Gerolstein station
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Gerolstein
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Gerolstein station, 2008
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| Location | Bahnhofstraße 4, Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°13′26″N 6°39′38″E / 50.223974°N 6.660423°ECoordinates: 50°13′26″N 6°39′38″E / 50.223974°N 6.660423°E |
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| Platforms | 5 |
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| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 2099 |
| DS100 code | SGR |
| IBNR | 8000123 |
| Category | 4 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | November 1870 |
Gerolstein station is a station on the Eifel Railway in Gerolstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Its former function as an important junction station, however, has been lost with the closure of the Cross Eifel Railway (Eifelquerbahn) and the West Eifel Railway (Westeifelbahn). It is the only remaining station in the town.
Due to the difficult topography and the low population density of the Eifel, railways reached it quite late. At that time it was easier to run railway lines exclusively through river valleys, where bridges and tunnels were rarely necessary. In addition, hardly any profits were expected from railway lines in the Eifel.
Planning only began when metalworking became common in the Eifel, which was fairly late. Early Prussian considerations concerned a route from Cologne and Düren to Schleiden, which, however, was rejected for financial reasons. However, when it was proposed that the line would later be extended to Trier, the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) became interested and it agreed to begin construction of the line in November 1867. The line reached Gerolstein about three years later. Due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, the railway company was required to complete the line to Trier rapidly, so that the connection to Trier was finished as early as 15 June 1871. At the time the Eifel Railway showed its strategic-military importance for the first time.
With the opening of the West Eifel Railway to Prüm in 1883, Gerolstein station became a junction station. This was followed in 1885 with the extension into the then German town of St. Vith. As a result of the construction of the Pronsfeld–Waxweiler railway from this route, Gerolstein developed into an important junction station in the Eifel. An extra connection was added to the station with the connection of the Cross Eifel Railway on 15 May 1895. Now there was not only connections towards Cologne and Trier, but also a connection towards Koblenz.
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