Wolfstein station

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Wolfstein
Platformwolfstein.jpg
Platform of Wolfstein train station
Data
Design Through station , crossing station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation SWFS
Price range 6th
opening November 15, 1883
Profile on Bahnhof.de Wolfstein
location
City / municipality Wolfstein
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 35 '3 "  N , 7 ° 36' 38"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '3 "  N , 7 ° 36' 38"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate
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Wolfstein train station (above) from a bird's eye view

The Wolfenstein Station is a transit station along the Lauter Valley Railway Kaiserslautern Lauterecken-Grumbach. It is the most important of a total of three train stations within the city of Wolfstein . It belongs to Deutsche Bahn station category 6 and has two platform tracks . The station is in the network area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association (VRN) and is part of tariff zones 775 and 777. Its address is Bahnhofstrasse 16 . The station is located on the Lautertalbahn and is your most important stop in terms of its volume. Due to the resources in the catchment area of ​​neighboring Königsberg , it was once also of great importance in freight transport before it came to a standstill in 2000. Parts of the train station are under monument protection.

location

The train station is not far from the core town of Wolfstein. It is 187.9 meters above sea level. Immediately to the north of the station is the 91-meter-long iron button tunnel . The Lautertal Railway runs in the vicinity of the station from east-south-east to west-north-west and is based on the course of the Lauter , which is divided into two arms within the city center; the station itself is not far from the bank of the eastern arm. In addition, it represents the end point of the Palatinate High Trail .

history

Planning and construction of the Lautertalbahn

The first plans to build a railway line along the Lauter and then the Glan to the Nahe go back to 1859 when a “Committee of the Notables of the Glan and Lauterthales” was formed. Among its members was the Wolfstein priest Philipp Hammer . A corresponding memorandum was published in Kaiserslautern in 1860. These efforts were in competition with those who sought to build a route along the Alsenz .

Although the Alsenz Valley Railway had already been opened as a continuous main line over its full length from 1871 and the realization of a route along the Lauter only had one chance as a local railway, the local population persisted and continued to champion their plans.

In 1874 the first project planning was carried out by railway engineers. Nevertheless, the Bavarian state government tried to delay the project as long as possible. It was not until December 1877 that she gave in to the pressure and commissioned the railway administration to run the planned route through the Lautertal as a secondary railway for cost reasons . The concession for construction and operation was granted on May 9, 1880.

In the course of the construction of the line, there were conflicts when the Wolfstein train station was built, because at that time it was located in the area of ​​the then independent community of Roßbach ; The quarrels continued until 1906, when the Lautertal Railway had been in operation for more than 20 years.

Operating history

The opening of the Lautertal Railway took place on November 15, 1883. The reception of the opening train on site was described in the regional press as follows:

“In Wolfstein, the engineers were given magnificent bouquets by maid of honor; Miss Schröder gave a speech to District Engineer Sacrificemann. A gate of honor with the inscription "Willkommen" was built "

- Contemporary press

At the time of its opening - as on the entire route - there was no possibility of crossing; this was created later.

In 1897, when preparations were underway for a possible impending confrontation with France, the crossing tracks in the station were lengthened to a total of 500 meters to ensure appropriate crossings with military trains. In 1900 the station had three tracks. The main and overhaul tracks were each 500 meters long, the side tracks together 299 meters.

Around 1940 there was a railway maintenance office in Wolfstein that was responsible for the Lampertsmühle-Otterbach - Lauterecken-Grumbach section . It no longer existed in the 1950s.

Class 643 railcars at Wolfstein station

October 25, 1988 on the occasion of Wolfsteiner autumn market drove a diesel railcars of the 628 series of Ludwigshafen until after Wolfenstein; These vehicles were only used in regular operation on the Lautertal Railway from 1993 onwards. With the cessation of freight traffic in 2000, all loading tracks were dismantled and the number of tracks reduced to two. In 2005 the platform was modernized, which was expanded to make it accessible for the disabled.

Buildings

Entrance building of Wolfstein station

The station building, the goods shed from 1882 and the dispatcher interlocking with original security technology from 1938 are listed as historical monuments.

When receiving building is one dwells incorporated ashlar. It is designed on two floors. The signal box has a porch that has a continuous row of windows. In addition, it used to be decorated with flowers from spring to autumn.

Platforms

Platforms
track Usable length Platform height Current usage
1 110 m 55 cm Regional train in the direction of Lauterecken-Grumbach
2 110 m 55 cm Regional train in the direction of Kaiserslautern

traffic

passenger traffic

Immediately after the railway line opened, a total of three pairs of trains ran between Kaiserslautern and Lauterecken , for which only one set was required. There were no train encounters in passenger traffic. Since the northern section of the Lauterecken – Odernheim Glantalbahn was built in 1896 - the connection to Staudernheim took place a year later - as a direct continuation of the Lauteralbahn, the trains were extended accordingly. After the Glantalbahn was opened to its full length in 1904, the trains ended or began again in Lauterecken.

In 1905 a total of 16,252 tickets were sold at Lauterecken-Grumbach station. From 1906 there were additional trains between Lauterecken and Wolfstein. The number of passenger trains rose gradually to six on working days until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, but decreased until after the end of the war. Another pair of trains ran between Kaiserslautern and Wolfstein on Saturdays as part of the French occupation. In the 1930s in particular, there were several corner connections on the railway lines in the Glan and Lauter catchment area, such as Kaiserslautern – Lauterecken – Altenglan – Kusel .

After a slight increase in the supply was recorded in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, only three pairs ran immediately after the Second World War . In the 1970s, nine pairs of trains were on the move, but Sunday traffic was discontinued in 1976 and Saturday traffic in 1982. It was not until 2000 that weekend traffic was resumed in connection with the State Horticultural Show in Kaiserslautern.

Freight transport

Wolfstein station was one of the most important freight tariff points along the Lautertal Railway. For several decades, a freight train served all the sidings along the Lautertal Railway, including those at Wolfstein station. In 1905, for example, a total of 9083.11 tons of goods were received or sold. From 1934, the small locomotive Kö 0095 was stationed in the station, which was presumably replaced by a Köf II in the 1950s .

In particular, finds of barite in the catchment area of ​​neighboring Königsberg meant that the Lautertal Railway generated high revenues. In 1902, a barite deposit in the district of Aschbach was leased by the three Wolfstein industrialists Franz Braun, Karl Otto Braun and Wilhelm Martin, and later another near Eßweiler . After the raw material had initially been transported to Reckweilerhof station by cart, a 1500 meter long cable car was built to Wolfstein station in 1906. As early as 1911, around 14,980 tons were extracted. During the First World War, the operation of the cable car was initially suspended. Sales difficulties meant that operations had to be closed in 1925. From these activities of the Wolfstein entrepreneurs, the company Pfälzische Schwerspatwerke Braun, Krieger and Co. , which was later renamed KO Braun KG , emerged as early as 1902 . Another siding of this company was put into operation in 1954 north of the Eisenknopftunnel. After initially only barite had been loaded at Wolfstein station, textile raw materials were added from 1951 and, from 1954, coal, packaging and liquid fuels were added. Around 3000 tons of cotton and 1000 tons of viscose wool were loaded every year. In 1955, textiles were shipped in wagons and containers for the first time.

As on the entire Lautertalbahn, freight traffic at Wolfstein station gradually decreased from the end of the 1970s. In 1978, for example, 327 truckloads were dispatched and 807 received, in 1987 there were only 297 truckloads that were dispatched and 401 receptions. From 1993 Wolfstein was the only remaining freight tariff point along the Lautertalbahn. In June 2000, the last freight cars stationed in Wolfstein were withdrawn from a radio-controlled diesel locomotive of the DB class V 60 .

Number of wagon loads at Wolfstein station from 1978 to 1987

year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
shipping 327 427 446 408 378 442 398 436 332 295
reception 807 700 488 417 400 394 400 426 417 401

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfstein. In: bahnhof.de. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 8 .
  3. ↑ a b denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de: Informational directory of cultural monuments - Kusel district . (PDF; 1.5 MB) Retrieved January 12, 2013 .
  4. ^ Regionalgeschichte.net: local dictionary of the Kusel district> Wolfstein . Retrieved January 12, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 72 .
  6. ↑ www.outdooractive.com: Long-distance hiking trail - Pfälzer Höhenweg stage 07 Lauterecken - Wolfstein . Retrieved November 28, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 12 .
  8. ^ A b Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 13 .
  9. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 13 f .
  10. ^ A b Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 10 .
  11. ^ A b Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 35 .
  12. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 94 .
  13. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 54 .
  14. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 18 .
  15. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 103 f .
  16. ↑ Wolfstein. DB Station & Service, accessed on February 22, 2019 .
  17. ^ A b Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 36 .
  18. ^ A b Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 11 .
  19. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 45 .
  20. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 49 .
  21. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 13 .
  22. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 21 .
  23. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 24 .
  24. ^ A b Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 27 .
  25. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 143 .
  26. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 123 f .
  27. ^ A b Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 26 .
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