Eichenberg station
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Eichenberg
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| Location |
Neu-Eichenberg, Hesse Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°22′31″N 9°55′17″E / 51.3752°N 9.9215°ECoordinates: 51°22′31″N 9°55′17″E / 51.3752°N 9.9215°E |
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| Platforms | 7 |
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| Station code | 1499 |
| DS100 code | HEBG |
| IBNR | 8000090 |
| Category | 4 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1869 |
Eichenberg station is the only station in the municipality of Neu-Eichenberg in the German state of Hesse. It is located in the hamlet of Eichenberg-Bahnhof, which lies east of and on the other side of federal highway B 27 to the historic village of Eichenberg.
Eichenberg station originated with the opening of the Arenshausen–Hann. Münden section of the Halle–Kassel line in 1869.
In 1876, the Niederhone–Eichenberg–Friedland section of the Bebra–Göttingen railway was completed. Thus Eichenberg became a railway junction. Substantial inclines had to be overcome on the Eichenberg side of the watershed between the Fulda and the Werra rivers at Cornberg and between the Werra and the Leine, requiring four tunnels and very curvy track.
On 15 December 1915, the 25 km long Gelster Valley Railway was opened from Velmeden via Großalmerode Ost to Eichenberg. In freight transport, it primarily served the transport of lignite from the northern Hessian coal mining area.
After the end of World War II, Eichenberg was a border station. Here there were controls between the British and American zone until 1 November 1948, when they were abolished to the north (in the British zone); a year later, they were also abolished to the south (in the U.S. zone). Rail services between Eichenberg and Arenshausen (in the Russian zone) were closed. A re-opening of the line was rejected by the western authorities because Eichenberg station was congested due to the controls. Under the Helmstedt agreement of 1949, the line would have been re-opened, but this was not implemented. The tracks between Eichenberg and Arenshausen were dismantled from 1948.
On 2 June 1973, passenger services were closed on the Gelster Valley Railway. The remaining freight traffic from Eichenberg to the paper mill at Witzenhausen Süd was abandoned on 31 December 2001.
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