Nendeln train station
| Nendeln | |
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 View of the Nendeln train station
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| abbreviation | NE |
| IBNR | 8101262 |
| opening | 1872 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Ash trees |
| Place / district | Nendeln |
| local community | Ash trees |
| Country | Liechtenstein |
| Coordinates | 759 561 / 229857 |
| Railway lines | |
The station Nendeln is a through station in Liechtenstein City Nendeln ( ash ) in the lowlands and is located on the Feldkirch-Buchs railway .
history
August 5, 1865, conclusion of a state treaty between Austria-Hungary , Liechtenstein, Bavaria and Switzerland on the construction of a railway line between Feldkirch and Buchs, among others (not realized).
The Liechtenstein Parliament and the government have on 13./14. January 1870 the then Vorarlberger Bahn was granted the concession for the construction and operation of a railway line from Feldkirch via Liechtenstein sovereign territory to Buchs ( Switzerland ). The railway line was built from 1870 to 1872 and opened on October 24, 1872. The Nendeln station was opened in 1872, at that time as a stop , together with the Feldkirch – Buchs railway line. Today the operation is incumbent on the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) as legal successor of the Vorarlberger Bahn.
August 27, 1870 - Conclusion of an international treaty between Austria-Hungary (now the Republic of Austria ), Liechtenstein, Bavaria (now the Federal Republic of Germany ) and Switzerland, including the construction of a railway line between Feldkirch and Buchs.
The historic station building in Nendeln has been expanded again and again. 1926/27 z. B. built a customs building and electrified the route. In 1931 the reception building was extended and an apartment was created for the station management .
Due to the slippery slope of the Rhine at Schaan , the railway station and track system was severely affected in Nendeln on 25 September 1927th
The system has hardly been renewed in recent years and the technical facilities are functional, but outdated. The platforms have not been significantly renewed for many years. Around 50 trains frequent Nendeln station every day.
A double-track expansion of the railway line has been under discussion for decades. In this context, the railway line in Liechtenstein is to become more attractive and to be increasingly included in local public transport, see also S-Bahn Vorarlberg, infrastructure measures .
Traffic significance
| Train type | course | interval | operator |
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| R. | Buchs SG - Schaan-Vaduz - Forst-Hilti - Nendeln - Tisis - Gisingen - Altenstadt - Feldkirch | Individual trains | Austrian Federal Railways |
The 18 km long railway line between Feldkirch and Buchs runs nine kilometers through the Principality of Liechtenstein. Nendeln station is the only station in the Principality of Liechtenstein that is still manned by a dispatcher. The crossing point of the single-track line between Feldkirch and Buchs is at Nendeln train station (a second track is available here for the encounter over a length of almost 700 meters).
The handling of goods at Nendeln station has continuously declined over the past decades and currently only wood is delivered and loaded.
Nendeln train station is very well connected to the Liechtenstein bus network.
On its journey from Vienna to Zurich HB, the ÖBB Railjet passes Nendeln station without stopping.
As part of the local transport project S-Bahn-Liechtenstein, the continuous double-track expansion of the Feldkirch - Buchs SG railway line is planned in order to enable a S-Bahn-like operation.
See also
literature
- Lothar Beer: The history of the railways in Vorarlberg , two volumes, Hecht-Verlag, Hard 1984.
- Franz J. Fröwis: Three special trains of historical importance in Vorarlberg (1917, 1919 and 1921) In: Bludenzer Geschichtsblätter , issue 40/41 1981; Pp. 3–43, The "Hofsonderzug" of March 24, 1919; P. 23–30, About the deportation of the Habsburgs via Feldkirch to Switzerland.
Web links
- Ulrich Nachbaur : When the train slowly pulled into Feldkirch (PDF; 252 kB). Literary memories of the flight from Austria to Switzerland in spring 1938.
- State treaty of August 27, 1870 on the construction of a railway from Lindau via Bregenz to St. Margarethen, and from Feldkirch to Buchs (ÖRGBl 1871, p. 23 ff).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austrian RGBl. 1865/138.
- ↑ Already issued to the Vorarlberger Bahn on August 17, 1869 by the kk Austrian state government.
- ↑ According to the State Treaty of August 27, 1870, the completion date was set for August 17, 1872 (Article 5).
- ↑ Vision Rheintal: A spatial cultural history (PDF; 4.6 MB)
- ↑ State Treaty of August 27, 1970, Art 8.
- ↑ Austrian RGBl. 1871/13.