Mügeln train station (b Oschatz)

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Mügeln (b Oschatz)
Station building, track side
Station building, track side
Data
Operating point type Railway station , formerly the separation station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation DMUE
opening September 15, 1884
location
City / municipality Mill
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 14 '11 "  N , 13 ° 3' 35"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '11 "  N , 13 ° 3' 35"  E
Height ( SO ) 157  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
i11 i16 i18

The Mügeln station (near Oschatz) is an operating point of the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln and the line to Neichen that begins here , which are only partially in operation. As the operating center of the so-called "Mügelner Netz", the station once had extensive track systems for passenger and freight traffic, which are now significantly reduced.

Mügeln (b Oschatz) is the seat of the Döllnitzbahn GmbH and the Förderverein Wilder Robert eV

history

Track plan of Mügeln station from 1938

The Mügeln station was opened on September 15, 1884 as a terminal station in the course of the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln . The initial equipment of the station included twelve tracks with 15 points. The station building at that time only had one storey and the goods shed was attached to it. Two loading lanes already in existence at that time showed the planned main use of the station for freight traffic. In addition, the initial included two ramps, one weighbridge , a crane and a small engine shed with water station.

The enlargement of the Mügeln network resulted in extensions of the station in 1886–1888, 1894, 1906 and 1913–1918, in addition to additional tracks, new buildings were built in the station. In 1913, the location of the entrance tracks from Oschatz and Döbeln was changed; at that time, today's boiler house was built with four tracks.

In its greatest expansion in 1927, the station had 35 tracks and around 70 switches. During this time, the myth of the largest narrow-gauge train station in Europe, which is still popular today, was born.

At that time, the train station was an important employer in the city of Mügeln. The equipment included several massive service buildings, the locomotive shed that is present today, and three sidings. Two sidings with a length of about 300 m led over the Bahnhofsstraße to a grain store and a coal trade. The connections were operated until 1991 and 2001. In addition, the station had a siding, starting from tracks 28 to 30, to a warehouse in a grain store. This connection was closed in the 1970s.

Operationally, the station was listed as a train control center , train notification point , as a shunting and crossing station in the Mügelner network. The main through tracks were tracks 1 and 3, tracks 4 to 15 were the entry and shunting group for the busy freight traffic. The sidings made up about a quarter of the total freight volume of the station, three quarters were used for the shunting traffic of the passing wagon loads. The station had wire-operated entry signals on all entry tracks, which were operated by the signal box on platform 3. The exit order was issued manually. The station's switches could be changed by hand.

The siding, which has since been no longer used, to the Schneider connection via Bahnhofstrasse

The station had the greatest need for trains and shunting in the 1950s. In the 1970s, some track systems were already expanded; for example, tracks 4, 5 and 6, which had previously mostly been used to park passenger coaches, had already been expanded; The track crossings for the road connections were removed in good time by integrating the track connections directly into the nearest track. When the train service to Wermsdorf ceased in 1972 and passenger traffic to Oschatz ceased in 1975, further track dismantling occurred. The greatest dismantling of the route happened in the period after 1989; so today tracks 13 to 15 and 31 to 35 and all connecting tracks are no longer available. To the north of the locomotive shed there is only track 18 next to the loading ramp. Track 2 is missing as well as track 16.

Platforms

The station has three platforms, one next to the station building in front of track 1 and two between tracks 1 and 3. There was the operational peculiarity that the platforms were cut through by the siding to the coal trade. When this was connected to track 1, at least the platforms between tracks 1 and 2 were barrier-free. All platforms were designed without a platform.

traffic

Train from Oschatz in 1991 in the track 6-10 shunting group
"Mügelner network"

The large extent of the station speaks for a brisk freight and passenger traffic on the routes of the Mügeln network. Mainly agricultural products, coal and cattle were transported by rail at that time. From the beginning, passenger traffic played a major role at the station. At the time of the greatest traffic in the 1950s, 30 pairs of passenger trains were handled every day. About 20 freight trains used the station during this time.

Detailed information has been available for passenger transport since the beginning. In 1894, five pairs of trains drove on the railway from Oschatz to Mügeln and on to Wermsdorf every day, between Mügeln and Döbeln there were four pairs of trains at the same time. In 1914 six pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Mügeln, two of which continued to Wermsdorf. There were five pairs of trains between Döbeln and Mügeln. In 1925, five pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Mügeln, three of which were forwarded to Wermsdorf or Neichen. Three pairs of trains were deployed between Döbeln and Mügeln. In 1939 there were seven pairs of trains that were used between Oschatz and Mügeln, and four pairs of trains ran between Döbeln and Mügeln. In 1943, only five pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Mügeln, three of which continued to Wermsdorf / Neichen. At the same time, three pairs of trains ran between Döbeln and Mügeln. In 1950/51 there were seven pairs of trains running between Oschatz and Mügeln, all of which were continued to Wermsdorf / Neichen, and there were three pairs of trains between Mügeln and Döbeln, with a connection in Gärtitz . Three pairs of trains ran between Döbeln and Mügeln in 1961/1962, in 1964 there were also three pairs of trains on this route, with replacement buses already being used in places; In 1971/1972 there were two pairs of trains between Oschatz and Mügeln, one continued to Wermsdorf.

For the time being, no passenger trains have been running in Mügeln station since 1974. Passenger traffic was surprisingly resumed after 1989 between Oschatz, Mügeln and Kemmlitz in school traffic . In 1996 there were four pairs of trains, one of which continued to Kemmlitz. In 2002 the Döllnitzbahn carried ten trains between Oschatz and now Altmügeln on weekdays.

The railway is known for the decades of kaolin transport from Kemmlitz , which provided the railway to Oschatz with sufficient work when passenger traffic was shut down. This traffic has not been operated since 2001, but the railway still has a future. The activities of the Wilder Robert development association ensure special steam-covered trips two to four times a year. Mügeln station is also the seat of the association of the same name, which through a large number of activities ensures the maintenance of the narrow-gauge railway of the Mügeln network.

Lokbahnhof / Bahnbetriebswerk Mügeln

Engine shed, 2015

Initially, the station had a small, two-tier locomotive shed for the locomotives required here between Oschatz and Mügeln. With the opening of the Mügeln – Neichen narrow-gauge railway , more locomotives were needed, which led to an expansion of the locomotive shed to three tracks. After the arrival of the IV K series , nine locomotives of this series could be stored in the locomotive shed. The small side extension on the north side of the locomotive shed was given to it in 1932. Originally it also had a siding, but no smoke outlets, so that it was only intended for repairing cold machines.

In the beginning, defective locomotives were operationally repaired on site by the repair staff. It was not until the 1920s that defective locomotives were transferred to Mügeln and repaired there in the workshop. The subordination of the Mügeln train station changed several times. In 1923 it was a branch of the Bw Nossen . Later he was subordinate to the Bw Döbeln . On April 1, 1951, the Mügeln locomotive station became an independent railway depot and received its own administration building. In addition to the rooms for the administrative staff, the locomotive staff received appropriate social rooms. A staff list from 1954 indicates the number of 24 train drivers, 28 stokers, 14 locksmiths and three boilermakers as well as other auxiliary staff. In 1967 the depot was dissolved due to the route reduction and the locomotive station was subdivided into the Nossen depot.

Today the Wilder Robert development association has its domicile in the boiler house, where the historic vehicles are stored, maintained and repaired. The boiler house has been thoroughly renovated and has new gates. The shortened side extension no longer has a gate. In addition, the track system was shortened beforehand, after the locomotives had been coaled here for years.

Local locomotives

The dominant locomotives in the Mügeln network were the IV K, here in 1991 the 99.1584 in front of the locomotive shed.

To operate the beginning of the operation service launched in Mügeln with three locomotives of the type I K . Due to the rather flat topography of the upcoming routes, these locomotives were in service for years. By increasing the number of locomotives, there were soon enough locomotives of this series available. A number of the II K were in service here for some time around 1920. Mügeln was not assigned the first class IV K locomotive until 1897. From then on, these locomotives were the dominant covering of the trains in the Mügeln network and served here for about 100 years on the railways. The reason for this stationing was the load limitation of some components in the Mügeln network, which did not allow the use of larger locomotives.

Around 1900 three locomotives of the III K series were in service for a short time. In the mid-1930s, four VK series locomotives were assigned to the Mügeln locomotive station before they were passed on to the Thum depot . Today, in addition to the existing IV K, the inventory includes some V 10 Cs and two ÖBB 2091 to handle rush hour traffic .

Local cars and ancillary vehicles

Mügeln station has always had a large number of passenger and freight cars to handle the heavy traffic on the Mügeln network. Some of the freight wagons were reserved for individual harvest highlights such as the beet campaign . The proximity to the lane changing stations made the provision of trolleys necessary.

Todays use

On December 17, 1993, the Döllnitzbahn began operating on the line between Oschatz and Mügeln . Since then, this company has carried out school traffic on the remaining routes of the Mügeln network.

literature

  • Klaus Kieper, Reiner Preuß : Narrow Gauge Railway Archive . transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin, 1980.
  • Josef Högemann: The Mügeln narrow-gauge network . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3
  • Ludger Kenning: Narrow-gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Mügeln  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photo of the reception building of the Mügeln train station from the early days on www.sachsenschiene.net
  2. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , page 30
  3. ↑ closed connection to the coal trade from Mügeln train station on www.sachsenschiene.net
  4. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , page 32 photo above
  5. ↑ Kieper, Preuß: Narrow-gauge Railway Archive ; Transpress-Verlag 1980 page 330
  6. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz-Mügeln-Wermsdorf 1894 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  7. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln-Mügeln Wermsdorf 1894 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  8. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz-Mügeln-Wermsdorf 1914 at www.sachsenschiene.net
  9. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln-Mügeln 1914 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  10. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz-Mügeln-Wermsdorf 1925 at www.sachsenschiene.net
  11. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln-Mügeln 1925 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  12. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz-Mügeln 1939 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  13. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln – Mügeln 1939 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  14. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Mügeln 1943 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  15. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln-Mügeln 1943 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  16. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz-Mügeln 1950 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  17. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln-Mügeln 1950 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  18. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln – Mügeln 1961 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  19. ↑ Excerpt from the Döbeln – Mügeln 1964 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  20. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz-Mügeln 1965 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  21. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Mügeln 1971 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  22. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz-Mügeln 1996 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  23. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Mügeln 2002 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  24. ↑ Driving program of the Friends of Wilder Robert 2015  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wilder-robert.de  
  25. ^ Josef Högemann: The narrow gauge network Mügeln ; Kenning Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3 , page 44
  26. ^ Josef Högemann: The narrow gauge network Mügeln ; Kenning Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3 , page 46
  27. ^ Josef Högemann: The narrow gauge network Mügeln ; Kenning Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3 , page 38