Immekeppel station
The Immekeppel station was on Lindlarer Strasse in the Immekeppel district of Overath in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis . Opposite was on the south side of the street the treatment plant the pit apple .
history
The section of the Cologne-Mülheim-Lindlar railway from Hoffnungsthal to Immekeppel was opened on December 1, 1891. This was the end point of the Sülztalbahn for around 20 years, until the line to Lindlar was put into operation in 1912 . Immekeppel station belonged to station class IV. It had three tracks and a siding to the loading ramp for general cargo and wagon loading traffic. It was also one of the few small train stations with a water crane for steam locomotives.
Reception building
The former station building is located at Lindlarer Straße 25. It was built in 1890. Inside the building there was a ticket office with a door and a turntable. Then there were waiting rooms for classes 2 and 3. In waiting room 2, a train station manager provided the passengers with food and drinks. The station master lived in the attic. Engine drivers, stokers and conductors could also spend the night here, which was regularly necessary at terminal stations on branch lines.
monument
The reception building is entered under No. 32 in the list of architectural monuments in Overath .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bernd Franco Hoffmann: The Sülztalbahn , ed. History Association Rösrath e. V., Rösrath 2012, ISBN 978-3-922413-65-3 , p. 91 f.
- ↑ Listening to the old station ghosts - Immekeppel station wants monument price retrieved on June 18, 2016
Web links
- KLU & DU in Immekeppel - The train station
- Sülztalbahn (Hope Valley - Lindlar)
- The Sülztal Railway in the area of today's city of Overath
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ' N , 7 ° 14' E