Merzig (Saar) train station
| Merzig (Saar) | |
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 View of the reception building
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | SMZG |
| IBNR | 8003992 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | December 16, 1858 |
| Website URL | Station profile of DB Netz AG |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Merzig |
| country | Saarland |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 26 '12 " N , 6 ° 38' 4" E |
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| Railway stations in Saarland | |
The Merzig (Saar) station is a station on the Saar Railway between Saarbruecken and Trier . Its reception building is a listed building.
overview
Until December 5, 2016, barrier-free access was only possible on platform 1 ; since then, after a new construction of the central platform, lifts have been installed on this platform and on the main platform, so that all platforms are now barrier-free.
The museum railway to Losheim begins in Merzig . Before the Second World War, a railway branched off in Merzig via Mechern and Mondorf to Bettelainville in France . After the bridge over the Saar was blown up in the Second World War, however, it was no longer passable. After the Saar was expanded, the piers were the last remnants of this bridge to be dismantled. In addition to three platform tracks and a few freight / stabling tracks, Merzig station has a tank loading ramp.
Reception building
While the work on the Saar line from Saarbrücken to Merzig was still in progress, considerations were made about the construction of the Merzig reception building . The construction time can be determined very precisely, since a copy of the original construction drawing was made in 1884, which has been preserved. This execution drawing with floor plans, sections and views was dated April 1858 and had the signature of the departmental builder Lieber. The construction of the building must have started shortly after this date.
The building is listed as an individual monument on the city's list of monuments.
environment
The city's bus station and a taxi rank are in front of the station building .
2004 railway accident
On the night of October 24th to 25th, 2004 at around 12:10 am, the ore train TKC 47797 ( Rotterdam - Dillingen ) derailed at Merzig station. 16 cars derailed and overturned. The other wagons and the locomotives ( BR 151 091 and BR 151 095) were not damaged, and no people were injured in the incident. The cause was apparently a broken axle on one of the wagons. According to the DB AG, the total damage amounted to 2 to 4 million euros.
traffic
Merzig (Saar) train station is part of the Saarland Transport Association (saarVV) and is located in Wabe 231 (Merzig). On December 14, 2014, the largest timetable change since the introduction of the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle came into force in 1994. It is served by the following lines:
| line | Line designation | Line course | Tact |
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| RE 1 | Südwest-Express ( SÜWEX ) | Koblenz Hbf - Treis-Karden - Cochem (Mosel) - Wittlich Hbf - Trier Hbf - Merzig (Saar) - Dillingen (Saar) - Saarlouis Hbf - Völklingen - Saarbrücken Hbf - Homburg (Saar) Hbf - Kaiserslautern Hbf - Mannheim Hbf | 60 min |
| RB 70 | Saar Valley Railway | Merzig (Saar) - Dillingen (Saar) - Saarlouis Hbf - Völklingen - Saarbrücken Hbf - Homburg (Saar) Hbf - Kaiserslautern Hbf | 60 min |
| RB 71 | Saar Valley Railway | Trier Hbf - Merzig (Saar) - Dillingen (Saar) - Saarlouis Hbf - Völklingen - Saarbrücken Hbf - Homburg (Saar) Hbf | 60 min |
Further train stations in the city of Merzig
Merzig (Saar) city center
Not far from the Merzig train station there is the Merzig (Saar) Stadtmitte stop , located directly in the city center. This stop has been in operation since 2000 and is barrier-free via ramps . Only regional trains stop here .
Merzig-Besseringen
There is also a stopping point that was built in the Besseringen district . Only regional trains stop here as well.
Merzig East
Merzig Ost train station is on the Merzig – Büschfeld railway line and is the starting point for museum traffic to Losheim .
The Merzig-Büschfelder Railway systems in the city are listed as an ensemble. These include the station building built around 1903, a signal box built around the same time in the station area and the route of the railway in the Losheimer and Von-Boch-Strasse area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung of October 26, 2004 ( Memento of January 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 332 kB)
- ↑ Honeycomb plan of the Saarland Transport Association ( Memento from June 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )