Türkismühle station

• Bingen -Saarbrücken ( KBS 680)
• Trier- Türkismühle ( heritage railway )
• Türkismühle - Kusel ( decommissioned)

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The Türkismühle station is a two-sided separation station in the Saarland Nohfelden community. The station is located on the Nahe Valley Railway and is the terminus of the high forest train to Trier and the West Richmond train to Kusel. It was opened as part of the Middle Valley Railway extension from Idar- Oberstein to Neunkirchen ( Saar) on 26 May 1860.

History

After opening in 1860, the station was lively by freight served, but also passenger services were used extensively. The massive run-up to the station carried a settlement of small businesses and restaurants in the immediate area. With the opening of the railway line Türkismühle - Hermes wedge, the economic situation began to deteriorate around the station, among other things because the transit guests led by no longer stay longer. Even before the outbreak of the First World War, the station received a new station building.

After the handover of the Saarland to the League of Nations in the wake of the Versailles Treaty, the Türkismühle station changed to the German border station with customs station, which had an increase in population and the emergence of a railway settlement at Julius Berg result. In the area of ​​logistics, some extensions such as the extensive expansion of the station facilities or the creation of new trucking companies were. As of November 1934, the route to Wolfersweiler was operated from 1936 to Kusel, bringing the rail line Türkismühle - Kusel was born. In 1937, the State Railway Office of Türkismühle was moved to St. Wendel. 1938 was the Western Wall, the station had at that time 12 tracks.

During the Second World War, the station was also used for refugee transports. On February 22, 1945, the station building was destroyed by a bomb attack. With the but -time assignment of the Saar in 1945 to the French occupation zone Türkismühle was now again to the French border station, but in 1959 again transformed back into a German station, which was under the Federal Railways. From 1967, passenger services were increasingly limited, of 1969 drove no passenger trains to Hermeskeil and Freisen more, but the trains were operated electrically in the same year to St. Wendel.

Between the 27th and the August 29, 2010 committed Türkismühle the 150 - year celebration of the station. On September 13, 2010, an electric railcar was baptized on the place name.

Traffic

Türkismühle is maintenance of the regional express line RE 3 of Mainz Hauptbahnhof Saarbrücken Central Station and the regional trains of Türkismühle to Saarbrücken and Mainz to St. Wendel. The high forest railway is operated by Türkismühle from the museum and goods, the West Richmond train is on a short section from Türkismühle only the freight. The route Saarbrücken -Mainz is electrified to Türkismühle.