Kirchhain (Bz Kassel) station
- Main- Weser Railway ( 89.2 km )
- Wohratalbahn (km 0.0) ( decommissioned)
- Ohmtalbahn ( 20.1 km )
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The church grove station ( Bz Kassel ) is a through station at kilometer 89.2 of the Main- Weser Railway. It is located very centrally in the west of the city center of the Hessian town church grove. Previously, the station was the starting point of Ohmtalbahn to Burg and low - Gemünden and Wohratalbahn Gemünden ( Wohra ).
History
Was opened the same time as the Main- Weser Railway on March 4, 1850 under the name Kirchhain (Bz Kassel) station. The continuous connection from Kassel to Frankfurt was opened on 15 May 1852. Before the trains only between Kassel and Giessen.
On April 1, 1900, the northern stretch of the Ohmtalbahn ( Kirchhain low - Ofleiden ) was opened as Kirchhainer circular path by the Prussian state railways. Exactly one year later the extension to the station castle and low - Gemünden to the state railway casting - Fulda (Vogel cable car). On 31 May 1980 the passenger traffic was set to the Ohmtalbahn. Between low - and Ofleiden castle and low - Gemünden the route on 28 September 1991, decommissioned in 1999 and eventually dismantled. Persists freight and individual special rides in the passenger Kirchhain intermediate and low - Ofleiden. Reactivation of the total distance between church and castle grove and low - Gemünden is under discussion.
On 1 May 1914, the Wohratalbahn was opened to Gemünden ( Wohra ) about Rauschenberg. As at 28 May 1972, the passenger, who had by then fallen sharply, was all set. Freight was held until 19 December 1981. On 31 December 1981, the entire Wohratalbahn was up to a 200 m long piece in the church grove, which now serves as siding, broken down.
Railway facilities
Track, signaling and safety systems
The Kirchhainer station now has a central platform with two platform tracks opposite the reception building, two Platform loose through tracks as well as a main platform, which is now used only on the morning shuttle to and from casting and occasional special trains on the Ohmtalbahn. On both sides of the reception building is a park and ride parking.
Reception building
The reception building of Kirchhainer station was built in 1849 as a station and administration building of the Hessian State Railways. The symmetrical main block with gable continuous three-storey center and traufständiger Framing two-storey brick building in the round arch style has decorations in terracotta. The symmetrical main building was also extended eastward doppelgeschossig. The single-storey extensions were added around 1900. The late-classical building was erected by the Kassel court architect Julius Eugen Ruhl and is a listed building.
Operation
The station is located in the tariff area of the Rhine -Main Transport Association ( RMV) and at hourly intervals by the Central Hesse Express ( SE 30 ) served. It runs from Treysa and Frankfurt ( M ) Hbf and is winged in Giessen with the pulling part of Dillenburg. Furthermore, there are two direct hourly by Regional Express to Frankfurt and Kassel.
With the small square of the railway station bus station consists of public transport in the villages around Kirchhain including those along the no longer served Ohmtalbahn.