Einöd railway station (Saar)

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Einöd railway station (Saar)
Einöd station at the beginning of the 20th century
Einöd station at the beginning of the 20th century
Data
Location in the network
Through station (1857–1877) Separation station (1877–1989)
Operations station (1989–1996)
Platform tracks 1
abbreviation BE
IBNR 8000371
opening May 7, 1857
Conveyance Passenger traffic: May 26, 1989
location
City / municipality Homburg
Place / district Desolate
country Saarland
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 16 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 7 ″  E Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 7 ″  E
Railway lines

Landau – Rohrbach (km 100.08)
Homburg – Zweibrücken (km 7.4) (closed)
Zweibrücken – Sarreguemines (km 3.476) (closed)

Railway stations in Saarland
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The Einöd (Saar) train station - initially Einöd id Pfalz - was a train station in the Homburg district of Einöd . It was opened on May 7, 1857 as a through station on the Homburg – Zweibrücken railway. On April 1, 1879, it became a railway junction with the release of the Bliestal Railway, which began in Zweibrücken . The station later became part of the newly created Saar area and later the Saarland , which temporarily served as a customs station. Due to an associated change in traffic flows, the original section of the Bliestalbahn Zweibrücken – Einöd – Bierbach became part of today's Landau – Rohrbach railway . With the cessation of passenger traffic between Homburg and Zweibrücken in 1989, the station was closed.

location

The station was on the southwestern edge of the settlement of Einöd. The Landau – Rohrbach railway runs in this area from northeast to southwest. To the south of its catchment area, the local Raiffeisenstrasse runs parallel to the railroad tracks .

Since the station was built as part of the Homburg – Zweibrücken railway, it was located along this at 7.4 km. Since the direct connection to Bierbach was created as part of the Bliestalbahn , it was located there at 3.476 kilometers. As the station became part of a main line on the Bruchsal – Germersheim – Landau – Zweibrücken – Rohrbach route, a new kilometer was created in the early 20th century that began on the Germersheimer Rheinbrücke on the border between Baden and Bavaria; accordingly, the station was henceforth at route kilometers 100.08.

history

Early period (1850-1900)

After a route of the Palatinate Ludwigsbahn Ludwigshafen – Bexbach via Zweibrücken, which was opened between 1847 and 1849, had failed, plans were running to build a branch line starting in Homburg via Einöd to the former royal seat. This was on May 7, 1857 as the fourth railway line within the Palatinate after the Ludwigsbahn, the Schifferstadt – Speyer branch line and the Neustadt – Wissembourg Maximiliansbahn . Along with Schwarzenacker, Einöd idPfalz was one of two stops on the way between Homburg and Zweibrücken.

In the planning of the Bliestalbahn , Einöd station initially played no role. The former was to be removed from the Schwarzenacker – St. Würzbachbahn, which opened in 1866 and 1867, in the area around Lautzkirchen . Turn off Ingbert. At the instigation of the responsible engineer, the line through to Zweibrücken was brought into play. As far as Einöd it should run parallel to the Homburg – Zweibrücken railway line , with a connecting curve between Einöd and Bierbach then being created. The decisive factor for this was the fact that the line was to serve as a conceptual continuation of the Landau – Zweibrücken line, which was also being built at that time. In addition, most of the places in Bliestal belonged to the Zweibrücken district office . In addition, neighboring Homburg was not to be given too much power as a railway junction. The Zweibrücken – Bierbach section was already completed on October 15, 1877, to accommodate trains on the Zweibrücken – St. Ingbert to enable.

While the Bliestalbahn and the route to Homburg were initially two independent single-track routes despite their common route to Einöd, in 1888 the Neunkirchen – Bexbach– or Saarbrücken – St. Ingbert – Zweibrücken – Landau rebuilt the track system so that from then on double-track traffic from Bierbach to Landau was possible. In the same year, Einöd, previously officially a “stop”, was converted into a station. At the same time, the reception building was expanded.

Further development

After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, 50 military trains drove from Germersheim via Landau and from there via Zweibrücken through the station every day from August 9 to 16 ; 30 of them ended up in Saarbrücken and 20 in Saargemünd. Accordingly, the scheduled traffic came to a standstill.

After the German defeat in World War I, the station was added to the newly created Saar area with effect from March 10, 1920 , which the victorious powers placed under the administration of the League of Nations for a period of 15 years . Since the border of this newly created territory ran between Einöd and Zweibrücken, the train station, which accordingly received the new name Einöd (Saar) , became a customs station. From then on, the Saareisenbahn , which had emerged from the former Prussian Railway Directorate Saarbrücken, was responsible for them. This meant, among other things, that the trains of the Bliestalbahn , which was previously geared towards Zweibrücken, from now on preferably reached Homburg via Schwarzenacker. The Zweibrücken – Einöd – Bierbach connection had already developed into part of the Landau – Rohrbach railway in the previous decades . In 1935, with the resettlement of the Saar area, customs controls were no longer applicable. In the course of the reorganization of the Saar area on March 1, 1935, the Reichsbahndirektion Saarbrücken was responsible for the station from now on ; at the same time, customs controls were omitted.

post war period

The procedure was repeated after the Second World War. Einöd once again became part of the area now known as Saarland and thus again became a customs station from September 1946. As a result, the Bliestalbahn trains ran permanently via Schwarzenacker to Homburg. The traffic to Zweibrücken, which in contrast to the places along the Blies became part of the newly created Rhineland-Palatinate , lost further importance. As early as 1986 the Deutsche Bundesbahn had plans to give up the station. On May 26, 1989, passenger traffic on the Homburg – Zweibrücken route ended. At the same time, Einöd station was closed to passenger traffic. However, it initially remained as a depot for freight trains from or towards Homburg before the line between Homburg and Einöd was closed on September 28, 1996. A year later, the connecting curve to Schwarzenacker was dismantled. It was not until 2009 that Einöd received another stopping point, which is 200 meters in the area of ​​the first reception building, which was operated until 1925.

Buildings

The original station building was built in 1857 when the route from Homburg to Zweibrücken opened. Wa operated until 1925 and was demolished in 1937. The background to this measure was the fact that, due to its function as a customs station, an extension of the tracks for freight traffic and the creation of a military ramp was planned. His successor has since been converted into a residential building. There were also two signal boxes called Einöd West and Einöd Ost , which were demolished in 1969.

traffic

passenger traffic

Despite the fact that the station was a railway junction, it never gained greater importance. This was due on the one hand to its proximity to the cities of Homburg and Zweibrücken, which also gained in importance over the years, and on the other hand to the demarcation of the Saar region and the Saarland. In addition, the incorporation of Einöd to Homburg in 1973 played an important role, as a result of which the traffic flows in the east-west direction also decreased on site.

Freight transport

Important customers in freight transport were a company that produced chains and one that produced cigars. In 1886 796.47 tons of goods were received or dispatched at the station, 140 tons of which were coal. It increased continuously in the two decades that followed. In 1895 it was already 2,680.905 tons, of which 95 tons were coal.

literature

  • Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . Edition Europa, Walsheim 2000, ISBN 3-931773-37-X , p. 66-67 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. kbaystb.de: The railway stations of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - left bank of the Rhine (Bavarian Palatinate) - Contwig to Friesenheim idPf .: . Retrieved December 19, 2013 .
  2. Railway Atlas Germany . Schweers + Wall, Eupen 2002, ISBN 3-89494-133-2 , pp. 83 .
  3. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 169 .
  4. klauserbeck.de: 4.5 Broken kilometer counting , starting again with 0: Bruchsal - Graben-Neudorf - km 22.048 = km 0.0 - Germersheim - Landau (Pfalz) Hbf - Pirmasens Nord - Rohrbach (Saar) . Retrieved August 6, 2014 .
  5. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 127 .
  6. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 57 .
  7. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 32 .
  8. bahnhof-homburg.de: III railway in the neighboring city of Two Bridges . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 30, 2013 ; accessed on December 25, 2018 .
  9. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 87 f .
  10. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 170 .
  11. ^ Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1982, p. 145 .
  12. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 48 .
  13. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstrasse-Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 62 .
  14. a b floben.beepworld.de: The history of the Bliestalbahn and surrounding railway lines . Retrieved December 19, 2013 .
  15. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 38 .
  16. a b bahnstatistik.de: Royal Direction of the Saarbrücker Railway - Timetable Establishments - Designations - Resolutions . Retrieved September 18, 2014 .
  17. pfaelzischer-merkur.de: Desert is again a breakpoint . Retrieved December 19, 2013 .
  18. Urs Kramer, Matthias Brodkorb: Farewell to the rail. Freight routes 1980 to 1993 . 2008, p. 85 .
  19. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 310 .
  20. vcd.org: Karl-Heinz Janson: Einöd receives a new breakpoint, November 8, 2009 . Retrieved December 19, 2013 .
  21. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 66 f .
  22. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 212 .
  23. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 218 .
  24. ^ Walter Weber: The Bliestalbahn. From start to finish . 2000, p. 214 .