Langenselbold station
| Langenselbold station | |
|---|---|
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| Operations | |
| Category | 4 [1] |
| Type | Through station |
| Platforms in use | 3 |
| Daily entry/exit | About 2,000[2] |
| DS100 code | FSLB |
| Station code | 3550 |
| Construction and location | |
| Opened | 1 May 1867 |
| Style of architecture | Neoclassical |
| Architect | Julius Eugen Ruhl |
| Location | Langenselbold |
| State | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Home page | www.bahnhof.de |
| 50°09′43″N 9°03′26″E / 50.161931°N 9.057219°ECoordinates: 50°09′43″N 9°03′26″E / 50.161931°N 9.057219°E | |
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| List of railway stations in Hesse | |
Langenselbold station is a station in the town of Langenselbold in the German state of Hesse on the Kinzig Valley Railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.[1]
History
Langenselbold station was opened on 1 May 1867 along with the Hanau–Waechtersbach section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway.
Entrance building
The entrance building is axisymmetric and was built in 1868 in the neoclassical style. It is therefore one of the line's "first generation" buildings. However, it has changed in its appearance: both the original two-storey main building and the eastern wing, formerly a single-storey row of restaurants, were later raised by one storey. The original structure is presumably based on a design by Julius Eugen Ruhl. The entrance building is listed as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.
Operations
The station has a “home” platform (next to the station building) and an island platform. The line between Wolfgang and Gelnhausen is cleared for operations at 200 km/h, so that long-distance trains run through the station at high speed. Langenselbold station is now only served by local and regional services and has significance for commuter traffic to and from the Rhine-Main area.
From 1904 to 1963, Langenselbold station was served by the standard gauge Freigericht Light Railway of the Gelnhäusen District Railway. The Gelnhäusen District Railway had its own entrance building and separate facilities east of the "state” station.[3] The Hanau Light Railway (Hanauer Kleinbahn) also ran between Hanau and Langenselbold, but operated from its own station in Langenselbold, which was significantly closer to central Langenselbold than the "state” station.
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf |
RE 50 Kinzig Valley Railway |
toward Fulda |
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Wirtheim toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf |
SE 50 Kinzig Valley Railway |
Terminus |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stationspreisliste 2014" [Station price list 2014] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ Andreas Zitzmann. "Sauber und saniert: der Bahnhof Langenselbold". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ↑ Thomé (1926 revision). Reichsbahndierektion Frankfurt (Main), ed. Führer über die Linien des Bezirks der Reichsbahndirektion Frankfurt (Main) (in German). p. 25.
References
- Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German) 2.1. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 339. ISBN 978-3-8062-1817-6.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.