Meiningen station

• Meiningen -Sonnenberg ( KBS 569 )
• Meiningen -Erfurt ( KBS 570)
• Meiningen -Eisenach ( KBS 575 )
• Meiningen -Schweinfurt ( KBS 815)

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The Meiningen station is a junction of four railway lines and with its facilities the most important railway station in southern Thuringia.

It consists of two once separate station parts, the former Prussian railway station as a transit station on the Werrabahn and the Bavarian station as terminus and thus the terminus of the railway line Schweinfurt -Meiningen.

• 3.1 Reception Building
• 3.2 tracks and platforms
• 3.3 Other station parts

Location

The Meininger station is located at kilometer 60.69 of Werrabahn and continue on route km 77,90 the railway line Schweinfurt -Meiningen. The station is located on the eastern edge of the city center of Meiningen beside the English Garden and separates the city center and parts Oststadt. The old town and several public facilities such as the Meiningen Theatre, Castle Elizabeth Castle, hotels and the Justice Center are located in the immediate vicinity.

History

Until 1900

In 1838 was the first plan for the construction of a railway station in Meiningen under the first project of a railway line through the Werra. The web site should lie northwest of the old town at the foot of the mountain men originally. The project fell through at first due to lack of concessions. Until 20 years later, the station was inaugurated at the opening of the Werrabahn on November 2, 1858 at its present location after a construction period of two years. The station was the seat of the Werra Railway Company, which won the concession for the construction and operation of the Werrabahn. Even when he was opening the railway station from the reception building and six other buildings, including a locomotive shed with workshop and coke, cars and goods shed. To meet the ever increasing demand for maintenance and repair work on the vehicle park of justice Werrabahn, was begun in 1863 opposite the reception building an operational workshop with roundhouse and turntable.

On December 15, 1874, the Royal Bavarian State Railways took over the rail line Schweinfurt -Meiningen in operation. They built south of the existing station of Werrabahn leaning the independent Bayerischer Bahnhof as a terminal station with station building, platforms, locomotive shed with five stalls, turntable and other track systems. This nearly doubled the railway land and now extended over 1300 meters between the two interlocking driveway. As the number of tracks increased at the railroad crossing in St. Mary's Road from two to ten, a traffic control with barriers was no longer reasonable. Thus, a 100 -meter-long road tunnel was built, which passes under the railway tracks and station platforms and since then the city center and parts Oststadt together. The construction of the Bavarian railway station and the time required for the reduction of the tunneling Marie road large topographic changes were needed in the following road network and in the wider environment of the station. So also the urban road network had east of railway property are rearranged and there were to build more artificial structures.

With the opening of the railway line Neudietendorf - Ritschenhausen 1884, the connection to the remote station received train Berlin -Erfurt- Würzburg- Stuttgart. 1895 took over the Prussian State Railways Werrabahn and its railway facilities were the Prussian railway station.

1900-1945

In 1900 arose between the Prussian and Bavarian reception buildings, a single-storey section of the building, who received the new station hall with grand staircase and loading ramp. Known as the addition operation workshop workshop evolved since its inception to 1900 into a coherent hall complex of 200 meters in length with 26 locomotive stalls and a series of workshops and other facilities. She was raised in 1902 to a major workshop. The capacity of the main workshop soon came to their limits, so the Prussian State Railways 1914, built one kilometer north of the station, a new main workshop, the later " RAW Meiningen " and today Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works. The old main workshop was then dismantled and transformed into something a railway depot. In the following years, an extension and canopy took place all platforms with the exception of the platform 2.

After formation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the whole station came to Reichsbahndirektion Erfurt, which is one of nine operating offices einrichtete here. Furthermore, the station became the seat of a machine Office and a Tourist Office. The depot was enlarged and given a larger hub. In the southern part of the railway property, a tank farm was built at the fuel supply of gas stations. During the Second World War destroyed an American air strike during Operation Clarion the southern railways, a road bridge leading over, the interlocking 4 and the tank farm.

1945-1990

After the war was interrupted in July 1945, the railway line to Schweinfurt. On this route the trains then reversed only to Rentwertshausen and Römhild. The locomotive depot of the former Bavarian State Railroad was built to a coal-fired station. The Soviet Army established between the freight yard and the depot a loading ramp for heavy military equipment.

1960, the last major renovation of the passenger station was held. There was a new hall with ticket counters, baggage lockers, Mitropa, newspaper shop, kiosk, toilets and later an Intershop in place of the old railway station. A large staircase led to the station forecourt.

After the construction of the inner German border, the German State Railroad established a new long-distance connections. The Meiningen station was now starting and end point of the rapid and express trains to Erfurt, Halle ( Saale), Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden - Görlitz and Stralsund - Barth (Baltic Sea). Rail traffic and the number of travelers was decreased by 1960-1989 tremendously. The daily number of trains increased to more than 200 train trips.

Around 1970 a city fast passenger train service to Berlin was established. As of October 25, 1976 reversed the cities express " Rennsteig " between Berlin and Meiningen. 1980, a new Ringlokhalle were inaugurated with 12 Lokständen and hub in the depot. In addition, a passenger train washing plant originated in the Bavarian part of the train station.

From 1990

After German reunification in 1990, and the reopening of the railway line Meiningen -Schweinfurt 1991 first new express trains from Berlin via Meiningen to Würzburg or Schweinfurt were established. After setting these lines by the German railway in the late 1990s the Meiningen station became less important. Built in 1998, the town near the station platforms 1 and 2, a new bus station, which offers a good transport Rail bus for the traveler. The tank farm and used as a coal station locomotive depot of the Bavarian station were demolished. Today is the Meininger fire brigade in their place.

2001 handed the German railway Established in 1999, South -Thüringen -Bahn ( STB) the rail passenger transport ( regional rail ) for the Südthüringer space, which then einrichtete new railway lines and their operating location at the Meininger station. The STB took over the same year the railway depot and uses it since then as a maintenance facility and site. Since 2004, the Erfurt Railway (EB ) operates the Lower Franconia shuttle a new direct rail connection from Meiningen to Schweinfurt ( Main- Rhön -Bahn ). She uses this for the Lower Franconia shuttle the tracks and platforms of the Bavarian railway, the Meininger station than other company location. The Bavarian part station also serves to switch off the regional express trains of Deutsche Bahn. On the 150th anniversary of the Werrabahn on November 2, 2008, a memorial plaque was attached to the reception building during a station festival.

The train station

Reception building

The station building is a neo-classical building and consists of two parts. The northerly larger building was erected in 1858 for the Werrabahn and was taken over in 1895 by the Prussian State Railways. The south building erected the Bavarian State Railways in 1874 with the opening of the railway line Schweinfurt -Meiningen. 1900 linked to both buildings with a single-storey low-rise building in which the station concourse and service facilities are located. In the reception building there are the following customer facilities: Travel Agency / ticket counters, ticket machines, ATM, bakery and snack bar, waiting area, game area. In building the lines of the depots of the South -Thüringen -Bahn and the Erfurt Railway and a branch of the Regional Area Southeast, based in Leipzig are still DB Netz AG housed. In front of the reception building waiting for a taxi service to passengers of public transport is next to the bus station Meininger. At the station forecourt bicycle parking and a car park are set up.

Tracks and platforms

With a length of 1.3 km on the station site occupies an area of around ten acres. He has 43 tracks with a total length of 9222 m, of which 39 tracks with 6214 m length with service facilities of DB Netz AG. Of this total 13 tracks on the Bavarian station part. The longest track is the track 2 937 m, the shortest, the connecting track V66 with 10 m. The passenger station consists of a through station with the platform tracks 1, 1a, 2 and a terminal station with the platforms 3 and 4 All platforms are to achieve barrier-free. The platforms have the following objectives ride, lengths and heights:

• Platform track 1 / 1a: Eisenach, Erfurt, Sonnenberg, Grimmenthal / Length 301 m / height 55 cm.
• Platform track 2: Sonneberg / 315.6 m / 30 cm.
• Platform track 3: Erfurt, ice rink, Sonnenberg, Neuhaus am Rennweg / 343.2 m / 38 cm.
• Platform track 4: Schweinfurt, Bad Kissingen / 343.2 m / 38 cm.

More station parts

On the east side of railway property is the former goods station. Here, a sales facility and a craft operation have settled. Are located on the west side of the loading station and the Bavarian station part, the predominantly as a depot for the Lower Franconia shuttle train of Erfurt (EB ) and the regional express trains of the DB is reserved. For the ease of communication are three signal boxes available, a fourth was shut down. Across the hall is one of the depot Meiningen. It is used as a permanent establishment of the South -Thüringen -Bahn. Furthermore, at the station, a police station of the Federal Police established. The station was 2010/11 in a strong need of modernization. As of January 2010, the DB carried out a refurbishment of platforms and canopies, but not the reception building.

Passenger

With 96 trains a day there are from Meiningen station with five railway lines on three railway lines direct links to the following places with regional express trains ( RE) and regional trains ( RB) are served.