Peitz Ost train station
| Peitz East Picnjo pódzajtšo |
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 Listed reception building
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| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | BPO |
| IBNR | 8012621 |
| Price range | 6th |
| opening | December 31, 1876 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Peitz_Ost |
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| City / municipality | Peitz |
| country | Brandenburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 50 '39 " N , 14 ° 26' 57" E |
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| Railway stations in Brandenburg | |
The Peitz Ost station , in Lower Sorbian Dwórnišćo Picnjo pódzajtšo , is located far outside the center of the Brandenburg town of Peitz . It went into operation in 1872. An ensemble of buildings from the early days of the station has been preserved and is a listed building. Since the 1970s, the station gained importance as a connecting station for Jänschwalde power plant and an extensive network of coal trains.
Location and name
The station is located on the eastern outskirts of the town of Peitz in the Spree-Neisse district in Brandenburg, about 3.5 kilometers from the market square, on the northeast corner of the extensive Peitzer pond area at the Hälterteich. The Alte Bahnhofsstraße connects the train station with the city. The station is located at line kilometer 173.9 of the Halle – Guben railway line, counting from Halle (Saale) Hbf , 14.3 kilometers from Cottbus train station . In the area of the station, the route runs approximately from south-east to north-west. Beyond the track system, the Jänschwalde power plant , one of the largest power plants in Germany , was built in the 1970s .
To distinguish it from the Peitz train station , which is closer to the city , the station was temporarily called Peitz Forsthaus at the end of the 19th century , but the current name Peitz Ost has been passed down since the beginning of the 20th century at the latest .
The Lower Sorbian name Picnjo Podzajtso given in timetables and on the station sign corresponds literally to the German name.
history
Development until 1970
In 1871 the Halle-Sorau-Gubener railway company began building a line from Halle via Cottbus and on to Guben and Sorau. The company offered the city a train station, but demanded a construction grant from the city in return. The Senate agreed and also had to cover the costs of building a road from the city to the distant train station. In July 1872 the line went into operation. Four and a half years later, on December 31, 1876, the Cottbus – Frankfurt (Oder) railway went into operation, where Peitz received a train station west of the city center, closer to the city. Colloquially, the two stations were also referred to as the old station and the new station , and the streets leading to them were also called the old station street and the new station street. The name of the Alte Bahnhofsstraße as a connection from the city to the Peitz Ost train station has been preserved to this day.
For a long time, the station was primarily used for local traffic. Express and express trains did not stop at the station.
The station as a freight hub
In 1972, work began on expanding the station to become a connecting station for the Jänschwalde power plant and the Jänschwalde open-cast mine . Peitz Ost became one of the transfer stations between the network of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the Lusatian open-cast mining railways next to the Spreewitz train station at Schwarze Pump .
From July 1, 1977, commuter trains ran from Cottbus station to the Jänschwalde power station. These trains were only for the workers of the power plant and not included in the public timetables. They used a track belonging to the Peitz Ost train station (track 23), which was 1,730 meters long. Two platforms, each 350 meters long, the Jänschwalde West power plant at the power plant entrance and the Jänschwalde East power plant at the central construction site were built on it. Initially two pairs of trains drove in the morning and three in the afternoon, later there was a further adjustment to the shift change times. In 1980 19 trains ran a day, by 1987 the number had increased to 22 pairs of trains. An express train from Leipzig to Cottbus on Monday morning was extended directly to the plant, in the opposite direction it left the power plant on Friday afternoon. From September 26, 1992 passenger traffic to the plant was stopped again.
In December 1990 the line from Frankfurt (Oder) via Guben to Cottbus and with it the Peitz Ost station was electrified. In 2002 the line from Peitz Ost in the direction of Cottbus went out of service because of the expanding opencast mining area; part of the line was still used as the siding of the opencast mine. It was replaced by a new connection that initially used the route of the Cottbus – Frankfurt (Oder) railway (via Grunow) from Cottbus-Sandow to Willmersdorf . A new connecting line was built from Willmersdorf to Peitz Ost.
passenger traffic
The Peitz Ost station was only served by local trains, express and express trains usually did not stop at the station. In the mid-1990s, traffic was synchronized. First of all, a regional train line ran from Guben via Cottbus to Senftenberg . Later it was served by a regional express or regional train line from Frankfurt (Oder) to Cottbus. Today the RB 11 line connects the Peitz Ost station with both cities.
Investments
Buildings
The station building with several ancillary buildings on the west side of the tracks forms an ensemble largely preserved in its original form from the construction and early days of the station, which is a listed building as "Peitz-Ost station with station reception building, ancillary buildings and water tower". The station reception building is a two-story brick building with two three-story corner risers on the track side. On the side facing away from the track there are two two-storey risalites. Between these is a two-storey middle section with four axes . On the south side and on the track side there are single-storey annexes, which were designed as service or signal boxes.
There are also three outbuildings under monument protection: toilet block, stable and wash house. These are brick buildings with one floor (wash house), one and a half (stable) or two floors (toilet house). To the south of the outbuildings there is an octagonal three-storey water tower made of bricks with a tent roof. It was built in 1896/97 and is also a listed building.
Track systems
The original station had two through tracks with platforms, two overhaul tracks on the east side (one of which was later dismantled) and one track on the loading road on the west side. The facility remained largely unchanged for about a hundred years. With the construction of the Jänschwalde power station in the 1970s, the track system was expanded considerably. In addition to the original train station, an extensive transfer station to the coal railway and the power station was built with nine continuous and a number of branching tracks.
environment
The train station is located far outside the city center, there is little residential development and no shops in its vicinity. The extensive facilities of the Jänschwalde power station begin on the side of the station facing away from the city.
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- List of monuments and description on the website of the Brandenburg State Monuments Office
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b How Peitz got to two train stations and the first car in Peitz. Excerpts from the private notes of Franz Groger . In: Peitzer Land Echo , 1st year No. 1 (2010); Pp. 7-8, online .
- ↑ German Reich Course Book 1905.
- ↑ a b Working Group Railway History Cottbus, steamed and evaporated !? On the railway history of the city of Peitz ... station, line, network. , accessed July 8, 2018.
- ↑ a b Description on the website of the Brandenburg State Monuments Office, accessed on January 12, 2015.