Mittweida station

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Mittweida
143 283 with RB to Chemnitz Hbf. On June 6, 2016
143 283 with RB to Chemnitz Hbf. On June 6, 2016
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Intermediate station , formerly the separation station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation DMW
IBNR 8012369
opening September 1, 1852
location
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 59 '14 "  N , 12 ° 57' 37"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '14 "  N , 12 ° 57' 37"  E
Height ( SO ) 296  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
i16 i18

Vossloh Citylink , used on line C14 of the Chemnitz model , in Mittweida station
(April 2016)

The Mittweida Station is located in the west of Saxony 15,000-inhabitant city Mittweida on the main route Chemnitz-Riesa . It was the starting point for the Mittweida – Drei Werden route, which is mainly used for freight traffic .

history

The connection to railway networks was important for the industrialization of the region . The station Mittweida was opened on 1 September. 1852

Between 1906 and 1997 the Mittweida – Drei Werden / Ringethal railway branched off from the station and was mainly used as an industrial line.

building

The station building, which opened on May 22, 1900, is a listed building. The building has been owned by the City of Mittweida since September 21, 2015, after it was auctioned to a private person in 2013. The city is now planning a redesign. There is a ticket agency.

Railway systems

The station has three platform tracks and a freight track, two covered platforms, a reception building, a signal box and a goods shed.

The platforms are 38 centimeters high, the main platform on track 1 is 128 meters long, and the island platform on tracks 2 and 3 124 meters can be reached through an underpass.

Importance and traffic

Until May 27, 2006 Mittweida was a stop of the Interregio -Linie Berlin– Chemnitz , today regional trains from Chemnitz to Elsterwerda that do not stop between Chemnitz and Mittweida , operated by the Central German Regiobahn ; the stops between Chemnitz main station and Mittweida are served by trains of the Chemnitz City Bahn . In Mittweida, the transfer time from the city train to the regional train and vice versa is just under half an hour.

In 1914 Mittweida was a stop for four pairs of express trains , three of which ran through Berlin- Chemnitz, plus at least eight pairs of local trains from Döbeln- Chemnitz every day .

In 1936 Mittweida stopped three daily pairs of express trains and one pair of express trains from Berlin to Chemnitz, an additional pair there before Sundays and public holidays and back on Sundays and public holidays. In addition, numerous passenger trains went to Chemnitz, less in the direction of Waldheim and Döbeln.

Transport links

line Train run Cycle (min) EVU
RB45 Chemnitz Central Station - Mittweida - Waldheim - Döbeln Hbf - Riesa (- Elsterwerda ) 60 BOB
C14 Chemnitz Technopark - Chemnitz central stop - Chemnitz main station - Oberlichtenau - Mittweida 60 City-Bahn Chemnitz

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Kay Hähner, Erik Rauner: The Mittweida industrial railway: Mittweida-Dreibaren-Ringethal . H&R, Merzdorf 2006. DNB 1007230053
  2. Monument protection
  3. www.mittelachsen-tv.de ( Memento from September 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ DB sales point search , accessed on September 19, 2016
  5. Platform information ( memento of the original from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on deutschebahn.com, accessed on September 19, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschebahn.com
  6. Marcus Grahnert: Mittweida departure board 2006 , long-distance traffic database, accessed on September 19, 2016
  7. Empire Kursbuch July 1914 reprint, 5th Edition, 1995, Ritzau KG - Publisher time and railways, Pürgen, ISBN 3-921 304-09-1
  8. ^ German course book summer 1936, Ritzau KG - Verlag Zeit und Eisenbahn - Pürgen, reprint, 1st edition, 1990