Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf station

Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf is the name of a former freight yard and a halt on the Dresden–Werdau railway in the city of Chemnitz in the German state of Saxony. The halt is today served by Regionalbahn services on the Dresden–Zwickau route (RB 30) as well as by local trains of City-Bahn Chemnitz to Hainichen and central Chemnitz (C15). Both lines run hourly, together they offer a service approximately every 30 minutes in each direction.

Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Hp
Halt
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Haltepunkt
General information
Location	Ebersdorfer Str. 2, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	50°51′42″N 12°57′12″E
Line(s)	Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf–Chemnitz Hbf (DWCh)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1050
DS100 code	DCHP
IBNR	8013450
Category	6
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 August 1893
Previous names	Hilbersdorf, Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, Karl-Marx-Stadt-Hilbersdorf
Services
Preceding station Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn Following station Chemnitz Hbf towards Zwickau Hbf RB 30 Niederwiesa towards Dresden Hbf Preceding station City-Bahn Chemnitz Following station Chemnitz Hbf towards Chemnitz Technopark C15 Niederwiesa towards Hainichen

Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
Rail yard
General information
Location	Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, Saxony, Germany
Line(s)	Dresden–Werdau (DW) Küchwald/Abzw Chemnitz-Furth–Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf (KCCh/RCCh)
Platforms	-
Other information
Station code	-
DS100 code	DCH
Website	Bahnland-Sachsen.de.tlSachsenschiene.de
History
Opened	1899
Closed	1997
Previous names	Hilbersdorf, Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, Karl-Marx-Stadt-Hilbersdorf

The formerly much more important Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf freight yard has been closed and largely dismantled. It was the largest marshalling yard of the Dresden railway division (Reichsbahndirektion Dresden) after Dresden-Friedrichstadt station. The Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) has also been disbanded. Today it houses the Saxon Railway Museum. The Saxon Railway Museum and the Museum of Technology Cable Shunting System are also named "Schauplatz Eisenbahn".

Name

The station had three different names during its existence:

• until 30 April 1904: Hilbersdorf
• until 9 May 1953: Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
• until 29 May 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt-Hilbersdorf
• since 30 May 1990: Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf

History

At the opening of the line there was no station in Hilbersdorf, although the municipality, which was independent until 1904, had long sought access to the railway. A "halt point" (Haltepunkt) was not established until 15 August 1893. It was reclassified upwards as a "halt place" (Haltestelle) on 1 January 1899. From then on, it could also handle goods. Originally the station was located in the area of the later marshalling yard; when the marshalling yard was built, the station was moved to its current location closer to Ebersdorf. It was reclassified as a station (Bahnhof) on 2 June 1906.

Freight operations stopped in 1999 and the station has been downgraded to a halt. Apart from two outer platforms, the railway's facilities are no longer used. The entrance building, the waiting room at the second platform as well as the freight sheds still exist, but they are no longer used and have decayed.

References

Sources

• Kurt Kaiß; Matthias Hengst (1996). Eisenbahnknoten Chemnitz – Schienennetz einer Industrieregion (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. ISBN 3-87094-231-2.

External links

Media related to Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf station at Wikimedia Commons