Niederbrechen station is a station on the

Main-Lahn Railway The Main-Lahn railway (german: Main-Lahn-Bahn), also called the Limburg railway (''Limburger Bahn''), is a double-track, electrified main railway line in Germany. The long line extends from Frankfurt Central Station (''Hauptbahnhof'') to Eschhofen ...

, which runs from

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to Limburg (Lahn), in the

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suburb of Niederbrechen in the German state of

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. With Oberbrechen station, it is one of two stations in Brechen. The station is in the network of the

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(RMV) and is classified by

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as a

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5 station and has three platform tracks.

History

A ''Haltepunkt'' (halt) was built in Niederbrechen with the construction of the Main-Lahn Railway in 1875 and the entrance building was opened in 1879. The construction of a bridge for Bahnhofstraße began in 1913 and the level crossing at Jahnstraße was closed after its completion. A signal box was also opened in 1913 with the duplication of the line. An unloading track was built in 1937 for building material for the construction of the A3 and was dismantled after the completion of the highway. A goods shed, which was connected to the station was removed in 1988. A new signal box was commissioned on 26 September 1989. The old signal box of 1913 was demolished on 12 October 1989. A new pedestrian underpass was built from 1989 to 1991. The level crossing to the ''Flachsau'' fields was closed in 1992. Goods were last handled in Niederbrechen in 1993. The removal of a shunting track and a siding followed in 2005. The heritage-listed station building now houses, among other things, a restaurant and a stationery shop.

Operations

Today, Niederbrechen station is the only station between Eschhofen and

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that still has three platform tracks. * Track 1 on the main platform (height: 76 cm, length: 225 m): RE 20/RB 22/RB 21 to Limburg (Lahn) * Track 2 on the island platform (height: 76 cm, length: 221 m): RE 20/RB 22 to

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; RB 21 to

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* Track 3 on the island platform (height: 76 cm, length: 221 m): siding for special services.

Services

Rail

The following services currently call at Limburg:

Bus

At Niederbrechen station there are connections to buses towards Mensfelden,

Limburg an der Lahn Limburg an der Lahn (officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Limburg lies in western Hessen between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn. The to ...

Villmar Villmar is a market village and municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. The community is the centre for quarrying and processing the so-called Lahn Marble. Geography Location Villmar lies in the Lahn River valley betwe ...

and

Weilburg Weilburg is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg. Geography Location The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Westerwa ...

References

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