Herrnhut train station

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Herrnhut
Station building, track side
Station building, track side
Data
Operating point type former train station
Location in the network former connection station
Platform tracks formerly standard gauge: 3
formerly narrow gauge: 1
abbreviation DHH
opening June 25, 1845
Conveyance January 2, 2002
location
City / municipality Herrnhut
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 1 '14 "  N , 14 ° 44' 11"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '14 "  N , 14 ° 44' 11"  E
Height ( SO ) 344.36  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
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The Herrnhut station is an operating point of the Zittau – Löbau railway line and the former Herrnhut – Bernstadt narrow-gauge railway in the municipality of Herrnhut in Saxony. It originated with the Zittau – Löbau railway line. At its greatest expansion before 1945, the station was a gauge changing station and had eight standard-gauge and four narrow-gauge tracks. Since the end of operations on January 2, 2002, the station has been without train traffic.

history

Track system of the Herrnhut train station from 1942

For the opening of the Zittau – Löbau railway line, there was a small reception building at Herrnhut station with a station inn, a head and side loading ramp and two crossroads. The station building could not be described as representative at the time. It was not until 1866 that the station received the two-and-a-half-story entrance building with a one-and-a-half-story extension. The previous station building was converted into a dormitory for officials by the railway company. There was a major expansion in the station in 1893 with the opening of the Herrnhut – Bernstadt narrow-gauge railway. At the time, the station on the standard gauge side had the six standard gauge tracks south of the reception building and the three narrow-gauge tracks north of the reception building. Unlike other narrow-gauge railways, the station never had a lane changing facility. All goods had to be reloaded in the reloading hall on platform 1 on the Löbauer side.

Only a loading ramp from narrow-gauge vehicles to standard-gauge vehicles was accessible from tracks 6 and 7. The station building received its current design before 1914 in the form of an additional extension on the side towards Oberoderwitz . In front of this extension, a wooden shack for the dispatcher and thus the shape that still exists today was created on the track side . The wood paneling on the upper floor was also put in place around the time. Additional high-rise buildings to the above were a goods shed on standard gauge track 6, a farm building next to the station building, a locomotive shed on the narrow-gauge area, a signal box at the Löbauer exit and some outbuildings such as residential buildings.

The last extension was realized in 1928 with the installation of track 8, which at the same time created an additional side loading ramp on the southern side of the station. Most of the cargo handling facilities were on this side of the station. The station now had eight standard-gauge tracks, which were connected with 20 points. Three points were designed as cross points . The narrow gauge side comprised six tracks with seven switches. From 1934 to 1942 a small Kö locomotive was used to move to the reloading hall .

After 1945, the narrow-gauge tracks were dismantled as a result of reparations to the USSR . Instead, state-owned companies settled on the narrow-gauge section. The locomotive shed, the loading ramp and the reloading hall were removed, as were the platforms on the narrow-gauge side. Instead of the loading ramp, a side loading ramp was created for loading long timber. When the short standard-gauge track next to the farm building was removed cannot be taken from the literature, it can no longer be seen on the track plan. The station existed for decades with four continuous and six stub tracks. The track designation changed. In the 1970s, the interlocking technology was converted to EZMG (technology and light signals). As a result, the entire switch and route setting could be carried out from the reception building and the signal box at the Löbauer exit was no longer necessary.

With the cessation of freight traffic on January 2, 2002, rail operations at Herrnhut station ended. After 1998 the freight tracks of the station were removed. Only tracks 1, 2 and 3 were left when operations were closed. The Löbauer Kunstverein was located in the reception building until 2009 , after which it was empty. A fire in 2012 caused major property damage. In 2016–2017, the former reception building was finally renovated by the owner, who bought it in 2011, and now houses shops.

There is a bus stop on the station forecourt , which is served by several bus routes operated by the KVG Dreiländereck and the Oberlausitz regional bus.

Platforms

At the time of its greatest expansion, the station had three platforms, two for the standard-gauge tracks on the southern side of the reception building and one for the narrow-gauge railway on the northern side of the reception building. After 1945 only the two platforms remained on the standard gauge side.

traffic

Former narrow-gauge and today's street side of the reception building, as it was in 2009

In 1880 four pairs of passenger trains ran through the station on the Zittau – Löbau line. In 1887 there were already six pairs of trains on the route. During the First World War and until 1919, only three pairs of trains ran through the station. Thereafter, the train offer increased again, in 1927 seven pairs of trains were reached on the Zittau – Löbau railway line.

In 1938 nine passenger trains ran on the Zittau – Löbau line, including one express train . During the Second World War there were only four trains left on the Zittau – Löbau line. In 1950 there were three pairs of trains on the Zittau – Löbau line.

In 1955 there were four pairs of trains on the Zittau – Löbau railway line. In addition, two express trains ran on this route at the time. The capacity utilization was quite high on the route via Herrnhut station, as all trains from Görlitz to Zittau were routed via the Zittau – Löbau railway line due to the saving of foreign currency . From 1960, six passenger trains ran according to Kursbuch on the Zittau – Löbau line, and three express trains and the Erfurt – Zittau express train also ran here. In 1968 the station's traffic load was nine passenger trains and three express trains. This traffic could be described as constant for two decades.

From 1992 to 1998 ten regional trains ran through the station . The utilization of the trains decreased because the passenger trains from Görlitz to Zittau could run again on the direct route (via Hagenwerder ). Due to the insufficient utilization of the trains between Löbau and Zittau, the train service was canceled. Since the 24th of May 1998, there is no passenger more on the Löbau-Zittau railway, the freight ended January 2, 2002 through MORA C . Since then, the Herrnhut station has not been served.

literature

  • Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle Part 1 . EK-Verlag Freiburg, 2010, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Herrnhut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the triangle, part 1: main lines ; EK-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , page 47
  2. ↑ Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the triangle, part 1: main lines ; EK-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , page 48
  3. ↑ Photo of the reception building from the time of the greatest expansion of the track on the standard-gauge railway
  4. ↑ Photo of the goods shed on www.sachsenschiene.net (1998)
  5. ↑ Photo of the farm building on www.sachsenschiene.net (1998)
  6. ↑ Photo of the residential building of the Herrnhut train station on www.sachsenschiene.net (1998)
  7. ↑ Track plan from the 1970s
  8. ↑ a b c Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the border triangle, part 1: main lines ; EK-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , page 49
  9. ↑ Steffen Linke: What will happen to the Kunstbahnhof? (No longer available online.) In: Alles-Lausitz.de. October 10, 2011, archived from the original on August 19, 2015 ; Retrieved August 19, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Enrico Pech: Herrnhut - station burns down. (No longer available online.) In: LausitzNews.de. April 9, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved August 19, 2015 .
  11. ^ Anja Beutler: Moving into the shopping station. In: Saxon newspaper. September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Herrnhut's new highlight. In: Saxon newspaper. September 26, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Photo from the track page on www.sachsenschiene.net
  14. ↑ a b c d Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the Dreiländereck, Part 1: Main lines ; EK-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , page 42
  15. ↑ a b c d e f g Wilfried Rettig: Railways in the Dreiländereck, Part 1: Main routes ; EK-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-388255-732-9 , page 43