Küchwald railway station

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Küchwald
Bf
Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway with station in background
Location	Chemnitz-Furth, Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	50°51′20″N 12°54′45″E / 50.855684°N 12.912379°E / 50.855684; 12.912379Coordinates: 50°51′20″N 12°54′45″E / 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) (km 23.796) formerly (km 0.00) frm. Küchwald–C-Hilbersdorf (km 0.00)
Platforms	-
Tracks	about 18
Train operators	DB Cargo, , , AHG Industry, City-Bahn Chemnitz
Other information
Station code	-
DS100 code	DKW
Website	http://bahnland-sachsen.de.tl/G.ue.terbahnhof-K.ue.chwald.htm, http://www.sachsenschiene.net/bahn/sta/sta0451.htm
History
Opened	2 June 1902
Services
Preceding station   City-Bahn Chemnitz   Following station Chemnitz Hbf toward  C13 toward
Location
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Küchwald station 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[]

External links[]

• Media related to Küchwald railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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