Mendig station

Mendig
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Location Bahnstr. 5, Mendig, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Coordinates 50°22′10″N 7°17′27″E / 50.369444°N 7.290833°E / 50.369444; 7.290833Coordinates: 50°22′10″N 7°17′27″E / 50.369444°N 7.290833°E / 50.369444; 7.290833
Line(s) Cross Eifel Railway
Platforms 3
Construction
Architect Gustav Päffgen
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Other information
Station code 4509[1]
DS100 codeKNME[2]
IBNR8004393
Category6[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1877
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
Thür
toward Mayen Ost
RB 23
Lahn-Eifel-Bahn
Kruft
Thür
toward Kaisersesch
RB 38
Lahn-Eifel-Bahn
Kruft
toward Andernach

Mendig is a station in the town of Mendig in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was called Niedermendig until 1877. It is located on the Cross Eifel Railway (Eifelquerbahn), which has two tracks from Andernach station and continues as a single track to Gerolstein station. The only set of points at the station is located west of the platform just before the Bahnstrasse level crossing and has the points number of 23.

Services

The Cross Eifel Railway is served by Regionalbahn line Lahn-Eifel-Bahn: RB 23 (Mayen Ost – Koblenz Hbf – Limburg) and RB 38 (Kaisersesch – Mayen Ost – Andernach).

Emperor station

The station building was built in 1877 to a design of the Cologne architect Gustav Päffgen.[3] The so-called Kaiserbahnhof (Emperor station) got its name because Emperor Wilhelm II used the station as a starting point for visits to the Eifel. It has been shown that he took a carriage from the station to visit the Maria Laach Abbey. It is considered one of the most beautiful historic buildings in the region around Mendig.

The stately design shows the importance that the railway had as a means of transport. The façade mainly displays Gothic Revival elements and the structure is accessible via a two-flight staircase. The walls are divided by cornices and the building edges are accentuated by corner blocks.

The now restored building has been converted into a residential and office building. It is now privately owned.

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "unknown". Deutsche Bauzeitung (in German). 22 (72): 436. 8 September 1888.
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