Oker station
| Oker | |
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 Station building (2019)
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | HOK |
| IBNR | 8004665 |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | March 23, 1866 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Oker |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Goslar |
| country | Lower Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 54 '18 " N , 10 ° 28' 43" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 213 m above sea level NN |
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| Railway stations in Lower Saxony | |
The Oker Station is a passenger station in Goslar district Oker and railway stations in the urban area located three operating. It has three platform tracks and belongs to station category 5.
location
The station area is in the Oker valley between the Sudmerberg , which begins a few hundred meters north, and the foothills of the Kleiner Hahnenberg ( Harz ) at an average altitude of 213 m above sea level. NHN . The tracks extend eastwards to beyond the Oker and touch the field mark of the town of Harlingerode ( Bad Harzburg ). To the west, the railway line crosses into the Schleek ("Schleich"), a narrow strip in the Abzucht valley towards Goslar and the Sudmerberg district .
Federal road 498 (Oker - Osterode am Harz ) runs directly north of the train station .
history
The station is on the Vienenburg – Goslar railway line, which was opened in 1866 . The Oker – Bad Harzburg railway has been branching here since 1912 . 1.7 kilometers further east on the route to Bad Harzburg was the Oker Ost train station ( 51 ° 55 ′ N , 10 ° 30 ′ E ). It served as a freight yard for the Harz iron and steel works ( lead works Oker , zinc works Harlingerode ) and was located on the field of Harlingerode .
At the end of the Second World War , the Oker station was the end of a death march from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp near Nordhausen . The prisoners were driven through the Harz Mountains in a forced march for around a month before they reached the station building on April 8, 1945. Among others, the French writer André Mouton took part , after whom the secondary school Oker (today's Adolf Grimme comprehensive school ) was dedicated in the post-war period . According to reports, between 50 and 100 inmates were shot dead in the train station. To commemorate this event, a stele with a glass plaque was inaugurated at the train station on April 23, 2001. The station building has been privately owned since 2011.
Renovation 2017/18
In April 2016, the Zweckverband Greater Braunschweig announced that it would convert the Oker train station to ensure accessibility . Between 2017 and 2018, the level of the main platform and the central platform was increased over their length of 170 meters from 38 to 55 centimeters in order to enable a stepless change. The underpass was equipped with a tactile guidance system for the visually impaired and an elevator was installed to the central platform. Furthermore, the lighting was renewed, information showcases were set up and weather shelters were set up for both platforms.
The investments were initially estimated at around 4.5 million euros and were financed from the future investment program (ZIP; status: 2017) financed by the ZGB, the federal government and DB Station & Service . In total, the costs after completion of the work amounted to 5.4 million euros.
On December 5, 2018, the renovation work was completed and the station was opened to the public by the Lower Saxony Minister of Transport, Bernd Althusmann .
traffic
The station is currently served by the regional train lines RB 43 Goslar – Braunschweig and RB 82 Kreiensen – Bad Harzburg . There was a siding to a former ore processing plant. There is still a connection in the east to Harz-Metall and in the west to the HC Starck chemical plant .
At the bus stop to the north, the train station is connected to the other districts of Goslars, Bad Harzburg and Altenau .
photos
West view, with HC Starck and Sudmerberg in the background
Temporary bridge during the renovation work in 2018
Former freight yard Oker-Ost
The Oker station in the network of the western Harz
Trivia
- Since November 2018 , the Gleis95 youth club , which was previously located at the Adolf Grimme Comprehensive School in Oker, has been located east of the train station .
- In May 2019, the Mensch network sponsored the Oker train station. It is a network of volunteers.
Web links
- Tracks in service facilities (HOK) , DB Netz AG (PDF; track plan)
literature
- Working group in search of traces in the southern Harz region: From Dora to Oker train station: the West Harz road sign project and the March of Life . A search for traces on the route of the death marches of the southern Harz concentration camp prisoners from April 1945 in the western Harz and about the memory of their sufferings and victims. 2001.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Station category list 2017. (PDF) (No longer available online.) DB Station & Service, December 16, 2016, archived from the original on February 15, 2017 ; accessed on December 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Querying the course book route 320 from Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Querying the course book route 353 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ^ Goslarsche Zeitung : Oker station: renovation for 4.5 million euros . April 18, 2016, accessed December 7, 2018.
- ^ Regional association for the greater Braunschweig area : Press release: Modernization of the Oker train station (PDF; 159 kB). April 25, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ↑ Goslarsche Zeitung : After a year and a half of construction, the train station in Oker is barrier-free . December 5, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018.
- ^ Goslarsche Zeitung : Barrier-free train stations for Oker and Börßum . November 28, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018.
- ↑ Goslarsche Zeitung : Netzwerk Mensch ensures cleanliness . May 10, 2019, accessed May 16, 2019.