Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof

• Saarbruecken -Trier ( Saarstrecke, KBS 685 )

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The main railway station Saarlouis is the only station on the urban area of ​​the county town of Saarlouis, Saarland. It lies on the route between Saar Trier and Saarbrücken in the field of the district Roden, about 1 km north of the city center.

History

The first station on the territory of today's Saarlouis was opened in the course of construction of Saarstrecke in Fraulautern on 16 December 1858. Saarlouis itself, however, was cut off from rail traffic, what the economic development of the disabled and the city threw back behind the neighboring communities Dillingen and Bous. This initially led to the construction of roads and small railways in the district of Saarlouis. In addition, the city began to build a new station and mean an end to the present-day district Roden, in order to build on the territory of a train station. The opening of the railway station Saarlouis on the present site was done on 19 December 1912. Starting in the mid -1960s, the station was connected to the electrical network of the German Federal Railroad after it was renamed Central Station. Until 2002, inter-regional held in Saarlouis, since the station only by trains of regional traffic is serviced.

Infrastructure

The station has three platform tracks and three freight tracks that have no platform. Platform 1 has a length of 314 m and a height of 76 cm, track 2 and 3 are each 300 m long and 55 cm high. Barrier-free access is available for all platforms. The tracks 2 and 3 are accessible via a pedestrian tunnel with stairs. This tunnel, in conjunction with two elevators Give prevented access to these tracks. At the station there is a tourist center, front of the station there is parking, bicycle parking, taxi parking and toilets. As part of a renovation program for Saarland stations, which was completed in 2012, also the reception building was renewed. 1967 track plan pushbuttons signal box was put into operation.

Operation

The station is now being approached only by regional trains. He belongs to the Saarland Transport Association and is located in the honeycomb 452

The line RB71 goes to the station every half hour between St. Ingbert and Dillingen, on the remaining portion of the trains every hour. Outside the station there is a bus station with bus connections to all parts of the city Saarlouis, to France and to Lebach. The latter replaces the decommissioned Primstalbahn.