Brügge (Westfalen) station
Brügge (Westf) | |||||||||||
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Separation station | |||||||||||
Brügge signal box | |||||||||||
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Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°12′30″N 7°34′16″E / 51.208255°N 7.571163°ECoordinates: 51°12′30″N 7°34′16″E / 51.208255°N 7.571163°E | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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Station code | 915 | ||||||||||
DS100 code | EBRU[1] | ||||||||||
Category | 7[2] | ||||||||||
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Opened | 6 September 1874 [3] | ||||||||||
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Brügge (Westfalen) station is on the Hagen–Dieringhausen railway from Hagen Hauptbahnhof to Dieringhausen station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 7 station.[2] Because of the branch line to Lüdenscheid, it is classified as a separation station. The station is located on the edge of the Lüdenscheid hamlet of Brügge. The only platform connects with the bus stop and is at ground level. The station is known nationally for its elevated signalbox.
History
The Hagen–Dieringhausen railway (also called the Volmetalbahn: “Volme Valley Railway”) from Hagen was opened to Dieringhausen in stages between 1871 and 1893. Numerous apartments for the railwaymen were built around the station area because Brügge was a busy station and many residents were employed in the station’s operation. During this period the signalbox, a roundhouse with a turntable and a water tower were built on the site. Until 1986, there was a direct passenger service to Cologne, which is expected to be reopened between Marienheide and Meinerzhagen in 2013 and later to Brügge (by December 2016). In 2009, the former art nouveau style station building was demolished because it was in danger of collapse as there had been no restoration to the old building in recent years.[4]
The platform area of Brügge station still partly exists, but parts have been dismantled. Previously, the platforms for the line to Dieringhausen and Cologne were connected via an underground passage to the station forecourt. The freight operations in Brügge is limited to the line from Krummenerl, which is used by freight trains from the local quarry, which continue on the Volme Valley Railway through Brügge to the north. According to the Lüdenscheid city council and mayor Dieter Dzewas, it is planned to build an island platform with two platform tracks in Brügge, which would be at ground level. However, this plan will only be implemented when services on the Volme Valley Railway have been extended from Marienheide to Meinerzhagen and Brügge.[5]
The facade and roof of the old signal box at Brügge station, which dates back to 1927, are currently being renovated.[6]
Rail services
The station is currently served by one Regionalbahn line:[7]
Line | Route | Frequency |
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RB 52 Volmetal-Bahn | Lüdenscheid – Brügge (Westf) – Schalksmühle – Hagen – Dortmund | Hourly |
The trains reverse at the station.
Bus services
Bus services are operated by Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft (Märkische Transport Company, MVG) and Busverkehr Ruhr-Sieg (Ruhr-Sieg Bus Transport, BRS) over the following seven bus lines:[7]
Line | Route | Frequency (mins)
(Mon–Fri) |
Frequency (mins)
(Sat) |
Frequency (mins)
(Sun) |
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47 | Lüdenscheid, Eichholz – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Bahnhof –
Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Ostendorf Schule |
30 / 60 | 30 / 60 | 60 |
55 | Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –
Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Sparkasse central bus station – Wipperfürth bus station |
Irregular | No service | No service |
56 | Lüdenscheid, Ahelle – Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Ostendorf school –
Lüdenscheid, Brügge school – Lüdenscheid, Wehberg Wendestelle |
Irregular | No service | No service |
57 | Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Schalksmühle, Strücken – Schalksmühle, Rathausplatz –
Schalksmühle, Mitte – Schalksmühle, Dahlerbrück – Hagen, Rummenohl Mitte |
Irregular | No service | No service |
58 | Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –
Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Kierspe central bus station– Meinerzhagen station / central bus station |
60 | 60 | 60 |
59 | Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –
Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Kierspe central bus station – Kierspe, Feuerwehrgerätehaus |
60 | No service | No service |
134 | Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid station–
Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Sparkasse central bus station – Radevormwald bus station |
30 / 60 | 60 | 60 |
Notes
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Brügge (Westf) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ↑ "Wir sind Brügge i.W." (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ↑ "Not known". Lüdenscheider Nachrichten (in German). 7 May 2011.
- ↑ "In Brügge - Reiterstellwerk ohne Schutz". Westfälischen Rundschau (in German). 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Brügge (Westf) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
References
- Sascha Koch, Horst Kowalski; et al. (2005). Eisenbahnen im Oberbergischen und die Geschichte des Bahnbetriebswerkes Dieringhausen (in German). Nümbrecht: Galunder Verlag. ISBN 3-89909-050-0.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brügge station. |
- "Bahnbetriebswerk Brügge/Westf." (in German). bahnen-wuppertal.de. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- "Bahnhof Brügge" (in German). Riedelfoto. Retrieved 28 October 2013.