Kempten (Allgäu) Hauptbahnhof

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Kempten (Allgäu ) Hauptbahnhof ( officially: Kempten (Allgäu ) Hbf, abbreviation according to the operating Jobs Directory MKP, station number ( IBNR ) (80) 00197 ) is the most important railway station of Kempten (Allgäu ) and a hub for the Iller Valley Railway, the Allgäu Railway (Bavaria) and Außerfernbahn. The first Kempten Central Station emerged in 1852 as near-city center railway terminus; In 1969, he was replaced by a through station elsewhere. The old building was demolished a few years after closure. In the east, the city is also the station Kempten (Allgäu ) East.

History

Railhead 1852-1969

The first Kempten train station was the construction of the Ludwig South - North Railway, which opened between Kaufbeuren and Kempten on April 1, 1852, and was extended on 1 May 1853 by Kempten to Immenstadt. Because on the one hand the station should be close to the city center, on the other hand, a kilometer south of the city was a crossing of the deep Iller breakthrough with reasonable effort only at a narrow point possible was a head station, both the passenger and freight traffic served. 1853, the station was equipped with a designated " office block " house, a covered main platform, a Einsteighalle and a goods shed. The "Administration Building " had three full floors and a mezzanine; the gently dipping purlin resorted to the traditional architecture of the Alpine foothills. The " unusual hochgestelzte building " was typical of many commercial buildings from the early days of the industrial revolution.

The commissioning of the Iller Valley Railway to New Ulm on June 1, 1863 and the strong increase in traffic led in 1869 to the first reconstruction of the platform and track facilities. Between 1885 and 1888 the Royal Bavarian State Railways designed the station to much. On November 9, 1888, new building, in neo-Renaissance style station building was opened, which had a spacious entrance hall, three waiting rooms and a prince's room. A luggage elevator connected the baggage claim with the three platforms and five tracks. Since the towering previous buildings have been preserved, the side wings of the reception building were carried out three stories to cover up the old buildings from the perspective of the station forecourt. The central building was two storeys. The opening of the Außerfernbahn to Pfronten on 1 December 1895, the route to Isny on October 15, 1909 led to further changes to the station.

On 1 July 1907, the Kempten bypass railway went into operation, which was the terminus of through traffic, particularly freight trains relieve. The bypass railway connected the routes from Neu-Ulm, Kaufbeuren and Pfronten directly to the Allgäu Railway to Immenstadt. For the bypass path, a new bridge over the Iller was built; the arch bridge stamped concrete has a length of 155 meters and a main vault with a clearance of 64.5 meters, which spans the river at a height of 33 meters. North of the bridge of the Ring line was built as access to the terminus two stamped concrete bridges; formerly used König-Ludwig- bridge, a half-timbered wooden structure, was the road bridge. Along the Ring line was a marshalling yard, the direction Lake Constance, Switzerland and South-Western Europe was the formation of freight trains from Bavaria and the north-eastern neighboring countries and had a capacity of 1,200 freight cars per day. At the same time, the depot was moved from the head station for about two kilometers further south yard. The marshalling yard in 1933 lost its national significance, since the distance freight trains over the newly electrified railway Augsburg- Ulm were conducted and henceforth avoided the gradient rich Allgäu railway.

From 1912, single D- trains were run through the bypass path; from the winter timetable 1925/26, this was true for all D trains. Instead the main station kept the trains in the set up for this breakpoint Kempten- Hegge, from where shuttle trains, last rail buses, for 3.6 km away Hauptbahnhof wrong.

In the 1960s, the Kempten Central Station every day around 10,000 travelers frequented, of which 40 % came from the through traffic, 20% on transfer traffic and 40 % of the local traffic. Per day perverse 200 travel and 42 freight trains. Moreover passed week 26 Frequency special trains in holiday traffic with 5,000 to 7,000 passengers the station.

At the old station several remember in 2013 erected billboards (Historical railway trail Kempten ) with pictures and historical data on the now newly built-up area of the old head station.

Through station from 1969

1961 a fundamental transformation of Kempten railway facilities was decided. Economic feasibility studies showed that the construction of a new through station twice as large investments such as the rehabilitation of the train station required, but would have a significant reduction in management costs. The city of Kempten promised from the railway station transfer an improvement in the complex traffic conditions in the city center. The best performing site for the new railway station, previously used for the Ausfahrgruppe yard of terrain proved about one kilometer south of the train station. The feeder lines were able to follow the former course of the bypass path. In order to keep the project affordable, the Iller bridge the bypass path should continue to be used.

In 1965 the construction work. A total of 300,000 cubic meters of earth were moved and re- installation 34 km of track and 180 turnouts units. According to the planning framework passenger station should include four platforms with seven tracks; it was initially omitted the construction of the fourth platform, because it was not necessary for the former traffic. The station building was built west of the platforms in the planning process it was assumed that 1500 ticket sales per day and the processing of 8.5 tons of luggage. The building, a four-story building with 14,000 cubic meters of enclosed space, took on the general agency of the German Federal Railroad ( DB), the operating and machinery Office and a restaurant with 85 seats. Special significance of the seven -meter-wide tunnel was attached to the platforms; first time at the DB a common structure for transporting luggage and passengers emerged. The station forecourt with parking lots, bus stops and a taxi rank was free of intersections connected to the middle ring; north of the square was built a new office building of the German Federal Post Office. A central track plan pushbuttons switchboard, located south of the reception building, replaced eleven old signal boxes.

2005 renovations were completed at the transit station.

The east of the passenger station located depot was significantly reduced to steam - diesel traction in its scope after switching from. The two roundhouse with a total of 45 stalls were demolished. Get remained a built 1938 Hall, which had hitherto served the placement of railcars; as a maintenance center for passenger and freight cars, were repaired in 1968 13.800 cars. In the late 1960s, the depot was used for point 95 diesel locomotives, including 20 rail buses and 20 small locomotives. 1950 had been based in Kempten 55 steam locomotives. Due to the traction change the number of the depot employees decreased from 269 to 170 people.

After commissioning of the passenger station on September 28, 1969 was east of the depot, a new local goods plant, consisting of two free loading tracks and a goods shed, which had been designed for the treatment of 110 tons of cargo per day. In addition, a Umsetzanlage for street scooters and a hub for container were built.

A total of 1972 finished remodeling the station cost 39.7 million DM Of these, the city of Kempten took over 4.1 million DM; the state of Bavaria participated in the financing through a low-interest loan to the DB about 21 million DM in sales for released by the task of the train station area of 10.1 hectares, DB, achieved revenues of 7.4 million DM

The old terminal station was demolished; the breakpoint Kempten- Hegge ( " Kempten at Hegge ") was after the commissioning of the new central train station also closed. Where once was the station area, are in the presence of a school complex (vocational schools, technical and vocational high school, business school ) and since 2003 a shopping center (Forum Allgäu) and the event hall Box Allgäu. An old drive axle is reminiscent of the former station exit; also names such as Bahnhofapotheke and railway hotel received on the former site of the train station. The Iller bridge of the station entrance was converted to the road bridge; formerly used as a road bridge King Ludwig bridge was rebuilt for cyclists and pedestrians.

Infrastructure

From the bus stops on the square in front of the main station many bus lines of the transport association Kempten in the downtown area and the surrounding communities and cities. The station building was renovated and modernized in 2008. It houses three ticket offices and five ticket machines. Likewise, various shops have rented in the adjoining rooms. The main entrance is from the west, where there is also the bus and taxi is connectivity. There is also parking. To the east of the platforms are long-term parking spaces, one of which has direct access to the platform underpass is possible.

Tracks

The tracks of the main station Kempten are typically used as follows:

Long-distance and regional traffic

The following long-distance and regional lines serve the main train station Kempten: