Chemnitz Küchwald station

Chemnitz Küchwald station (until December 2018 Küchwald) is located in the district of Furth in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany on the Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway. It is an important station to supply the Chemnitz Nord co-generation power station with fuels.

Chemnitz Küchwald
Deutsche Bahn
Bf
Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway with station in background
General information
LocationChemnitz-Furth,
Saxony,
Germany
Coordinates50.855684°N 12.912379°E / 50.855684; 12.912379
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms1
Tracksabout 18
Train operatorsDB Cargo, Heavy Haul Power International, Havelländische Eisenbahn, AHG Industry, Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn, City-Bahn Chemnitz
Other information
Station coden/a
DS100 codeDKW
IBNR8017050
Category6
Websitehttp://bahnland-sachsen.de.tl/G.ue.terbahnhof-K.ue.chwald.htm, https://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/sta/sta0451.htm
History
Opened2 June 1902
Services
Preceding station City-Bahn Chemnitz Following station
Chemnitz Hbf
towards Aue (Sachs)
 C13 Chemnitz-Borna Hp
towards Burgstädt
Location
Küchwald is located in Saxony
Küchwald
Küchwald
Location in Saxony
Küchwald is located in Germany
Küchwald
Küchwald
Location in Germany
Küchwald is located in Europe
Küchwald
Küchwald
Location in Europe

History

The station was opened in 1902.[1] Here the Wechselburg–Küchwald railway, the Küchwald–Obergrüna railway and the line to Hilbersdorf marshalling yard branched off. The line to Obergrüna was closed in 2004, the line to Wechselburg in 2002.[2]

Stadler Citylink of City-Bahn Chemnitz towards Burgstädt at the newly opened platform in late March 2019

The station has always been passed by passenger trains as there were no platforms until late 2018. A platform for passenger transport was commissioned an 5 December 2018. [3] The platform is located on the right and used for passenger trains in both directions.

Operation

The station is destination for coal, lime, mineral oil and empty gypsum trains. After their arrival they will be separated and shunted to the station of the power plant in Furth by shunters of DB Class V60, DR Class V60 and DR Class V 23.


References
  1. Jens Herbach. "Chemnitz Küchwald" (in German). Sachsenschiene.de. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. "Liste der seit 1994 stillgelegten bundeseigenen Strecken im Land Sachsen" (in German). Eisenbahn-Bundesamt. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. Michael Brandenburg (2018-12-06). "Neuer Haltepunkt Küchwald geht überpünktlich in Betrieb" (in German). Freie Presse. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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