Erkrath station
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 Hp Erkrath with the steep section in the background, 2006
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| Operating point type | Halt (since 1988, until 1988 station ) |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | KER |
| IBNR | 8001841 |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | December 20, 1838 |
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| City / municipality | Erkrath |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 13 '13 " N , 6 ° 54' 11" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 53.5 m above sea level NN |
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| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Erkrath is a former train station and today's breakpoint in the center of the North Rhine-Westphalian community of Erkrath . It was put into operation on December 20, 1838 as the provisional terminus of the Düsseldorf – Elberfeld railway line, making it one of the oldest railway stations in West Germany. In addition to the stop, the community has three other passenger transport stops ( Erkrath Nord , Hochdahl and Hochdahl-Millrath ). The four stations are all integrated into the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network.
Location and structure
The train station is located in the center of Alt-Erkrath and is particularly important for commuters in the Düsseldorf and Wuppertal areas . The Erkrath market is about 500 meters from the stop. In the northern area of Alt-Erkrath there is a second S-Bahn stop at Erkrath Nord .
The stop has a central platform on the VzG route 2525 ( Neuss Hbf - Abzw Linderhausen) serving the S-Bahn traffic . Parallel to this, the VzG route 2550 ( Aachen Hbf - Kassel Hbf ) runs past the operating point. Due to the local conditions of the subsequent steep section to Hochdahl , this runs on a single track in the Erkrath area. Historically, both lines belong to the Düsseldorf – Elberfeld railway line .
The platform is connected to Morper Allee and Rathelbecker Weg via a pedestrian underpass. The former reception building and a bus stop are to the north of the tracks, and a park-and-ride area is to the south.
history
In October 1835, the Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was established , which was supposed to promote the construction of a railway line between Düsseldorf and Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ). The first section between Düsseldorf and Erkrath required a construction time of less than a year and was completed with the opening of the line on December 20, 1838. The date marks the commissioning of the first steam train in the Prussian Rhine province .
In the area east of Erkrath, the route had to overcome a height difference of around 80 meters, for which the company examined several route variants. In order to keep the construction costs low, those responsible opted for an inclined plane with a rope hoist , as was found on some English railways of the time. The section had a critical slope of 1:30. The necessary earth movements meant that the commissioning of further sections of the route was delayed by around two and a half years. On May 21, 1841, the next section to Vohwinkel , and on September 3 of the same year, the remaining section to Elberfeld-Steinbeck went into operation.
The line between Erkrath and Hochdahl had two tracks, as the line speed was significantly lower in the area of the steep line. From 1842, the rope hoist operation was converted so that the train going downhill pulled the train going uphill. In the station itself, there were individual sidings available in addition to the two through tracks. Opposite the station building there was a signal tower south of the track system. From there the arrival of a train was signaled by a pneumatic signal device and a whistle, which was then attached to the rope. From 1867 the steep line was expanded to three tracks, so that a single locomotive could pull the uphill trains independently of the downhill journeys.
At the beginning of the 20th century the station received a new reception building. At that time the railway systems had three platforms. There were several parking and loading tracks on the valley side. After the German Reichsbahn gave the cable operation on August 10, 1926 the needed were there pushing locomotives of the series 94 5-17 stationed. In 1963 the Deutsche Bundesbahn electrified the section from Düsseldorf Hbf to Gruiten and removed the third track. The move took place for one year with electric locomotives of the E 40 11 series (from 1968: series 139) before the entire route between Düsseldorf and Wuppertal was electrified and the replenishment could therefore usually be omitted.
With the construction of the East-West S-Bahn in the 1980s, the station was rebuilt. To enable a smooth 20-minute cycle on the new S 8 line, the new S-Bahn line was to be built on two tracks. Since there was not enough space for a second pair of tracks, the existing long-distance railway line was dismantled onto one track. The switch connections were removed, which means that Erkrath was now only a stop on the S-Bahn line. The Ef interlocking could thus be omitted; the newly built Gf interlocking in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim has been monitoring the route since 1985 . The newly built central platform now had a platform height of 960 millimeters above the top of the rails and was similar in structure to the other stations on the route, which usually differ from one another by a color code. The city of Erkrath acquired the station building at this time and placed it under monument protection in 1991.
service
The S-Bahn station is served by the S 8 line of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn every 20 minutes. In the morning and afternoon rush hour traffic, there are individual trips on the S 68 amplifier line. At the bus stop to the north there is a connection to five bus lines, including a disco line.
See also
Web links
- History of the train station onzielbahnhof.de
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Station category list (valid from 01/01/2016). (PDF 0.33 MB) DB Station & Service, accessed on February 26, 2016 .
- ^ Paul G. Land: 150 years of progress in the railway network on the Rhine and Wupper. From the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway to the East-West S-Bahn . In: Deutsche Bundesbahn. Federal Railway Directorate Cologne (Ed.): The East-West S-Bahn . HESTRA-Verlag, Darmstadt 1988, ISBN 3-7771-0211-3 , p. 15-16 .
- ^ A b c Paul G. Land: 150 years of progress in the railway network on the Rhine and Wupper. From the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway to the East-West S-Bahn . In: Deutsche Bundesbahn. Federal Railway Directorate Cologne (Ed.): The East-West S-Bahn . HESTRA-Verlag, Darmstadt 1988, ISBN 3-7771-0211-3 , p. 16-21 .
- ^ Burkhard Thiel: Erkrath station. In: Zielbahnhof.de. Retrieved October 11, 2014 .
- ^ André Joost: Route archive 2525. In: NRWbahnarchiv. Retrieved October 13, 2014 .
- ↑ The steep stretch of Erkrath - Hochdahl. In: Bahnen-Wuppertal.de. Retrieved October 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Martin Behling et al .: 10 years of planning and construction . In: Deutsche Bundesbahn. Federal Railway Directorate Cologne (Ed.): The East-West S-Bahn . HESTRA-Verlag, Darmstadt, ISBN 3-7771-0211-3 , p. 55-56 .
- ↑ Construction u. Ground monuments in Erkrath. (PDF) (No longer available online.) City of Erkrath, archived from the original on October 16, 2014 ; accessed on October 11, 2014 . 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.
