Lenzburg Stadt railway station
Lenzburg Stadt | |
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 The station in April 1984 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bahnhofstrasse 4 / Seetalplatz / Malagarain Lenzburg Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°23′19″N 8°10′41″E / 47.38867°N 8.17794°E |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways (1922-2005), Schweizerische Seethalbahn (1895-1922) |
| Line(s) | Seetal line |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Emil Vogt (1895)[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 October 1895 |
| Closed | 2 June 1984 (passenger), 31 March 2005 (cargo) |
| Electrified | 1910 |
| Location | |
  Lenzburg Stadt Location within Switzerland  Lenzburg Stadt Lenzburg Stadt (Canton of Aargau) | |
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Lenzburg Stadt railway station (German: Bahnhof Lenzburg Stadt) was a railway station in Lenzburg in the Swiss canton of Aargau.[2] It was located at the station square (German: Seetalplatz) in Bahnhofstrasse.
The station was opened in 1895 by Schweizerische Seethalbahn Aktiengesellschaft, on the Seetal line to Wildegg. The station building by Emil Vogt[1] had a small restaurant. By 1910, the line was electrified. The station (and line) were nationalized by Swiss Federal Railways in 1922. The present-day Malagarain street is built on some of the right of way.
Trains from Lenzburg Stadt to Lenzburg had to reverse at "Lenzburg Spitzkehre".[3] Towards Wildegg, the line passed through a small, now pedestrian, tunnel in the railway embankment.[4][5]
Closure[edit]
With the opening of the Heitersberg railway line in 1975, service from Lenzburg station further improved and Lenzburg Stadt was less used.[6] Passenger service ended on 2 June 1984 and installations were gradually dismantled. The station building was destroyed in 2003.[1][2] Cargo traffic continued to spring 2005 for UFA AG, a Fenaco subsidiary, who opposed the closure of the line.[7]
After the tracks were removed, a covered bypass road (Kerntangente) was built on the land. The (former) building remained in the canton's building inventory until 2017.[1] A house across the tracks of the former station still exists in 2021.[2]
Gallery[edit]
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Aerial view with Bahnhofstrasse in the top left corner, 1919 -
The station building in 1974 -
Station with passenger train (likely before June 1984) -
Seetalplatz side (ca. 1990) -
Former station building in 2001 (demolished in 2003) -
former Seetalbahn tunnel near the station (2016)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Alter Bahnhof Lenzburg-Stadt (abgebrochen), LEN839.934
- ^ a b c Christoph Moser: Zeitreise: Der Stadtbahnhof, 24.01.2021
- ^ Christoph Moser: Zeitreise: Die Spitzkehre, 20.12.2020
- ^ Christoph Moser: Zeitreise: Der Eisenbahntunnel, durch den kein Zug mehr fährt, 22.11.2020
- ^ Bahnbilder von Max: SBB Strecke Wildegg - Lenzburg
- ^ Lenzburg-Spitzkehre – Wildegg (SBB)
- ^ Christian Brenner: Von der "blauen Kugel" zur Kerntangente : die Geschichte der Umfahrung von Lenzburg, Lenzburger Neujahrsblätter, 2008, pages 5-51, especially 38-42.
External links[edit]
Media related to Lenzburg Stadt railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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