Weilburg station

Weilburg is a station in the town of Weilburg in the German state of Hesse on the Lahn Valley Railway (Lahntalbahn). The Weil Valley Railway (Weiltalbahn) branched off towards Weilmünster immediately after the station from 1890 to 1988.

Weilburg
Through station
Entrance building
LocationBahnhofstr. 4, Weilburg, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°29′11″N 8°16′04″E
Line(s)
Platforms2
Construction
ArchitectHeinrich Velde[1]
Other information
Station code6612[2]
DS100 codeFWG[3]
IBNR8000218
Category5[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened14 October 1862
Services
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 25
Lahn-Eifel-Bahn
toward Gießen Hbf
Gräveneck
RB 45
Lahn Valley Railway
Vogelsberg Railway
Löhnberg
toward Fulda

History

Weilburg station was originally built as a terminal station of the Lahn Valley Railway during the construction of the section between the stations of Limburg (Lahn) and Weilburg, which was opened on 14 October 1862.[4]

The Weil Valley Railway was inaugurated from Weilburg to Weilmünster on 1 November 1891. After the extension to Usingen was put into operation on 1 June 1909, trains—at one time including an express train—ran from Weilburg to Frankfurt am Main. Weilburg became a rail junction and transfer station. This role ended when passenger services ended between Weilmünster and Weilburg on 27 September 1969. Freight traffic was operated on this section until 30 January 1988 under the closure procedure. After that, Weilburg station lost its function as a hub for freight traffic.

In preparation for Hessentag ("Hesse day") 2005 in Weilburg, the island platform at Weilburg station was renewed and adapted to give access for the disabled. An additional temporary platform installed for Hessentag was then removed.

Infrastructure
Entrance building

The heritage-listed[1] entrance building was designed as a Neo-classical building by Heinrich Velde and resembles the station buildings of Leun/Braunfels and Diez, which he also designed. Between gabled, elevated terminal buildings, there is a side-gabled hall, which was rebuilt after it was destroyed in war. The cornices and the gables have ornamental motifs.[1]

Roundhouse

As of 1890, Weilburg was the starting point of the Weil Valley Railway running up to Gravenwiesbach. Therefore, a roundhouse with turntable was built at Weilburg station. The buildings were demolished in the 1980s. The former freight yard has also been largely dismantled, leaving four tracks.

Railway tunnel

Just behind Weilburg station is the 302 m-long Weilburg railway tunnel. This forms part of the so-called Weilburger Tunnelensemble (Weilburg tunnel ensemble) with a road tunnel and a canal tunnel.[5]

Connections

The fares of services at the station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV).

Trains

Deutsche Bahn operates Regionalbahn services on the Lahn Valley Railway between Limburg and Gießen, some continuing to Alsfeld and Fulda. These services were operated by Deutsche Bahn until December 2011. Since the timetable change of 2011/2012 on 11 December 2011, the RB services on this section of the Lahn Valley Railway have been operated by the Hessische Landesbahn. Alstom Coradia Lint 41 (class 648) sets are used. The Regional-Express (RE 25) services are operated with Alstom Coradia LINT 27 and 41 (class 640 and 648) railcars and Bombardier Talent (class 643) sets. Some regional services of the HLB terminate at Weilburg on working days.

The following services stops in Weilburg station:[6]

Line Route Interval
RE 25 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn
Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen		 Every 2 hours
RB 45 Regionalbahn
Limburg (Lahn) – Eschhofen – Weilburg – Wetzlar –Gießen (– Grünberg (Oberhess) – Mücke (Hess) – Alsfeld (Oberhess) – Fulda)		 Hourly
(+ extra trains in peak hour)

Buses

There is a bus station on the station forecourt with several bus platforms. Here regional and town buses run into the surrounding towns, villages and communities in the Lahn valley and the high Taunus.

References
  1. "Bahnhofsgebäude, Weilburg" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  4. Udo Kandler (1989). "Lahntalbahn". Eisenbahn-Journal (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck: Hermann Merker Verlag (Special edition III/89): 15. ISSN 0720-051X.
  5. Lothar Brill. "Aerial view of the "Weilburger Tunnelensemble"" (in German). Eisenbahn-Tunnelportale. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  6. "Time table line number 625" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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