Dillingen (Saar) station is on the

Saar Railway The Saarbrücken–Trier railway, known in German as the ''Saarstrecke'' (literally the "Saar line") in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It connects Saarbrücken and Trier. It was opened in 1858 and 1860 and is one o ...

between

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

and

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in the town of Dillingen in the German state of the

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

. The station is classified by

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as a category 4 station. A bus station is connected to the station.

Location

Dillingen station is located on the western edge of the town centre of Dillingen, very close to the post office, the pedestrianised Stummstraße, the town hall and the ''Stadthalle'' (a venue for cultural events) and is on the bus network of the district transport company, ''Kreisverkehrsbetriebe Saarlouis'' and is served by regional buses. Parking is available in front of the entrance building for private short-term parking and bicycles. The station has a travel centre and shopping. It has step-free access to platforms 1 and the island platform serving tracks 4 and 5. The station is the terminus of the

Nied Valley Railway The Nied (; ) is a river in Lorraine, France, and Saarland, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Saar. It is formed where two streams converge: the ''Nied allemande'' ("German Nied") and the ''Nied française'' ("French Nied"), which join in C ...

(''Niedtalbahn'') to Niedaltdorf and until 1945 passenger services ran to

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and at times to

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. Once a year on

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, services again run over this line over the French border to

Entrance building

The original station building was opened in 1858 and completely renovated between 1890 and the First World War. The precise date of construction of the new building is not known. The building is built as a rectangular building with irregular projections, but its exterior has complex shapes.

Services

Dillingen station is part of the ''Saarländischer Verkehrsverbund'' (SaarVV; Saarland Transport Association), and it is in fare zone 411 (Dillingen). It is served by the following lines (Dec 2016):

Notes

External links

* {{cite web, url= http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/de/geschaefte/infrastruktur__schiene/netz/netzzugang/dokumente/Bahnhof/SNB/S/SDL__NBS.pdf , title=Track plan of Dillingen (Saar) station, publisher=

, language=German, accessdate=9 June 2013 Railway stations in the Saarland Buildings and structures in Saarlouis (district) Railway stations in Germany opened in 1858