Schladern (Sieg) 
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| Location | Waldbröler Str. 3, Schladern (Sieg),
Windeck,
North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°48′26″N 7°35′33″E / 50.80719126°N 7.59237639°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cologne–Siegen ( KBS 460, KBS 450.12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5580 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KSLA [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8005356 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 5 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRS: 2597 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1859 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schladern (Sieg) is a station on the Sieg Railway in Windeck-Schladern in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station building was built in 1859 and has monument protection. It was built on a section of the Sieg Railway that was opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company ( German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861. [5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. [1]
Use
The station building, which was no longer occupied by the railway, was purchased in 2002 by the Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Windeck (Windeck business development and development company), resold and rented out after renovation. In addition to offices, it currently houses a café and a municipal tourist office. There is also a pedelec charging station and an ATM at the station. The stop is used by 15,000 passengers annually. [6]
Services
The station is served by S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld ( Horrem in the peak) to Au (Sieg) and S19 services on week days from Düren to Au (Sieg). The S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent. [7]
Heritage-listing
The brick building built in the Wilhelmine style and is listed as item A 169 in the list of monuments in Windeck.
Others
The station was designated in 2014 as a Wanderbahnhof NRW ("hiking station" of NRW). Nearby are the Sieg fall, Mauel Castle and Windeck Castle.
Notes
- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 208. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Schladern (Sieg) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ Cordula Orphal (25 August 2014). "Zu Fuß zu den "Niagara-Fällen"". Rhein-Sieg-Rundschau (in German). p. 25.
- ^ "Schladern (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.