Koblenz railway station (Switzerland)

The Koblenz railway station is situated south of the Swiss town of Koblenz. It was opened together with the railway line Turgi -Koblenz - Waldshut on the Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB ) on 18 August 1859. With the opening of the railway line Winterthur -Koblenz on 1 August 1876, the opening of the railway line stone Säckingen -Koblenz on 1 August 1892, the station became a junction station. In 2013 took place a comprehensive reconstruction with concomitant modernization of the railway facilities.

History

The station had to be built outside the village Koblenz, as for the crossing of the Rhine had to be created a slope section and a curve. For a better opening up of the village was set up in 1997 at the track Koblenz- Eglisau the stop Koblenz village.

At the opening of the line NOB built here also a small locomotive depot, so that their locomotives and their staff do not have to stay in Baden Waldshut.

Plant

The station has four main tracks, three of them with a platform, and some sidings. The station tracks run almost exactly north-south direction, with the station building is located west of the railroad track. From the south-east the distance of Turgi leads her into a tight corner into the station, on the west side there is a pull- track and the siding of the power plant Klingnau. The stretch of stone - Säckingen ago opens into a tight corner just after the bridge over the Aare River in the southern area of the station. The route to Waldshut addresses already in the station to the east to climb up the slope towards the tunnel and bridge over the Rhine. Separates you from the station two extended tracks Eglisau direction, which still lead straight to the north. To the north is located between these two lines, the former depot Koblenz. South of the station building is the goods shed with a Stump track. To the north, a loading ramp is available at both frontal and side loading is possible.

Backup Technically, the station had some special features that were eliminated by the conversion in 2013 partially.

So had to until June 2013 travelers on the way to the train partially cross the tracks, but this is through the construction of an underpass is now no longer necessary. Even up to this point was a signal box type Domino67 in use, which was used as a prototype of the first in Switzerland and had no track locks in the station area. It was replaced by a fully equipped Domino67.

Furthermore, was the section between the stations Koblenz and Doettingen one of the few remaining in the Swiss railway network, on which the route block provides no automatic feedback. Each train, which sailed this section of road, had to be reported by each dispatcher by pressing a button after arrival in the neighboring station. The modernization of the signal boxes in Koblenz ( see paragraph before) and Doettingen (replacement of the electromechanical switch interlocking Integra by a Domino67 ) shows the block system now automatically reset.

Now a result of this modernization it was possible to monitor the station by remote control. Therefore no dispatcher is since November 2013 more locally. The remote control is now controlled from the control center east of the SBB, which is located at the Zurich airport.

Furthermore, the track is 5, backed up by the interlocking Koblenz in Waldshut railway station, where trains of the Zurich S-Bahn in and out. A ride from the track 5 in the other tracks of the station Waldshut is only possible via a switch connection whose conversion to Swiss and German side is only possible by key release by the competent dispatchers.

The 16 km long stretch between Koblenz and running castle with the earlier stations abdomen town, full and Felsenaustrasse is also controlled by interlocking Koblenz. Again, analogous to Waldshut that all switches, open up the driver from the track sidings, can be reversed only by key release. A special feature is here that the key release is possible only if enabled by the signal box Koblenz from the so-called routeing. Then no trains are on the track only shunting but possible. For this reason, Zugskreuzungen in the former body Stadtbahnhof no longer possible.

Station building

The station building was built according to plans by Jakob Friedrich Wanner, who held the construction management. The building is identical to the built at the same time train stations Rupperswil, Doettingen and Siggenthal. It is a building with two-story midsection, three window axis and two side -story additions. The gable roof of the central portion is gable constantly aligned the two gabled roofs of crops traufständig to the tracks.

Depot

The half-timbered building of the depot, which was built in 1859, is the oldest surviving locomotive depot of Switzerland and is now a Federal Diploma of monument protection.

The building was almost canceled after it was damaged during the hurricane Lothar in 1999. Since it was unused at the time, saw no need for necessary repairs. In 2004, the SBB submitted the termination petition, which was also met. The termination date was scheduled for the fall of 2005. In the summer of the dismantling work on the roof had already begun to put the SBB internal practice groups for historic preservation at the last moment a veto. With the handcar collection Fricktal a user could be found, who took over the building complex in its original form. Thus, the buildings could be maintained and cleaned up properly in cooperation with the historic preservation. After completion of this work it was awarded the federal preservation and was awarded the Aargau Homeland Security Award in 2007.

Initially, the depot consisted only of the two western railroads, one of which possessed a concealed pit. Later three more tracks were covered depot east of it grown in two stages.