Weilburg station

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Weilburg
Entrance building of the Weilburg train station
Entrance building of the Weilburg train station
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation FWG
IBNR 8000218
Price range 5
opening October 14, 1862
Profile on Bahnhof.de Weilburg
Architectural data
architect Heinrich Velde
location
City / municipality Weilburg
country Hesse
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 29 '11 "  N , 8 ° 16' 4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '11 "  N , 8 ° 16' 4"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Hessen
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The Weilburg Station is a train station in the central Hessian town of Weilburg . The station is on the Lahn Valley Railway . From 1890 to 1988 the Weiltalbahn branched off directly behind the train station in the direction of Weilmünster .

history

Weilburg station was initially built as the terminus of the Lahntalbahn in the course of the opening of the section between the Limburg (Lahn) and Weilburg stations, which went into operation on October 14, 1862.

On November 1, 1891, the Weiltalbahn from Weilburg to Weilmünster was inaugurated. After the continuation to Usingen was put into operation on June 1, 1909, the trains - at times also express trains - could run from Weilburg to Frankfurt am Main . Weilburg became a traffic junction and transfer station. This connection ended when passenger traffic between Weilmünster and Weilburg was suspended on September 27, 1969 . On this section, goods traffic was operated in the transfer procedure until January 30, 1988 . After that, Weilburg station lost its function as a freight traffic hub.

Before the Hessentag in Weilburg in 2005 , the central platform in the Weilburg train station was renewed and adapted to be handicapped accessible. The additional makeshift platform for the Hessentag was then removed again.

As part of the “ESTW Untere Lahntalbahn” construction program, it is planned to replace the existing signal boxes with central signal boxes in the operations center.

investment

Reception building

The listed entrance building was designed as a late Classicist building by Heinrich Velde and is similar to the station buildings of Leun / Braunfels and Diez , which also originate from his designs. Between the gable, raised head buildings there is an eaves wing with a pent roof hall in front, which was rebuilt after the destruction in the war. The cornices and the gables have decorative motifs.

Engine shed

From 1890, Weilburg was the starting point of the Weiltalbahn, which ran to Grävenwiesbach . For this purpose, a locomotive shed with a turntable was built at Weilburg station . The buildings were demolished in the 1980s. The former freight station has also been largely dismantled except for four tracks.

Railway tunnel

Directly behind the Weilburg train station is the 302 m long Weilburg railway tunnel. In addition to a car tunnel and a ship tunnel, this is part of the so-called "Weilburger tunnel ensemble".

Connection

The station is located in the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV).

train

The train station is served every hour by regional trains on the Limburg (Lahn) –Weilburg– Wetzlar - Gießen route (sometimes further to Alsfeld / Fulda ). The operator until December 2011 was Deutsche Bahn AG. Since the 2011/2012 timetable change on December 11, 2011, the RB services on this section of the Lahntalbahn have been carried out by Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB). Alstom Coradia Lint 41 (DB class 648) railcars are used for this . The regional express trains of the DB (RE 25) on the route Koblenz Hbf - Limburg (Lahn) - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen stop every two hours at Weilburg station. For the RE services, railcars of the type Alstom Coradia Lint 27 and Lint 41 (series 640 and 648) as well as Bombardier Talent (series 643) are used. Sometimes HLB regional trains also end in Weilburg on weekdays.

line route Clock frequency
RE 25 Lahntal-Express
Koblenz central station - Bad Ems - Diez - Limburg (Lahn) - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen 		Every two hours
RB 45 Regional train
Limburg (Lahn) - Eschhofen - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen (- Grünberg (Oberhess) - Mücke (Hess) - Alsfeld (Oberhess) - Fulda ) 		Hourly
(+ individual reinforcement trains at rush hour)

←
 Lines
→
Limburg (Lahn) RegionalRE 25
Lahntal Express 		Wetzlar
Graeveneck Hessian state railwayRB 45
Lahntalbahn 		Löhnberg

bus

There is a bus station with several bus platforms on the station forecourt . Regional and city ​​buses travel here to the surrounding towns, villages and communities in the Lahn Valley and the Hochtaunus .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Bahnhofsgebäude, Weilburg In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  2. ↑ Udo Kandler: Lahn Valley Railway. (Eisenbahn-Journal special edition III / 89). Hermann Merker Verlag, Fürstenfeldbruck 1989. ISSN  0720-051X . P. 15
  3. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/3710-weilburg-tunnel.html Aerial photo of the "Weilburger tunnel ensemble"

Web links

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