Küchwald railway station

Küchwald
Deutsche Bahn
Goods station
Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway with station in background
Location Chemnitz-Furth,
Saxony,
Germany
Coordinates 50°51′20″N 12°54′45″E / 50.855684°N 12.912379°E / 50.855684; 12.912379Coordinates: 50°51′20″N 12°54′45″E / 50.855684°N 12.912379°E / 50.855684; 12.912379
Operated by Deutsche Bahn AG
Line(s)
Platforms -
Tracks about 18
Train operators DB Cargo, Heavy Haul Power International, Havelländische Eisenbahn, AHG Industry
Other information
Station code -
DS100 codeDKW
Website http://bahnland-sachsen.de.tl/G.ue.terbahnhof-K.ue.chwald.htm, http://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/sta/sta0451.htm
History
Opened 2 June 1902

Küchwald is a goods station in the district of Furth in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany on the Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway. It is an important station to supply the Chemnitz Nord co-generation power station with fuels.

History

The station was opened in 1902.[1] Here the Wechselburg–Küchwald railway, the Küchwald–Obergrüna railway, and the line to Hilbersdorf marshalling yard branched off. The line to Obergrüna was closed in 2004, the line to Wechselburg in 2002.[2]

The construction of a platform and an access for passengers is intended, but has not been started yet.[3]

Operation

The station is destination for coal, lime, mineral oil and empty gypsum trains. After their arrival they will be separated and shunted to the station of the power plant in Furth by shunters of DB Class V60, DR Class V60 and DR Class V 23.


References

  1. ↑ "Verkehrsstationen H-K" (in German). Sachsenschiene.de. 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Liste der seit 1994 stillgelegten bundeseigenen Strecken im Land Sachsen" (in German). Eisenbahn-Bundesamt. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ihre Ratsanfrage RA-056/2016 – Haltepunkt Küchwald. Schreiben der Stadt Chemnitz an Herrn Bernhard Herrmann, Stadtrat der Stadt Chemnitz" (pdf, 85 kB) (in German). Stadt Chemnitz, Dezernat 6, Stadtentwicklung und Bau. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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