Hinterweidenthal Ort train station

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Hinterweidenthal place
Hinterweidenthal Ort train station, the reception building on the right
Hinterweidenthal Ort train station, the reception building on the right
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 1
abbreviation SHWO
IBNR 8079088
opening December 1, 1911
Architectural data
Architectural style Half-timbered construction
location
City / municipality Hinterweidenthal
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 11 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 2 ″  E Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 2 ″  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate
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Opening train of the Wieslauterbahn on December 1, 1911 in Hinterweidenthal Ort station (then Hinterweidenthal )
View of the train station

The Hinterweidenthal Ort station is a through station along the Wieslauterbahn and one of a total of three stations within the Hinterweidenthal community . He has a platform track and a loading track . The station is in the network area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN) and belongs to tariff zone 998. Its address is Bahnhofstrasse 4 . The station building is a listed building .

location

The train station is located on the north-western edge of the residential area of ​​Hinterweidenthal. The Wieslauterbahn , which crosses the municipality in a long S-curve in a north-south direction, crosses the Im Handschuhteich road immediately to the north and then bridges the Wieslauter that gives it its name . The latter and Bahnhofstrasse run almost parallel to the railway line in the station area. The glove head extends not far from the train station .

history

Planning, construction, opening and the first decades

In the course of the construction of the Landau-Zweibrücken railway in 1874 and 1875, the Hinterweidenthal-Kaltenbach train station was built on the boundary of the village of Kaltenbach, which at that time belonged to Wilgartswiesen , and which - as the name implies - also served the Hinterweidenthal community. After there were several plans to build a line across the Wasgau , which had been rejected in the meantime , the decision was made to build a branch line along the Wieslauter to Bundenthal from the Landau-Zweibrücken main line . The Kaltenbach Ost junction was built between the Hinterweidenthal-Kaltenbach and Hauenstein train stations and a nearby train station for Hinterweidenthal along the branch line . The station on the main line, which had existed since 1875, was then renamed Kaltenbach (Pfalz) .

At the time of opening, the station was called Hinterweidenthal . Since the branch station was later renamed Hinterweidenthal , the nearby station was given the name Hinterweidenthal Ort .

In 1922 the station was incorporated into the newly established Ludwigshafen Reich Railway Directorate . In 1929 a so-called “station clock” was added. In the course of the dissolution of the Ludwigshafen management, he changed to the responsibility of the Saarbrücken management on April 1, 1937.

Further development

During the Second World War , bombs destroyed the station building, which was not restored until 1958. The German Federal Railroad (DB), which was responsible for rail operations from 1949, incorporated the station into the Mainz Federal Railway Directorate , which allocated all the railway lines within the newly created federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Regular passenger traffic ended on September 26, 1966, only the Bundenthaler excursion train ran on Sundays and public holidays until 1976. In the course of the gradual dissolution of the Mainz management in the early 1970s, with effect from August 1, 1971, its counterpart in Saarbrücken was again responsible for the train station.

Up to May 30, 1989, there were also mechanical signals that were operated on site, but were then dismantled. Since May 1, 2011, there has been a main wing signal to the north. In 1995 freight traffic ended on the route. On June 1, 1997, passenger traffic was reactivated at the weekend.

Reception building

The reception building is a one-story timber-framed building that was built around 1911. It is no longer relevant for rail operations itself and is currently empty.

traffic

passenger traffic

The first timetable recorded a total of four pairs of trains. At weekends, the range of train services was usually a bit broader.

Freight transport

After the cessation of passenger traffic, Hinterweidenthal Ort station initially remained a freight tariff point along the route. Timber transport in particular continued to play a certain role. By the end of the 1980s, the station had two siding - including one for the West Palatinate timber industry - and a loading siding. The latter is still there today, although there is no longer any freight traffic. At that time, however, the numbers of goods traffic were declining: while 2,349 tonnes of general cargo were received at the station in 1972, ten years later it was only 265. The same picture was seen for shipping: 48,307 tonnes in 1972 compared to 3,057 tonnes in 1982. In addition, the station was the tariff point for the one and a half kilometers southern alternative connection point to a neighboring NATO tank farm .

literature

  • Fritz Engbarth: 100 years of railways in Wieslautertal . 2011 ( Online [PDF; 2.7 MB ; accessed on December 10, 2013]).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of the operating points and their abbreviations from Directive 100. (PDF; 720 kB) DB Netze, accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ IBNR online search. Michael Dittrich, accessed December 10, 2013 (private website).
  3. ↑ Regional rail network and honeycomb plan. (PDF; 311 kB) VRN, accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district of Südwestpfalz. Mainz 2020, p. 21 (PDF; 8.7 MB).
  5. ↑ a b Fritz Engbarth: 100 years of railways in Wieslautertal . 2011, p. 11 .
  6. ^ Royal Bavarian Railway Directorate Ludwigshafen a. Rhine - Timeline: Establishments - Designations - Dissolutions. Retrieved December 10, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 13 .
  8. ↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 28 .
  9. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz - Timetable: Establishments - Designations - Resolutions. Retrieved December 10, 2013 .
  10. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 100 years of railways in Wieslautertal . 2011, p. 12 .
  11. ↑ a b Hinterweidenthal Ost - Dahn. Retrieved December 10, 2013 .
  12. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 100 years of railways in Wieslautertal . 2011, p. 19 .
  13. ^ Connection to the West Palatinate wood industry, Hinterweidenthal. Retrieved December 10, 2013 .
  14. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 100 years of railways in Wieslautertal . 2011, p. 50 f .