Arnsberg (Westfalen) station

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Arnsberg (Westfalen) station
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Through station
Bahnhof Arnsberg.jpg
General information
LocationZu den Werkstätten 1, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°24′19″N8°04′00″E / 51.40528°N 8.06667°E / 51.40528; 8.06667
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code177 [1]
DS100 code EARB [2]
IBNR8000605
Category 4 [1]
Fare zone Westfalentarif: 44261 [3]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 June 1870 [4]
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio NRW Following station
Neheim-Hüsten
towards Hagen Hbf
RE 17 Oeventrop
towards Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Neheim-Hüsten
towards Dortmund Hbf
RE 57 Oeventrop
towards Winterberg (Westphalia) or Brilon Stadt

The Arnsberg (Westfalen) station is a station on the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway (German : Obere Ruhrtalbahn) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in Arnsberg with the construction of the line in 1870/71. [5] The station building was built in 1869 in the Renaissance Revival style. [6] The station building is still used for passenger traffic. Some of the space in the building is used by various social groups and institutions.

Contents

In addition to the existing passenger facilities at Arnsberg station there used to be a major workshop, a depot, a railway telegraph office and a customs office.

History

The construction of the station was preceded by considerable debate between the city and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company about its location. Some called for the construction at today's Jäger bridge near the old town. This was rejected by the Company for cost reasons. The station was erected at the exit of the Schlossberg tunnel and below the Lüsenberg (hill). Arnsberg station was at that time far outside the built up area. On 1 May 1908, the station was renamed Arnsberg (Westphalia).

Passengers

The station consists of a central main building and an attached annex building with two floors and an annex with one floor. The main building was built in the Renaissance Revival style to a design by the architect Rauh of Elberfeld. Hardly anything of the original facade has been preserved. The original plaster surfaces were designed to look like ashlar and the corners were vividly highlighted.

On 12 March 1945, the station badly damaged in an air raid, but then rebuilt.

Freight

The handling of freight at the station is not subject to restrictions. A crane, a terminal ramp and side ramps and a 40 tonne weighbridge were formerly available for freight traffic. [7] Freight traffic was discontinued in 1976. A few years later, however, a container terminal was built.

Main workshop

In 1870, the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company established a main workshop for locomotives and wagons, which became a major employer in the city. In the course of centralisation and rationalisation after the line was taken over by Deutsche Reichsbahn, the main workshop was closed in 1926 or 1927. The maintenance tasks were transferred to Schwerte and Wedau (in Duisburg).

Depot

The Arnsberg depot was only of regional importance and had a few locomotives, which were composed of Prussian locomotives of classes T 12, G 10 and P 8. In 1941 the depot employed 130 people. [8] In 1953 the depot was disbanded as an independent operation. [9] The works operated for some time as a branch of the Bestwig depot.

State and development

The station building is now listed as a historical monument. It is currently only partially accessible by the disabled. In recent years, the station has been owned by the city of Arnsberg. Various social institutions are located in its wings. The station and station area was fundamentally reconstructed up to August 2011. The station's former joinery workshop has been converted into a new firefighting museum. [10] [11]

The railway engineering facilities are still owned by Deutsche Bahn and were renovated as part of NRW's modernisation initiative 2. The platforms have had barrier-free access since 6 November 2015 and a lift has been installed.

Services

Arnsberg station is served by passenger services on the following lines: [12]

LineNameRoute
RE 17 Sauerland-Express Hagen–Fröndenberg–Arnsberg (Westf)–Brilon Wald–Warburg  (–Kassel Hbf–Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe)
RE 57 Dortmund-Sauerland-Express Dortmund–Fröndenberg–Arnsberg (Westf)–Bestwig–Winterberg (Westf)

The RLG and BRS operate the following bus services: [12]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ "Fahrtauskunft". Westfalentarif. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Arnsberg (Westf) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Thomas Vährmann, Susanne Brockfeld, Michael Funk: Quellen zur Geschichte der Eisenbahn im nördlichen Rheinland, in Westfalen
  6. ↑ Eberhard Neumann (1986). Gedanken zur Industriearchäologie (in German). Hildesheim. p. 57.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ Stationsverzeichnis der Eisenbahnhen Europas (in German) (1939 ed.). Verein Mitteleuropäischer Eisenbahnverwaltungen.
  8. ↑ Verzeichnis der Maschinenämter, Bahnbetriebswerke, Bahnbetriebswagenwerke, Lokomotivbahnhöfe, Bahnhofsschlossereien und Hilfszüge (in German) (1941 ed.). Deutsche Reichsbahn.
  9. ↑ "Station data". Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Hauptziel ist Wiederbelebung des Bahnhofs". Westfälische Rundschau (in German). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "NRW-Stiftung sagt Hilfe für das Feuerwehrmuseum zu" (Press release) (in German). NRW-Stiftung. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Fröndenberg station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 7 March 2012.

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