Greiz train station
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 Track field of the train station (2012)
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| Location in the network |
Terminus (1875) Intermediate station (1875–1879, since 1999) Connecting station (1879–1999) |
| Design |
End station (1875, 1879–1999) Through station (since 1875) |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | UGR |
| IBNR | 8010140 |
| opening | July 17, 1875 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Greiz |
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| City / municipality | Greiz |
| country | Thuringia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 39 '9 " N , 12 ° 11' 38" E |
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| Railway stations in Thuringia | |
The Greiz station is located in the Thuringian town of Greiz of the same name and on the Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line , which is still in operation today, and the branch line to Neumark which has been closed since 1999. This made the station a railway junction of local importance until the branch line was closed .
history
Although a line through the Elstertal was first considered in the 1830s, Greiz did not receive a railway connection until 1865 with the Neumark – Greiz railway from the private Greiz-Brunner Railway Company. However, this route ended at the Elstertal and was far outside the city center. Therefore, in the 1860s, people wanted a more direct rail link. The Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company therefore received the concession for the Wolfsgefärth – Weischlitz railway in 1872 .
The Wolfsgefärth – Greiz section was opened on July 17, 1875, so the station was a terminus for around six weeks before the second section to the lower station in Plauen was opened on September 8, 1875.
Since Greiz was the state capital of the Principality of Reuss older line , the second largest station on the line was built here. Originally equipped with two platforms and five tracks, the station was rebuilt from 1878, as the Greiz-Brunner Railway Company, bought by Saxony in 1876, was extended to the lower station. A total of 29 points and 5.6 km of track were installed.
In the 1880s, further modifications and extensions were carried out. a. a platform roof. Together with expansions until the 1920s - for example a new goods shed around 200 m long was built - the station remained essentially unchanged until the 1990s.
After the political change in 1989/90 and the associated economic changes, the freight traffic, which was important until 1990, almost completely ceased. Freight traffic to Neumark was ended in 1995, passenger traffic continued until 1997. In 1999 the Neumark – Greiz line was shut down, and the traffic shutdowns caused the Greiz train station to become less important. Around 2000, the connection to almost all freight tracks was cut during the renovation. In addition to three continuous tracks, there are only two stub tracks left today. The DB Regio , which operates the passenger traffic on the Gera Süd – Greiz railway line together with the Vogtlandbahn , now parks railcars on the butt tracks .
The newly built bus station has been on the site of the tracks towards Neumark since 2003. The former freight yard was partially built over with the B 92 . A flood canal is also planned on this area as a flood protection measure.
Platforms
| track | Length in m | Height in cm |
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| 1 | 274 | 34 |
| 2 | 229 | 55 |
Greiz depot
In connection with the nationalization of the Greiz-Brunner Railway Company and the associated extension of the line from Neumark to the "lower" station in Greiz, locomotive treatment systems were built here. The boiler house was inaugurated in 1878, and the two-track rectangular shed was expanded by two stands the following year. Since there was not enough storage space, another boiler house with a 13 m turntable was built next to the existing building around 1890. Both buildings were connected by an intermediate building in 1912, at the same time the roundhouse was extended by two stands and the 13 m turntable was replaced by an 18 m turntable.
Initially subordinated to other departments, the Greiz locomotive station was elevated to an independent railway depot (Bw) in 1937. However, Greiz always remained a small depot, so major vehicle repairs were always carried out elsewhere.
On January 1, 1962, the Greiz depot was dissolved as an independent department and placed under the Reichenbach depot , but on September 30, 1962, the depot was transferred to the Gera depot. In the meantime, however, the staff again belonged to the Reichenbach depot.
With the merger between the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the Deutsche Bundesbahn , the Gera depot was converted into the Gera depot in 1994 , but the affiliation to the newly designated office remained. The remaining locomotive operations center was finally closed completely in 1995.
The buildings were demolished in 2015, the site, owned by Deutsche Bahn AG, has been fallow ever since.
Locomotive use
Initially, only the Greiz and Brunn locomotives (later listed in the I T class) of the Greiz-Brunner Railway Company were stationed in Greiz. After their retirement, the type V T came to Greiz. Later, the classes XII H2 (later series 38.2–3) and XI HT (later series 94.19–21) were used from Greiz.
It was not until the 1930s that other series of regional railway lines were stationed in Greiz. Although only an insignificant office - mostly only older vehicles were stationed in Greiz - brand new class 86 locomotives were received in 1932 as one of the first locomotive service stations .
After the end of World War II, the series 38.2–3 , 55.25–56 , 58.10–21 , 75.5 , 91.3–18 and 94.19–21 were available. After the end of the war, the 38.10–40 series was added , which were used from Greiz until the 1960s.
Towards the end of 1963, numerous locomotives of the 58.10-21 series were handed over to other offices, with the 58.30 and 65.10 series as replacements . Since the 18 m turntable was too small for all class 58 locomotives, they could only use shed tracks 4 and 6.
With the stationing of the railcars of the VT 2.09 series , the change in traction began in 1968, and around 1970 diesel locomotives of the V 60 , V 100 , V 180 and V 200 series were stationed here for the first time. The traction change was completed in December 1975 when the last class 50 locomotives were handed in.
Transport links
Is the Greiz Station last stop of a regional express line of Erfurt on Gera , the trains of the series 612 of the DB Regio is operated. The Vogtlandbahn also runs every two hours between Gera and Weischlitz via Greiz and Plauen . Diesel railcars of the RegioShuttle type are used here . In the Greiz - Gera section, there is an hourly service alternating with the DB. In Greiz, some of the DB Regio trains that end there are also connected to the Vogtland Railway. Both trains end and turn in Greiz. The repeater trains of the Vogtlandbahn are listed internally as line 4b.
In addition, on some weekends in autumn, a historic steam train called the Elstertal Express runs between Gera and Cheb . In March 2018, the Halloren Express also drove once from Greiz to Halle.
In the 2019 timetable, Greiz station will be served by the following lines:
| line | Line course | Cycle (min) |
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| RE 3 | Erfurt - Weimar - Jena-Göschwitz - Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz - Gera - Greiz | 120 |
| RB 4 (a) | Gera - Wünschendorf - Berga - Greiz - Elsterberg - Plauen (Vogtl) Mitte train station - Weischlitz | 120 |
| RB 4 (b) | Greiz - Elsterberg - Plauen (Vogtl) central station - Weischlitz | 240/120 |
The passing and ending trains of the Vogtlandbahn usually stop at platform 2. The Deutsche Bahn trains that only run to Greiz, however, arrive at platform 1 and stop in front of the transition to platform 2.
Due to the electrification of the Central-Germany connection between Weimar, Gera and Gößnitz, Greiz will probably lose the continuous connection from Gera to Erfurt. The drafts for the Germany-Takt provide for the trains of the Elstertalbahn to run every hour directly between Weischlitz and Leipzig via Greiz, Gera and Zeitz.
literature
- Wilfried Rettig : The Elstertal Railway - The history of the railway between Gera, Greiz, Plauen and Weischlitz. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-88255-588-2
Web links
- www.sachsenschiene.net Pictures of the train station
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, depot and buildings. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 150
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The Elstertal Railway - The history of the railway between Gera, Greiz, Plauen and Weischlitz , p. 61
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, depot and buildings. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 152
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, depot and buildings. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 152 f.
- ↑ Tracks in service facilities (as of October 1st, 2012) (PDF; 165 kB)
- ↑ Ostthüringer Zeitung : Project of the century: Greiz is to receive a flood channel for 25 million euros on otz.de, January 31, 2017, accessed on September 5, 2017.
- ↑ a b Platform information on Greiz train station ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2016 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. on deutschebahn.com
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, depot and buildings. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 217
- ^ Klaus-Jürgen Kühne: Bahnbetriebswerke der DDR - 1949-1993 , transpress-Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-71401-4 , p. 56
- ↑ Klaus-Jürgen Kühne: Bahnbetriebswerke der DDR - 1949–1993 , transpress-Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-71401-4 , p. 64
- ↑ Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, depot and buildings. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 217 f.
- ↑ a b Wilfried Rettig: The railways in Vogtland - Volume 1: Development, main lines, vehicles, depot and buildings. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-88255-686-2 , p. 218
