Ehrang station
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Ehrang
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Former marshalling yard
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| Location | Ehrangerstraße 3-5, Ehrang, Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°48′07″N 6°41′08″E / 49.8019863769°N 6.68544439235°ECoordinates: 49°48′07″N 6°41′08″E / 49.8019863769°N 6.68544439235°E |
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| Platforms | 4 (3 regulaly used) |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Carl Julius Raschdorff |
| Architectural style | Revivalism / Jugendstil |
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| Station code | 1488 |
| DS100 code | SEG |
| IBNR | 8000370 |
| Category | 5 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 25 March 1871 |
Ehrang station is, after Trier Hauptbahnhof, the second most important station in the city of Trier in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station forms a railway junction with a former marshalling yard, which is still partly used as a freight yard. At the station, the Eifel Railway from Cologne connects with the Koblenz–Trier railway. Until 1983, Ehrang station was also the starting point of the Trier West Railway to Igel, which connected with Wasserbillig / Luxembourg.
Ehrang station was opened in 1870 by the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). General operations began on 25 March 1871 at the opening of the railway from Trier to Gerolstein, including the section of line west of the station that became part of the Trier West Railway. The station building at Ehrang resembled those along this line, which were each built as small "palaces" (Schlösser). These were financed from the money that France had to pay as reparations to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War. It was expected that it would take many years to settle this debt. But in a one-time payment the whole debt was repaid. Now the German Empire could afford to erect these stations. The design of the building in Ehrang comes from the famous architect Julius Carl Raschdorff, who also designed the stations of Kyllburg, Bitburg-Erdorf and Speicher.
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