Quakenbrück train station
| Quakenbrück | |
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 The reception building
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | HQ |
| IBNR | 8000304 |
| Price range | 6th |
| opening | October 15, 1875 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Quakenbrück |
| country | Lower Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 40 '26 " N , 7 ° 56' 54" E |
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| Railway stations in Lower Saxony | |
The Quakenbrück station is a station of the Deutsche Bahn in Lower Saxony Quakenbrück .
The station is on the single-track main line Oldenburg – Osnabrück , also known as the Oldenburg Southern Railway. It extends from km 61.882 to km 63.896 of the main line and from km 164.227 to km 165.340 of the disused branch line Oberhausen – Rheine – Quakenbrück .
Since the privatization of the Deutsche Bundesbahn with its transfer to Deutsche Bahn AG on January 1, 1994, the Quakenbrück station, which until then had been an independent department with the attached Badbergen and Essen (Oldb) stations , has been subordinate to the Oldenburg operating district.
history
Planning years
Just a few years after the commissioning of the first German railway on the route from Nuremberg to Fürth in 1835, the first considerations were made to open up the Bersenbrück district by rail. The idea to build this line came from the Oldenburg building officer Lasius, who in 1849 suggested a line over Damme , which however turned out to be too difficult to implement.
The Oldenburg Southern Railway of the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Railway (GOE) ran from Oldenburg to Osnabrück and was the longest route in the duchy. Considerations for the construction of a railway line in the Quakenbrück area go back to the year 1850, when a railway committee was founded in Quakenbrück, which campaigned for a railway line via Bramsche, Bersenbrück and Quakenbrück and at its head the postmasters Eichmeyer and Wedemeyer and later the councilor of commerce Anthon Christian Schröder stood. The latter initiated negotiations with the Grand Ducal Oldenburg government.
The committee was founded when a public meeting was held in front of the Quakenbrück town hall on April 12, 1850, in which the construction of the railway line was demanded, since the city had the "only means of communication" a road in poor condition and the Establishing a railway is therefore urgent. The efforts were supported by Bramsche. The local magistrate stated:
- “This place (Bramsche) is almost unique in its meaning. He runs linen business to such an extent that those familiar with the situation claim that a third of Hanover's linen exports are brokered from Bramsche. "
The communities of Vehs and Gehrde had also recognized the signs of the times and spoke out in favor of a railway line via Bramsche, Bersenbrück and Quakenbrück. Twelbeck, the Gehrder community leader declared in his appeal:
- "If the individual should suffer a small loss, well, a generally beneficial benefit must not be neglected, and the individual will also gain something in another way."
Twelbeck had every reason for this warning, because many residents refused to build a railway line. Some farmers were not prepared to surrender land, others feared that the existing farm roads would be devastated by the construction work or that “customs and morality” would be endangered. Still others warned of damage to health or pointed to the experience that in times of war a location away from traffic routes offers special advantages and keeps the armed forces craving for bags.
For years the project did not go beyond theoretical discussions, and gradually interest waned. The plan received new impetus through the initiative of Baron Ernst von Hammerstein zu Loxten . In a meeting held in Bersenbrück on February 18, 1856, he announced that another "committee" had been formed in Quakenbrück,
- "... in order to have the prospect of building the railway from Osnabrück via Oldenburg to the Jade Bay via Quakenbrück."
The proposal was accepted, but an attempt was made to have the route run from Lingen via Fürstenau to Bramsche . With the small states at the time, it was not easy to coordinate interests. Local and regional political disputes about the route delayed an agreement for many years. The growing impatience of the population was expressed during a visit by King George V of Hanover to Quakenbrück on September 10, 1862. A sign with the following verse was emblazoned on a house on Lange Strasse, which the king passed:
“Welcome George V beloved King.
Take a look at Quakenbrück!
The city, formerly known as Little Bremen,
was formerly famous and world-famous for its trade.
Ew. Majesty can do many things
to help our city to its old glory.
Certainly everything would go better,
if we had trains and locomotives
, oh you pride of the Guelphs,
We would soon help us! "
Nonetheless, it took years before the route was established and the Oldenburg State Railroad was approved, in the course of which the hope developed that the Paris – Hamburg route planned at the time would be built across these parts of the country.
Construction of the route
In 1868, the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft began building the Paris-Hamburg railway, but with a guided tour over Ostercappeln and Diepholz . The Oldenburg State Parliament then decided in 1870 to build the Oldenburg Southern Railway to Quakenbrück and in 1871 to build the entire route to Osnabrück. Likewise, in 1871, Schröder, the councilor of commerce, sent a petition to the Prussian government in Berlin asking for a railway construction concession. The groundbreaking ceremony was done in 1873. On April 17, 1875, the first train arrived at the Hengelage near Quakenbrück, where the route temporarily ended and where a provisional station was set up at the Imbusch inn. The Oldenburg – Quakenbrück section was officially opened on October 15, 1875, and work in the direction of Osnabrück was completed in 1876. This line was officially opened on October 15, 1876.
On July 1, 1879, the Quakenbrück – Rheine line was put into operation, the Essen – Löningen line on July 1, 1888, the Lingen – Berge – Quakenbrück small railway started operating on June 1, 1904, and the entire line started operating on September 1, 1907 Quakenbrück – Meppen. The plan to connect Quakenbrück to Dinklage to the west with a railway line was never realized.
On April 10, 1945 Quakenbrück was occupied by Allied troops; on May 18, 1945 the first train in the direction of Osnabrück could be let off again. A few days later a provisional line Quakenbrück – Spelle was added.
In the 1960s, 52 passenger trains, including eight express trains, and a number of special trains took care of passenger traffic on the Oldenburg – Quakenbrück – Osnabrück and Quakenbrück – Rheine routes. Freight traffic was served by 38 daily freight trains and an average of six special freight trains. On average, 200 to 250 wagons were handled on a daily basis.
Station building
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At first there was no station building in Quakenbrück. Initially, the tickets were issued in the Imbusch inn (later the Gasthof Gösling), until an elongated makeshift shed was built in November 1875, which had to take over the function of a station building. A new building was to be built by 1879 at the latest, when the Quakenbrück – Rheine line was opened, but the planning was becoming more and more protracted. It took a total of 35 years before the line in Quakenbrück received a station building. Even when the Oldenburg State Parliament set 1900/1901 as the implementation target, no progress was made. In 1906 it said: "Since the Oldenburg State Parliament has approved the construction funds, we can safely assume that construction will start in 1907."
Construction actually began in 1908, after several other new buildings had been brought forward: in 1904 the goods shed of the Oldenburg Railway burned down, a new building took place in 1905. The previous three-hour roundhouse of the Prussian Railway was replaced in 1901 by a four-hour locomotive shed with a turntable in front. In 1905, track renovation work began to build the new track system for the station.
Finally, the decision of the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Railway Directorate to build a reception building had arrived. After acquiring the necessary land, construction began according to a design by the architect Köhler from Oldenburg. The overhead line was in the hands of Oberbauinspektor Küttner, also from Oldenburg, the local execution was taken care of by railway foreman Krück.
In the edition of the Artländer Anzeiger from December 15, 1908, the tender for the construction of the new station was printed. The cost estimate for all renovations and new constructions amounted to 744,000 marks. The start of construction was planned for early 1909. A harsh winter delayed the work considerably, as did the “very swampy, in places swampy terrain”.
The station building rests on a concrete floor that is made between old railroad tracks. The 50 meter long tunnel under the tracks - a sensation at the time - caused considerable difficulties due to the high groundwater level. On November 9, 1909, the shell and tunnel were completed.
At the same time as the new station was built, a signal box, a proud water tower whose elevated tank could hold 200 m³ of water, a cattle ramp and an overnight building were built. The remaining signal boxes were put into operation in 1911. All three signal boxes were blown up towards the end of the Second World War, but were replaced by new buildings in the post-war period.
On July 2, 1910, “the new Quakenbrück State Station” was inaugurated in the presence of numerous guests and a number of well-known personalities, such as the former Minister of State Ernst Freiherr von Hammerstein and the Reichstag deputy Otto Hugo . To distinguish it from the train station of the Kleinbahn Lingen – Berge – Quakenbrück it was called the Hauptbahnhof. According to a report by the Artländer Anzeiger, the total cost of the construction project was 960,000 marks, of which 95,000 marks went to the reception building.
During the Second World War, the station building was the target of enemy air strikes several times. Although the track system received repeated hits, the building itself remained intact.
The reception building fell into disrepair until 2014, before it was completely refurbished and converted into an office building in the summer of 2014. Waiting rooms were also retained for passengers.
Transport links
Today (2019) the station is served by the NordWestBahn every hour:
| line | route | Clock frequency |
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| RE18 |
Wilhelmshaven - Oldenburg - Cloppenburg - Essen - Quakenbrück - Bramsche - Osnabrück (weekdays HVZ repeater trains between Osnabrück and Oldenburg) |
60 min 30 min during peak hours |
literature
- Ernst Bockstiegel: Osnabrück Central Station. On the history of the railway system in the Oldenburger and Osnabrücker Land . Verlag Theodor Thoben, 1996, ISBN 3-921176-78-6 .
- Anton Christian Schröder: The force majeure in international rail traffic from the German point of view . Publisher H. Spahr, 1908.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Bockstiegel: Quakenbrück Central Station. P. 26
- ↑ a b c Werner Dobbelmann: History of the railways in the Bersenbrück district. In: Mitteilungen des Kreisheimatbund Bersenbrück, Vol. 14, 1967
- ^ A b G. Schierenbeck: How the railway changed in Quakenbrück . in: 725 years of Quakenbrück. City of Quakenbrück 1960. p. 55.
- ↑ G. Schierenbeck: How the railway changed in Quakenbrück . in: 725 years of Quakenbrück. City of Quakenbrück 1960. p. 58.
- ↑ Artländer Anzeiger: Memorial sheet for the day of the inauguration of the new passenger station. July 2, 1910
- ↑ G.Schierenbeck: How does the railway in Quakenbrück changed. in: 725 years of Quakenbrück. City of Quakenbrück 1960. P. 56 f.
- ↑ www.noz.de Office building in Quakenbrück station: "Idea should become reality quickly" (accessed on July 7, 2013)
- ↑ www.noz.de Quakenbrücker Bahnhof is transformed into an office building (accessed on August 27, 2014)