Dillingen (Saar) station

Dillingen (Saar) station is on the Saar Railway between Saarbrücken and Trier in the town of Dillingen in the German state of the Saarland. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1] A bus station is connected to the station.

Dillingen (Saar)
Through station
Original station building
Location	Berkheimstr. 1, Dillingen (Saar), Saarland Germany
Coordinates	49°21′09″N 6°43′21″E
Line(s)	Saar Railway (KBS 685) Nied Valley Railway (KBS 687) Prims Valley Railway (only museum and freight services)
Platforms	5 (2 unused)
Other information
Station code	4837[1]
DS100 code	SDL[2]
IBNR	8000075
Category	4[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	16 December 1858

Location

Dillingen station is located on the western edge of the town centre of Dillingen, very close to the post office, the pedestrianised Stummstraße, the town hall and the Stadthalle (a venue for cultural events) and is on the bus network of the district transport company, Kreisverkehrsbetriebe Saarlouis and is served by regional buses. Parking is available in front of the entrance building for private short-term parking and bicycles.

The station has a travel centre and shopping. It has step-free access to platforms 1 and the island platform serving tracks 4 and 5.

Dillingen Station (Saar) is the terminus of the Nied Valley Railway (Niedtalbahn) to Niedaltdorf and until 1945 passenger services ran to Bouzonville and at times to Metz. Once a year on Good Friday, services again run over this line over the French border to Bouzonville.

Entrance building

Dillingen, Entrance Building, 2014

The original station building was opened in 1858 and completely renovated between 1890 and the First World War. The precise date of construction of the new building is not known. The building is built as a rectangular building with irregular projections, but its exterior has complex shapes.[3]

Services

Dillingen station is part of the Saarländische Verkehrsverbund (Saarland Transport Association) and it is in fare zone 411 (Dillingen).[4] It is served by the following lines (Dec 2016):[5]

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 1	Südwest-Express	Koblenz Hbf – Cochem – Wittlich Hbf – Trier Hbf – Saarburg (Bz Trier) – Merzig (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis Hbf – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – Homburg (Saar) Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf – Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte – Mannheim Hbf
RB 70	Saartal-Bahn	Merzig (Saar) – Beckingen (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis – Bous (Saar) – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf
RB 71	Saartal-Bahn	Trier Hbf – Saarburg – Merzig (Saar) – Beckingen (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis – Bous (Saar) – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf
RB 77	Nied-Bahn	Dillingen (Saar) – Siersburg – Hemmersdorf – Niedaltdorf

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Merzig (Saar) toward Koblenz Hbf		RE 1 Mosel-Saar-Express		Saarlouis Hbf toward Mannheim Hbf
Prims toward Merzig (Saar)		RB 70 Saartal-Bahn		Beckingen (Saar) toward Kaiserslautern Hbf
Prims toward Trier Hbf		RB 71 Saartal-Bahn		Beckingen (Saar) toward Homburg Hbf
Terminus		RB 77 Nied-Bahn		Siersburg toward Niedaltdorf

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Dillingen" (in German). Bahnhöfe im Saarland. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
4. "Wabenplan 2013" (PDF) (in German). Saarländischen Verkehrsverbundes. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
5. "Regional services network of Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

External links

• "Track plan of Dillingen (Saar) station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2013.