Möllen railway station (Niederrhein)

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Möllen (Lower Rhine)
Reception building, street side, 2016
Reception building, street side, 2016
Data
Operating point type Railway station (1912–1926, 2011–)
Alternative junction (1926–1970)
Alternative junction and block section (1970–2011)
Location in the network Intermediate station
Platform tracks formerly 2
abbreviation EMOE
opening October 15, 1912
location
City / municipality Voerde (Lower Rhine)
Place / district Möllen
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 34 '37 "  N , 6 ° 41' 27"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '37 "  N , 6 ° 41' 27"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Möllen (Niederrhein) train station is an operating point on the Walsumbahn Oberhausen - Spellen in the Möllen district of the city of Voerde (Niederrhein) in the Wesel district . The station was used as planned by passenger trains until 1963 and has been a pure freight station ever since . From 1970 to 2017 Möllen was the connecting station for the Voerde power plant .

history

Möllen station went into operation at the same time as the line on October 15, 1912. He had in the early days two mechanical interlocking type AEG . The command interlocking Moe was in the reception building at South Head, the guards interlocking Wt ( W est t urm) at the northwestern end of the station. Of the six tracks in the station, tracks 1 and 2 were through tracks, track 3 was a passing track for freight trains , tracks 5–7 were side tracks . Loading ramps were connected to tracks 6 and 7 .

In view of the low turnover rates, the Deutsche Reichsbahn was forced to reduce the costs of the operating center in the mid-1920s. At the instigation of the Reichsbahn-Betriebsamt Duisburg 3, on July 15, 1926, the station was converted into a stop without a train follower ( alternate junction ) and the two signal boxes were closed. The Spellen railway maintenance office set up social rooms in the tensioning room of the Moe signal box . The remote switches were replaced by manual switches and secured with a key mechanism, the section block was usually switched through from Walsum to Spellen and only released for transfer trips to Möllen. At the same time as the conversion, tracks 2-4 were dismantled.

On May 14, 1950, the Deutsche Bundesbahn converted the Walsum - Spellen section into a branch line and simultaneously introduced train control operations on this section. At the same time, she transferred the task of issuing tickets to an agency . On December 13, 1957, the Federal Railroad stopped shipping general cargo in Möllen. With the abandonment of passenger traffic between Walsum and Spellen on May 25, 1963, the transportation of luggage and express goods also ended . In the mid-1960s, a company rented the goods hall and used the left part of the reception building to operate a box factory. For this purpose, she obtained boards from Sweden, which were delivered by rail.

In March 1964, the city of Voerde (Lower Rhine) decided to build the West power plant near Möllen. The Steag received approval to build a coal-fired power plant for low-grade coal . It also signed a lease agreement with the Federal Railroad for the use of the station area with the exception of the main track, the reception building and the southern access to the loading road. After construction began in 1968, the power plant went into operation in 1970. A three-track system with an unloading bunker was created, and another track was used to exchange transformers. The passenger tunnel was closed when the alternative junction (Awanst) was converted and the remains of the platform were removed. The key work was initially retained and three main signals were integrated into it in terms of security. On August 18, 1970, the first coal block train arrived in Möllen for unloading. In 1975, the decision was made to expand the power plant to include the Voerde A and B units. The first unit went online in October 1982. The Awanst track system was expanded at the same time and a second unloading bunker was built. Around 1984 the transformer track was supplemented by three more tracks for loading the REA plaster. After the amount of gypsum generated exceeded the 100,000-ton mark, the power plant operators started loading the product onto inland waterway vessels . The Moe relay interlocking went into operation on February 23, 1986 . It replaced the key work and was set up in a service room of the Voerde bunker. Since 1989, the Federal Railroad has also been supplying the power station with ammonia for flue gas denitrification . Since 2011 at the latest, the operating site has been classified as a train station again . With the closure of the power plant on March 31, 2017, the supply of hard coal also ended. Most recently, the power plant was supplied by up to 22 trains per day.

investment

Reception building on the track side with the extension of the former Moe mechanical signal box, 2017

The operating point is located in kilometer  18.41 of the VzG route 2271 ( Oberhausen Hbf  - Spellen (Niederrhein)  - Wesel ). The station has a total of twelve tracks, of which the eastern track 1 is the continuous main track . The actual freight station is only connected to the continuous main track in the direction of Walsum ; the area opposite track 1 is fenced in and provided with a gate. The part of the station intended for coal traffic includes tracks 2-6, the bunkers for unloading are located on track 3 (Bunker West) and track 4 (Bunker Voerde). Access was via tracks 2 (south) and 5, tracks 2 (north) and 6 serve as locomotive transfer tracks. Track 7 is used as a siding. Track 8 leads from track 6 in a large curve south around the site to the west side of the power plant, from where tracks 10-12 branch off. Among other things, there was a loading station for gypsum , which was a waste product of the flue gas desulphurisation system . Track 9 was used to replace transformers .

The station has three main signals . The signals 20A and 20F act as entry signals from the south and north, respectively. Signal P2 (formerly G) is the group exit signal for tracks 2-6 and at the same time the only exit signal from the station. Switches and signals from the power station connection are controlled by the Moe interlocking, a DrS type relay interlocking . From April to December 2017, the signal box was permanently remote-controlled by the dispatcher in Walsum, with the connection of the line to the ESTW-Z in Oberhausen West , the remote control was taken out of service. Since track 1 is connected to the electronic signal box, the Moe signal box is only manned locally when driving to the power station connection.

The former station building stands at the southern head of the station north of Friedrichstrasse. The building is identical to the reception building at Spellen, but is built upside down. The ticket office was therefore on the left after entering the anteroom. A passenger tunnel led straight ahead to the central platform. The anteroom of the ticket issuance served as a waiting hall, a separate waiting room was not set up. In the upper and the top floor were official residences furnished. The Moe mechanical signal box was located in an annex to the track side . After the signal box was shut down, there were various social rooms in the tensioning room. The control room was also used as living space after 1926. The building is a listed building .

traffic

passenger traffic

In view of its proximity to the Rhine and the town of Götterswickerhamm , the Möllen train station was particularly popular for excursions . The summer timetable of May 1914 showed eight pairs of trains a day between Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof and Wesel . As a result of rising inflation , the offer decreased to three pairs of trains in 1920. On October 3, 1937, the line was included in the Ruhr express traffic and the offer was expanded to 34 trains. In the summer of 1939 there were 17 pairs of trains on the route, by 1943 the number had dropped to 13 pairs. In the winter timetable of 1944/45, three trains went beyond Wesel to Bocholt , in the opposite direction seven trains came from Bocholt via the Walsumbahn to Oberhausen. After the Second World War, Spellen was the northern end point of the route. From 1951 the trains continued to Duisburg-Ruhrort via Oberhausen Hbf . The last passenger train via Möllen ran on May 25, 1963.

Freight transport

Local freight traffic in Möllen was mainly limited to the loading of agricultural products such as grain, sugar beet and cattle. Presumably, wood was also handled from the forest around the house in Möllen. The proximity to more easily accessible train stations such as Spellen, Dinslaken or Voerde ultimately resulted in the conversion of the train station into an alternative junction in 1926.

After the joint power station West went into operation in 1970, around six to seven trains served the operating point every day. After the Voerde A and B blocks went into operation, up to 18 trains operated. As a result of the increased output of the power plant units, up to 22 trains could be unloaded daily in 2010. The power plant was initially supplied with hard coal from the Walsum and Sophia-Jacoba collieries (until 1997). At the turn of the millennium, today's RBH Logistics took over coal transport. After the Walsum colliery was closed in 2007, the power plant was increasingly supplied with imported coal. The coal transports were carried out by the Dortmund Railway and NIAG , among others . Single wagon traffic, such as the delivery of ammonia tank wagons , was handled by DB Cargo .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Möllen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heinrich Wuwer: 100 years of elevated railway. The railway line Oberhausen - Hamborn - Walsum - Möllen - Spellen - Wesel . Ed .: Heimatverein Voerde. Voerde 2013, p. 107-129 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Heinrich Wuwer: 100 years of the elevated railway. The railway line Oberhausen - Hamborn - Walsum - Möllen - Spellen - Wesel . Ed .: Heimatverein Voerde. Voerde 2013, p. 61-65 .
  3. ↑ a b Heinrich Wuwer: 100 years of elevated railway. The railway line Oberhausen - Hamborn - Walsum - Möllen - Spellen - Wesel . Ed .: Heimatverein Voerde. Voerde 2013, p. 15-21 .
  4. ^ Holger Kötting: List of German signal boxes. Entries Mf – Mz. In: stellwerke.de. October 26, 2015, accessed September 17, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c Heinrich Wuwer: 100 years of elevated railway. The railway line Oberhausen - Hamborn - Walsum - Möllen - Spellen - Wesel . Ed .: Heimatverein Voerde. Voerde 2013, p. 65-69 .
  6. ^ DB Netz AG (Ed.): Ril 10002. Abbreviations for localities . 15th January 2016.
  7. ↑ Former train station with signal box. In: voerde.de. City of Voerde (Niederrhein), accessed on September 15, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Hendschels Telegraph. Railway course book Germany, Austria, Switzerland . Table 1312. No. May 3 , 1914 ( digitized version ).
  9. ^ Heinrich Wuwer: 100 years of elevated railway. The railway line Oberhausen - Hamborn - Walsum - Möllen - Spellen - Wesel . Ed .: Heimatverein Voerde. Voerde 2013, p. 27-30 .
  10. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn (Ed.): German course book. Summer 1939 . Table 211a. May 15, 1939 ( digitized version ).
  11. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn (Ed.): German course book. Annual timetable for 1943 . Table 235 May 17, 1943 ( digitized 1 2 3 ).
  12. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn (Ed.): German course book. Annual timetable 1944/45 . Table 235. July 3, 1944 ( digitized 1 2 3 ).
  13. ↑ André Joost: Course book route 235b. In: NRWbahnarchiv. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .