Ehreshoven station
Ehreshoven station | |
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Ehreshoven station in August 2014
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Location in the network | Intermediate station |
Platform tracks | 2 |
opening | 1884 |
Conveyance | 1980 |
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City / municipality | Engelskirchen |
Place / district | Loop |
country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 50 ° 58 ′ 34 " N , 7 ° 20 ′ 46" E |
Height ( SO ) | 108.5 m |
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia |
The station Ehreshoven is a disused station building in Engelskirchen - Loope , Ehreshoven 12-14. It is located at 27.075 km of the Aggertalbahn in the Ehreshoven district on the B 55 near Ehreshoven Castle . The building is now privately owned and is a listed building.
history
The station was built in the course of the construction of the railway line from Siegburg to Ründeroth . The original plans included a stop in Loope instead of a stop in Ehreshoven. Count Maximilian von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven , however, recommended relocating the train station to Ehreshoven and justified this with the possible removal of zinc blende and lead ore from the nearby Castor mine . The responsible railway directorate also spoke out in favor of this location, as the removal of wood from the surrounding forests is possible here and the delivery of larger quantities of iron and coal for a nearby hammer mill would be expected. The Mayor of Engelskirchen Edmund Geveler confirmed this with his signature on October 30, 1882, whereupon the plans were changed accordingly.
Construction of the station was completed in 1883, a year before the railway line opened. The building was made of quarry stone and covered with slate. The window reveals and the protruding middle part of the facade can also be found in this form at other train stations in the Aggertal. The building suffered minor damage during World War II as a result of an air raid by Allied forces on February 2, 1945 .
Due to falling passenger numbers, the station was no longer served from October 2, 1960. It was used as a crossing point until 1980 and then shut down.
use
In addition to passenger traffic, from 1884 to 1929 the station was also used to transport lead and zinc ores extracted from the Castor and Bruno II mines . The delivery to the station took place via a separate siding, which led to the ramp of the suspension bridge near the Castor pit.
Railway system
location
The station was built northeast of Ehreshoven Castle , on the northern side of Cologne-Olper Chaussee. The main tracks were parallel to this street, today's Bundesstraße 55 .
Operating and traffic facilities
The existing station building with attached goods shed is located between the railway line and the main road. In addition to the continuous main track, the track system consisted of a crossing track, a loading track and the siding of the Castor mine. A side ramp and a storage area were available for freight traffic.
In Ehreshoven there was a dispatcher interlocking in the reception building and a guard interlocking at the eastern head of the station. The barrier level crossings in the station area were operated by the signal boxes.
literature
- Christian Stiefelhagen, Rainer Schmidt: The railway with stops . In: Heinrich Lüdenbach: Loope . A home book. Ed .: Citizens and Beautification Association Loope e. V. Joh. Heider Verlag GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listed buildings in the community of Engelskirchen accessed on February 14, 2016
- ^ Christian Stiefelhagen, Rainer Schmidt: The railway with stops . In: Heinrich Lüdenbach: Loope . A home book. Ed .: Citizens and Beautification Association Loope e. V. Joh. Heider Verlag GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6 . , P. 130
- ^ Karl-Heinz Lüdenbach: The time of the Second World War . In: Heinrich Lüdenbach: Loope . A home book. Ed .: Citizens and Beautification Association Loope e. V. Joh. Heider Verlag GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6 .
- ^ Christian Stiefelhagen, Rainer Schmidt: The railway with stops . In: Heinrich Lüdenbach: Loope . A home book. Ed .: Citizens and Beautification Association Loope e. V. Joh. Heider Verlag GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6 . , P. 134
- ↑ Karl-Heinz Lüdenbach: Schwungbrücke: suspension bridge between Ehreshoven and Kastor . In: Heinrich Lüdenbach: Loope . A home book. Ed .: Citizens and Beautification Association Loope e. V. Joh. Heider Verlag GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6 .
- ↑ Karl-Heinz Lüdenbach: Grube Castor and Bruno II , in: Loope, a home book , ed. Citizens and Heimatverein Loope eV, Loope 2012, p. 181, ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6
Web links
- Ehreshoven operating center archive . Data on the train station on NRWbahnarchiv (private website). Retrieved October 30, 2014