Oschatz train station

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Oschatz
Entrance building, street side
Entrance building, street side
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Connecting station
Platform tracks Standard gauge: 2
Narrow gauge: 2
abbreviation DOT
opening November 3, 1838
Profile on Bahnhof.de Oschatz
location
City / municipality Oschatz
Place / district Zschöllau
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 18 ′ 41 ″  N , 13 ° 6 ′ 20 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 41 ″  N , 13 ° 6 ′ 20 ″  E
Height ( SO ) 128.81  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
i11 i16 i18

The Oschatz station is an operating point of the railway line Leipzig – Dresden and the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln , which begins here, in the municipality of the city of Oschatz in Saxony. Until 1972, the station was also the starting point for the narrow-gauge railway to Strehla . At the time of its greatest expansion, the station had 25 standard gauge and 18 narrow gauge tracks.

history

Outgoing freight train towards Mügeln at the level of the signal box

Oschatz station was opened on November 3, 1838 as a through station when the Leipzig – Dresden railway line opened. There is no information about the equipment of the tracks at the beginning. The current station building was built in 1880/1881 . The narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln was laid in 1884 south of this building. The only thing that can be deduced from the literature about the track systems is that they were still modest at the beginning. Photographs from around 1900 show the area around the reception building with three narrow-gauge tracks. On the standard gauge side, extensive development can still be seen behind the train stopping at the house platform . The track system on the standard gauge side could not have been too large. While the station to the north had the character of a through station, on the narrow-gauge side it was a terminus and lane change station . In 1890, the line to Strehla was opened, thereby lengthening the parking facilities of the narrow-gauge station by 400 m. From 1894 Oschatz got a sugar factory , which had an enlarged effect on the station facilities. The literature does not reveal when this system was connected to the standard gauge.

Some standard gauge tracks were also moved to the southern side of the station at the start of narrow-gauge operation. Initially, there was only one reloading hall for narrow-gauge / standard-gauge goods handling on narrow-gauge track 13 and standard-gauge track 17, but a trolley pit was added in 1898 , and from 1906 there was the option of reloading to trolleys . From the early days of the narrow-gauge railway, the following data is available on the resources available and the quantities of goods handled; Within the first ten years of operation, the number of locomotives required increased to nine, the required two-axle passenger cars to 26, the covered freight cars to 41 and the open freight cars to 189. In 1885, the mass of transported goods was still on the narrow-gauge railway 39,384 t, in 1889 it was already 81,466 t, in 1894 it was 104,296 t, in 1909 213,000 t and in 1931 397,000 t.

View of the merging of the narrow-gauge and standard-gauge areas to form a three-rail track in Oschatz station

In any case, the dimensions of the station reached the proportions that could still be seen in 1981, and the station was an important interface between the standard and narrow gauge. They had 25 standard gauge and 18 narrow gauge tracks. There were 18 single turnouts in the narrow gauge area and 22 single turnouts in the standard gauge area. There were also two DKW in the standard gauge area . Two mechanical signal boxes controlled the turnouts in the standard gauge area south and north of the reception building. A signal box for the narrow-gauge railway, built in 1914, controlled the signals for the entry and exit of trains; the points had to be set by hand. The signal for the route from Strehla and its branch switch could be operated from this signal box . The entry tracks in the narrow-gauge area from the direction of Mügeln were particularly characteristic . These were in the gradient range of 16.7 ‰. For heavy trains, this required train support from the station's shunting locomotive. A protective switch in the exit area of ​​the narrow-gauge station ensured that no train could leave the station unplanned. In addition to the systems mentioned, the station also had a loading ramp for sending the narrow-gauge vehicles on standard-gauge tracks. To the north of the reception building, the track system consisted of three passenger train tracks for the two platforms (house platform and intermediate platform) and several freight train tracks with the goods shed and an additional shed with a loading street .

On May 31, 1970, the contact wire reached the standard gauge area of ​​Oschatz station. A first turning point in the operation of the station was the termination of the beet traffic to the sugar factory and the closure of the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Strehla . There was a radical cut in the railway station's track system after 1989. The Deutsche Bahn moved the main platform further west on the north side in front of the station building, and the trains are only dispatched to the stop via outer platforms on platforms 15 and 3. Tracks 1 and 2 function as a through track. Track 16 has been removed. In the area of ​​the reception building, trains can swing from track 15 onto track 1. From the entrance from Riesa, it is only possible to enter tracks 2 and 3, tracks 4, 6 and 7 are only possible from the Leipzig station entrance and have been shortened to the center of the station. The former goods shed is still there. Tracks 8 to 13 have been removed. A parking lot has been set up in place of the tracks at the Riesa station entrance of the tracks mentioned.

On the south side of the reception building, the standard gauge of the three-rail track was removed in 1993, on this side there is only access to the transhipment hall for kaolin handling, which was newly built this year. Since 1996, the entire standard gauge area has been controlled by an electronic signal box. The ESTW-A Oschatz was the first electronic interlocking in Saxony. Today it is connected to the ESTW-UZ Wurzen and is controlled by the Leipzig operations center. After liner control had been installed as part of the expansion to the high-speed line, there was almost a serious accident in 2001 (see also liner control # malfunctions ). The first thing that was removed from the narrow-gauge tracks was the tracks at the station building and track 4. In their place came a parking lot and a bus stop. The narrow-gauge trains end on track 3, which is designed as a stump track, and on track 5, which together with track 6 forms the bypass track for the trains. The platform for the narrow-gauge railway was set up between tracks 3 and 5, and the standard-gauge area was covered. Tracks 7 and 8 were removed as well as track 13 with the reloading hall. The complete transfer device for the standard gauge was completely removed. For this purpose, a new transshipment facility for kaolin traffic was built in the area to the narrow-gauge goods sheds, which can be approached from the side from both gauges from the west. The locomotive shed is currently still there, as is the goods shed for the narrow-gauge railway. It remains to be seen to what extent these track construction measures are the final stage, as kaolin traffic on the 2000 rail has been stopped in the meantime.

After the purchase by the city of Oschatz, the renovation of the reception building began at the end of 2017, most of which is to be returned to its original state. From December 7th, the Döllnitzbahn will operate a travel center in the central part of the building . The main tenant will be the financial control of illegal employment at the main customs office in Dresden.

Platforms

View of the standard gauge track systems of Oschatz station from platform 3 to the station building (2013)

There is no information in the literature on the number of platforms on the standard gauge side in the early days. The narrow-gauge railway had a station track around 1905, which was laid close to the station building, as well as two bypass tracks. With the opening of the Oschatz – Strehla narrow-gauge railway, an additional station track was laid.

At the time of its greatest expansion, the standard gauge side had two platforms, the house platform for track 1 and an island platform for tracks 2 and 3. The narrow-gauge tracks used the existing tracks with access from the reception building at the level of the entry point. The rest of the area was cordoned off with a fence.

View of the narrow-gauge area of ​​Oschatz station (2014)

Today the house platform on the standard gauge side was relocated further west to track 15, and the trains only stop on tracks 15 and 3. Standard gauge tracks 1 and 2 are through tracks. On the narrow-gauge side, access from the former house platform of the standard-gauge railway is realized. The platform area was generously expanded and covered.

traffic

Train from Mügeln 1991 in the three-rail track of the station in front of the station entrance

The standard gauge side was characterized by heavy passenger and freight traffic from the start. Information on the number of trains in service cannot be found in the literature.

On the other hand, detailed information is available on the narrow-gauge side. In freight traffic, it was mainly beet traffic that was carried out; coal, coke, kaolin , grain, potatoes, building materials, building and fertilizer lime, flour, animal feed, long wood, fertilizers and straw were transported. In 1894, five pairs of trains ran daily on the railway from Oschatz to Mügeln, in the same year there were four pairs of trains between Oschatz and Strehla. In 1914, six pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Mügeln, and there were five between Oschatz and Strehla. In 1925 there were five pairs of trains running between Oschatz and Mügeln, and four pairs of trains between Oschatz and Strehla. In 1939 there were seven pairs of trains that were used between Oschatz and Mügeln, and six pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Strehla. In 1943, only five pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Mügeln. For the Oschatz – Strehla line, data for three pairs of trains are available for the period 1946/1947. In 1950/51 there were seven pairs of trains that ran between Oschatz and Mügeln. Three pairs of trains ran between Oschatz and Strehla at the same time. In 1965/66 there were still three pairs of trains between Oschatz and Strehla. In 1971/1972 there were two pairs of trains between Oschatz and Mügeln. In the last year of operation there were only two pairs of trains between Oschatz and Strehla that were still running.

For the time being, no passenger trains have been running from Oschatz station since 1974. This was surprisingly resumed in 1995 between Oschatz, Mügeln and Kemmlitz in school traffic. In 1996 there were four pairs of trains, one of which continued to Kemmlitz. In 2002 the Döllnitzbahn carried ten trains between Oschatz and now Altmügeln on weekdays. There are also numerous special steam trips.

Oschatz locomotive station

Freight train standing by in Oschatz 1991 in front of the former narrow-gauge freight shed, behind it was the locomotive shed

Right from the start, Oschatz station had a two-tier locomotive shed with a length of 13 m for the home of the machines stationed here. Initially, the access to the engine shed was from the east. This included a coal shed, an extinguishing group and a water station. During the renovation in 1898, the entrance was relocated to the western side, and the locomotives had to drive through the shed to purge. Later the passages were removed and a small extension was added on the south side. As a rule, there was only one reserve machine behind in the shed. This locomotive did the shunting service in the station and was responsible for the pre-tensioning for entry in the event of overload. The main machines of the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Strehla and the narrow-gauge railway Oschatz – Mügeln – Döbeln were treated side by side. Obviously the tracks of the locomotive shed were sufficient, there has been no expansion to this day. To repair the trolleys stationed here, a repair workshop was later built on the west side of the station, which is still there today. Before, the repairs had to be carried out in the open air. The responsibility of the boiler house changed several times; From 1906 it was subordinate to the Dresden I machine office, from 1923 to the Riesa depot , and from 1951 to the Mügeln depot . In 1970 the Oschatz locomotive station was dissolved.

Today the Förderverein Förderverein Wilder Robert has its domicile in the boiler house, where the historical vehicles are stored, maintained and repaired.

Local locomotives

The dominant locomotives in the Mügeln network were the IV K, here the 99.1574 2007 in the narrow-gauge station

At the start of operations, operations in Oschatz began with two I K class locomotives . Due to the rather flat topography of the outgoing lines, these locomotives were sufficient for many years. By increasing the number of locomotives, there were soon enough locomotives of this series available. A number of the II K were in service here for some time around 1920. In 1927, the 99 516, the first locomotive of its type , arrived in Oschatz, which remained here for over 40 years. Locomotives of this type have been the locomotives here since then. The reason for this stationing was the load limitation of some components, especially the retaining wall of the Döllnitz in the city area of ​​Oschatz, which did not allow the use of larger locomotives.

Local cars and ancillary vehicles

Mügeln station has always owned a large number of passenger and freight cars for handling the heavy traffic on the Mügeln network. Some of the freight wagons were reserved for individual harvest highlights such as the beet campaign . The proximity to the lane changing stations made the provision of trolleys necessary. Several narrow-gauge container wagons were recently used for kaolin transport until the pits in Kemmlitz switched to road traffic.

Todays use

Locomotives used today in the Mügeln network: the ÖBB 2091

The station is served by regional traffic in the direction of Leipzig and Dresden every hour by the RE 50 Saxonia Express of the DB Regio Südost . Since the S-Bahn Central Germany went into operation in December 2013, individual S-Bahn trains have been running via Wurzen to Oschatz.

On December 17, 1993, the Döllnitzbahn began operating on the line between Oschatz and Mügeln . Since then, this company has carried out school traffic on the remaining routes of the Mügeln network.

There are more than 200 parking spaces available for commuters in the vicinity of the train station, some of which were built with ZVNL funding .

literature

  • Klaus Kieper, Reiner Preuß : Narrow Gauge Railway Archive . transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin 1980, without ISBN
  • Josef Högemann: The Mügeln narrow-gauge network . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3
  • Ludger Kenning: Narrow-gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , page 30
  2. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , page 10
  3. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , page 11
  4. ↑ Track plan of Oschatz station from 1981
  5. ^ Photo of the tracks at Oschatz station on an original aerial photograph
  6. ^ Photo of the transshipment facility at Oschatz station
  7. ↑ Axel Kaminski: Oschatzer station building will be like it used to be and therefore smaller. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. December 7, 2017, accessed January 17, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Hagen Rösner: Oschatzer Bahnhof takes shape. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Frank Hörügel: Döllnitzbahn rents in Oschatz station. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Frank Hörügel: Moonlighting inspectors from Customs are moving into the station Oschatz. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. October 26, 2018, accessed November 26, 2018 .
  11. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , photo above page 10
  12. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Mügeln – Wermsdorf 1894 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  13. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Strehla 1894 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  14. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Mügeln – Wermsdorf 1914 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  15. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Strehla 1914 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  16. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Mügeln – Wermsdorf 1925 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  17. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Strehla 1925 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  18. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Mügeln 1939 at www.sachsenschiene.net
  19. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Strehla 1939 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  20. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Mügeln 1943 course book on www.sachsenschiene.net
  21. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Strehla 1946/47 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  22. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Mügeln 1950 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  23. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Strehla 1950/51 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  24. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Strehla 1965 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  25. ↑ Excerpt from the course book Oschatz – Mügeln 1971 on www.sachsenschiene.net
  26. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Strehla course book in 1971 at www.sachsenschiene.net
  27. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Mügeln 1996 timetable at www.sachsenschiene.net
  28. ↑ Excerpt from the Oschatz – Mügeln 2002 course book at www.sachsenschiene.net
  29. ↑ Driving program of the Friends of Wilder Robert 2015  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wilder-robert.de
  30. ^ Ludger Kenning: Narrow gauge railways around Mügeln and Wilsdruff ; Verlag Kenning 2000, ISBN 3-933613-29-9 , page 24
  31. ^ Josef Högemann: The narrow gauge network Mügeln ; Kenning Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3 , page 48
  32. ^ Photo of the locomotive shed at Oschatz station
  33. ^ Josef Högemann: The narrow gauge network Mügeln ; Kenning Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-927587-13-3 , page 48
  34. ↑ LVZ-Online: Start of construction for the new parking lot at Oschatzer Bahnhof. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .