shed track was shortened and a small locomotive shed was built in front of it. The former coal track 31 was also removed after 1945.

literature

  • Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002.
  • Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, part 1: main railways. EK-Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 20.
  2. ^ A b Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, part 1: main railways. EK-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , p. 185.
  3. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 64.
  4. ↑ a b c Track plan of the Ebersbach station from the 1970s at www.sachsenschiene.net
  5. ↑ a b website of the Ebersbach train station at www.sachsenschiene.net
  6. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 82.
  7. ↑ State Office for Road Construction and Transport of the Free State of Saxony: 08/10/2015 - Free State funds repair of the “Blaues Wunder” railway bridge in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf. , accessed February 28, 2017
  8. ^ A b Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, part 1: main railways. EK-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , p. 187.
  9. ↑ Station equipment Ebersbach (Sachs). DB Station & Service, accessed on April 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 44.
  11. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 42.
  12. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 63.
  13. ^ Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, part 1: main railways. EK-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , p. 172.
  14. ^ A b Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, Part 2: Branch lines. EK-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-388255-733-6 , p. 10.
  15. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 72.
  16. ^ Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, Part 2: Branch lines. EK-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-388255-733-6 , p. 14.
  17. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 58.
  18. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 51.
  19. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 67.
  20. ↑ Hans von Polenz: The railway from the Spree to Bohemia. Ostsächsische Eisenbahnfreunde e. V., Löbau 2002, p. 69.