Dillingen (Saar) station

Dillingen (Saar) station is on the Saar Railway between Saarbrücken and Trier in the town of Dillingen in the German state of the Saarland. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1] A bus station is connected to the station.

Dillingen (Saar)
Through station
Original station building
LocationBerkheimstr. 1, Dillingen (Saar), Saarland
Germany
Coordinates49°21′09″N 6°43′21″E
Line(s)
Platforms5 (2 unused)
Other information
Station code4837[1]
DS100 codeSDL[2]
IBNR8000075
Category4[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened16 December 1858

Location

Dillingen station is located on the western edge of the town centre of Dillingen, very close to the post office, the pedestrianised Stummstraße, the town hall and the Stadthalle (a venue for cultural events) and is on the bus network of the district transport company, Kreisverkehrsbetriebe Saarlouis and is served by regional buses. Parking is available in front of the entrance building for private short-term parking and bicycles.

The station has a travel centre and shopping. It has step-free access to platforms 1 and the island platform serving tracks 4 and 5.

Dillingen Station (Saar) is the terminus of the Nied Valley Railway (Niedtalbahn) to Niedaltdorf and until 1945 passenger services ran to Bouzonville and at times to Metz. Once a year on Good Friday, services again run over this line over the French border to Bouzonville.

Entrance building
Dillingen, Entrance Building, 2014

The original station building was opened in 1858 and completely renovated between 1890 and the First World War. The precise date of construction of the new building is not known. The building is built as a rectangular building with irregular projections, but its exterior has complex shapes.[3]

Services

Dillingen station is part of the Saarländische Verkehrsverbund (Saarland Transport Association) and it is in fare zone 411 (Dillingen).[4] It is served by the following lines (Dec 2016):[5]

Line Route Frequency
RE 1 Südwest-Express Koblenz Hbf – Cochem – Wittlich Hbf – Trier Hbf – Saarburg (Bz Trier) – Merzig (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis Hbf – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – Homburg (Saar) Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf – Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte – Mannheim Hbf
RB 70 Saartal-Bahn Merzig (Saar) – Beckingen (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis – Bous (Saar) – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf
RB 71 Saartal-Bahn Trier Hbf – Saarburg – Merzig (Saar) – Beckingen (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis – Bous (Saar) – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf
RB 77 Nied-Bahn Dillingen (Saar) – Siersburg – Hemmersdorf – Niedaltdorf
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 1
Mosel-Saar-Express
toward Mannheim Hbf
Prims
RB 70
Saartal-Bahn
Beckingen (Saar)
Prims
toward Trier Hbf
RB 71
Saartal-Bahn
Beckingen (Saar)
toward Homburg Hbf
TerminusRB 77
Nied-Bahn
Siersburg
toward Niedaltdorf

Notes
  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. "Dillingen" (in German). Bahnhöfe im Saarland. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. "Wabenplan 2013" (PDF) (in German). Saarländischen Verkehrsverbundes. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. "Regional services network of Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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