Hope valley station

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Hope valley
Hopesthal train station, on the left in the background the former reception building (2016)
Hopesthal train station, on the left in the background the former reception building (2016)
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation KHOF
IBNR 8002932
Price range 6th
opening 1890/1910
Profile on Bahnhof.de Hope valley
location
City / municipality Rösrath
Place / district Hope valley
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 54 '42 "  N , 7 ° 11' 50"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '42 "  N , 7 ° 11' 50"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Hoffnungsthal station is located on the Rotdornallee in central Hoffnungsthal . Today it only serves the Cologne-Kalk-Overath railway line , which is also connected to the Oberbergische Bahn line . Until 1966, the Cologne-Mülheim-Lindlar railway branched off in Hoffnungsthal .

history

The first train station in Hopesthal was about a kilometer north of today's train station, also on Rotdornallee:

Northern train station

On July 2, 1888, a committee of 28 members, including the August Reusch company from Hopesthal, advocated further expanding the Cologne-Mülheim-Bensberg railway . Thereupon one began with the construction of the station Hoffnungsthal. As a result, the section from Bensberg via Forsbach and Rösrath to Hoffnungsthal was opened in 1890 . The station had a station building corresponding to station class IV as well as a goods shed and a toilet . Two sidings were available for loading goods and general cargo . After the construction of the new station, the northern station was closed. The station building was demolished in 1935. Today the day care center "Purzelbaum."

Southern train station

The construction of the Hope Valley Tunnel between Hope Valley and Honrath in 1910 enabled a direct connection to the existing railway line from Siegburg to Olpe . In the same year the new line was opened as the Kalk – Overath railway line. The junction was south of the previous station. That is why a new train station was built south of the junction for both lines . It consisted of a double-gabled reception building with a train station restaurant and toilet facility, as well as an outbuilding for freight traffic . Around the station building there were ten tracks for both lines.

After the Cologne-Mülheim-Lindlar railway line was closed in 1966, the associated track systems were completely removed. The station buildings still standing today were sold. The station system was completely rebuilt. The station exists to this day. He only has one through track and one crossing track , the platform is between the two tracks.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curiosity: Two train stations for Hope Valley. Kölnische Rundschau, July 28, 2010, accessed on November 11, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Theodor Rutt : Rösrath in the course of history . Emil Pilgram, Hoffnungsthal 1970, p. 219 ff .
  3. ↑ a b c Bernd Franco Hoffmann: The Sülztalbahn . Ed .: History Association Rösrath e. V. Rösrath 2012, ISBN 978-3-922413-65-3 , p. 78 f .
  4. ↑ Information and images about the tunnels on route 2655 at eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de by Lothar Brill - Hoffnungsthaler Tunnel, accessed on November 11, 2016