Chemnitz Küchwald station

Chemnitz Küchwald
Bf
Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway with station in background
General information
Location	Chemnitz-Furth, Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	50.855684°N 12.912379°E / 50.855684; 12.912379
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz Hbf (km 58.570) Wechselburg–Küchwald (km 23.796) formerly Küchwald–Obergrüna (km 0.00) frm. Küchwald–C-Hilbersdorf (km 0.00)
Platforms	1
Tracks	about 18
Train operators	DB Cargo, Heavy Haul Power International, Havelländische Eisenbahn, AHG Industry, Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn, City-Bahn Chemnitz
Other information
Station code	n/a
DS100 code	DKW
IBNR	8017050
Category	6
Website	http://bahnland-sachsen.de.tl/G.ue.terbahnhof-K.ue.chwald.htm, https://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/sta/sta0451.htm
History
Opened	2 June 1902
Services
Preceding station City-Bahn Chemnitz Following station Chemnitz Hbf towards Aue (Sachs) C13 Chemnitz-Borna Hp towards Burgstädt
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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.

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.

External links

• Media related to Bahnhof Chemnitz Küchwald at Wikimedia Commons