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in the south west of the German State of

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. In the past, it was a terminus for the secondary lines to

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and Neuoelsnitz. Currently, it serves as a through station.

History

The station was built along with the Dresden–Werdau railway in 1858 as a connecting station to the

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("wedge station", referring to the wedge between the branching tracks) of the (which was later extended to Neuoelsnitz). Using a connecting curve, the coal trains could also run directly to

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. As early as August 1862, the station had to be expanded, since public passenger and goods traffic to Lugau were permitted from then on. The line to Limbach was opened in 1897 and the system of tracks was expanded again. In 1899, a new entrance building and a workshop were built at a cost of about 85,000

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for the same reason. Already in the 1950s, the station began to decline and passenger and freight traffic to Limbach were discontinued in 1950 and the rest of the line to Grüna was assigned to the . After

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, the traffic to Neuoelsnitz also disappeared in 1990. In the 1995/96 timetable, the 1667 express from

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stopped in Wüstenbrand every Friday. During the upgrade of the Saxon-Franconian trunk line, the system of tracks was extensively rationalised in the late 1990s, leaving only two passing loops with outside platforms and two sidings.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wustenbrand station Railway stations in Saxony Railway stations in Germany opened in 1858 Hohenstein-Ernstthal Buildings and structures in Zwickau (district)