Neunkirchen (Saar) central station
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| Design | Wedge station |
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6 through tracks |
| abbreviation | SNK |
| IBNR | 8000272 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | November 16, 1852 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Neunkirchen__Saar__Hbf |
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| City / municipality | Neunkirchen |
| country | Saarland |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 21 '11 " N , 7 ° 10' 36" E |
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| Railway stations in Saarland | |
The Neunkirchen (Saar) Hbf train station is the main train station in the district town of Neunkirchen (Saar) in Saarland . The Saarbrücken – Bingen and Homburg – Illingen railway lines intersect here .
history
In July 1850, in the course of the construction of the “Saarbrücker Bahn” from Bexbach to Saarbrücken , the construction of the first Neunkirchen train station began. On November 15, 1850, the railroad station for goods traffic of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway was opened. The first passenger trains ran daily from Ludwigshafen and back from April 1851 . The station itself was officially opened on November 15 or 16, 1852. The Neunkirchen – Saarbrücken route was inaugurated on this day. Eight years later, on May 25, 1860, when the Rhine-Nahe Railway, which was double-tracked from the beginning, was put into operation, a new station building, the so-called “Nahebahnhof”, was completed in its current location. The old station, dating from 1850, was subsequently completely demolished.
As early as September 7, 1850, the first coal train via Neunkirchen was driven over the branch line from Heinitz (Neunkirchen) . In 1872 the railway to the König pit followed . On October 15, 1879, the single-track connection to Wemmetsweiler was put into operation, which was expanded to two tracks in 1891.
The station complex was rebuilt between 1910 and 1922. In 1912 a new shunting system was built in the Schlawerie and Sinnerthal area . In December 1914, the underpasses and the 6 platforms were ready. Due to the outbreak of war on August 1, 1914, the construction of the new station building was delayed considerably. The building was not completed until 1923, which at the time was considered the most beautiful train station of the Saarland Railway Directorate. In 1937 the daily car turnover was over 3000 cars. There were 17 sidings at the same time.
On May 27, 1944, the station was badly damaged by an air raid . The station building was badly damaged. Only the right pavilion remained largely undamaged. American troops reached Neunkirchen on March 21, 1945. Reconstruction began and rail traffic was resumed. On May 31, 1945, the first scheduled passenger trains ran between Neunkirchen and Türkismühle . Since the line between Saarbrücken and Homburg was very badly damaged, the less damaged lines from Saarbrücken to Neunkirchen (Sulzbach and Fischbachtal line) were repaired and used again from June 25, 1945. Other routes were Neunkirchen – Homburg (excluding Homburg main station ) and Neunkirchen – Bad Kreuznach.
It was not until the end of 1947 that the badly damaged Neunkirchen train station was rebuilt. The left wing was rebuilt and the roof completely renewed. The previously separate building, the reception hall and pavilion, have now been connected to one another via a hipped roof to form one structure. In the following years, only slight architectural changes were made to the exterior and the interior design. Otherwise, the building has been preserved in this form to this day.
Because of the strong industrialization of Neunkirchen through the coal mines and the hut, the station played a major role. In 1955 there were up to 275 incoming and outgoing passenger trains, including 4 express trains. The number of freight trains was also very high. In November 1965 3 new track diagram interlockings of the type "SpDr S 60" (track plan push button interlocking, type Siemens 60) went into operation and replaced 10 old mechanical and electromechanical interlockings. The signals and points of the Neunkirchen train station are set by the "Nof" signal box and the signal boxes for the Dudweiler, Sulzbach, Friedrichsthal, Landsweiler-Reden and Bexbach stations are remote-controlled. In the western part of the station, the Schlawerie, there was a separate signal box called "Nwf", which was solely responsible for the route to Heinitz, the connections to the blast furnace of the Neunkirchen ironworks and to the König pit, the former connecting curve to Schiffweiler and the partially automated discharge mountain , as well as a mechanical control room called "Nsw", which was also responsible for the furnace connections and the branch line to the König pit. A third, much smaller signal box called "No" stood under the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke and was only used when shunting was carried out on the smaller drainage hill in the direction of Homburg (track 71). Another signal box ("Ne") is located next to the Saarstahl AG.
On May 13, 1966, electric train operation began in Neunkirchen on the route from Wemmetsweiler to Homburg. In 1963, goods traffic to Heinitz was stopped, and in 1970 all traffic to the König pit.
On November 25, 2011 there were protests against the Castor transports at Neunkirchen main station . Although only a few people are said to have participated in the vigil, seven young people were arrested for trying to block the tracks. A 41-year-old woman was also charged with resisting law enforcement officers.
At the beginning of 2015, the station was upgraded from category 4 to category 3.
Platforms
After the expansion in 1914, there were 6 platforms in Neunkirchen
- Platform 1: For trains in the direction of Homburg and from and to Heinitz, today platforms 26 and 27
- Platform 2: Arrival of the trains from the direction of Homburg, today platform 25
- Platform 3: For trains in the direction of St. Wendel / Bingen / Mainz / Frankfurt, today platform 1
- Platform 4: For trains to and from Saarbrücken (via the Sulzbach line), today platforms 2 and 3
- Platform 5: For trains in the direction of Wemmetsweiler, Lebach and Saarbrücken (Fischbach route) and in the direction of Ottweiler / St. Wendel, today track 4 (dismantled) and 7 (platform not used, track is used for freight traffic)
- Platform 6: For trains in different directions (presumably for trains to Schwarzerden / Kusel (Ostertalbahn) and Tholey), for empty parks and baggage, general cargo and express goods, today tracks 8 and 9 (the tracks and the platform foundation are still there. The tracks However, they are used in freight traffic and the platform has been out of service since the push-button interlocking was commissioned
Situation today
After the decline of the coal and steel industry in Neunkirchen, more and more track systems were shut down. Of the previous 6 platforms, only 4 are still in operation. The former western section, the "Schlawerie" with its approach group and drainage mountain and the associated pushbutton interlocking "Nwf", as well as the route to Heinitz and the König and Kohlwald pits, were also shut down and demolished. Only a part of the facilities of the western part (the former direction group and a siding) is still there today, the building of the signal box is still standing and is left to decay. For the most part, however, the extent of the former track systems can still be seen. Neunkirchen is a through station for the Nahe Valley Railway from Saarbrücken to Bingen (KBS 680), the Neunkirchen-Wemmetsweiler (KBS 683) and the Illingen to Homburg (KBS 683) railway . For several years now, the city of Neunkirchen has been trying to get a connection to the DB long-distance network. The extension of the S1 line of the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn , whose end point is currently Homburg, as well as the diversion of individual intercity and regional express connections via Neunkirchen instead of St. Ingbert , which would mean an increase in travel time of just 4 minutes, is under discussion . This is already done today during construction work and disruptions, but the trains no longer stop between Homburg and Saarbrücken.
literature
- The history of the Neunkirchen train station , Neunkirchen Hefte 9, published by the Neunkirchen tourist office in 1989
- Archive of the stations , Geranova Verlag
Web links
- Track plan of the Neunkirchen Hbf station (PDF; 216 kB) on the Deutsche Bahn website
Individual evidence
- ^ Jutta Schwan: Railway and train stations in Neunkirchen . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 187 .
- ^ Jutta Schwan: Railway and train stations in Neunkirchen . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 188 .
- ↑ a b Jutta Schwan: Railways and stations in Neunkirchen . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 194 .
- ^ Kurt Harrer: Railways on the Saar . Alba Buchverlag, Düsseldorf 1984, ISBN 3-87094-210-X , p. 81 .
- ^ Castor protests: two police cars are on fire. Berliner Umschau , November 25, 2011, accessed on March 24, 2012 .