Hamminkeln train station
| Hamminkeln | |
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 Reception building
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| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 1 |
| abbreviation | EHK |
| IBNR | 8002571 |
| Price range | 6th |
| opening | 1878 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Hamminkeln |
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| City / municipality | Hamminkeln |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 44 '7 " N , 6 ° 36' 7" E |
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| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The Hamminkeln station is one of three stations of the city Hamminkeln in Wesel . It is on the Wesel – Bocholt railway line . In addition to the Hamminkeln train station, the city also has the Dingden train stations , also on the Wesel-Bocholt railway line, and Mehrhoog on the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line .
location
The station is located on the eastern edge of the center of Hamminkeln on Güterstraße. It can be reached very close via the federal highway 473 . The center of Hamminkeln (market) is 1.1 km southwest. About 400 m north is the Hamminkelner Hauptstraße with the Weikensee .
history
Even when the first plans for a railway line from Amsterdam to Cologne in 1832, the route should lead via Hamminkeln and a train station should be set up there, but this line was never realized. Instead, the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line was built without a connection from Hamminkeln. It was not until 1873 that plans were being made for the construction of a railway line from Bocholt to Wesel that Hamminkeln started talking again. However, like Dingden, it was initially only intended as a stopping point . By providing large sums to finance the construction of the route, the municipality was able to ensure that the construction of a train station was planned for them. The opening of the line and with it the Hamminkelner train station took place on July 1, 1878. This was built halfway between the center of Hamminkeln and Ringenberg as a passenger and freight station at kilometers 8.4–9.6 of the 19.2 kilometer route and equipped with a mechanical command station at 9.2 kilometers. The station had two platforms and three tracks, which in addition to the continuous main track also included a loading track for goods traffic ( general cargo and wagon loads). In addition, there was a free-standing freight shed with a with cobblestone paved loading dock and a charging road . Increasing rail traffic later necessitated the construction of the two guard signal boxes “St” (south tower) and “Nt” (north tower) on Brüner and Ringenberger Strasse. Like most of the signal boxes in the western part of Prussia , they were built in the mechanical " Jüdel " design . The tasks of their guards also included operating and monitoring the two neighboring barrier systems on Brüner and Ringenberger Strasse.
In 1914 the first half-timbered reception building was replaced by a new one. This was not built in exactly the same place as its predecessor, but moved a little to the northeast. A small porch on the side of the building facing the tracks was the workplace of the dispatcher . From then on, the station master's apartment was on the top floor of the new building . It also had a small garden. Service rooms and waiting rooms were heated with coal stoves. At the same time as the new station building, a residential building for two ward officials was built north of it. The old goods shed was later torn down and replaced by a new building with a loading ramp. This was no longer free-standing, but was connected to the north of the reception building. A new toilet facility for travelers was built to the south of it.
During fighting during the Second World War , on March 24, 1945, the track system was severely damaged, which is why rail traffic was severely restricted in the period that followed. The restaurant near the reception building was completely destroyed by fire that day. Your host was then allowed to temporarily set up a provisional dining room in the first and second class waiting area in the undamaged reception building. At the end of 1956 / beginning of 1957, rationalization measures necessitated the abandonment of the "St" and "Nt" signal boxes. By shortening the tracks in the area of the train station, they had become dispensable. Accordingly, the command interlocking was rebuilt, which was put into operation on May 1, 1957 as a standardized mechanical interlocking. At the same time as the renovation, Hamminkeln and Dingden were merged into one office. For several years since the rebuilt signal box was put into operation, there was a “Hamminkeln Süd” stop in the direction of Wesel at the level of Brüner Straße, but it was out of operation again in May 1974.
On January 1, 1966, the Hamminkeln train station was equipped as follows: In the reception building there was a ticket office, a waiting room (formerly 1st and 2nd class), a luggage room and a bicycle storage room, which was previously the waiting area for 3rd and 4th class had been. On platform 1 there was an extendable loading ramp for general cargo and a short loading lane east of the railroad tracks. A movable loading ramp was available there for loading cattle. The Bocholt railway maintenance authority was responsible for the maintenance . After Hamminkeln was closed as an independent office on September 1, 1967, it was incorporated into the Bocholt train station . Since it was closed in 1980, it has belonged to Wesel station since May 1 of the same year . Around 1970 there were plans on the part of the Deutsche Bundesbahn to close down the Hamminkelner station building - like many of the company's facilities - due to inefficiency. This project failed, however, because the finance department did not provide the funds necessary for the demolition and the competent specialist services could not agree on the exemption of the signal box there. In September 1983, however, the old loading track was dismantled. On September 16, 1999, a Wesel merchant bought the station building. In 2001 he had it renovated and converted into a residential and commercial building. In July 2016 it was on sale for 465,000 euros.
service
Regional traffic
In regional traffic, the Hamminkeln station is served by the regional express line RE 19a.
| line | course | Tact | service |
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| RE 19a |
The Bocholt : Bocholt - Dingden - Hamminkeln - Blumenkamp - Wesel Status: timetable change December 2019 |
60 min | Abellio Rail NRW |
The RE 19a runs once an hour between Wesel and Bocholt. Due to the lack of electrification of the railway line, it runs on diesel multiple units. In Wesel there is a connection to the trains RE 5 , RE 19 and RE 49 , which run in the direction of Emmerich and in the opposite direction to the western Ruhr area and beyond to Wuppertal , Düsseldorf , Cologne and Koblenz .
buses
Because the train station is on the outskirts of the Hamminkelner town center, there is no connection with the bus lines, as these run directly through the town center. The next bus stop, Weststraße, is 660 meters to the west. Line 64 and the Hamminkeln community bus run a little further north along the main road past Weikensee. Until 2013, line 64 ran from Weikensee to Hamminkeln station via a branch. This branch run is no longer carried out.
view
The Bocholt railway line is to be electrified. In the course of this, the RB32 will then be combined as a train part with the Rhein-IJssel-Express RE19 to form a train line that wings in Wesel and connects to Oberhausen and Duisburg . Hamminkeln is connected to the Ruhr area without changing trains. In addition, a central platform is to be built in Hamminkeln, because train crossings will take place there in the future. A new electronic signal box will also be built in Hamminkeln with the electrification.
See also
literature
- Eduard Hellmich: German Railways, Wesel-Bocholt line and Hamminkeln station. In: Hamminkeln Ruft. Vol. 17, No. 40, 2002, pp. 3–23, here 5–13 ( PDF ; 5 MB).
Web links
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Querying the course book route 421 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ^ E. Hellmich: German Railways, Wesel-Bocholt line and Hamminkeln station. 2002, p. 5.
- ^ A b c d e f E. Hellmich: German Railways, Wesel-Bocholt line and Hamminkeln station. 2002, p. 9.
- ^ A b c d E. Hellmich: German Railways, Wesel-Bocholt line and Hamminkeln station. 2002, p. 10.
- ^ A b c d e f E. Hellmich: German Railways, Wesel-Bocholt line and Hamminkeln station. 2002, p. 11.
- ^ Offer from Tinnefeld Immobilien ( Memento from September 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ VRR local transport plan 2012 (PDF; 1.4 MB)