Staffel station

• Limburg Relay Siershahn ( 0.0 km )
• Limburg- old churches ( 5.3 km )

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The station relay (also called Limburg- Season ) is a Grade II Listed station separation in the Limburg district season. Here the sub - branches of from the top Westerwaldbahn.

Building

The station building was built in 1870 during the construction of the portion of Limburg- Westerburg the Oberwesterwald web. Architect of the two-storey building plaster is probably Heinrich Velde. The Classicist building is located east of the tracks and was originally five axes, but was subsequently extended to the south. At the place facing side of the roof is a dormer.

To the north, a low, plastered goods shed from timber joins. Within sight is also located, erected in 1890 interlocking of the Westerwaldbahn. The smallholder has a basement of brick, the floor is cantilevered and fitted with large windows.

About 250 meters north of the station is the signal box built in 1925, also for the sub Westerwaldbahn. It is a smallholder with a brick ground floor, plastered floor and roof.

History

The section of the upper Westerwaldbahn between relay and Hadamar was opened on 1 January 1870 under the Westerwaldbahn took on May 30, 1884, operating on. The distance between Limburg and season went on 10 December 1888 in operation after the stretch of Hadamar to Westerburg had been already opened October 1886.

Traffic

The relay station is located in fare zone of the Rhine -Main Transport Association ( RMV). In Season station stop in the regional train lines 28 and 29 Both lines run daily every two hours. In addition, individual amplifier for weekday rush hour. The superposition of the two lines that run together between Limburg (Lahn ) RBF and Relay and share behind the train station, there weekdays in about a quarter hour between Limburg and season. Season thus has railway connections to Diez, Elz, Hadamar, thorn castle, Westerburg, old churches, Au (Sieg), Montabaur and Siershahn as well as in the center of Limburg. The journey time to Limburg is 7 minutes.