Hedgehog station
| Hedgehog | |
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 Igel station 1994
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| Data | |
| Location in the network |
Through station (1861–1915, since 1969),
Separation station (1915-1969) |
| Platform tracks | 2 (historically 10) |
| abbreviation | SIG |
| IBNR | 8003042 |
| Price range | 6th |
| opening | August 14, 1861 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Hedgehog |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Hedgehog (mosel) |
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 42 '28 " N , 6 ° 33' 4" E |
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| Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
The station hedgehog is the station of hedgehogs in the Rhineland-Palatinate district Trier-Saarburg and lies on the Trier West Railway . In the past, the now closed Nims-Sauertalbahn branched off to Bitburg-Erdorf at the station. Igel was a border station to Luxembourg until the border controls were lifted . Close to the station, the line also threaded through the Hindenburg Bridge .
history
As early as 1848 efforts were made to build a railway line from Luxembourg to Saarbrücken . This should cross the Moselle at Igel and then follow the course of today's Saar route . However, the plans were initially rejected. However, they were picked up again about ten years later. On May 1, 1856, a law finally authorized the construction of a railway line from Saarbrücken along the Saar to Konz and there over the Moselle to Igel and on to the Luxembourg border or Trier . The building application was then approved by Friedrich Wilhelm IV , so that construction work began on June 25, 1856. The inaugural trip took place on June 14, 1861, although initially only to Trier was driven.
The wing runway via Igel to the Luxembourg border was only completed on August 14, 1861. At the time, the Luxembourg prince took a special train from Wasserbillig to Trier. However, the special train had to travel via Konz and change locomotives there, as the cross-connection on Heidenberg between Igel and Zewen was only opened 39 years later. This track triangle still exists today.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, the railway connection to Luxembourg was temporarily interrupted.
For technical reasons, it was decided in 1907 to build a second Moselle bridge between Konz and Igel, with the double-track Hindenburg Bridge being built. The bridge was opened on April 20, 1912. In the Second World War , however, the bridge was destroyed and not rebuilt.
On September 1, 1915, Igel was connected to the Nims-Sauertal Railway. Initially, however, there was only one connection to Wintersdorf , which was not connected to the existing section from Irrel to Bitburg-Erdorf until October 15. On September 29, 1969 the passenger traffic was stopped, between Igel and Edingen also the freight traffic. As a result, the line was gradually dismantled.
Station building and station facilities
Initially, between 1861 and 1914, there was a stop at the western exit of Igel in the direction of Wasserbilligerbrück at the Löwener Mühle . There was also a small station building there, but it was closed in 1915. As a result, there were efforts on the part of the population to set up the stop again. In September 1915, however, the track connection to the Nims-Sauertalbahn was established at this point.
However, political and economic changes at the beginning of the 20th century made it necessary to build a new train station. On October 30, 1925, a new station building was inaugurated a few 100 m into town. This new station had an increasing volume of traffic, especially due to the passenger traffic on the Nims-Sauertalbahn.
The station building erected here is designed as a one-and-a-half-story angular building with interpenetrating mansard roofs. It was probably built around 1913. In 1919 a clinker brick building with a flat roof in typical forms and a goods hall with a hipped roof was added.
In the 1920s and 1930s the station became an important border station, which was of great importance for customs clearance in the direction of France and Luxembourg. According to a report by the Trierischer Volksfreund of February 6, 1930, 52,000 wagonloads from Luxembourg were handled there every day in 1929, of which 12,000 ore wagons alone. According to the report, 122,000 cars were on the way in the opposite direction. In addition, in 1929 40,000 tickets were made, 1,800 of them in the direction of Luxembourg.
Even after the Second World War, the station retained its importance. According to the Saarbrücken Railway Directorate , 46 railway workers were employed in Igel in 1949. At that time, the station had about ten tracks with usable lengths of 95 m to 684 m.
From 1952 rail buses of the VT 95 series were mainly used on the routes around Igel . However, due to increasing motorized individual traffic, the routes became less important.
The location of Igel station near the Luxembourg border can still be seen today, as trains from two state railways stop here: the Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois and the Deutsche Bahn . The first Luxembourg trains crossed the station as early as 1960. However, with the abolition of border controls in the Schengen Agreement , the station has lost its importance as a customs station.
Between 2009 and 2015, the Trier western route between Igel and the Luxembourg border was (again) double-tracked. The Igel train station and its surroundings were also affected by the construction work. The first track construction work in Igel took place there in May 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ag Railway history: Igel station and the surrounding area - AG Railway history - The Nims-Sauertalbahn. In: nims-sauertal-bahn.de. August 20, 1900. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Ag Railway history : History - AG Railway history - The Nims-Sauertalbahn. In: nims-sauertal-bahn.de. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
- ^ Entry on the former stopping point in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 27, 2018.
- ^ Entry on Igel station building in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 27, 2018.
- ↑ Construction work in Igel station. In: volksfreund.de. May 25, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Expansion of the railway line between Trier and Luxembourg by 2015. In: volksfreund.de. July 10, 2012, accessed March 27, 2018 .