Haiger train station
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 Reception building of Haiger train station, street side (October 2009)
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| Design | Wedge station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | FHG |
| IBNR | 8000386 |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | 1862 ( station building from 1913) |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Haiger |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Classicism / Art Nouveau |
| architect | Building councilor Ludwig Hofmann |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Haiger |
| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '29 " N , 8 ° 13' 16" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 270 m |
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| Railway stations in Hessen | |
The Haiger train station is the "main station" of the Haiger community of the same name in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse .
history
The first station at this point was built in 1862 when the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft built the Deutz-Gießener Eisenbahn from today's Cologne-Deutz to Gießen . The station only became more important when the direct connection between Siegen and Dillenburg was connected to the Dill route in 1915 . In 1926 the line to Breitscheid was added. Passenger traffic on this route was discontinued in 1980 and freight traffic in 1997.
Reception building
In the years 1911–1913 a new station building was built as a wedge station between the old line (today: the Betzdorf – Haiger line ) and the new line to Siegen. The architect was Ludwig Hofmann . The wedge station is at an angle between the two elevated railway embankments , so that the platform underpasses can be reached at ground level from street level. However, the platforms are not barrier-free . The facade and largely the building itself are designed symmetrically around a central axis. The facade is dominated by a central projection made of yellow sandstone . The ensemble is executed in a mixture of classical elements and Art Nouveau . The station is at a height of 270 m above sea level . The building is a cultural monument.
The current condition of the reception building appears neglected; On the track side, the station gives the impression of an industrial wasteland . A new pub opened in 2012 has now been closed again after violating fire protection regulations .
Although the inscription "Fahrausweis" can be read on one wall, these are now only available from machines . In the middle of the building there are also two functionless metal grilles, in front of each a bench ; these are fragments of the platform barrier that was abandoned around the 1960s .
stretch
Haiger station is touched by the main line Siegen – Gießen (“ Dill line ”) and the Haiger – Betzdorf line (“Hellertalbahn”), a single-track line still classified as the main line today , the remainder of the former Deutz-Gießener railway . A third line, the Haiger – Breitscheid line ("Aubachtalbahn"), has been without traffic since September 30, 1997 and has been closed. The route of the station is as follows:
- 129.0 Dill route , counts from Hagen Hbf via Siegen-Weidenau
- 118.8 Betzdorf – Haiger railway line , counts from Cologne Messe / Deutz station via Neunkirchen (Kr Siegen)
- 0.0 Haiger – Breitscheid railway line , counts towards Breitscheid
On the Dill route there is a central platform with two tracks, with one through track each on the outside. On the route there is a side platform on the only remaining track. All other track systems were removed except for one siding on each route.
| line | Line course | Tact | Control track |
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| RE 99 |
Main-Sieg-Express : Siegen Hbf - Haiger - Dillenburg - Herborn (Dillkr) - Wetzlar - Gießen - Friedberg (Hess) - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Between Gießen and Frankfurt only 120-minute intervals As of: timetable change December 2015 |
60 min | 2 (towards Siegen) 3 (towards Dillenburg) |
| RB 95 |
Sieg-Dill-Bahn : Siegen Hbf - Wilnsdorf-Rudersdorf - Dillbrecht - Rodenbach (Dillkr) - Haiger - Sechshelden - Dillenburg Status: timetable change December 2015 |
60 min | 2 (Rodenbach) 3 (Sechshelden) |
| RB 96 |
Hellertal Railway : Betzdorf (Sieg) - Herdorf - Neunkirchen (Kr Siegen) - Burbach (Kr Siegen) - Haiger - Dillenburg Between Neunkirchen and Dillenburg only 120-minute intervals As of: timetable change December 2017 |
60 min | 101 |
photos
View into the station concourse (October 2009)
View of the long-closed ticket office (October 2009)
Platform side with a view of the station building from the south-west (October 2009)
Signal box main station and track 101 of Haiger station (October 2009)
literature
- Railway in Hessen. Cultural monuments in Hessen. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen . Theiss publishing house. Stuttgart 2005. Vol. 2.2, p. 1016. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6
- Railway Atlas Germany (Edition 2009/2010). Schweers and Wall, Eupen 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of course book route 445 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of course book route 462 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ List of monuments, accessed on August 16, 2019