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Siegen Station
Siegen Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres. History The station was opened on 10 January 1861 simultaneously with the opening of the branch line from Siegen to Betzdorf, Germany, Betzdorf, now part of the Sieg Railway. The Altena–Siegen section of the Ruhr–Sieg railway, Ruhr–Sieg line was opened in August 1861. Jews were deported from Siegen station from 1942 to 1944. This is recalled on a plaque on track 3. Services Today the station has six platform tracks. Track 1 (a dock platform) and track 2 are next to the main station building. The other four tracks are located on the island platform, a through platform and a terminating platform on each side of the platform. Platforms are 38 cm high and the maximum usable length of platforms varies from 118 to 344 m. The station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
Dortmund Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site. It featured raised embankments to allow a better flow of traffic. At the time of its opening, it was one of the largest stations in Germany. It was, however, destroyed in an Allied air raid on 6 October 1944. The main station hall was rebuilt in the year 1952 in a contemporary style. Its stained glass windows feature then-common professions of Dortmund. The station has 190,000 passengers passing through each day. History The original Dortmund station was built north of the city centre by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', CME) as part of its trunk line and opened on 15 May 1847. Two years later the Berg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerburg Station
Westerburg station is a junction station on the currently closed Herborn–Montabaur railway (also called in German the ''Westerwaldquerbahn'', Cross Westerwald Railway) and the still operated Limburg–Altenkirchen railway (also called the ''Oberwesterwaldbahn'', Upper Westerwald Railway). It is in Westerburg in Westerwaldkreis, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. History The station was opened together with the corresponding section of the Upper Westerwald Railway on 1 October 1886. The entrance building of the station was not completed until 1887. The Cross Westerwald Railway went into operation from Westerburg to Herborn on 16 July 1907 and was extended to Montabaur on 1 June 1910. The station building was then in the form of an ''Inselbahnhof'' ("island station", that is surrounded by tracks). There were a number of sidings to local industrial sites. Passenger services was stopped on both sections of the Cross Westerwald Railway that connect with West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenkirchen (Westerw) Station
Altenkirchen (Westerw) station is the station of the district town of Altenkirchen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is at track-kilometre 65.1 on the Limburg–Altenkirchen railway (also known as the ''Oberwesterwaldbahn''—Upper Westerwald Railway) and at track-km 61.1 on the Engers–Au railway, also known as the ''Holzbachtalbahn'' (Holzbach Valley Railway). History Altenkirchen (Westerwald) station was opened on 1 April 1885 with the Altenkirchen–Hachenburg section of the ''Upper Westerwald Railway''. It became a junction station with the opening of the Siershahn–Altenkirchen railway in 1887. When the Altenkirchen–Au (Sieg) railway was opened on 1 May of the same year, Altenkirchen station became a transport hub for the ''Vorderwesterwald'' (the "forward" Westerwald—meaning close to the Rhine). After the Second World War, Uerdingen railbuses operated on the line from Engers via Siershahn and Altenkirchen to Au (Sieg). Steam locomotives ran regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au (Sieg) Station
Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au in the municipality of Windeck, which is in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (''Oberwesterwaldbahn''). Despite the town’s small population, the junction station is important for commuters from the districts of Altenkirchen, Neuwied and Westerwaldkreis for its connections towards Siegen, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen. History Au station was opened in August 1860 as part of the Deutz–Gießen railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). The Engers–Au railway (''Oberwesterwaldbahn'', Upper Westerwald Railway) to Altenkirchen was opened in May 1887, connecting to Engers. Thus, it became a railway junction with an enlarged track layout. Since 2 June 1991, Au station has been the terminus of Cologne S- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betzdorf (Sieg) Station
Betzdorf (Sieg) station is in the town of Betzdorf, Germany, Betzdorf in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Sieg Railway (''Siegstrecke'') and is the starting point of the Betzdorf–Haiger railway to Haiger station, Haiger/Dillenburg station, Dillenburg and the to Daaden. History The construction of the station began with the construction of the Deutz–Gießen railway, Köln-Deutz–Gießen railway and the Sieg Railway, branch line from Betzdorf to Siegen on 10 January 1861. As a result of the construction of the two lines, Betzdorf became a railway junction and railway town. It had a marshalling yard to serve the surrounding iron ore mines and it grew rapidly. Its importance as a railway junction meant that the town and station suffered severe air raids during the Second World War, resulting in two thirds of the town being destroyed by bombing. In one raid, on 12 March 1945, 61 people were killed. This attack was carried out by the Eighth Air Force, US Eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, also called Frankfurt Central Station and Frankfurt Main Station, is the busiest railway station in the German state of Hesse. Because of its location near the middle of Germany and usage as a transport hub for long and short distance travelling, Deutsche Bahn refers to it as the most important station in Germany. Name The affix "Main" comes from the city's full name, ''Frankfurt am Main'' ("Frankfurt on the River Main") and is needed to distinguish it from Frankfurt (Oder) station on the River Oder in Brandenburg. In German, the name is often abbreviated as Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. History 19th century In the late 19th century, three stations connected Frankfurt to the west, north and south, the *''Taunus station'' for the Taunusbahn (opened 1839), connecting Frankfurt to Wiesbaden *''Main-Neckar-station'' for the Main-Neckar Railway to Darmstadt, Heidelberg and Mannheim (1848)) *''Main-Weser station'' for the Main–Weser Railway to K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedberg Station
Friedberg (Hess) station is the station of Friedberg, Germany, on the Main-Weser Railway. History First station The first Friedberg station was opened on 10 May 1850 with the opening of the section of the Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt am Main to Friedberg. On 9 November 1850 the next section to Butzbach was opened. The entire route of the Main-Weser line from Kassel to Frankfurt was opened for traffic 15 May 1852. The station was at the 165.4 kilometre mark (from Kassel) and was designed as a through station. There is currently a parking garage on the site of the old station building. Additional lines were connected to the Main-Weser Railway in Friedberg. On 15 September 1881, the Friedberg–Hanau railway was fully opened, following the commencement of services to Heldenbergen-Windecken (now Nidderau) station on 1 December 1879. On 1 October 1897 the Friedberg–Mücke Railway opened. On 13 July 1901 the Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf–Bad Homburg line opened; this was part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gießen Station
Gießen railway station (german: Bahnhof Gießen) is the main railway station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany. The station is a Category 2 station is used by 20,000 passengers daily. The station was opened on 25 August 1850 and is located on the Main-Weser Railway (Kassel – Frankfurt (Main)) and Dill railway (Siegen – Gießen). The current station reception building was built between 1904 and 1911. The main original station building is a historic landmark and has been protected. Outside the station is a bus station and a taxi rank . Parking garages are located nearby. History The first Gießen station was a temporary station built in 1850 on the Main-Weser Railway at Oswaldsgarten. This temporary arrangement was replaced in 1853/54 with a new station further south at the present site with an appropriate station building. This was built in a neoclassical style with a symmetrical E-shaped plan. Between 1869 and 1871, the Upper Hessian Railway Company (''Oberhessische Eisenbahn-Ges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main-Sieg-Express
The Main-Sieg-Express is a Regional-Express service operated by the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Hesse from Siegen via Gießen to Frankfurt. It is operated by the Hessische Landesbahn (Hessian State Railway, HLB). History On 25 June 2008, the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV) and the ''Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe'' (Local transport association of Westphalia-Lippe, NWL) announced in a joint press statement that Hessische Landesbahn has won a Europe-wide tender and would take over the operation of the service for 13 years with effect on 12 December 2010. Until the commencement of the 2010/2011 timetable in December 2010, DB Regio Hesse had been operator of this service, which, after the elimination of long distance services between Siegen-Weidenau and Frankfurt in 2001, had originally been established as an Interregio-Express. In the early years, however, the Regional-Express service was characterised by a much longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnentrop Station
Finnentrop station is a railway junction on the Ruhr–Sieg railway between Hagen and Siegen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station is located on the territory of the municipality of Finnentrop in the district of Olpe. The Bigge Valley Railway to Olpe branches off here and it was also the start of the Finnentrop–Wennemen railway, which was closed in 1996. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. History Finnentrop station was established during the construction of the Ruhr–Sieg line from 1858 to 1861 and the station buildings were completed in 1860. Located in the village of Neubrucke, it was called Finnentrop after a nearby estate and the district was given the same name in 1908. The first entrance building was built in 1870. This was replaced by a new building in 1898 because of increasing traffic and then served until its demolition in 1937 as housing for railway families. A locomotive depot was built in the 1870s in conjunction wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
