Kamenz (Sachs) station

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Kamenz (Sachs)
Kamjenc (Sakska)
Entrance building, former Bischofswerda side
Entrance building, former Bischofswerda side
Data
Operating point type railway station
Design Through station , former island station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation DKA
Price range 6th
opening September 30, 1871
location
City / municipality Kamenz
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 16 '26 "  N , 14 ° 5' 32"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '26 "  N , 14 ° 5' 32"  E
Height ( SO ) 192.51  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
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The station Kamenz (Sachs) , Upper Sorbian Dwórnišćo Kamjenc (Sakska) , is an operating point of the railway lines Lübbenau – Kamenz and Kamenz – Pirna as well as the former line Kamenz – Bischofswerda in the municipality of the city of Kamenz in Saxony.

history

View of the Kamenz train station from the city tunnel

Kamenz station was established in 1871 with the opening of the Kamenz – Pirna railway line. When building the station, the lowering of the station area was planned with great foresight. The station area has a location that still corresponds to the traffic conditions today. The construction work was very extensive at the time and required great efforts from the relatively small community , especially during the period of the Franco-German War . The city tunnel that was built at the same time at the exit towards Dresden is closely connected to the construction of the Kamenz train station .

When the Lübbenau – Kamenz line was added in 1874 and the Kamenz – Bischofswerda line in 1890, the station reached its greatest extent and was run as a through station and terminus . The number of tracks at that time was 27 station tracks, with tracks 1 to 18 to the west of the reception building serving as through and shunting tracks for the Kamenz – Pirna and Lübbenau – Kamenz lines, while tracks 21 to 27 to the east of the reception building were used as end or shunting tracks for the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway line. At that time, the city tunnel was still double-tracked, with one track being used for the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway and the other for the Kamenz – Pirna railway. The engine shed was built in the northern area of ​​the station.

Track plan (undated)

A total of three signal boxes ensured operation on the extensive track systems west of the reception building, the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway was controlled from the reception building. There was also a signal box on the other side of the city tunnel. Inside the station there was a turntable with a diameter of 18 m for turning locomotives. A water tower that still exists today was built on the western side of the station. On the loading road there were facilities such as goods sheds and small locomotive sheds that are still there.

The travelers reached the station building via the tracks of the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway line; there was a covered crossing for the overpass.

View of the city tunnel exit of Kamenz station (2015)

The character of the station was determined on the one hand by the incoming freight trains from Senftenberg , on which the route characteristics did not place any great demands, and on the other hand by the performance of the locomotives and the gradient at the city tunnel exit. Double traction was planned for the freight trains consisting of 20 four-axle wagons. In 1912 a new 18 m turntable was installed in front of the locomotive shed instead of the 11.65 m disc. Whether it was the turntable in the station area and whether tracks 19 and 20 were used as access to the locomotive shed at the same time cannot be inferred from the literature.

After 1945 relatively little changed. The city tunnel exit became single-track, and there were still 27 tracks in the station area. The Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway branched off from the Kamenz – Pirna railway line behind the city tunnel from the W5 signal box . When passenger traffic on the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway was discontinued around 1968, the tracks of the former Elstra station section were used as siding. In addition, some sidings were removed.

The biggest changes occurred after 1989, when the station was adapted to the changed traffic conditions. The tracks on the east side of the reception building were removed and a bus station was set up on the north-east side and a commuter car park on the south-east side. In 2004 there were still seven tracks on the west side of the reception building. The next changes were due in 2013, when the station was connected to the electronic signal box . There are now two continuous tracks with a Ks signal system . Some track groups around the goods shed are still there, but are no longer used. The two interlockings B1 and W4 are no longer available.

Platforms

Until 1989 the station had three platforms, one east of the reception building for the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway line with a length of 200 meters and two on the west side of the reception building.

The two platforms on the west side of the reception building still exist, only the 240-meter-long house platform is used for regular passenger traffic. This was renovated in 2012.

traffic

Reliable information on train connections from the early days is available for the Kamenz – Pirna railway from 1874, where the timetable shows six pairs of trains a day. At the same time, the timetable for the Lübbenau – Kamenz railway indicated four pairs of trains. In 1894, five pairs of trains ran on the Kamenz – Pirna line and four trains on the Senftenberg line. The route to Elstra also showed four pairs of trains a day at this time.

In 1914, eight pairs of trains ran daily on the Kamenz – Pirna railway, seven pairs of trains ran from Senftenberg to Kamenz at the time and five pairs of trains ran on the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway at the time.

In 1925 four pairs of trains ran daily on the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway line. In 1932, nine pairs of trains ran on the Kamenz – Pirna railway and five pairs of trains ran on the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway.

The 1943 timetable gives six pairs of trains for the railway line to Senftenberg, the 1950/51 edition shows five pairs of trains for the railway line to Senftenberg and seven pairs of trains for the Kamenz – Pirna railway line.

In 1946/47 there were three pairs of trains from the Kamenz – Bischofswerda railway line. It can be seen that the tourist traffic on the routes was quite significant. For this purpose, the freight traffic has to be calculated, although after 1945 the routes were only single-track. In 1968 passenger traffic on the route to Bischofswerda and in 1998 on the Kamenz – Hosena route was discontinued.

The Kamenz – Dresden route is now served by the Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn every hour after an emergency bus service after an emergency bus service, after the city ​​railway of Saxony ceased rail operations on July 25, 2019 without prior notice.

For years, political circles and environmental associations have been calling for the city to be connected to the Lusatian Lake District by rail.

Kamenz depot

Locomotive shed of the railway depot (2015)

The engine shed at Kamenz station also dates from the early days of the station. In the beginning it only had a turntable with a diameter of 11.65 meters, but in 1912 this was no longer sufficient and had to be exchanged for one with a diameter of 18 meters. This turntable is still preserved. Due to the limited space available, the locomotive shed was designed as a circular shed with 15 stalls , and the tracks were laid at an angle of almost 240 degrees. The turntable had to be replaced due to the ever-increasing length of the steam locomotives. Due to the use of the 52 series in the end of steam operation, there were several difficulties in turning the locomotives, and it was not possible to enlarge the turntable any further.

In the course of the operating time, the locomotive shed was constantly adapted to the circumstances and equipped with operating resources for the respective traction. On January 1, 1937, he received the status of a railway depot . In 1941 the plant was subordinated to the Bautzen Railway Directorate and had 110 employees. The Arnsdorf train station was attached to it . The maintenance program of the depot includes steam and diesel locomotives as well as the repair of wagons.

Until about 1998 locomotive maintenance was carried out by the respective railway companies Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920–1945) , Deutsche Reichsbahn (1945–1993) and Deutsche Bahn , after which the ITL railway company took over the site for the maintenance of their vehicles. During this time until 2013 there were always interesting coverings. B. an Alstom Prima was pulled here by shunting locomotives for repairs. In 2013 ITL moved into its new quarters in the Pirna train station , and the Kamenz depot has not been used since then.

Domestic steam locomotives

When the railroad began operating with the locomotives of the series II , III and V , these machines were soon no longer sufficient for the constantly increasing operation. For a locomotive count on September 1, 1945, the Kamenz depot had the locomotives of the series (BR) 38.2 , 38.10-40 , 52, 56.20-29 , 91 , 93 and 94 .

After 1945 the BR 64 , 38.10-40, 52, 56.20-29, 65.10 and 86 were used here. The BR 52 stayed here in the form of the 52.80 until 1987. The heating locomotives of the Kamenz railway depot play a special chapter . Due to the short shed length of the heating shed, locomotives of the 56.20-29 series were in use here until the mid-1980s. A last representative of this type was the 56 2162, which was scrapped after the end of the heating use. 95 1016 was brought here as a replacement . She was the only representative of this series in the Reichsbahndirektion Cottbus .

Domestic diesel locomotives

Diesel locomotives were planned in Kamenz from 1933 onwards in the form of different types of trains of different performance classes, which were distributed to the individual stations. In 1993 there were still four Kö available, which were soon scrapped. In 1972/73 Kamenz received the first locomotives of the 101 , 102 and 106 series .

The first large diesel locomotives were class 119 locomotives , which did not prove themselves and were soon replaced by class 118.2-4 locomotives that had become vacant . Class 110, 112 and 114 locomotives were in service here and stayed with DB AG until the end of their service .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Track plan from the early days of the station on www.sachsenschiene.net
  2. ↑ Photo of the water tower on www.sachsenschiene.net
  3. ↑ Photo of the small locomotive shed on www.sachsenschiene.net
  4. ↑ historical photo of the east side of the Kamenz train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
  5. ^ Hans Raschinsky: Railways around Kamenz. Kenning Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-927587-95-8 , p. 66.
  6. ↑ Track plan from 1986 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  7. ^ A b Hans Raschinsky: Railways around Kamenz. Kenning Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-927587-95-8 , p. 17
  8. ^ Photo of the Kamenz train station from 2004 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  9. ↑ Track plan from 1986 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  10. ^ Course book from 1874 on the Kamenz-Pirna route at www.sachsenschiene.net
  11. ^ Course book from 1894 on the Kamenz-Pirna route at www.sachsenschiene.net
  12. ^ Course book from 1894 on the Kamenz-Hosena route at www.sachsenschiene.net
  13. ^ Course book from 1914 for the Kamenz-Pirna route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  14. ^ Course book from 1914 for the Kamenz-Hosena route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  15. ^ Course book from 1914 for the Kamenz-Bischofswerda route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  16. ^ Course book from 1925 on the Kamenz-Bischofswerda route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  17. ^ Course book from 1932 for the Kamenz-Arnsdorf route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  18. ^ Course book from 1932 for the Kamenz-Bischofswerda route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  19. ^ Course book from 1943 on the Kamenz-Hosena route at www.sachsenschiene.net
  20. ^ Course book from 1950/51 on the Kamenz-Hosena and Kamenz-Arnsdorf routes on www.sachsenschiene.net
  21. ^ Course book from 1946/47 of the Kamenz-Bischofswerda route on www.sachsenschiene.net
  22. ^ Hans Raschinsky: Railways around Kamenz. Kenning Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-927587-95-8 , p. 75.