Brügge (Westfalen) station

Brügge (Westf)
Deutsche Bahn
Separation station
Brügge signal box
Location Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°12′30″N 7°34′16″E / 51.208255°N 7.571163°E / 51.208255; 7.571163Coordinates: 51°12′30″N 7°34′16″E / 51.208255°N 7.571163°E / 51.208255; 7.571163
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 915[1]
DS100 codeEBRU[2]
IBNR8001213
Category7[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 6 September 1874 [3]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
Oberbrügge
RB 25
Oberbergische Bahn
Terminus
toward Dortmund Hbf
RB 52
Volmetalbahn
Location
Brügge (Westf)
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Brügge (Westfalen) station is on the Hagen–Dieringhausen railway from Hagen Hauptbahnhof to Dieringhausen station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 7 station.[1] Because of the branch line to Lüdenscheid, it is classified as a separation station. The station is located on the edge of the Lüdenscheid hamlet of Brügge. There is an island platform with tracks which connects with the bus stop at ground level. The station is known nationally for its elevated disused but preserved signalbox.

History

The Hagen–Dieringhausen railway (also called the Volmetalbahn: “Volme Valley Railway”) from Hagen was opened to Dieringhausen in stages between 1871 and 1893. Numerous apartments for the railwaymen were built around the station area because Brügge was a busy station and many residents were employed in the station’s operation. During this period the signalbox, a roundhouse with a turntable and a water tower were built on the site. Until 1986, there was a direct passenger service to Cologne. In 2009, the former art nouveau style station building was demolished because it was in danger of collapse as there had been no restoration to the old building in recent years[4]. The old platform area of Brügge station with the platforms for the line to Dieringhausen and Cologne which were connected via an underground passage to the station forecourt has been removed in 2016.

Today

The freight operations in Brügge is limited to the line from Krummenerl, which is used by freight trains from the local quarry, which continue on the Volme Valley Railway through Brügge to the north. In 2016 the station was completed rebuild with new track layout and installation of an electronic signal box. There is now an island platform with two platform tracks. December 2017 services on the Volme Valley Railway have been extended from Meinerzhagen to Brügge.[5] The facade and roof of the old signal box at Brügge station, which dates back to 1927 have been renovated.

Rail services

RB 52 service in Brügge

The station is served by two Regionalbahn lines:[6]

Line Route Frequency
RB 52 Volmetal-Bahn Lüdenscheid – Brügge (Westf) – Schalksmühle – Hagen – Dortmund Hourly
RB 25 Oberbergische Bahn Köln Hansaring – Köln Hbf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Köln Trimbornstraße – Köln Frankfurter Straße – Rösrath-Stümpen – Rösrath – Hoffnungsthal – Honrath – Overath – Engelskirchen – Ründeroth – Dieringhausen – Gummersbach – Marienheide – Meinerzhagen – Brügge (Westf) – Lüdenscheid hourly/bihourly

The RB52 trains reverse at the station.

Bus services

Bus services are operated by Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft (Märkische Transport Company, MVG) and Busverkehr Ruhr-Sieg (Ruhr-Sieg Bus Transport, BRS) over the following seven bus lines:[6]

Line Route Frequency (mins)

(Mon–Fri)

 Frequency (mins)

(Sat)

 Frequency (mins)

(Sun)

47 Lüdenscheid, Eichholz – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Bahnhof –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Ostendorf Schule

 30 / 60 30 / 60 60
55 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Sparkasse central bus station – Wipperfürth bus station

 Irregular No service No service
56 Lüdenscheid, Ahelle – Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Ostendorf school –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge school – Lüdenscheid, Wehberg Wendestelle

 Irregular No service No service
57 Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Schalksmühle, Strücken – Schalksmühle, Rathausplatz –

Schalksmühle, Mitte – Schalksmühle, Dahlerbrück – Hagen, Rummenohl Mitte

 Irregular No service No service
58 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Kierspe central bus station– Meinerzhagen station / central bus station

 60 60 60
59 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Kierspe central bus station – Kierspe, Feuerwehrgerätehaus

 60 No service No service
134 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid station–

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Sparkasse central bus station – Radevormwald bus station

 30 / 60 60 60

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ "Brügge (Westf) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wir sind Brügge i.W." (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Eröffnung der Bahnstrecke Meinerzhagen - Brügge". Lüdenscheider Nachrichten (in German). 10 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Brügge (Westf) station".

References

  • Sascha Koch, Horst Kowalski; et al. (2005). Eisenbahnen im Oberbergischen und die Geschichte des Bahnbetriebswerkes Dieringhausen (in German). Nümbrecht: Galunder Verlag. ISBN 3-89909-050-0.
  • "Bahnbetriebswerk Brügge/Westf" (in German). bahnen-wuppertal.de. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  • "Bahnhof Brügge" (in German). Riedelfoto. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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