Weilburg station
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Weilburg
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Entrance building
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| Location | Bahnhofstr. 4, Weilburg, Hesse Germany |
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| Coordinates | 50°29′11″N 8°16′04″E / 50.486435°N 8.26768°ECoordinates: 50°29′11″N 8°16′04″E / 50.486435°N 8.26768°E | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Heinrich Velde | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 6612 | |||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FWG | |||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8000218 | |||||||||||||||
| Category | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 October 1862 | |||||||||||||||
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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 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.
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.
The heritage-listed 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.
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.
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