Glauchau (Sachs) station

Glauchau (Sachs) station
The entrance building of Glauchau station
Operations
Category 3
Type Through station
Station code 2142
Construction and location
Opened 1858
Location Glauchau
State Saxony
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
Route information
List of railway stations in Saxony

Glauchau station is the main station of Glauchau in southwest of the German state of Saxony on the Dresden–Werdau line. Glauchau also has another station at Glauchau-Schönbörnchen.

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History

On 15 November 1858, the Chemnitz-Zwickau section of the Dresden–Werdau line was opened together with Glauchau station. The line was built the support of the Saxon government and eventually became part of the Royal Saxon State Railways. The station originally had seven 680 m-long station tracks with a total of 35 sets of points. With the opening of Mulden Valley Railway to Wurzen on 10 May 1875, the station was slightly expanded.

From 1908, planning began on expansion of the station, which was no longer big enough for to handle traffic demands. In 1913, actual construction work started, however, it was interrupted by the First World War and could not resume until 1923. The new works included new freight facilities, four signal boxes, a maintenance depot and two bridges over the Lungwitzbach stream. The tracks and platforms were altered and expanded. On 30 April 1926, the new Glauchau station went into operation.[1]

During the Second World War bombs were dropped on the station area on several occasions. On 11 April 1945, 55 people, including 54 members of the Wehrmacht died in a carriage.[2]

During the 2002 European floods the Mulden Valley Railway was damaged. As a result the last passenger train ran on the line in 13 August 2002. Freight traffic had already been terminated on 1 July 2000.

Regional services

Line Route Frequency Notes
RE 1 Mitte-Deutschland-Express: ChemnitzGlauchauGößnitzRonneburgGeraJenaWeimarErfurtGothaMühlhausenLeinefeldeGöttingen Every 2 hours
Mo-Fr: subsitiuted by SEV to Glauchau
DB Regio
RE 3 Franken-Sachsen-Express: DresdenTharandt − Freiberg − Flöha – Chemnitz – Hohenstein-ErnstthalGlauchauZwickauReichenbachPlauenHofNuremberg Every 2 hours

DB Regio
RE 37A Glauchau − Gößnitz − Gera Every 2 hours

DB Regio
RB 30 Dresden − Tharandt − Freiberg − Oederan − Flöha – Niederwiesa – Chemnitz − Hohenstein-Ernstthal − Glauchau − Zwickau every 30 mins DB Regio
Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
IRE 1
Franken-Sachsen-Express
RE 3
Franken-Sachsen-Express
Glauchau-Schönbörnchen
RB 30
Preceding station   City-Bahn Chemnitz   Following station
Terminus CB 523
toward Stollberg
Preceding station   Vogtlandbahn   Following station
VX
Vogtland-Express
toward Adorf

Notes

  1. ^ Stadt Glauchau - Geschichte der Stadt Glauchau
  2. ^ Erinnerungen an den Frühling 1945, p 48., ISBN 3-9806774-2-7

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