Aachen-Rothe Erde station
- Köln- Aachen ( 68.2 km )
- Hair -Aachen - Rothe Erde (now siding )
- Vennbahn ( decommissioned)
- Aachen- Rothe Erde -Aachen Moltke station ( decommissioned)
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The station Aachen - Rothe Erde is a railway station in North Rhine -Westphalia to the high-speed line between Cologne and Aachen. It is located in the eastern district of Aachen Rothe Erde in the vicinity of the Aachen districts Frankenberg, forestry and East Districts.
- 3.1 rail lines
- 3.2 bus
History
With the opening of the railway line hair -Aachen - Rothe Erde 31 December 1875 the railway station, who was then still called Rothe wore earth opened from Aachen's railway industry. Especially after the forced removal of Adolph Kirdorf the Aachen huts shares Association Rothe Erde railway station served initially as a transfer station for the connected here tracks of various industrial enterprises in Rothe Erde. As a first exclusive freight station he made connections to the coal mines in neighboring Belgium and Aachen, North District and the quarries in Stolberg ago. Ten years after the opening was recorded with the Vennbahn connect through Monschau and Sankt Vith to Luxembourg and thus linked the station to the local Arbed steel plants. At the same time the new depot Aachen- Rothe was built earth.
Since 1880, the station serves the passenger. To accomplish a crossing-free passage of rail traffic on an increasingly important arterial road, today's Triererstraße, the train tracks were laid about 100 meters towards the city in 1892. They used it from the site waste towards the center, but retained by the original Wallaufschüttungen elevation profile of routes on. The original route ran through a portion of today's railway path to the intersection with the Trier road and continue on today Clermontstraße and the herb Miihlenweg as well as the current site of a small garden. At the bridge over the Erzberger Allee old and new route come together again.
The building of the passenger station was also rebuilt and integrated into the embankment. This arrangement is to be found today. Immediately adjacent to the station building closed at the bridge over the Triererstraße, which provoked renewed traffic problems due to their small width of 12 meters. 1898 these were exacerbated by the opening of the tram line to fire, which was passed despite dual-track expansion only single track under the railway line. Later, the bridge had to be widened.
Beginning of the 20th century it was renamed the Aachen- Rothe Erde. The depot was built in 1932 disbanded.
During World War II, the station was badly damaged, blown up the bridge over the Triererstraße. Not until 1946 was the connection Aachen - Cologne resume. Since it was set in the aftermath of the transport of steel, coke and lime, the train station as the transfer of goods became less important. Only the connections to Aachen North Station with the resident wagon factory Talbot and the Aachen Philips works at the Vennbahn remained in operation. In contrast, the Rothe Erde railway station was strengthened in passenger traffic on the line Aachen - Cologne used. In 2004, the goods shed were eventually demolished and the old and now disused railway land largely leveled for the construction of the shopping center Aachen Arkaden.
In 2013 the construction of a new, closed car wash began on the site of the former goods station. You to replace the old, open facility in Aachen Main Station to ensure external cleaning of trains in winter can. For reasons of space, it was decided for the site in Rothe Erde, is also to be increasingly used as parking area, while in Aachen Hbf mainly technical maintenance work to be carried out.
- Station Aachen - Rothe Erde
Station forecourt and facade after renovation
Cast-iron pillars of the old platform roof
Siding with a new hall for the right car wash
Former mechanical interlocking Rpf
Current usage
In 2007, the entire station was rebuilt Aachen during the commissioning of electronic interlocking. Here, the old freight sidings and was strongly built back. By remodeling the station had two mechanical signal boxes, one for the passenger and freight station, from which the form of signals and points were made . Another signal box with the label Rr was demolished in preparation for the construction of Aachen Arkaden in 2004. Meanwhile, the train station, as with electronic interlocking is common, equipped with Ks- signals and is controlled remotely from the control center of Duisburg. The central platform was built from scratch. The new platform has a height of 76 cm above top of rail. The station also received a second entrance from the eastern side and a lift for wheelchair access to the platform. The nearest taxi rank is right next to the western exit to the Bever Street. There is also a car park with a station for Cambio car sharing. In October 2013, the renovation of the western facade was completed. The red combined louvre windows, behind which the currently unused space of the station hide, now shine from the inside in decent light.
Aachen Arkaden
In the period from January 2007 until the opening on 9 October 2008, the Aachen emerged on a large part of the former site of the former goods station arcades, an office and shopping center with 16,000 m² of retail space. It was built in the style of a functional contemporary architecture of minimalism with halos and a transparent sheet roof. From the traditional arcades six tower stilts and the shops are evident. To the interior design look and feel are natural materials, relaxation areas and an air-purifying office tree growth in the arcades Rotunda, which extends up to the first floor and with some smaller plants is a natural air conditioner. In addition to the four-storey building the shopping center integrates the six-storey tower complex. The intention of this tower is a dominant urban as entrée to the city center and East Districts. The forecourt provides for the inclusion in the environment. The overall impression is a throwback to the neoclassical house boundary warden, which was built in the years 1924-1930 at the station. Urban primary users is the Aachener public health department.
- Aachen Arkaden
View from the platform at the Aachen Arkaden
Inner life
In the evening
Glass roof
Traffic
Railway lines
Currently in Aachen- Rothe hold earth the NRW - Express, Rhein-Sieg- Express and the euregiobahn. In addition, the station is operated at night from the S -Bahn line S13, which runs to Aachen or Troisdorf. Furthermore, a part of the old freight station still used as sidings for rolling stock and the railcar Euregiobahn, which can also be refueled at a gas station diesel there.
* 1: At night, a ride on Horrem also continue to Aachen main station and back.