Neubrücke (Nahe) station

Neubrücke (Nahe)
Through station
View of the station forecourt and the entrance building
Location	Saarstr. 19, Neubrücke (Nahe), Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	49°36′20″N 7°10′12″E / 49.605559°N 7.169979°E / 49.605559; 7.169979Coordinates: 49°36′20″N 7°10′12″E / 49.605559°N 7.169979°E / 49.605559; 7.169979
Line(s)	Bingen (Rhein)–Saarbrücken (km 85.7) Birkenfeld District Railway (km 0.0) (closed)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	4364
DS100 code	SNBR
IBNR	8004253
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	26 May 1860
Services
Preceding station   Vlexx   Following station Türkismühle toward Saarbrücken Hbf RE 3 Rhein-Nahe-Express Idar-Oberstein toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Nohfelden toward Saarbrücken Hbf RB 73 Bliestal-Bahn Terminus

Neubrücke (Nahe) station is a station in the town of Neubrücke (Nahe) in the municipality of Hoppstädten-Weiersbach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn) and was the terminus of the Birkenfeld District Railway (Birkenfelder Kreisbahn) to the district seat of Birkenfeld from 1880 to 1991. It was opened with the extension of the Nahe Valley Railway from Idar-Oberstein to Neunkirchen (Saar) on 26 May 1860.

Neubrücke station is located in the southeast of Neubrücke. Its address is Saarstraße 19. The entrance building is heritage-listed.

Neubrücke (Nahe) station was officially opened during the extension of the Nahe Valley Railway from Idar-Oberstein via Heimbach, Neubrücke, Türkismühle and St. Wendel to Neunkirchen (Saar) on 26 May 1860.

A branch line was opened on 15 October 1880 from Neubrücke to Birkenfeld, which made a connection from the district seat to the Nahe Valley Railway and thus to the national railway network. This route was built by Birkenfelder Lokalbahn GmbH.

After the end of the Second World War, the Birkenfeld Railway lost significance, as trade with the nearby Saar Protectorate, which was occupied by France, was restricted. This situation was only resolved in the 1950s. From the 1960s onwards several bus routes were established, which ran parallel to the line.

Financial problems at Degussa AG and Birkenfelder Ziegelei, which were connected to the railway, as well as decreasing passenger numbers finally led to the decommissioning and dismantling of the line in the 1970s and 1980s. It was closed on 30 September 1991. Passenger services ended as early as 1962. The entire infrastructure was then dismantled and a cycle path was established on the former track.

The Nahe Valley Railway was electrified between Türkismühle and Neubrücke in the summer of 2014, when it was closed for six weeks. Since then, Regionalbahn line RB 73, which previously ended in Türkismühle has continued to Neubrücke.