Engers station
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Engers station is a through station and a former railway junction in the district of Engers
in the town of Neuwied
in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate
. It is on the East Rhine Railway and was formerly also the beginning of a line to Au (Sieg) and had a large freight yard.
to Wiesbaden
. Its commissioning took place on 27 October 1869, when the Right Rhine line was extended from Niederlahnstein
to Neuwied.
Initially, Engers station played only a minor transport role and only had a couple of railway employees. But this changed over the next two decades, initially with the completion of the Right Rhine line and finally in May 1884 with the completion of the Engers–Au railway to the Westerwald
. The station thus became a rail transportat hub, which also meant that a train depot with a roundhouse
was built at the station.
In the late 19th century and well into the 20th century, a major freight yard was developed next to the passenger station, which eventually had a hump for assembling trains, as well as facilities for loading raw materials (including clay and pumice) and agricultural products. In 1912, Engers station, which was then part of the Prussian state railways
, sold approximately 150,000 tickets. The track work as well as the hump and the loading facilities still exist for the most part, but are no longer connected to the railway.
In the Second World War, Engers station and the related workshops, together with large parts of the Rhine line were badly damaged by Allied artillery bombardments in March 1945. The rail service was resumed in August of that year. However, the station increasingly lost its former importance in the postwar period. In 1954 most of the freight and passenger trains on the Right Rhine line diverted over the line to the newly rebuilt Urmitz railway bridge and the freight yard in Engers was abandoned in the 1970s. Finally, the station lost its importance as a junction in 1989 with the closure of the line to the Westerwald.
Engers
Engers is an district of Neuwied on the right banks of the river Rhine in Germany located next to Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate.Engers has 5,367 inhabitants. It is highwater-endangered by its direct contact with the river Rhine.- City history :...
in the town of Neuwied
Neuwied
Neuwied is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne...
in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
. It is on the East Rhine Railway and was formerly also the beginning of a line to Au (Sieg) and had a large freight yard.
History
The station was built in the 1860s simultaneously with the Right Rhine line from CologneKöln Hauptbahnhof
Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains...
to Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Wiesbaden, the state capital of the German state of Hesse. It is a terminal station at the southern edge of the city center and is served by over 500 long-distance and regional trains and used by more than 30,000 travelers each day.-History:The current station...
. Its commissioning took place on 27 October 1869, when the Right Rhine line was extended from Niederlahnstein
Niederlahnstein
Niederlahnstein is a part of the city of Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.-Description and history:Niederlahnstein is situated on the right bank of the Rhine. In 1905, it had a population of 4,351 people. By 1939, this had grown to 6,812. It has two Roman Catholic churches. In 1911, the...
to Neuwied.
Initially, Engers station played only a minor transport role and only had a couple of railway employees. But this changed over the next two decades, initially with the completion of the Right Rhine line and finally in May 1884 with the completion of the Engers–Au railway to the Westerwald
Westerwald
The Westerwald is a low mountain range on the right bank of the River Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhine Massif...
. The station thus became a rail transportat hub, which also meant that a train depot with a roundhouse
Roundhouse
A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...
was built at the station.
In the late 19th century and well into the 20th century, a major freight yard was developed next to the passenger station, which eventually had a hump for assembling trains, as well as facilities for loading raw materials (including clay and pumice) and agricultural products. In 1912, Engers station, which was then part of the Prussian state railways
Prussian state railways
The term Prussian state railways encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia...
, sold approximately 150,000 tickets. The track work as well as the hump and the loading facilities still exist for the most part, but are no longer connected to the railway.
In the Second World War, Engers station and the related workshops, together with large parts of the Rhine line were badly damaged by Allied artillery bombardments in March 1945. The rail service was resumed in August of that year. However, the station increasingly lost its former importance in the postwar period. In 1954 most of the freight and passenger trains on the Right Rhine line diverted over the line to the newly rebuilt Urmitz railway bridge and the freight yard in Engers was abandoned in the 1970s. Finally, the station lost its importance as a junction in 1989 with the closure of the line to the Westerwald.
Current operations
The old station building still exists, but is no longer used as such, because it has been sold into private ownership. Two platforms are used for passenger operations and are linked by a pedestrian underpass. It is served hourly by the Rhein-Erft-Express from Koblenz via Cologne to Mönchengladbach. The station is also served by three bus routes of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (Rhine-Moselle transport association, VRM).| Line | Service | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhein-Erft-Express | Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.-Overview:The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach... – Rheydt Rheydt Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Mönchengladbach, Germany. It is unique in the fact that Mönchengladbach is actually the only city in Germany that does have two stations called Hauptbahnhof associated with it... – Cologne Köln Hauptbahnhof Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains... – Köln/Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf Troisdorf station Troisdorf station is a railway junction in the town of Troisdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the line from Cologne separates into the East Rhine Railway to Neuwied and the Sieg Railway to Siegen. In addition to various regional rail services Troisdorf is served by the S 12... – Bonn-Beuel Bonn-Beuel station Bonn-Beuel station is a on the East Rhine Railway in the Bonn district of Beuel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.It was opened on 1 March 1871 and has three platform tracks and several sidings... – Linz (Rhein) Linz am Rhein Linz am Rhein is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the river Rhine near Remagen, approx. 25 km southeast of Bonn and has about 6,000 inhabitants... - Neuwied - Engers – Koblenz Koblenz Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the focal point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort Großfürst Konstantin and opened in 1902 in the Neustadt , which was built... |
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