Overath train station
| Overath train station | |
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 Overath train station
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| Data | |
| Operating point type | Passenger station |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | KOV |
| IBNR | 8004739 |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | 1884 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Overath |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Overath |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 ′ 58 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 19 ″ E |
| Height ( SO ) | 92.38 m |
| Railway lines | |
| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The Overath Station is a train station in the center of Overath . It is served by the Aggertalbahn . The station building is a listed building.
location
The train station is in the center of Overath. The address of the station is Bahnhofplatz 3–7.
description
The station has three tracks. The platform on track 1 is at the rear. Access to the covered central platform with tracks 2 and 3 is via a pedestrian bridge and ramps through an underpass.
In the station building there are event and seminar rooms that were set up as part of the “ Kulturbahnhof ” project . There is also a train station restaurant and a kiosk with an RVK service center . The station forecourt is used for weekly markets and larger events.
There is a bus station next to the train station, which is served by several bus routes.
history
The station was opened in 1884 as part of the construction of the railway line from Siegburg to Ründeroth . It was a single-track railway with full gauge track. Overath station became a service point III. Class. The railway system belonged to the Engelskirchen Railway Maintenance Department until 1910 . With the opening of the section from Overath to Cologne on July 31, 1910, the station became a second class main service with a station inspector as administrator. The station was expanded to six tracks and a second, covered platform was created. In addition, the signal boxes OW and OO were built, a water tower and a railway barrier were built. The station building and a goods shed were expanded. The Overath railway maintenance depot, formed in 1910, existed until the railway line to Siegburg was closed.
Towards the end of the Second World War , the station facilities were badly damaged by bombs and grenades. Rail traffic to Siegburg was resumed on May 20, 1946; a train service between Overath and Cologne was possible again from May 15, 1949. Rail traffic to Siegburg was discontinued in spring 1961; the railroad tracks from Overath to Lohmar were dismantled in late autumn 1961. In 1962 the railway facilities for railway operations and shunting services were modernized.
From 1990 to May 2004, one of the five electronic test interlockings from Siemens was in Overath . These ESTWs were the first full-line ESTWs in Germany.
Renovation between 2014 and 2016
From June 2014 to July 2016, the train station and bus station were rebuilt. Before that, a nine-meter high pedestrian bridge was built over the railroad tracks. It was designed at this height so that the station is prepared for possible future electrification of the line.
As part of the construction work, the platforms were lengthened and increased to 76 centimeters for level access. The underpass to the platforms was shortened from 43.5 meters to 24.5 meters and redesigned to be barrier-free. This includes a guidance system for the blind . During the renovation, the central platforms could only be reached via the pedestrian bridge.
Transport links
The station is served by regional train 25.
| line | course | Tact |
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| RB 25 |
Oberbergische Bahn : Cologne Hansaring - Cologne Hbf - Cologne Messe / Deutz - Cologne Trimbornstrasse - Cologne Frankfurter Strasse - Rösrath-Stümpen - Rösrath - Hoffnungsthal - Lohmar-Honrath - Overath - Engelskirchen - Ründeroth - Gummersbach-Dieringhausen - Gummersbach - Marienheide - Meinerzhagen - Kierspe - Halver-Oberbrügge - Lüdenscheid-Bruges - Lüdenscheid Status: timetable change December 2019 |
30 min (Cologne – Engelskirchen / Gummersbach) 60 min (Cologne – Lüdenscheid) |
Web links
- Kulturbahnhof on the website of the city of Overath
- Information about the train station on NRWbahnarchiv (private website) .
- Information about the train station from local historian Willy Fritzen
Individual evidence
- ^ Culture on the rails - from the train station to the cultural train station . Website of the city of Overath. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ Franz Becher: 900 years of Overath . Ed .: Bergischer Geschichtsverein Overath eV Bücken & Sulzer Verlag GbR , Overath 2005, ISBN 3-936405-28-X . , Page 185.
- ^ Franz Becher: 900 years of Overath . Ed .: Bergischer Geschichtsverein Overath eV Bücken and Sulzer Verlag GbR, Overath 2005, ISBN 3-936405-28-X . , Page 186.
- ^ Franz Becher: 900 years of Overath . Ed .: Bergischer Geschichtsverein Overath eV Bücken and Sulzer Verlag GbR, Overath 2005, ISBN 3-936405-28-X . , Page 187.
- ↑ Horst Walther: Electronic signal boxes at the DB . In: The Railway Engineer . tape 43 , no. 1 , 1992, ISSN 0013-2810 , pp. 34-36 .
- ↑ Pedestrian bridge at the train station . Rundschau online, accessed on November 9, 2014.