Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof

Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Location Saarlouis, Saarland
Germany
Coordinates 49°19′40″N 6°45′01″E / 49.32782°N 6.750219°ECoordinates: 49°19′40″N 6°45′01″E / 49.32782°N 6.750219°E
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 5458
DS100 codeSSLS
Category3 [1]
History
Opened 19 December 1909
Traffic
Passengers < 5000 [2]

Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof is the only station in the town of Saarlouis in the German state of Saarland. It is on the Saar line between Trier and Saarbrucken in the district of Roden, about 1 km north of the city centre. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

History

Class 01 running towards Dillingen
Class ET 25 entering from Ensdorf

The first station on the territory of today's Saarlouis was opened in Fraulautern on 16 December 1858 during the construction of the Saar line.[3] However, Saarlouis was cut off from rail traffic, which hindered its economic development and the city fell behind the neighbouring communities of Dillingen and Bous. This initially led to the establishment of the Straßen- und Kleinbahnen im Kreis Saarlouis (Tramways and Light Railways in the District of Saarlouis). In addition, it was decided to construct a railway station in the current district of Roden.[4] Saarlouis station was opened on the present site on 19 December 1912.[5] From the mid-1960s the station was connected to the electrical network of Deutsche Bundesbahn after the station was renamed as Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof (literally “main station”, although there are no other stations in Saarlouis). Until 2002, InterRegio services also stopped in Saarlouis; since then the station has only been served by regional services.

Infrastructure

Class 425 running as RE 60 to Trier entering platform track 2
Platforms looking towards Dillingen

The station has three platforms tracks and three freight tracks that have no platform. Platform 1 has a length of 314 m and a height of 76 cm, track 2 and 3 are each 300 m long and 55 cm high.[6] Barrier-free access for the disabled is only possible on platform 1. Tracks 2 and 3 are only accessible via a pedestrian tunnel with stairs. The station has a travel centre. In front of the station there are parking spaces, bicycle parking, taxi stands and restrooms. The station building was replaced as part of a renovation program for stations in the Saarland, which was completed in 2012.[7] In 1967, relay interlocking was installed at the station.[8]

Rail services

The station is now only served by regional trains. Its fares are regulated by the Saarländischen Verkehrsverbund (Saarland Transport Association) as part of German fare zone 452.[9]

Line Name Route Frequency
RE 1 Mosel-Saar-Express Koblenz Hbf – Cochem – Wittlich Hbf – Trier Hbf – Saarburg – Merzig (Saar) – Dillingen – Saarlouis Hbf – Völklingen - Saarbrücken Hbf Every 2 hours
RE 11 Saartal-Express Trier Hbf – Merzig (Saar) – Dillingen – Saarlouis Hbf – Völklingen - Saarbrücken Hbf Hourly with RE 1
RB 71 Saartal-Bahn Dillingen – Saarlouis Hbf – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert Every 30 minutes
Trier Hbf – Merzig (Saar) – Dillingen - Saarlouis Hbf - Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf Hourly

Line RB71 runs through the station every half hour between St. Ingbert and Dillingen; on the remaining section trains run every hour.

Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 1
Mosel-Saar-Express
toward Trier Hbf
RE 11
Saartal-Express
RB 71
Saartal-Bahn
Ensdorf (Saar)
toward Homburg Hbf

Outside the station, there is a bus station with buses to all parts of the city of Saarlouis, to France and to Lebach. The latter replaces the closed Prims Valley Railway (Primstalbahn).

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bahnhofsentwicklungsprogramm Saarland. Aktueller Stand und Konzeption 2006" (PDF) (in German). November 2006. p. 13. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "History of Fraulautern" (in German). Fraulautern.net. p. 13. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Heute vor 25 Jahren: Der Bahnhof Saarlouis in Dienst gestellt" (in German). RODĒNA Heimat- und Sachkunde Saarlouis-Roden via Picasa. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Saarlouiser Bahnhof" (in German). RODĒNA Heimat- und Sachkunde Saarlouis-Roden. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Bahnsteiginformationen Station Saarlouis Hbf" (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Konjunkturprogramm abgeschlossen" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Liste deutscher Stellwerke" (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Tarifbestimmungen und Beförderungsbedingungen" (PDF) (in German). Saarländischen Verkehrsverbunds saarVV. p. 38 (Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof). Retrieved 2 June 2012.

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