Hohenschöpping train station

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Hohenschöpping
The platform of the Hohenschöpping station, which was closed in 1998, viewed from the north.  To the left of the platform there are trees on the route of the track dismantled in 1945, to the right of the platform the track used today, to the far right the Bombardier factory track with power rail and overhead line
The platform of the Hohenschöpping station, which was closed in 1998, viewed from the north. To the left of the platform there are trees on the route of the track dismantled in 1945, to the right of the platform the track used today, to the far right the Bombardier factory track with power rail and overhead line
Data
Operating point type Breakpoint
Platform tracks 2 (1938-1945)
1 (1945-1998)
abbreviation BHCH
opening April 13, 1938
Conveyance May 24, 1998
location
City / municipality Velten
country Brandenburg
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 40 '12 "  N , 13 ° 11' 40"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 40 '12 "  N , 13 ° 11' 40"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Brandenburg
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From 1938 to 1998, Hohenschöpping was a stop for the Berlin S-Bahn on the Kremmener Bahn in the area of ​​the city of Velten , 2.4 kilometers south of the Velten train station .

history

The single-track railway line opened in 1893 led through unpopulated area at this point. Only the Hohenschöpping forester's house , built in 1840, was nearby, but the eponymous place was several kilometers away. In 1927, the line was expanded to two tracks and electrified as an S-Bahn.

On April 13, 1938, the halt was opened for the development of various armaments factories. The construction was financed by the Ikaria-Werke , which has been producing here since 1936 , Veltener Maschinen AG (VEMAG) and the Velten flagship office . The originally intended name of the station was Velten-Süd . The tracks were pulled apart and a simple, uncovered platform was built in between. Access was via a wooden bridge at the northern end of the platform. Just a few weeks later, the trains were running every ten minutes during rush hour. In mid-1943, the Velten subcamp was built directly at the S-Bahn station to accommodate forced laborers .

At the end of the Second World War, the station was separated from the main network by blowing up the Havel bridge near Hennigsdorf. It reopened in July 1946. Since the second track had meanwhile been dismantled by the Soviet occupying forces as a reparation payment, the wooden bridge crossing the track had become superfluous and was dismantled.

The number of passengers at the stop was now so low that the S-Bahn ran through the station without stopping from December 1946 to save the power needed to return to the station. The stop was not operated again until 1950.

The construction of the wall in 1961 interrupted the rail line between Berlin-Heiligensee and Hennigsdorf . The Deutsche Reichsbahn continued to operate the S-Bahn between Velten and Hennigsdorf as an electrical island operation . In 1983 the conductor rails were dismantled and the line was re-electrified as a long-distance railway with overhead contact lines and AC power. The trains continued to commute between Velten and Hennigsdorf.

The demand at this point remained extremely low. In 1998 the breakpoint was closed. The overhead contact line was removed after only diesel-powered trains passed the former platform.

Web links

  • Mike Straschewski: Hohenschöpping. In: stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de. June 30, 2010, accessed February 14, 2015 .
  • Lars Molzberger: Hohenschöpping. In: Kremmener-Bahn.net. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .