Rochlitz (Sachs) train station
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 Railway lines around Rochlitz station
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| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | DROC |
| opening | April 8, 1872 |
| Conveyance | June 10, 2001 |
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| City / municipality | Rochlitz |
| country | Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 3 '23 " N , 12 ° 47' 39" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 162 m |
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| Railway stations and stops in Saxony | |
The Rochlitz (Sachs) Bahnhof is a former railway - transportation hub in today mittelsachsen in Saxony . The station was connected to three railway lines . Since 2001 the train service has stopped at the station.
Station name
The station had four different names during its operating time, in detail these were:
- until September 30, 1900: Rochlitz train station
- until June 30, 1911: Rochlitz i Sachsen station
- until December 21, 1933: Rochlitz train station (Sa)
- from December 22, 1933: Rochlitz (Sachs) train station
history
Rochlitz becomes a branch line junction
The district town of Rochlitz gained its first connection to the railway network through the Rochlitz – Narsdorf – Penig line, which opened on April 8, 1872 . The station building was built from the characteristic red porphyry in 1870/71 . With the construction of the Muldentalbahn (railway line Glauchau – Großbothen – Wurzen) between Rochlitz and Großbothen opened on December 9, 1875 , Rochlitz became a hub station. This also required an expansion of the station facilities. On May 29, 1876, the Muldental Railway was extended south from Rochlitz to Penig , before it was continuously passable from Glauchau to Wurzen from June 30, 1877 . The railway junction was completed by the Waldheim – Rochlitz railway line, which opened on December 7, 1893 . With the opening of the Chemnitztalbahn branching off from the Muldentalbahn in Wechselburg on June 30, 1902 , Rochlitz also had a direct connection to Chemnitz .
The Rochlitz train station was gradually expanded as its importance increased. In addition to the main platform, there were two intermediate platforms available for passenger traffic , but they were all equipped with low platform edges in accordance with the branch line requirements and could only be reached by crossing the tracks. There were several sidings, an open loading siding and a freight store to handle freight traffic . The depot included a twelve-hour roundhouse with a turntable . After the switch from steam to diesel operation, a fuel pump for the diesel locomotives and diesel railcars was also built there. In addition to the "unit" type of mechanical command station located in the reception building, there was also a "Jüdel" type of mechanical signal box at the northern end of the station . All main tracks were operationally equipped with entry and exit form signals . The depot was later downgraded to a place of use for the Glauchau depot, but it still existed until 1994. The reception building has a single-storey middle section and a roof on the main platform. This is followed by two three-story wings.
After the Second World War
In 1947, the line from Rochlitz to Narsdorf was dismantled as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union . The line was rebuilt from 1963 and initially used for freight traffic from 1965. From the 1969 summer timetable, passenger trains ran again on weekends. On weekdays, passenger trains did not run between Rochlitz and Narsdorf until 1975. With the German reunification also was German Reichsbahn in the Deutsche Bahn incorporated. With the rail reform that came into force on January 1, 1994 , the Deutsche Reichsbahn finally ceased to exist. A rigorous austerity program on the branch lines was the result. The railway lines around Rochlitz station also fell victim to this.
Shutdowns
After goods traffic on the Waldheim – Rochlitz route came to a virtual standstill from 1992, it was finally stopped on December 31, 1995. Passenger traffic was maintained with six pairs of trains from Monday to Friday and three pairs of trains on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, but hardly accepted because the route was in such a desperate condition that the train took almost one and a half for the almost 21-kilometer route Hours of travel time. So it was only a matter of time before passenger traffic was also discontinued, which was the case on July 1, 1997. On June 2, 1998, the closure of the line was approved by the Federal Railway Authority . On December 6, 1999, passenger traffic on the Muldentalbahn in the Colditz – Rochlitz section was switched to rail replacement traffic due to the poor state of the superstructure . Trains ran between Rochlitz and Glauchau until June 9, 2001. Passenger traffic in the direction of Narsdorf was also stopped on May 28, 2000. In 2002 and 2004, the Federal Railway Authority approved the closure of the infrastructure.
Current developments
In January 2005, Deutsche Regionalisenbahn was able to secure a route security agreement from Netz AG of DB for the Muldentalbahn and for the Narsdorf – Rochlitz line, which prevents a possible de-dedication for the time being. At regional conferences, the majority of representatives from the region spoke out in favor of maintaining the routes, but restricted them from doing so only within their financial means. Despite verbal assurances of support, the further deterioration of the routes could not be prevented. This is also because in 2008 the part of the transport association Mittelsachsen the need for the appointment of regional rail services based so that a restart of the train service is seen as unnecessary.
As a result of this decision, all station tracks were dismantled in 2008 with the exception of the three platform tracks. In 2010 only track 1 was free of vegetation, the line to Narsdorf was still there, but not used, the condition of the Muldenbrücke should also no longer permit traffic. The route to Waldheim was already interrupted in several places. The track of the Muldentalbahn was still available to both Glauchau and Großbothen. Since July 11, 2009, nostalgia trips with motorized trolleys have been taking place on a few days between Rochlitz and Wechselburg by the “Muldentalbahn Förderverein” founded in 2006 .
Rochlitz depot
With the opening of the Muldentalbahn, the station received systems for locomotive handling. As early as 1893, with the opening of the railway line to Waldheim, the systems no longer met the requirements, the old two-tier boiler house was demolished and replaced by a larger new building with a turntable. With the opening of the Chemnitz Valley Railway, additional stands were added.
In 1933 Rochlitz was upgraded to an independent railway depot (Bw). The highest vehicle population with 23 locomotives was reached in 1942/43. In July 1966, the Bw was dissolved and attached to the Glauchau Bw as an operational site . The site was given up in 1996.
literature
- Steffen Kluttig: Railway history in the Muldenland: the Rochlitz railway junction and its sand railways , Bildverlag Böttger, Witzschdorf 2003, ISBN 3-9808250-4-3
- Manfred Berger: The Muldenthal Railway , transpress Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-344-70907-0
Web links
- Bahnbilder.de: picture of the train station from December 10, 2007 (accessed June 24, 2011)
- Official timetable for 1944/45: Timetable 170b Waldheim – Rochlitz (Sachs) (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- Official course book 1944/45: Timetable picture 170c Rochlitz (Sachs) –Narsdorf – Penig and 170e Glauchau (Sachs) –Großbothen (accessed on June 24, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ^ Steffen Kluttig: Railway history in the Muldenland: the Rochlitz railway junction and its sand railways , p. 52
- ↑ www.sachsenschiene.de Railway stations in Saxony Ra-Ru (accessed on June 25, 2011)
- ^ Hans Joachim Kirsche and Hans Müller: Eisenbahnatlas DDR , 2nd unaltered edition, VEB Tourist Verlag, Leipzig / Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-350-00293-5 , p. 243
- ^ Eisenbahnrelktionen.de: Rochlitz railway station (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ^ Stellwerke.de: List of German signal boxes, entries Q – R (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ a b Verein Sächsischer Eisenbahnfreunde (Thomas Krauß): Interesting facts on the left and right of the Muldentalbahn between Rochlitz and Wechselburg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF document, 1.43 MB; accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ Der Bahnwärter: The slow death of the Muldentalbahn ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ das signal, Information Service for Model Railways and Technical Toys, Issue 32 (1969), p. 34
- ↑ Steffen Kluttig: Railway history in the Muldenland: the Rochlitz railway junction and its sand railways , p. 45
- ↑ On the buffer stop: Inspection of Rochlitz train station / Rochlitz – Waldheim route ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ^ Eisenbahnrelktionen.de: A journey in 1997 (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ List of federally closed lines in the state of Saxony that have been closed since 1994. (XLSX; 15.7 KB) Federal Railway Office , September 11, 2017, accessed on February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the Rails - Disused Railway Lines 2000-2005 , transpress, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-71295-4 , p. 106
- ↑ Förderverein Muldentalbahn: Starting situation in the year the association was founded in 2006 (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ Planning Association for the Chemnitz Region: Regional plan Chemnitz-Erzgebirge - update ( Memento of May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF document, 764 KB, p. 60; accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ Eisenbahnrelktionen.de: Rochlitz 2010 (including several pictures) (accessed on June 24, 2011)
- ↑ Schienentrabi.de: trips on the Muldentalbahn (accessed June 24, 2011)
- ↑ Dumjahn's Railway Reviews: Review 'The Rochlitz Railway Knot and its Sand Railways' (accessed June 24, 2011)