Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf station

Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf is the name of a former freight yard and a halt on the Dresden–Werdau railway in the city of Chemnitz in the German state of Saxony. The halt is today served by Regionalbahn services on the Dresden–Zwickau route (RB 30) as well as by local trains of City-Bahn Chemnitz to Hainichen and central Chemnitz (C15). Both lines run hourly, together they offer a service approximately every 30 minutes in each direction.

Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Hp
Halt
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Haltepunkt
LocationEbersdorfer Str. 2, Chemnitz, Saxony,
Germany
Coordinates50°51′42″N 12°57′12″E
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code1050[1]
DS100 codeDCHP[2]
IBNR8013450
Category6[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 August 1893
Previous namesHilbersdorf Hp, Karl-Marx-Stadt-Hilbersdorf Hp
Services
Preceding station   Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn   Following station
toward Zwickau Hbf
RB 30
Niederwiesa
toward Dresden Hbf
Preceding station   City-Bahn Chemnitz   Following station
toward Chemnitz Technopark
C15
Niederwiesa
toward Hainichen
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Gbf
Goods station
LocationChemnitz-Hilbersdorf, Saxony,
Germany
Line(s)
Platforms-
Other information
Station code-
DS100 codeDCH
WebsiteBahnland-Sachsen.de.tlSachsenschiene.de
History
Opened1 January 1899
Closed1 January 1999
Previous namesHilbersdorf Gbf, Karl-Marx-Stadt-Hilbersdorf Gbf

The formerly much more important Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf freight yard has been closed and largely dismantled. It was the largest marshalling yard of the Dresden railway division (Reichsbahndirektion Dresden) after Dresden-Friedrichstadt station. The Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) has also been disbanded. Today it houses the Saxon Railway Museum.

Name

The station had three different names during its existence:

  • until 30 April 1904: Hilbersdorf
  • until 9 May 1953: Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
  • until 29 May 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt-Hilbersdorf
  • since 30 May 1990: Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf

History

At the opening of the line there was no station in Hilbersdorf, although the municipality, which was independent until 1904, had long sought access to the railway. A "halt point" (Haltepunkt) was not established until 15 August 1893. It was reclassified upwards as a "halt place" (Haltestelle) on 1 January 1899. From then on, it could also handle goods. Originally the station was located in the area of the later marshalling yard; when the marshalling yard was built, the station was moved to its current location closer to Ebersdorf. It was reclassified as a station (Bahnhof) on 2 June 1906.[3]

Freight operations stopped in 1999 and the station has been downgraded to a halt. Apart from two outer platforms, the railway's facilities are no longer used. The entrance building, the waiting room at the second platform as well as the freight sheds still exist, but they are no longer used and have decayed.

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. Kurt Kaiß; Matthias Hengst. Eisenbahnknoten Chemnitz – Schienennetz einer Industrieregion (in German). p. 93.

Sources
  • Kurt Kaiß; Matthias Hengst (1996). Eisenbahnknoten Chemnitz – Schienennetz einer Industrieregion (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. ISBN 3-87094-231-2.

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