Neunkirchen Hauptbahnhof
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Location | Am Bahnhof 1, Neunkirchen, Saarland Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°21′11″N 7°10′36″E / 49.35306°N 7.17667°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 7 (one disused) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 4426 DS100 code SNK[2] | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
IBNR | 8000272 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 3 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | SaarVV: 341[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 16 November 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neunkirchen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the district town of Neunkirchen in the German state of Saarland. Here the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn) intersects with the Homburg–Neunkirchen railway and the Fischbach Valley Railway (Fischbachtalbahn). It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]
History
In July 1850, construction of the first Neunkirchen station started during the construction of the
As early as 7 September 1850, the first coal train ran on the branch line from Heinitz via Neunkirchen. In 1872, this was followed by the line to the König ("king") colliery. On 15 October 1879, the single-track line to Wemmetsweiler (now part of the Fischbach Valley Railway), was opened; this line was duplicated in 1891.
The station's tracks were remodelled between 1910 and 1922. A new marshalling yard was built in 1912 in the district originally called Schlawerie (now Sinnerthal). In December 1914, the underpasses and the five platforms were finished. The outbreak of war on 1 August 1914 delayed the construction of the station building considerably. The building was completed only in 1923; it was regarded as the most beautiful station built by the Deutsche Reichsbahn railway division of the Saarland. In 1937, daily traffic amounted to more than 3,000 carriages. At the same time it had 17 sidings.
On 27 May 1944, the station was severely damaged in an air raid. The station building was severely damaged. Only the right pavilion was largely undamaged.
The badly damaged Neunkirchen station was not rebuilt until the end of 1947. The left wing was rebuilt and the roof was replaced completely. The entrance building and the pavilion, which had previously been separate were now joined by a hipped roof. In the following years only minor architectural changes were made to the exterior and the interior. Otherwise, the building has been preserved in this form until today.[6]
The station played a major role because of the heavy industrialisation of Neunkirchen with coal mines and the steel works. In 1955, there were up to 275 passenger train arrivals and departures daily, including four express trains. The number of freight trains was very high. In November 1965, 3 new signal boxes with
On 13 May 1966, electric trains began running through Neunkirchen on the line from Wemmetsweiler to Homburg. Freight traffic to Heinitz was abandoned in 1963 and all traffic was abandoned to the König colliery in 1970.
Platforms
Following the upgrade of 1914 there were six platforms in Neunkirchen:
- platform 1: for trains to Homburg and to and from Heinitz, now tracks 26 and 27,
- platform 2: arrival of the trains from Homburg, now track 25,
- platform 3: for trains towards Bingen, Mainz and Frankfurt/M, now track 1,
- platform 4: for trains towards Saarbrücken, now tracks 2 and 3,
- platform 5 (closed since ca 1990): for trains to and from Wemmetsweiler/Lebach, also towards Bingen, today tracks 4 (dismantled) and 7 (unused for passenger trains)
- platform 6 (closed since 1965): for trains to and from different destinations (mostly regional), goods services, luggage, mail services and used for shunting coaches, today tracks 8 and 9 (used for shunting and goods trains).
Current situation
After the decline of the coal and steel industry in Neunkirchen more railway lines were closed. Of the previous five platforms only 4 are now in operation. Neunkirchen is a through station for the Nahe Valley Railway from Saarbrücken to Bingen (timetable route—KBS—680), the Neunkirchen–Wemmetsweiler line (KBS 683) and the Illingen–Homburg line (KBS 683).
Rail services
Neunkirchen station is served by the following regional rail services:
Line | Route | Frequency |
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RE 3 | Rhein-Nahe-Express
Saarbrücken – Neunkirchen – Ottweiler – Türkismühle – Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz |
Hourly |
RB 73 | Saarbrücken – Neunkirchen – St. Wendel (– Türkismühle – Neubrücke (Nahe)) | Half-hourly/hourly |
RB 74 | ( Homburg
|
Half-hourly/hourly |
RB 76 | Saarbrücken - Wemmetsweiler - Neunkirchen - Homburg | Individual services |
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Railway Atlas 2017, p. 218.
- ^ "Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Saarländischer Verkehrsverbund. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ Schwan 2005, p. 187.
- ^ Schwan 2005, p. 188.
- ^ a b Schwan 2005, p. 194.
- ^ Harrer 1984, p. 81.
Sources
- Harrer, Kurt (1984). Eisenbahnen an der Saar (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. ISBN 3-87094-210-X.
- Schwan, Jutta (2005). "Eisenbahn und Bahnhöfe in Neunkirchen". In Rainer Knauf und Christof Trepesch (ed.). Neunkircher Stadtbuch (in German). Kreisstadt Neunkirchen. ISBN 3-00-015932-0.
- Die Geschichte des Neunkircher Bahnhofs (in German). Verkehrsverein Neunkirchen. 1989.
- Archiv der Bahnhöfe (in German). Geranova Verlag.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.