Schwarzenberg (Erzgeb) railway station
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 Station building, track side (2016)
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| Operating point type | railway station |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | DSC |
| IBNR | 8010323 |
| opening | May 11, 1858 |
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| City / municipality | Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. |
| country | Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 32 '43 " N , 12 ° 47' 2" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 426.93 m |
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| Railway stations and stops in Saxony | |
The Schwarzenberg (Erzgeb) Bahnhof is a regional railway junction in Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. in Saxony . The three railway lines in contact with the station Annaberg-Buchholz-Schwarzenberg , Johanngeorgenstadt-Schwarzenberg and Schwarzenberg-Zwickau are still in operation, but have lost much of their former importance. The Schwarzenberg Railway Museum of the Saxon Railway Friends Association is housed in the disused railway depot (Bw).
history
Station name
The station had three different names during its operation:
- until May 17, 1885: Schwarzenberg
- until June 30, 1911: Schwarzenberg train station
- until October 5, 1935: Schwarzenberg
- since October 6, 1935: Schwarzenberg (Erzgeb)
business
In the 1840s there were tentative plans for a railway connection Schwarzenberg coming from Zwickau Aue through the swale and Schwarzwassertal the construction of Obererzgebirgischen Bahn (was approved Schwarzenberg Zwickau ) until 1855. The station was on 11 May 1858 as head station together opened with the railway line. The train station, equipped with a locomotive station from the start, was located below the old town in the Schwarzwassertal. Only later did Schwarzenberg slowly grow around the station.
The continuation to the Bohemian Karlsbad, which was planned in the 1850s, was not approved until 1880 after various difficulties, and in September 1883 the Johanngeorgenstadt – Schwarzenberg line was finally opened. In 1889 the Buchholz Süd – Schwarzenberg line followed , and Schwarzenberg had become a separation station .
With the opening of the cross-border connection between Karlsbad and Johanngeorgenstadt and the general increase in traffic, the station had become too small, so in 1898 the Saxon state parliament approved a comprehensive station extension for 1.2 million marks . The renovation began in 1899 and was completed in 1903. The old goods shed north of the reception building was demolished and a new island platform opened in 1902 with a length of 200 m, 50 m of which is roofed, was built in its place. The new goods shed was built south of the train station, and two more parking and loading tracks were also built here.
After the end of the Second World War , the region around Schwarzenberg initially remained unoccupied, with the arrival of the Americans, the routes were subordinated to the newly founded Rbd Zwickau . With the change of occupation, the RBD Zwickau was dissolved and rejoined the Rbd Dresden and the EBA Schwarzenberg dissolved. Uranium mining began in 1945 and was expanded in the years that followed, and the real heyday of Schwarzenberg station (Erzgeb) began. Freight traffic increased massively, and in the first few years shift worker traffic was almost entirely carried out by rail.
Since Schwarzenberg was a hub in rush hour traffic, the existing facilities were no longer sufficient, so the station was generously expanded in 1950/51. On the southern side, the mountainside was blasted and the material removed to the north was used to create a new subgrade. The material was transported by a field railway that had previously been used to fill the Kleiner Bunkerberg . Since the route to Johanngeorgenstadt was being re-routed at the same time, almost all parts of the station were rebuilt. The station also received three electromechanical signal boxes of the Gaselan type.
Traffic returned to normal in the late 1950s.
Freight traffic was relocated to Grünstädtel station in 2001 ; before that, goods traffic to Johanngeorgenstadt had already been discontinued. Track renewals were carried out in 2005 and numerous points were removed. Two years later, most of the now superfluous tracks were expanded, and an industrial area is to be created on the area of the former freight station. The last station renovation took place in 2009, when today's barrier-free link between rail, bus and private transport was created for around nine million euros. At the same time, the previous signal boxes were replaced by a modern electronic signal box (ESTW). The guard interlocking W3 - equipped with Gaselan technology - will be preserved as a museum. Today the facilities only consist of five continuous tracks and the connection to the museum.
traffic
| line | Line course | Cycle (min) | EVU |
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| RB95 | Zwickau - Hartenstein - Aue - Schwarzenberg - Johanngeorgenstadt (- Karlovy Vary dolni n) | 60 | Erzgebirgsbahn |
There is no regular rail traffic on the railway line to Annaberg-Buchholz und Bf. Special trains run on the Erzgebirge Lookout Railway on selected weekends.
Schwarzenberg depot
When the station opened in 1858, there was already a two-tier boiler house in Schwarzenberg , to which two more stands were added in 1868. With the construction of the cross-border connection and the resulting expansion of the Schwarzenberg train station, the locomotive treatment facilities were also rebuilt. A new boiler house was built in the direction of the Aue and the old systems demolished. The new building - designed as a semicircular shed in Prussian brick construction - now had 10 stands and was connected via an 18 m turntable. The water supply was ensured by an elevated tank that was fed from the Nixbach . There was also an administration building, which was followed by a coal shed. The new systems were put into operation in 1902.
In the beginning there was no workshop, only after the First World War they employed a few locksmiths in Schwarzenberg. The company premises were expanded slightly in the 1930s and have essentially remained as it is today.
After the Second World War, intermediate repairs and general inspections were also carried out on class 99.6–7 steam locomotives in Schwarzenberg . In the absence of suitable test options on site, the test drives were carried out on the nearby narrow-gauge railway Grünstädtel – Oberrittersgrün .
As the number of locomotives and staff continued to grow with uranium mining, the previous locomotive station was elevated to an independent railway depot in Schwarzenberg on March 1, 1949 . A new coaling plant was also built.
In the meantime, more than 30 machines belonged to the depot, but the number sank to less than 20 vehicles in 1953. As early as December 31, 1955, the depot was dissolved again and placed under the Aue depot as a locomotive station .
After the change in traction in the 1970s, Schwarzenberg only used shunting locomotives. The locomotive shed in which initially locomotives of the class 58 were parked, was later on Raw used Zwickau for freight cars repair. At the beginning of the 1980s, most of the tracks in the former Bw site were removed.
After 1990, the abandoned facilities were taken over by the Saxon Railway Friends Association (VSE), which set up a railway museum there.
Schwarzenberg Railway Museum
The Saxon Railway Friends Association was founded in March 1990. Initially, only special trips were carried out, but after the acquisition of some vehicles, shelter was required. The choice fell on the now dilapidated facilities of the former railway depot in Schwarzenberg. By 1998 the buildings and the surrounding area were largely renovated.
Today, with vehicles from the 50.35–37 , 58.30 , 75.5 , 86 , 94.19–21 , 106 , 112 and 118 series, numerous vehicles typical of the Ore Mountains belong to the railway museum. In addition to a museum train and several freight wagons, the exhibits also include a boiler wagon . The VSE also has other steam and small locomotives.
" Schienentrabi "
Web links
- Location, course as well as signals and permissible speeds of the station on the OpenRailwayMap
- www.sachsenschiene.net Pictures of the train station
- www.vse-eisenbahnmuseum-schwarzenberg.de Website of the Saxon Railway Friends Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tracks in service facilities (as of July 1, 2012) (PDF file; 129 kB)
- ↑ Bernd Kramer / Rainer Heinrich: The narrow-gauge railway Grünstädtel – Oberrittersgrün - branch line documentation, Volume 25; 2nd revised edition; Kenning Publishing House; Nordhorn 2006; 3-933613-30-2, p 76
- ↑ Falk Thomas: The Obererzgebirgische Eisenbahn Schwarzenberg – Zwickau and its continuation through the Schwarzwassertal to Johanngeorgenstadt , Verein Sächsischer Eisenbahnfreunde eV, Schwarzenberg 2008 (Sächsische Eisenbahngeschichte Heft 8, ZDB-ID 2286230-4), p. 116