Haiger station

Railway station in Haiger, Germany

Dill Railway (KBS 445)
Heller Valley Railway (KBS 462)
Haiger–Breitscheid railway

Platforms5ConstructionArchitectLudwig HofmannArchitectural styleNeoclassical / Art NouveauOther informationStation code2475^[1]DS100 codeFHG^[2]IBNR8000386Category5^[1]Fare zone

: 5847^[3]
Westfalentarif: 86600 (RMV transitional tariff)^[4]

Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened1862 / 1913Services

Preceding station		Following station
Siegen Hbf Terminus	RE 99	Dillenburg towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Rodenbach towards Siegen Hbf	RB 95	Sechshelden towards Dillenburg
Haiger Obertor towards Betzdorf (Sieg)	RB 96	Sechshelden towards Dillenburg

Haiger station serves the town of Haiger in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis of the German state of Hesse. The first station at this point was opened 1862 when the Cologne-Minden Railway Company built the Deutz–Gießen railway, connecting Cologne-Deutz with Gießen. The station became more important when the direct connection was opened to Siegen (now considered part of the Dill line) in 1915.

Reception building

Between 1911 and 1913 a new station building was built as a “wedge station” (Keilbahnhof) between the old line (now the Heller Valley Railway) and the new line to Siegen. The architect was perhaps Ludwig Hoffmann. The station is located between the two converging railways, which are elevated, allowing the platform subways to be accessed from street level. The facade and much of the buildings themselves are designed around a central axis of symmetry. The façade is dominated by a central projection of yellow sandstone. The ensemble is composed of a mixture of classical elements and Art Nouveau. The station is situated at an altitude of 270 m above sea level. The reception building currently appears neglected and its sidings give the impression of a brownfield.

Lines

Haiger station is on the Siegen–Gießen main line (Dill line) and the Heller Valley Railway from Haiger to Betzdorf, now classified as a single track main line, which was originally part of the Deutz–Giessen line. A third line, the Haiger–Breitscheid line, is closed.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ "Fahrtauskunft". Westfalentarif. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

References

Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (State Conservation Hesse), ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Railways in Hesse. Cultural sites in Hesse. Monumental topography of the Federal Republic of Germany) (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 1,016. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2007/2008 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.