Fröndenberg station

• Fröndenberg - Kamen
• Letmathe - Fröndenberg
• Upper Ruhrtalbahn

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The Fröndenberg station is a key station on the railroad tracks Fröndenberg - Kamen and Letmathe - Fröndenberg and the Upper Ruhrtalbahn. It is located south of the city Fröndenberg / Ruhr near the Ruhr.

History

With the opening of the section of sword to Arnsberg the Upper Ruhrtalbahn by the Bergisch- Märkische Railway Company ( BME) today Fröndenberg received its first railway connection in June 1870. Near the former village Fröndenberg that represents the present-day city core, a station was set up.

About two years later, on August 7, 1872, the first branch line to Menden built by Fröndenberg from was also opened by the BME, which was continued later by Neuenrade and Iserlohn. This railway line was given its own platform tracks ( tracks 11 ff ) south of the continuous main line, with those of the Ruhrtalbahn were merged in the West. Thus, the Fröndenberger station was developed into a wedge Station. In the southeast of the station, a depot ( Bw ), which mainly consists of the locomotives were located for the railway line Letmathe - Fröndenberg arose.

In 1899, finally followed the link Unna on Ardey and Frömern as the third railway line in Fröndenberger station. This trail branches off to the west from the station from the main line, so that continuous connections from Unna to Menden and vice versa are possible.

In the south of the station adjacent to the platforms of the railway line Letmathe - Fröndenberg created several freight tracks and a hump, the cargo loading and loading docks were, however, on the north side of the station. A rail connection to a country store was right next to the depot.

In 1954, the Bw Fröndenberg was closed, the vehicles were now being used by sword and Letmathe from. Three years later, the construction of the demolished after 1945 reception building, which now fills the angle between the routes to Arnsberg Menden and followed. An annex with social rooms for further employed by Fröndenberg from staff located on the southeast side, platform canopies were of this building starting the house platform on the Mendener page (track 11) and on the local central platform (track 12/13) built.

In 1989, the three existing signal towers " Ff " ( Fröndenberg dispatcher on the main platform ), " Fo " and " Fw " ( Fröndenberg East or West ) of various older types were replaced by a relay interlocking, which in turn was named " Ff ". From here, the train stations Langschede, Swords East and Wickede be controlled (Ruhr) since 2000 or 2001 and 2002.

After the abandonment of the cargo transport, the freight facilities were unnecessary and largely decomposed on the Fröndenberg station, as well as the third track today are located on the north side of a bus stop, a P & R facility and the parking lot of a supermarket. In 2005, the German railway sold the station building to the city Fröndenberg that it 2008, the AWO left. This built around the building and set up a bike station including a hotel with six rooms a. For the ticket vending machines were installed, as well as built the German post office in 2009, a packing station at Fröndenberg station.

From 2013, a modernization of the station as part of the " modernization drive 2 " Deutsche Bahn is planned. Here, the present 38 cm high platforms are brought to the standard height of 76 cm and the platform roof be replaced by weather shelters.

Service offer

The Fröndenberg station is approached in rail traffic from the following lines:

Warburg ( Westphalia ) (- Kassel- Wilhelm height )

Bestwig- Winterberg

Balve - Neuenrade