Rohrbach (Pfalz) train station

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Rohrbach (Pfalz) train station
Rohrbach.JPG
Rohrbach station (formerly Rohrbach-Steinweiler), once the starting point of the Klingbachtalbahn
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station (until 1892)
Separation station (1892–1968)
Intermediate station (since 1968)
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation RRST
IBNR 8005146
Price range 6th
opening November 26, 1855
Profile on Bahnhof.de Rohrbach__Pfalz_
Architectural data
Architectural style Late classicism
location
City / municipality Rohrbach
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 8 '16 "  N , 8 ° 8' 29"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '16 "  N , 8 ° 8' 29"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate
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The Rohrbach (Pfalz) train station , from 1855 to 1895 Rohrbach b. Landau and from 1895 to 1999 Rohrbach-Steinweiler , is the train station of the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality Rohrbach . It belongs to station category 6, has two platform tracks and is part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN, tariff zone 212). However, as part of a transition tariff agreed in 1996, cards of the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV) are also recognized. The address of the train station is Jahnstraße 1.

It was opened on November 26, 1855 as a through station on the Neustadt – Wissembourg line known as the “Palatine Maximiliansbahn” . When the Klingbachtalbahn to Klingenmünster went into operation on December 1, 1892, it became a hub station. He lost this function again when passenger traffic was discontinued there in 1957 and freight traffic was discontinued eleven years later. It has now been dismantled to a stopping point . The listed former reception building has been owned by two private individuals since 2016.

location

The station is east of the municipality of Rohrbach (Pfalz) . In the station area, the railway line runs in a straight line from northeast to southwest. State road 493 crosses the tracks directly in the catchment area of ​​the train station. The platform in the direction of Landau is north of the level crossing , the platform in the direction of Winden and the station building are to the south of it.

history

Planning and construction

After the Palatinate Ludwigsbahn from Ludwigshafen to Bexbach was built within the neighboring Bavarian Rhine district between 1847 and 1849 , there were discussions as to whether a route on the mountains from Neustadt via Landau to Wissembourg in Alsace or on the Rhine via Speyer, Germersheim and Wörth was more urgent and more desirable be. The military in particular preferred the route on the edge of the Palatinate Forest and the Vosges . However, the political events of 1848 caused the project to come to a standstill for the time being.

In January 1850 a brochure was published in what was then Neustadt an der Haardt, in which a rail route via Landau to Wissembourg was propagated and in which, among other things, the greater settlement density compared to the places directly on the Rhine was argued. The decision was finally made in 1852 in favor of the mountain line after reports and investigations had been initiated the previous year. On November 3rd of the same year, the then Bavarian King Maximilian II gave the go-ahead for construction by approving the establishment of a stock corporation to tackle the project.

Initially, a route over Bergzabern was considered, but this failed because of the hilly landscape and the resulting higher costs. Instead, the route should lead via Rohrbach, Winden and Schaidt into Alsace.

Opening and further development

Railway station - then name Rohrbach-Steinweiler - in 1895

After the section of the Neustadt – Landau line, known as the “Palatinate Maximiliansbahn”, had already been opened on July 18, 1855, the remaining section to Wissembourg, including the Rohrbach b station, followed. Landau on November 26th of that year. Even in the early years, there were regular crossings of trains on site, for example one express train and one passenger train. At that time it was the only train station between Landau and Winden , which caused displeasure in the neighboring towns of Insheim and Steinweiler . When there were plans to branch off the Maximiliansbahn to Karlsruhe at the same time , Rohrbach, among other things, was considered as a branch station. However, the city of Bergzabern objected to this, as it feared that this measure would cause disadvantages in terms of traffic technology. This eventually worked; With regard to the interests of the spa town, Winden was finally chosen as the closest station as the starting point. On December 1, 1892, the Klingbachtalbahn to Klingenmünster , which began at the station, was opened. Plans to tie this through in the western direction to Bergzabern and to extend it in the eastern direction via Herxheim to Rülzheim , however, did not prevail. A few years later, the station was renamed "Rohrbach-Steinweiler" because of its importance for the neighboring community of Steinweiler, which had tried in vain to find its own train stop.

At the beginning of the 20th century, like all other stations in the Palatinate, the station received platform closures. During this time the station was administered by the Landau Operations and Building Inspectorate and was the seat of a railway maintenance office. After Germany lost the First World War and the French military marched in, the Maximiliansbahn section south of Maikammer-Kirrweiler was closed to passenger traffic on December 1, 1918, but was reopened three days later. In 1922, the line and the Rohrbach-Steinweiler station were assigned to the newly established Ludwigshafen Reichsbahndirektion . A year later employed at the station railway workers were the carried out in the course of France, to 1924 permanent director operation reported. Then they returned. In April 1931, the Deutsche Reichsbahn asked the Steinweiler community to contribute to the cost of the lighting at the station, which the Steinweiler administration finally accepted by signing a contract. After the dissolution of the Reichsbahndirektion Ludwigshafen, the Reichsbahndirektion Saarbrücken took over responsibility on April 1, 1937; at that time he was subordinate to the works office (RBA) Landau.

Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Bahn

The German Federal Railways was divided the station after the Second World War in the Bundesbahndirektion Mainz, who all railway lines within the newly created state of Rhineland-Palatinate allotted. On June 1, 1957, passenger traffic ended on the Klingbachtalbahn and on September 24, 1968 also goods traffic, which had not played a major role recently. In 1971, with the dissolution of the Mainz management, the station came under the jurisdiction of its Karlsruhe counterpart.

Platform for trains in the direction of Landau went into operation in the 1980s

In the 1980s the platforms were modernized. The island platform, which had served the trains to Landau, was replaced by a side platform north of the road to Herxheim near Landau / Pfalz in order to reduce the waiting times at the level crossing for individual traffic. With the cessation of freight traffic and the corresponding dismantling of the track systems on site, the station was given up as a block ; As a result, it was reduced to the breakpoint. The station has been part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN) since 1996 . In the same year, the KVV tariff was also recognized.

In mid-1999, in connection with the commissioning of the Steinweiler stop, the station was renamed Rohrbach (Pfalz). In 2016, a couple of entrepreneurs from nearby Herxheim bought the now unused reception building.

Buildings

building

The listed entrance building is a stately late classicist, two to two and a half story type building from the last quarter of the 19th century. The building had a floor space of 178 m 2 , cost 10,633 guilders and corresponded to the station building in Knörringen (today Knöringen-Essingen ). It no longer plays a role in rail operations. For several decades it had no new purpose and was therefore empty; its building fabric deteriorated increasingly. The Rohrbach municipality finally bought the structure from DB for a low price. In 2016, a couple of entrepreneurs from Herxheim finally acquired the building, which they would like to gradually convert into a “culture and event station”. In the same year several institutions moved into the building; one refers by name to the year the station was opened. The official opening is planned for spring 2017. In addition, a goods shed was built in the initial equipment of the station, which has since been demolished.

Platforms

2006 demolished platform for trains of the now defunct Klingbachtalbahn
Platforms
track Usable length Platform height Current usage
1 194 m 38 cm Direction Landau in the Palatinate
2 198 m 38 cm Direction of travel Winden (Pfalz)

There used to be the so-called "Klingbachtalbahnsteig" and the location of the stump tracks. The former Klingbachtalbahn in the direction of Klingenmünster started from this platform . In 2006 this platform and the routes of the butt tracks gave way to a bypass road.

traffic

passenger traffic

In 1860, three pairs of trains ran between Neustadt and Wissembourg in each direction, making a stop at the station. In the 1897 timetable, there were local trains that only served sections of the Maxbahn such as Landau – Weißenburg or Landau – Winden. At the beginning of the 1920s, there were six pairs of trains between Neustadt and Wissembourg (formerly Weißenburg). During the French government operation , which began on March 7, 1923, there were continuous local transport connections from Wissembourg to Wiesbaden with stops at every station on the way. The operation lasted until the beginning of 1924. There were hardly any trains to or from Wissembourg in the period that followed due to the increasing shift in traffic flows. The timetable from 1944 included continuous local trains from Karlsruhe via Winden, Landau and Zweibrücken to Saarbrücken.

Train to Karlsruhe at the entrance to Rohrbach station in early 2014

As early as October 1945 there were two trains on the Neustadt – Wörth route. Six months later, four trains on the Landau – Wörth route ran on weekdays. Most of the trains between Winden and Wissembourg did not go beyond Landau. In the following decades, with a few exceptions, there were no continuous connections to Neustadt between Landau and Wissembourg in local transport; instead, a change in Landau was necessary. Until the suspension of passenger traffic on the Klingbachtalbahn in 1957, individual trips to Landau were tied. In contrast to the Winden-Wissembourg section, which lost passenger traffic in 1975 for a period of 22 years, the Neustadt-Winden section was spared major cuts despite the reduction in the number of trains. In the mid-1990s, regional trains ran from Landau to Karlsruhe or from Wörth via Speyer to Ludwigshafen. In mid-1999, the regional trains on the Landau – Karlsruhe route to Neustadt were extended.

The station is served by regional trains every hour in each direction. The trains go to Neustadt and Karlsruhe. The regional express trains on the Neustadt – Karlsruhe route and those on the Neustadt – Wissembourg regional train pass through it without stopping.

Freight transport

In 1871, three freight trains in each direction - including two coal trains - served the station, which stayed on site for four or five minutes. At the beginning of the 20th century, freight trains on the Neustadt – Weißenburg route served the station. On May 30, 1976, all train stations outside of railway hubs were closed as independent goods tariff points, which also affected Rohrbach-Steinweiler train station. From then on, transfer trains served the station, which from that time on served as a satellite for Landau's main station . In the meantime this has come to a complete standstill.

literature

  • Michael Heilmann, Werner Schreiner : 150 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt-Strasbourg . pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-27-4 .
  • Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V .: 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstrasse-Landau / Pfalz . Landau in the Palatinate 1980.
  • Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). New edition. pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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