Engelskirchen train station

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Engelskirchen train station
Engelskirchen train station
Engelskirchen train station
Data
Operating point type Passenger station
Location in the network Intermediate station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation KENL
IBNR 8001789
Price range 5
opening 1884
Profile on Bahnhof.de Engelskirchen
location
Place / district Engelskirchen
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 59 '13 "  N , 7 ° 24' 29"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '13 "  N , 7 ° 24' 29"  E
Height ( SO ) 125  m
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The train station Engelskirchen is a station of the Aggertalbahn in the center of Engelskirchen .

location

The train station is located near the Agger in the center of Engelskirchen. The address of the station is Bahnhofplatz.

description

The station has a central platform and a covered waiting area. There is a bus station in the area of ​​the station square.

history

The station after the air raids of World War II

The course of the Siegburg – Olpe (Aggertalbahn) railway goes back largely to the “Railway Committee” founded in 1860 by local industrialists. The first station building was built with the construction of the Aggertalbahn and served for the first time on October 15, 1884. Since the railway administration did not want to erect a massive building on the filled ground, a timber frame house that was no longer needed in Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen was dismantled there and rebuilt in Engelskirchen.

The rail connection had a major economic impact on Engelskirchen, as the freight rates of the local companies fell significantly. In addition, the station had a siding to the Leppetalbahn, which went into operation in 1897 . Grauwacke, which had previously been dismantled in the Leppetal and transported by the small-gauge railway, could be reloaded and transported away at Engelskirchen station. In 1888, 28 freight wagons were loaded daily in Engelskirchen. The station was also used for transport by the Ermen & Engels cotton spinning mill . Company founder Friedrich Engels had previously advocated an extension of the railway line to Oberbergisches.

After the end of the First World War , Engelskirchen was in the border area of ​​the occupation zone , which ran within a radius of 30 kilometers from Cologne. From December 1918 to November 1919, British soldiers occupied the station and banned train traffic between Engelskirchen and Ehreshoven station in order to prevent smuggling. In 1932 a station master and twelve employees were employed at the station. In addition to a Reichsbahn inspector, the Engelskirchen railway maintenance company employed 35 other people.

After the IX Tactical Air Command had bombed the railway line between Engelskirchen and Overath on March 16, 1945, the railway traffic on this section of the line was idle. Ammunition transported to Engelskirchen was loaded into trucks at the station. Therefore, several ammunition trains were in the station during the air raids on Engelskirchen ; Several vehicles were waiting on the station forecourt. The station, tracks and ammunition trains were completely destroyed in the attack. After the destruction, Wilhelm Riphahn planned to rebuild Engelskirchen. With the words: “Engelskirchen must not become a large marshalling yard!” He recommended moving the existing tracks behind the station building and not rebuilding the Leppetalbahn. The station area is "an extensive black hole with noise and smoke and soot", Riphahn continues, but he was unable to enforce his plans. Instead, the ruins were torn down and replaced with a makeshift building. In 1957 a new station building was opened.

After the Leppetalbahn was shut down, the tracks leading through the town center to the train station were initially tarred and later permanently removed.

The station was renovated from mid-2013. The tracks and signaling technology were renewed and the central platform was widened. The renovation was completed in early 2014. The station building, in which a catering business previously operated, has not been used since around 2014. In February 2018, an investor announced that the building would be demolished and a new one built, which should be completed by the end of 2019.

Operating facilities

The signal box

At the train station there is a signal box that was built in 1912 and placed under temporary protection as a historical monument by the municipality after it was closed in early 2014.

The tracks of the nearby cotton mill can still be seen today in the area of ​​the LVR industrial museum.

Transport links

The station is served by regional train 25, which runs between Cologne-Hansaring and Lüdenscheid .

line course Tact
RB 25 Oberbergische Bahn :
Cologne Hansaring  - Cologne Hbf  - Cologne Messe / Deutz  - Cologne Trimbornstrasse - Cologne Frankfurter Strasse  - Rösrath-Stümpen - Rösrath  - Hoffnungsthal  - Lohmar-Honrath  - Overath  - Engelskirchen  - Ründeroth  - Gummersbach-Dieringhausen  - Gummersbach  - Marienheide  - Meinerzhagen  - Kierspe  - Halver-Oberbrügge  - Lüdenscheid-Bruges  - Lüdenscheid
Status: timetable change December 2019 		30 min (Cologne – Engelskirchen / Gummersbach)
60 min (Cologne – Lüdenscheid)

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Engelskirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 88.
  2. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 82.
  3. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 122 and 126
  4. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 139.
  5. ^ Gebhard Aders : The air raids on Engelskirchen 1945 . Headquarters, radio station, Gestapo? Decades after the end of the war the background clarified. The air raids on Engelskirchen on March 19 and 28, 1945. In: Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in Bergisch Gladbach (Hrsg.): Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar 1993 . 1st edition. No. 63 . Heider-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1992, ISBN 3-87314-272-4 , p. 208-218 . , Pp. 212 and 215
  6. ↑ quoted from: Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 165.
  7. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, pp. 163-165.
  8. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 182.
  9. ^ Josef Hesse: Engelskirchen in the 19th and 20th centuries. Engelskirchen 1985, p. 186.
  10. ↑ Engelskirchen is finished. In: Rundschau online. January 10, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ Bahn makes the RB 25 fit for the future. ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Oberberg-Nachrichten.de , July 2, 2013. Accessed December 15, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oberberg-nachrichten.de
  12. ↑ Investor presents: These are the plans for the station area in Engelskirchen rundschau-online from February 7, 2018. Accessed March 31, 2018.
  13. ↑ Bahn suddenly owns a monument. In: Rundschau online. January 30, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.