Mering train station

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Mering
Station building from the street side
Station building from the street side
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation MMR
IBNR 8003982
Price range 3
opening October 4, 1840
Website URL BEG station database
Profile on Bahnhof.de Mering
location
City / municipality Mering
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 48 ° 15 '47 "  N , 10 ° 59' 17"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '47 "  N , 10 ° 59' 17"  E
Height ( SO ) 513.2  m above sea level NHN
Railway lines
Railway stations in Bavaria
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The Mering station is the station of the market Mering in the Swabian district of Aichach-Friedberg . It lies on the Munich – Augsburg railway line and is the starting point for the Ammerseebahn to Weilheim . It belongs to station category 3 of DB Station & Service and has four platform tracks on two central platforms . Around 125 regional trains of the DB Regio and the Bayerische Regiobahn serve the station every day .

Mering station was opened in 1840 by the Munich-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft as a through station. With the opening of the Ammerseebahn in 1898, it became a separation station , with the track systems being relocated. In the 1910s the station received a new reception building . From 2003 to 2007 it was completely rebuilt and renewed. In addition to the Mering train station, the Mering-St Afra stop on the Munich – Augsburg railway line has existed in the Mering municipality since 2008 .

location

The train station is located about 500 meters southwest of the center of Meringen. The station building is located northeast of the tracks on Bahnhofsstraße and has the address Bahnhofstraße 4 . A bus station is located southeast of the reception building on Bahnhofstrasse . On the side of the station opposite the station building, there is no development except for a few houses. The Paar flows there about 50 meters from the tracks , behind the Paar there is another settlement area. Through an underpass , the Zettlerstrasse crosses under the track system south of the station, at this point is the branch of the Ammerseebahn from the Munich – Augsburg railway line. To the northwest of the station building, Münchener Strasse crosses under the station area.

Mering station is a separation station. The Munich – Augsburg railway line ( VzG 5503 and VzG 5581) is an electrified four-track main line and main traffic axis in national and international long-distance traffic, which has been expanded for 230 km / h. The Ammerseebahn (VzG 5370) from Mering via Geltendorf and Dießen to Weilheim is a single-track main line and electrified to Geltendorf .

In the 2015/16 course book , Mering is on the following course book sections:

  • 980: Munich – Mering – Augsburg – Günzburg – Ulm
  • 985: Augsburg – Mering – Geltendorf – Dießen – Weilheim

history

First station building around 1900

On July 23, 1837, the Munich-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was founded and began building the railway line from Munich to Augsburg in 1838 . On October 4, 1840, the Mering station was opened as a through station on the Munich – Augsburg railway line, which was opened at the same time. He received a three-storey station building in brick construction in the northwest of the tracks and a goods shed opposite the station building . After the nationalization of the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company in 1846, the Royal Bavarian State Railways rebuilt the station building. When the line was expanded to double track in 1862, the track system was rebuilt.

After plans for a railway line from Augsburg to Lake Ammersee and further towards the Alps had already been made in the early 1870s , the Bavarian state approved the planning of the Ammersee Railway from Mering via Dießen am Ammersee to Weilheim in 1886 . In the autumn of 1896, construction of the local railway began. On June 30, 1898, the Ammerseebahn was opened, making the Mering station a separation station and also receiving more extensive track systems. Since the expansion of the track system at the previous location was not possible due to the limited space available, the Bavarian State Railways relocated the station to the southeast. With the construction of a second platform, the number of platform tracks was increased to four. The freight transport facilities have also been expanded. However, the old station building was now about 150 meters from the platforms. Therefore, the Bavarian State Railways replaced it in the 1910s with a new low-rise building, which was located northwest of the tracks closer to the station facilities. The old station building was preserved as a residential building. At the same time, two new mechanical signal boxes were put into operation. Since the goods shed dating from 1840 blocked the field of vision of signal box II, it was removed and replaced by a new goods hall southeast of the new reception building. This was equipped with a weighbridge and a loading gauge .

On May 5, 1931, the Deutsche Reichsbahn began electrical operations on the Munich – Augsburg line. At the end of the 1930s, the platforms were expanded and the lighting replaced. The previous restricted level crossing on Münchener Strasse in the northwest of the station was replaced by an underpass.

In 1958, the Deutsche Bundesbahn replaced the mechanical interlockings at Mering station with a pushbutton interlocking . In the 1960s, the station was mainly served in regional traffic, only a few long-distance trains stopped. By September 7, 1970, the Ammerseebahn between Mering and Geltendorf was electrified in order to set up a diversion line for the busy Munich – Augsburg line. In the 1980s and 1990s, the freight transport tracks were largely dismantled and new parking spaces were set up on the areas that were freed up. Until it was closed in 1992, there was a signaling and railway maintenance facility in Mering . The railway maintenance department was responsible for the area from Augsburg-Hochzoll to Maisach , on the Ammerseebahn to Egling and on the Paartalbahn from Augsburg-Hochzoll to Hörzhausen on the Munich – Augsburg line . With the expansion of the Munich-Augsburg Railway, the German Federal Railroad took on 29 August 1993 electronic interlocking from Alcatel SEL in operation that replaced an interlocking pushbuttons.

From autumn 2003, the railway station's tracks were rebuilt in connection with the four-track expansion of the railway line from Munich to Augsburg. The German railway reduced the number of platform tracks from five to four. The platform-free tracks 1 and 2 are now the long-distance tracks, which are provided with a noise barrier on both sides . The two central platforms were rebuilt somewhat relocated, they are now 76 centimeters high and equipped with lifts for wheelchair access. During the renovation the last goods and storage facilities were removed. In 2004 the former station building from 1840 was demolished. The station has not been occupied since November 19, 2005. The renovation work was completed in 2007.

construction

Reception building

Station building seen from the former platform

The first station building in Meringen was a three-storey brick building with a hipped roof , followed by a single-storey extension with a hipped roof. A canopy was attached to the track side that stretched the entire length of the building. Service and waiting rooms were located on the ground floor, while apartments for railway employees were located on the first and second floors. To the northwest of the reception building there was a single-storey toilet building with a gable roof. After being replaced by the new, single-storey building, the reception building continued to be used as an overnight building under the name of service building No. 40 . In 2004 it was demolished as part of the station renovation.

In the 1910s, the Bavarian State Railways built the second station building northwest of the track system. It was a single-storey, elongated building with a gable roof. In the building there was a waiting room with a ticket office , service rooms, a general cargo acceptance point and the command center of the station. Today there is a Deutsche Bahn service store in the reception building.

Platforms and track systems

Platforms

In the 1960s, the Meringen train station still had extensive track systems. There were five platform tracks, which were located on a house platform and two central platforms . The two tracks of the railway line to Munich were on the first central platform, the Ammerseebahn trains stopped on the second. To the south-east of the platforms there was a platform-free siding for the Ammerseebahn trains, and on both sides of the second central platform there were a total of three stub tracks serving as siding . To the southeast of the reception building were the freight transport facilities with two loading tracks , several butt tracks, a goods shed and a loading ramp . A separate small locomotive shed was connected to the freight loading tracks . In 1963 and 1964, a platform underpass was built , which replaced the previous level crossings. In the 1980s and 1990s, the freight tracks were gradually dismantled and the freight shed, locomotive shed and loading ramp demolished.

From autumn 2003 to 2007, Deutsche Bahn modernized the track and platform systems as part of the four-track expansion of the Munich – Augsburg line. The house platform was taken out of service and the previous platform 1 was closed. The previous through-going main tracks 2 and 3, today tracks 1 and 2, became platform-free through tracks for long-distance traffic. The two central platforms were removed and, relocated to the south-west, rebuilt. The DB renewed the platform underpass and equipped it with lifts to the platforms and the station building. In addition to the two through tracks, the station now has four platform tracks, which are located on two central platforms. The central platforms are barrier-free with elevators and have digital train destination displays . While the platforms were covered before the renovation, there are no longer any platform roofs.

Platforms
track Usable length Platform height Current usage
3 302 m 76 cm Regional traffic in the direction of Augsburg
4th 302 m 76 cm Regional traffic in the direction of Munich
5 144 m 76 cm Bavarian Regiobahn in the direction of Augsburg
6th 155 m 76 cm Bavarian Regiobahn in the direction of Geltendorf

Signal boxes

In the early years, the points of the station were set on site by point attendants . In the 1910s, the Bavarian State Railways put two new mechanical signal boxes into operation in Mering . Both served as guards interlockings and were housed in two-storey towers course. Signal box I was at the station exit to Munich, signal box II at the exit to Augsburg opposite the old station building. A command signal box was set up in the new station building .

In 1958, the German Federal Railroad took in the reception building pushbutton interlocking of the type Siemens S3 (2) in operation, which replaced the mechanical interlockings. A few years later the switch towers were demolished. On August 29, 1993, the DB replaced the pushbutton interlocking with an electronic interlocking (ESTW) from Alcatel SEL , from which the area from Kissing to Mammendorf on the Munich – Augsburg line and the area to Egling on the Ammerseebahn is provided. The ESTW from Munich has been remote-controlled since December 2005 .

traffic

passenger traffic

Class 440 as RE to Munich Hbf

Mering station is in the tariff area of ​​the Augsburger Verkehrsverbund (AVV). Since 2009, DB Regio Allgäu-Schwaben has been running traffic on the Munich – Augsburg line as the Fugger Express with class 440 multiple units . Regional Express trains from DB Regio Allgäu-Schwaben, which run from Munich via Augsburg to Ulm , stop every hour. Every two hours a part of the train is carried to Treuchtlingen , which is winged in Augsburg . In addition to the Regional Express trains, regional trains run every hour from Munich to Dinkelscherben and Donauwörth with wings in Augsburg, so that there is a half-hourly service between Munich and Augsburg.

Regional trains of the Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) have been running on the Ammerseebahn since December 2008, running every hour from Augsburg via Mering, Geltendorf and Weilheim to Schongau . In the rush hour there are individual repeater trains to Geltendorf and Augsburg. The trains of the Bayerische Regiobahn are driven by type LINT 41 railcars .

All long-distance trains pass through the station without stopping.

Train type AVV line route Clock frequency
RE R1 Fugger-Express:
Munich - Mering - Augsburg - Ulm / ( Treuchtlingen ) 		every hour
(Treuchtlingen: every two hours)
RE / RB R1 Fugger Express:
Munich - Mering - Augsburg - Dinkelscherben / Donauwörth 		hourly
BRB R11 Augsburg-Oberhausen - Augsburg Hbf - Mering - Geltendorf - Weilheim - Schongau hourly
BRB R11 (Augsburg-Oberhausen -) Augsburg Hbf - Mering (- Geltendorf) every hour in
rush hour

Freight transport

Local freight transport played an important role in Mering for a long time. A separate small diesel locomotive of the type Köf III was stationed for freight traffic until the 1980s . In addition to shunting work in the station, the small locomotive was used to transport sugar beet on the Ammerseebahn. The loaded freight wagons from Schmiechen , Egling , Walleshausen and Kaltenberg were put together in long block trains at Mering station to Rain , for which there was a separate sugar beet loading platform. In addition, other agricultural products and cattle were also loaded in Mering. In the 1980s and 1990s, freight traffic in Mering continued to decline and was discontinued. Today there is no more freight traffic at Mering station.

literature

  • Andreas Janikowski: The Ammerseebahn. Traffic development in western Upper Bavaria . Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71033-8 , pp. 90-95 .
  • Peter Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach. With the Ammerseebahn, Pfaffenwinkelbahn & Co around the Bavarian Rigi . EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 2011, ISBN 978-3-8306-7455-9 , pp. 37-38 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abbreviations of the operating points on michaeldittrich.de, accessed on January 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Description of the Mering train station. In: bahnhof.de. DB Station & Service, accessed on May 9, 2013 .
  3. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn: Handbook of the German Railway Lines . Dumjahn, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-921426-29-4 (first edition: 1935).
  4. ^ Wolfgang Klee: 1st Bavaria Report. Bavarian railway history, part 1: 1835–1875. (Railway Journal Archive series) . Hermann Merker Verlag, Fürstenfeldbruck 1993, ISBN 3-922404-43-X .
  5. ^ Horst-Werner Dumjahn: Handbook of the German railway lines; Opening dates 1835–1935 . Reprint based on an original from the Reichsbahn in 1935; Dumjahn, Mainz 1984, ISBN 3-921426-29-4 .
  6. ↑ Janikowski: The Ammerseebahn . 1996, p. 76-79 .
  7. ^ Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 90-93 .
  8. ↑ a b c List of German signal boxes. In: stellwerke.de. Retrieved May 11, 2013 .
  9. ↑ a b Description of the Mering train station on ammerseebahn.de, accessed on June 11, 2016
  10. ↑ Janikowski: The Ammerseebahn . 1996, p. 92 .
  11. ^ Andreas Janikowski: The Ammerseebahn . 1996, p. 83-86 .
  12. ^ Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 94-95 .
  13. ^ A b Janikowski: The Ammerseebahn . 1996, p. 37-38 .
  14. ^ Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 94-95 .
  15. ^ Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 91-92 .
  16. ↑ a b Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 94 .
  17. ↑ a b Mering station equipment. (No longer available online.) In: deutschebahn.com. DB Station & Service, archived from the original on April 1, 2018 ; accessed on March 31, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschebahn.com
  18. ^ Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 92-94 .
  19. ^ Rasch: The branch lines between Ammersee, Lech and Wertach . 2011, p. 102 .