St. Wendel train station
| St Wendel | |
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 Reception building
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | SSWD |
| IBNR | 8005659 |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | May 26, 1860 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | St. Wendel |
| country | Saarland |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 28 '1 " N , 7 ° 9' 56" E |
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| Railway stations in Saarland | |
The St. Wendel train station is the most important train station in the Saarland district town of St. Wendel . The station is located at kilometer 106.3 of the Nahe Valley Railway and was at the beginning of the now dismantled railway St. Wendel Tholey . It was opened on May 26, 1860 as part of the extension of the Nahe Valley Railway from Idar-Oberstein via Türkismühle to Neunkirchen (Saar) .
location
The train station is located in the center of the city of St. Wendel. In front of the station building there is a large bus station with 16 bus platforms, from which city and regional buses go to the surrounding cities and communities.
history
With the Idar-Oberstein - Türkismühle - St. Wendel – Neunkirchen (Saar) of the Nahe Valley Railway, which runs from Bingen am Rhein to Saarbrücken, opened on May 26, 1860, the St. Wendel station.
From August 3, 1915, a single-track branch line to Tholey led from St. Wendel station , the planned continuation of which to Lebach was not built. In 1984 passenger traffic on this route was stopped. First the section from Oberthal to Tholey was shut down, and in 1996 the rest of the route, which was still served by freight traffic until 1995 . In the meantime, the entire route from St. Wendel to Tholey has been upgraded to an asphalt cycle path (Wendelinus cycle path).
In 1937 the Reichsbahnamt was relocated from Türkismühle to St. Wendel.
The line from Türkismühle to St. Wendel has been electrified since 1969.
traffic
Today (2014) all trains on the Nahe Valley Railway stop in St. Wendel. The station is the stop of the regional express line RE 3 from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof or Mainz Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof , the regional trains from Neubrücke (Nahe) via Türkismühle, St. Wendel and Neunkirchen to Saarbrücken (RB 73) and the end point of the only Regional trains (RB 33) run from Mainz to St. Wendel during rush hour on working days .
This means that there is an hourly connection over the local line to the Rhine-Main area , three connections to the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz and three connections to the Saarland state capital Saarbrücken .
| line | route | Tact |
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| RE 3 | ( Frankfurt (Main) Hbf -) Mainz Hbf - Bad Kreuznach - Idar-Oberstein - Türkismühle - St. Wendel - Neunkirchen (Saar) Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf | 60 to 120 min |
| RB 73 | Neubrücke (Nahe) - Türkismühle - St. Wendel - Neunkirchen (Saar) Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf | 30 to 60 min |
| RB 33 | Mainz Hbf - Bad Kreuznach - Idar-Oberstein - Türkismühle (- St. Wendel ) | individual trains |
literature
- Rudolf Brumm: The Rhine-Nahe Railway. A detailed report on the planning, construction and operation of the Rhein-Nahe-Bahn Bingerbrück – Bad Kreuznach – Bad Münster a. St. – Sobernheim – Kirn – Idar-Oberstein – St. Wendel – Neunkirchen. Edition Nahetal, Bad Kreuznach 1987, ISBN 3-926421-00-2 .
- Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science . Volume 53 ). pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .
Web links
- Tracks in service facilities (SSWD) , DB Netz AG (PDF)