Meerane railway station
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Meerane
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Meerane station (August 2013)
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| Location | Am Bahnhof 5, Meerane, Saxony Germany |
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| Coordinates | 50°51′03″N 12°27′27″E / 50.85091921°N 12.45748758°ECoordinates: 50°51′03″N 12°27′27″E / 50.85091921°N 12.45748758°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Glauchau–Gößnitz (km 6.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 4022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | DMA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8012323 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 November 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Meerane station is a railway station on the Glauchau–Gößnitz railway. Meerane station is the only station in the town of Meerane in the German state of Saxony. The station is now served by Regionalbahn and Regional-Express services on the Mid-Germany Connection (Mitte-Deutschland-Verbindung). Freight transport facilities no longer exist.
Meerane station has existed since the opening of the line on 15 November 1858.
The station building was completely rebuilt in 1940/41. The historicised facade decoration was replaced by smooth plaster surfaces.
Deutsche Reichsbahn's electrification program reached Meerane station in May 1984. Only a single track was electrified as an economy.
After German reunification in 1990, Meerane station was also stop for express, D and InterRegio trains for a short time. In the 1993/94 timetable, the long-distance train pairs, D 2058/59 (Chemnitz–Erfurt/Weimar–Chemnitz) and IR 2550/51 (Chemnitz–Aachen and return) stopped in Meerane. There was, however, a sharp drop in freight traffic. After 2000, the equipment for handling freight and the tracks that were no longer needed were closed and the tracks were dismantled.
After the InterRegio connections were discontinued, only Regionalbahn and Regional-Express services operated by DB Regio stopped at Meerane. It was now connected to the west (Erfurt, Jena, Gera), north (Altenburg, Leipzig) and east (Glauchau, Chemnitz, Dresden).
In 2011, Meerane station was fundamentally rebuilt and a modern public transport system was created during the renewal of the Glauchau–Gößnitz railway. The line was completely blockaded for nine months. A "house" platform (next to the station building) and an island platform were built and access to the island platform is protected by a passenger security system. The historic entrance building, which was vacated, was demolished despite intense discussions regarding the preservation of its portico. The entrance building was not a protected monument because of its reconstruction in 1940/41. The through track was built to accommodate 140 km/h and tilting technology during the course of the track upgrade. The control of the signals and points since then have been operated through a local electronic interlocking, which is controlled from the Leipzig operations centre.
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