Freital-Hainsberg train station
| Freital-Hainsberg Freital-Hainsberg Hp |
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 Entrance building, street side
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Train station (Freital Ost - Tharandt, Gz-Gleis / Freital-Hainsberg - Kurort Kipsdorf) Stop (Dresden - Werdau) |
| Location in the network | Connecting station |
| Platform tracks | Standard gauge: 2 Narrow gauge: 1 |
| abbreviation | DHG (Freital-Hainsberg) DFH (Freital-Hainsberg Hp) |
| opening | June 28, 1855 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Freital-Hainsberg |
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| City / municipality | Freital |
| Place / district | Hainsberg (Freital) |
| country | Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 59 ′ 19 " N , 13 ° 38 ′ 15" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 182.94 m |
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The Freital-Hainsberg station (until 1921 Hainsberg ) is an operating point of the Dresden – Werdau railway line in the area of the Hainsberg district of the Freital community . In addition, the Weißeritztalbahn branches off from here to Kipsdorf .
history
Surname
The station has already had four different names in its history, in detail these were:
- until January 12, 1918: Hainsberg
- until December 12, 1933: Hainsberg (Sa)
- until September 29, 1965: Hainsberg (Sachs)
- since September 29, 1965: Freital-Hainsberg
business
The tracks of the Hainsberg station from the opening time of the Dresden – Werdau railway line are not known. In 1874 the station got its first station building . The more important station in today's Freital area was the Potschappel station , which had most of the connections to the coal mines in Freital . It was not until the opening of the Weißeritztalbahn in 1883 that there was a significant increase in transport services at the station. The track system was expanded and included seven standard and four narrow-gauge tracks. The tracks were still at ground level. A four-person locomotive shed on the narrow-gauge railway was in the eastern station field. The station never had an engine shed for the standard-gauge railway.
The standard-gauge systems led from the east and the narrow-gauge systems from the west to the transfer area for goods between standard gauge and narrow gauge. The station building was located roughly on the site of the former command station , which had the disadvantage that the passengers had to cross the tracks to get to the trains. At that time, the station also included a still small goods shed, a loading street, a four-part locomotive shed for the narrow-gauge railway with the treatment systems, a trolley pit and a loading ramp for narrow-gauge vehicles on standard-gauge vehicles.
The location of the connection to the paper mill shows that the station was further in the direction of the oven rock.
The surname of rail traffic on the main and secondary lines made itself felt in the Hainsberg station. To unbundle traffic, the tracks in the Freital area were raised, which greatly changed the track layout in the station. The standard gauge tracks were expanded to four tracks, the freight train tracks were separated from the passenger train tracks. Overall, the station area shifted further east. A new building on the south side of the station was erected as a station building in 1904. The old building was then demolished together with the old narrow-gauge locomotive shed by 1905. The narrow-gauge tracks were at the level of the freight train tracks between the freight train tracks and the passenger train tracks that were even higher up. Access to them was made possible through a tunnel. So no track systems had to be crossed. The 300-meter-long intermediate platform between the passenger tracks of the standard-gauge railway with a useful length of 500 meters suggests a train length that was impressive at the time. For luggage transport, there was a separate tunnel from the reception building to the platform tracks with a luggage elevator. Two passenger tunnels were built between the north and south of the station. With the track renovation, the level crossings to the Dresden – Werdau railway and the Weißeritztalbahn disappeared, the goods shed was rebuilt, the loading street relocated and signal boxes for the station control were built. The station had a total of 13 standard-gauge tracks and nine narrow-gauge tracks with the tracks to the locomotive shed. The narrow-gauge systems were completely redesigned. The locomotive shed was given its place on the west side of the station next to the connecting track to the paper mill. Originally it was also four-person, in 1932 it had three tracks and six stands. On the east side of the station there were facilities for the handling of goods for the standard gauge, such as a trolley pit or a transfer hall. With the renovation of the station, a connection between the Weißeritztalbahn and the narrow-gauge Freital-Potschappel – Nossen railway was created for the exchange of operating resources via the Potschappel-Hainsberger connecting railway .
Since the station renovation there has been a siding to the Freital steelworks . The track systems were a little too tight for the narrow-gauge tracks, so that some equipment had to be parked in what was then Freital Coßmannsdorf station. In 1918 the station name was given the addition of Sachs . In the 1930s the station received a small locomotive shed.
Apparently after 1945 as a result of reparations after the Second World War , an approximately 600-meter-long standard-gauge freight train track was dismantled. Since freight traffic on the narrow-gauge railway was reduced in the 1960s, a long timber loading ramp, a loading platform and an open loading hall were shut down and demolished. At the time after the Freital-Potschappel train station, general cargo traffic on the standard-gauge railway was released , so the goods shed was then used for other purposes. In 1964 the official name of the station was changed to Freital-Hainsberg . At the end of the 1970s, freight traffic at Freital-Hainsberg station was so large that a V 60 locomotive that was specially stationed here was busy. In particular, the provision of wagon loads for the Freital stainless steel plant and the provision of wagon loads for the narrow-gauge railway ensured that capacity was used. The track to the paper mill that can be seen on the old track plans no longer exists today.
After 1989, freight traffic in the station decreased significantly, so that today a small locomotive is sufficient for the occasional work. From 2003 onwards, the railway systems will be controlled by an ESTW . The mechanical signal boxes were then abandoned in 2003 and demolished in 2006. The narrow-gauge railway today has light signals as entry and exit signals. A bus stop and bicycle parking spaces have been set up at the station forecourt.
Station areas
Freight depot
Originally, the freight area of the station consisted of just two tracks next to the loading road and two tracks for the transfer area to the narrow-gauge railway. Only after the redesign of the station did the goods area acquire the importance that can still be identified today. In the area of greatest expansion, it comprised eleven tracks in front of the loading street and four behind it for the transfer area. In addition, there were connections to the paper mill and the steel mills. Five of these tracks can still be seen in front of the loading street, whereby it must be taken into account that the cement filling plant takes up space from some of the former tracks. Some of the former tracks on the north side of the station are used by the steelworks to form a group of wagons and are provided with a fence. Behind the loading road there are three tracks that are mainly used to park unneeded wagons.
Passenger station
Originally, the passenger station was combined with the freight station on the north side of the station complex. After the railway facilities were redesigned, the passenger section got two platform tracks on the south side of the station. Since the renovation, the standard-gauge passenger station has been a stop , it has no turnout. The number of tracks corresponded to the number of passenger trains on the Dresden – Werdau line. After 1905 the station was manned by a dispatcher . He was sitting in the reception building. The information of the travelers on the platform was realized with a mouthpiece. The station received its entrance building, which is still there today. This included extensive rooms for handling travelers and waiting rooms with a taproom. On the higher station tracks, stairs led to the platform via a pedestrian tunnel. There was also the option of transporting luggage via a luggage tunnel and an elevator. There was a separate elevator for luggage and mail.
Today the premises of the station are empty. Only the access, the entrance area and the hall are used because of the pedestrian tunnel to the tracks of the normal and narrow-gauge railway. The luggage tunnel is bricked up. The passenger tunnel received newly installed elevators to the platforms. Since September 14, 2015, there is again a ticket agency for the trains of the narrow-gauge railway in the reception building.
Narrow-gauge station
The narrow-gauge station originally existed at the level of the Potschappel-Hainsberger connecting railway . The Weißeritztalbahn crossed Tharandter Strasse at the same level. Since the station renovation, the narrow-gauge station has been at the same level as the freight train tracks of the station and has two platform tracks and two further main tracks for goods transport, log loading ramp, loading platform, reloading hall, track connection to goods, coal and locomotive sheds, roller jack pit and loading ramp for equipment on the standard gauge .
Different train dispatches must have occurred during the redesign of the station. So the trains were put together in the new station, the passengers got on in the old station. Due to the constantly changing operating conditions, construction work never came to a standstill. With the redesign of the station, a connection to the narrow-gauge Freital-Potschappel station was created via the Potschappel-Hainsberger connecting railway. A ramp was built for the transport of cattle. In this context, a mixed-gauge wagon disinfection system was built next to the locomotive shed. The trolley pit was converted into a trolley pit.
Since the Weißeritztalbahn was included in the maintenance program of narrow-gauge railways in the GDR in the 1970s , there was freight traffic on it until 1994 and passenger traffic until 2002, which also influenced the railway facilities of the narrow-gauge station. Only the flood in August 2002 caused the station to be shut down for several years.
Since 2003 there has been no possibility of transporting the narrow-gauge wagons to WAS Freital Potschappel via the Potschappel-Hainsberger connecting railway, as the Deutsche Bahn wanted to do without this connection when rebuilding the Freitaler track system. Since then, the wagons required for repairs have to be transported to the Potschappel wagon repair center by low loader. Since December 2008 there has been passenger traffic again on the Weißeritztalbahn.
In 2018 and 2019, the SDG built a new workshop for its locomotives and wagons next to the listed narrow-gauge locomotive shed.
Hainsberg locomotive station
A locomotive shed and the necessary locomotive treatment systems were only available on the narrow-gauge railway at Freital-Hainsberg station. Standard gauge locomotives could only bunker coal and hold water in Hainsberg. The locomotive shed originally stood on the east side of the Freital-Hainsberg train station. Since the station renovation and the elevation of the tracks, it has been on the west side of the station. It was originally built as a four-person shed. From 1910 the locomotive shed was expanded by one track, so that it then comprised six stands. At that time the coaling was still done on a platform from the coal shed. Due to the extensive need for vehicles on the Weißeritztalbahn, especially during winter sports, it was necessary to enlarge the locomotive shed again. This was achieved through an extension, so that it had nine stands and its current form until the railroad crossing of the passenger train journey. In 1931 the engine shed was extended to make room for lockers for the engine crews. In 1960, the coaling of the locomotives was switched to a coal crane in a user-friendly manner. Since then, the locomotives are cranable Hunte filled with coal, the part will be filled from a storage tank. The collecting container is filled with an excavator from a coal bunker . For coaling, locomotives can approach the coal crane from both the narrow-gauge and the standard-gauge side.
Locomotives for treatment in the repair shop were only loaded in Freital-Potschappel station until the Freital-Potschappel-Nossen narrow-gauge railway ceased operations, and wagons only in Freital-Hainsberg station. Since then, both have happened here.
Stationed locomotives
traffic
Standard gauge
In terms of character, the station has always been a gauge changing station , with a large number of passengers and goods being exchanged between the gauges. Otherwise the station only had the meaning of a through station without a significant number of traffic stops. The station used to be of less importance than the Freital-Potschappel station, today it is the more important, which is underlined not least by the Weißeritztalbahn and the works traffic to the steelworks. The freight traffic in the direction of Freiberg was still quite considerable until 1989. Currently (2015) passenger trains run through the station every 30 minutes, with all trains stopping at the stop.
In contrast, freight traffic has decreased significantly. A freight train for the steelworks arrives at the station every day, and coal wagons are occasionally unloaded. The cement plant is also occasionally delivered by rail.
Narrow gauge
From day one, the Weißeritztalbahn was a means of transport that was much in demand by the population and industry, the growth of the company can best be seen from the required locomotives and the enlargement of the locomotive sheds in Freital-Hainsberg. In freight transport, it was especially coal and wood transports as well as transports to the steel works in Schmiedeberg that used the railway. The Weißeritztalbahn was still able to withstand the increasing traffic on the B 170 , but in 1994 it came to a standstill. The trolley pit is still intact, so that a resurgence of freight traffic would be possible at any time.
In 1882 three pairs of passenger trains ran from Hainsberg station. In 1898 there were already eight passenger trains running from Hainsberg, with half of them running on Sundays and public holidays. Here the great importance of the railway line for excursion and tourist traffic becomes clear. During the construction of the Malter dam , the traffic will have increased again, there are no timetable information.
In 1953, nine pairs of trains left Hainsberg station. The heavy use of the narrow-gauge line continued until 1989, after which there was a drop in passengers. Today six pairs of passenger trains run daily from Freital-Hainsberg to Dippoldiswalde.
literature
- Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway. Kenning Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 .
Web links
- Freital-Hainsberg train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- Website of the IG Weißeritztalbahn
- Website from the operator of the Weißeritztalbahn
- Tracks in service facilities (DHG) , DB Netz AG (PDF; track plan)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Internet site about the Freital-Hainsberg train station at www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ Dimensional sketch of the engine shed from the early days at Hainsberg station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ Former command signal box of Hainsberg train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ a b c d e track plan of the Freital-Hainsberg train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ Former luggage tunnel at Hainsberg train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ a b c d Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 , page 22
- ↑ a b c Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 , page 81
- ↑ Small locomotive shed at Hainsberg station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ Floor plan of the reception building of the Freital-Hainsberg train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
- ^ Message from the ticket agency on the IG Weißeritztalbahn website
- ^ History of the Weißeritztalbahn at the IG Weißeritztalbahn
- ^ A b Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 , page 114
- ↑ Photo of the coaling plant on the standard track page at www.sachsenschiene.net
- ↑ Kurt Kaiß, Matthias Hengst: Railway node Chemnitz - rail network of an industrial region , Alba, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-87094-231-2 , page 147
- ^ Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 , page 40
- ^ Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 , page 41
- ^ Hans-Christoph Thiel: Freital-Hainsberg-Kipsdorf narrow-gauge railway . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1996, ISBN 3-927587-67-2 , page 56
- ↑ Timetable of the Weißeritztalbahn on the IG Weißeritztalbahn website ( Memento from September 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
