Ottweiler (Saar) station

• Bingen (Rhein) -Saarbrücken (km 114.8 )
• Ottweiler black earth (km 0.0 )

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The Ottweiler (Saar ) Bahnhof is centrally located in the city of Saarland Ottweiler at the 1860 opened near Valley Railway. Since 1937 branches in Ottweiler the railway line Ottweiler Black Earth (Easter Valley Railway ) from, operate on the now heritage railways.

Reception building

In 1859, a timber-framed building was erected as a temporary reception building. Due to financial difficulties the Rhein-Nahe -Bahn but the building remained until 1877 in operation. The station building built in 1877 is one of the oldest in the Saarland and is a listed building. The two-storey, plastered, traufständige construction with slated gabled roof is located west of the railway tracks. The arcades are worked in the round arch style.

The German train was on the reception building in 1995. From 1996 to 2001 the building was led by a junior company and was regarded as a showpiece of Deutsche Bahn. From 2001 to 2003 the company Entrada took the ticket and it led the ticket business continues as job creation scheme. However, the German railway terminated the contract in March 2003 due to settlement problems, and all employees have been laid off overnight. 2004 then jumped in the ASB and resumed the enterprise as an employment model.

2012 the station was sold to the City Ottweiler. The future use is still controversial.

Importance

Starting in 1934, the Easter Valley Railway was established, which was to Niederkrichen taken into operation in 1937 and tied by 1938 to chernozems. The city Ottweiler became the southern terminus of this route and thus become an important transportation hub. The reception building was necessary to comply with the slightly modified and an island platform set up, which is connected by an underpass with the main track. The line was closed in 1980.

The station is still in operation today. He is visited by about 1,300 rail passengers on weekdays 100 trains. Compounds are half hourly to Saarbrücken, hourly to Türkismühle and every two hours to Frankfurt and Mainz. In addition, there is a museum railway to black earth, which the Working Group on Easter Valley Railway ( AkO ) eV is performed. The main track is equipped with a provisional wooden plateau.