Völklingen station

• Saarstrecke
• Railway Völklingen - Heidstock - Puettlingen pit
• Railway Völklingen - Thionville
• Railway Lebach - Völklingen

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The Völklingen railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Saarland Mittelstadt Völklingen. Today he is approached only by passenger trains on the route between Saar Trier and Saarbrücken.

Geographical location

The station is located south- west of downtown Völklingens on the southern expressway. West is the World Cultural Heritage Site, the sidings were served by the railways from.

History

The station was opened as part of the construction of Saarstrecke on 16 December 1858. 1860 the first station building was erected, which was located east of the present building. In the Franco-German war the station was target French artillery fire, which should shut down the railway operations. 1872, a branch line to the pit Viktoria was built in Nailsworth, ausfädelte the east of the station from the Saarstrecke. The railway line Völklingen - Thionville was taken in 1880 in operation. 1893 had become too small station building was replaced by the present Old station. The web of Nailsworth was extended in 1911 to Lebach. This route was discontinued in 1985, today the section at Völklingen is used as a bike path. In the heyday of the nearby Völklingen the station served as a major transportation hub for Ironworkers and commodities. From the mid- 1960s Saar line was electrified. The construction of a new station building was opened in 1992 next to the existing one, after it was already discussed a new building since 1975. The old station was declared a National Monument. By 2002 Völklingen was hit by inter-regional trains since he served only by trains of regional traffic.

From 1909 to 1959 reversed the tram to the train station Völklingen.

Infrastructure

Track systems

The station has three platform tracks and some freight tracks, are dispatched on the trains from the steelworks Völklingen. A barrier-free access exists only to platform 1 The tracks 2 and 3 are only accessible via a pedestrian tunnel with stairs.

Völklingen has a track plan pushbuttons signal box, which was taken in 1964 in operation. The operating units in Luis valley, Bous and Ensdorf be remotely controlled thereby.

Monument Old Station

Built in 1893-94 reception building is the old train station with equipment and pedestrian tunnel under the railway tracks along with a porch of 1950/60 under monument protection. The tripartite building was built of Brick Masonry on large sandstone pedestals. 1997 acquired the Saarland State Development Corporation (LEG Saar), the 1600 -square-foot station building and modernized it for 2.9 million euros, which were partially supported by the country, the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union. It is intended with a multimedia show called " gateway " to the World Heritage Völklingen. The ceiling beams and in 1893 mounted wall medallions with territorial coats of arms were restored. Since 1998, a theater and a cinema, the tourist information office of the city Völklingen and restaurant is set up since 2002 in addition a computerized educational center of the folk high school Völklingen.

Freight yard

The passenger station is in the middle of extensive trackage that served for the freight of the neighboring iron and steel works. 1970 Völklingen was the destination point of the then heaviest freight train of the German Federal Railroad. South - west of the railway tracks is a building of the freight yard with partial hip and both sides übergiebelten side projections. Built around 1900 Wagenmeisterei the station Völklingen is part of the Grade II listed cottage in the area ensembles Voelklinger pig iron production.

Operation

The train station of category 4 is part of the Saarland Transport Association and is located in the Großwabe 191, which covers the entire city Völklingens. The next more important railway stations are in Saarbrücken, Saarlouis and Dillingen. The station is now being approached only by regional trains:

The line RB71 goes to the station every half hour between St. Ingbert and Dillingen, on the remaining portion of the trains every hour. Outside the station there is a bus station with bus connections to all parts Völklingens, to France and to Lebach, Nailsworth and About Lord.