St. Egidien train station

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St. Egidien
St. Egidien station, reception building (2014)
St. Egidien station, reception building (2014)
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Island station
Design Separation station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation DEG
IBNR 8010331
opening November 15, 1858
Profile on Bahnhof.de St_Egidien
location
City / municipality St. Egidien
country Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 47 '21 "  N , 12 ° 37' 21"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '21 "  N , 12 ° 37' 21"  E
Height ( SO ) 282  m
Railway lines
Railway stations and stops in Saxony
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The St. Egidien train station is located in the municipality of the same name in St. Egidien in the Saxon district of Zwickau . The station is served by the two railway lines Dresden – Werdau and Stollberg – St. Egidien served. Between 1960 and 1991, the narrow-gauge industrial railway of the St. Egidien nickel smelter began near the station .

Geographical location

The St. Egidien train station is located between St. Egidien in the south and the "Achat" industrial park (former area of ​​the St. Egidien nickel smelter ) in the north on Bahnhofstrasse.

history

The St. Egidien station was opened on November 15, 1858 with the Chemnitz - Zwickau section as part of the Lower Ore Mountains State Railway Riesa - Chemnitz - Zwickau. This section later became part of the Dresden – Werdau railway line . The station gained importance as a railway junction with the opening of the Stollberg – St. Egidien on October 15, 1878, which served to connect the Lugau-Oelsnitzer coal field . As a result, the St. Egidien train station was given a new look. In 1878 the goods shed, the loading ramp and the farm buildings were demolished, and the reception building was demolished in 1879. The signal box was put into operation in 1890. The railway maintenance office was dissolved in 1931.

As a result of the gradual electrification of the Dresden – Werdau railway line, the St. Egidien station has been provided with contact wires since May 30, 1965. The signal boxes W1 and W2 were closed on December 14, 2002 as a result of the commissioning of the electronic signal box ESTW-A. On the railway line from Stollberg since February 15, 2003 modern operate low-floor - railcars of the City-Bahn Chemnitz . The trains were initially tied through to Glauchau , and occasionally even to Meerane . However, as a result of reduced funding allocations by the Free State of Saxony, the responsible association for the Central Saxony Transport Association has only been able to finance a reduced range of journeys since the timetable change in mid-December 2011. Only 4 pairs of trains ran beyond St. Egidien to Glauchau (and not during the summer holidays). On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays there is a two-hour cycle between Stollberg and St. Egidien. Since February 24, 2020, the city train from Stollberg has been running every hour on weekdays to Glauchau, where there is a connection to trains in the direction of Zwickau, Chemnitz / Dresden and Gößnitz.

Between 1960 and 1991, north of the St. Egidien train station, the narrow-gauge industrial line of the St. Egidien nickel works began , which opened up several open-cast nickel mines around Callenberg for the St. Egidien nickel works . This had a connection to the Dresden – Werdau railway line at St. Egidien station. The St. Egidien works station existed for this railway line.

photos

  • St. Egidien station, front view (2016)

  • St. Egidien station railway side (2016)

  • Transit RE to Dresden at St. Egidien station (2016)

  • St. Egidien station with an incoming train station to Zwickau (2016)

  • St. Egidien station with RB to Zwickau (2016)

Transport links

In the 2020 timetable the St. Egidien station will be served by the following lines:

line Line course Cycle (min) EVU
RB 30 Dresden - Freiberg (Sachs) - Chemnitz - St. Egidien - Glauchau (Sachs) - Zwickau (Sachs) 060 ( HVZ 30 Chemnitz – Zwickau) Bayerische Oberlandbahn
( Central German Regiobahn )
523 Glauchau (Sachs) - St. Egidien - Lichtenstein (Sachs) - Oelsnitz (Erzgeb) - Stollberg (Sachs) 60 (120 on weekends) City-Bahn Chemnitz

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof St. Egidien  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VMS: Better rail connection for the region. In: vms.de. February 21, 2020, accessed March 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The St. Egidien works station on www.sachsenschiene.net