Münchberg station
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 Münchberg station
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| Operating point type | railway station |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 5 (reduced to 3) |
| abbreviation | NMBG |
| IBNR | 8004126 |
| opening | November 1, 1848 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Muenchberg |
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| City / municipality | Münchberg |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 11 '21 " N , 11 ° 47' 27" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 537 m |
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| Railway stations in Bavaria | |
The Münchberg Station is a separation station at the Bamberg-Hof railway in Münchberg in Upper Franconia . It is the southern terminus of the single-track branch line Münchberg – Selbitz . The routes are not electrified .
location
Münchberg train station extends east-west south of the city center on the southern slope of the Pulschnitz valley.
History and description
In 1848 the station went into operation with the opening of the Neuenmarkt - Hof section of the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn . On the initially single-track line, only an intersection track and a track to the open, covered loading hall were created. The latter led over a turntable to which three short butt tracks were connected.
The first draft of a station building from 1844 could not be realized due to a financial crisis in mid-1846, which was not limited to Bavaria. Only a smaller, 29-meter-long building with a loading bay and scales in the "ancient Roman style" desired by King Ludwig I.
The double-track expansion of the railway line in the Münchberg area brought the first changes in the track area in 1872, the number of switches in the station rose to nine. In this context, the optical telegraphs were replaced by "electrical signals for the railway and change attendants". In 1875 the expedition room was expanded, and in 1881 a third class waiting room was added.
On August 19, 1885, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the Münchberg – Helmbrechts local railway , which was opened to traffic on June 1, 1887. At that time Helmbrechts had a flourishing textile industry. The track coming from there ran almost two kilometers from the west parallel to the main line, it ended on the west side of the reception building at two 40 meter long butt tracks. A trapezoidal switch connection to the northern main track was created in the station apron.
As early as the 1870s, the track systems proved to be inadequate for the volume of goods traffic. However, it was not until around 1893 that a fundamental renovation of the station brought relief. New butt tracks and a new freight hall were built, the hall track was connected to the northern main line on both sides. The outdoor loading area was relocated to the south side of the station, it was given a wide loading lane with two long loading tracks. The pivoting of the main tracks made it possible to use track 1 on the main platform for the Helmbrecht trains. The main line now ran over tracks 2 to 4, with track 3 being laid out as a passing track for both directions. The setting of the most important points - until then by point attendants on site - was assigned to two newly built signal boxes.
The second railway line from Münchberg was opened on October 18, 1902, to Zell . Instead of the side bulk platforms, two island platforms were built and a platform underpass was created. The Zell route threaded into the station from the southeast and ended at the southern platform on track 5. The original exposed masonry of the main building made of gneiss with granite corners was plastered in 1902.
From 1907 private connections were added in the station area. In 1923 the route was extended beyond Helmbrechts to Selbitz . Continuous trains to and from Hof also ran over platform 4.
In the mid-1930s, the main tracks were extended to a usable length of 650 meters, two new signal boxes were built in 1936 and the signal box technology was modernized. A third track was built in the loading yard, and another pull-out track on the southwest side. In 1937/38 the west wing of the reception building was extended and the counter hall expanded.
On April 14, 1944, four railway bridges in the city were blown up by the Wehrmacht . In the case of the bridge over Kirchenlamitzer Strasse, a temporary solution remained until 1964 for reasons of cost. Initially, the size of the track system hardly changed after the Second World War .
Dieselification began in November 1954, and a class VT 95 rail bus partially replaced the steam-hauled train on the route to Zell . September 29, 1962 was the last regular day of operation of a steam locomotive (64 239) to Zell, it was replaced by V 100 . The last passenger train ran on this route on September 25, 1971; it was pulled by a steam locomotive (86 171). 1972 track was largely dismantled after Zell, has remained a 1.7-kilometer remnant as siding for substation Mechlenreuth.
Current situation
As a result of the construction and expansion of the Hochstadt-Marktzeuln – Probstzella railway and the closing of the gap between Ludwigsstadt and Probstzella , Münchberg station lost part of its long-distance passenger traffic in the early twentieth century. Today the Intercity Express trains on the Munich – Berlin route run exclusively on the Frankenwaldbahn.
Regional Express trains from Deutsche Bahn and regional trains from Agilis are currently in operation . Only the most important tracks were not dismantled, track 1 was reduced to a dead end. In 2015 the pedestrian walkway over the tracks was dismantled due to disrepair, only the stair towers are still standing. It is planned to rebuild platform 4 and some switches for better usability.
Web links
- Location, tracks, signals and permissible speeds of the station on the OpenRailwayMap
literature
- Gernot Dietel, Roland Fraas: Railway in Münchberg 1848–1998 . 1st edition. Münchberg-Helmbrechtser Zeitung Verlag, Münchberg 1998, ISBN 3-938463-01-5 .
- Roland Fraas: 100 years of the Münchberg - Zell local railway . 2002.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gernot Dietel, Roland Fraas: Railway in Münchberg 1848–1998, p. 61
- ↑ HCS-Content GmbH: Concept for attractive and more punctual trains . In: Frankenpost . ( frankenpost.de [accessed on August 23, 2017]).