Plaue station

Plaue (Thür) station is a junction station in the town of Plaue in the German state of Thuringia.

Plaue (Thür)
Junction station
Entrance building
LocationAm Bahnhof 1, Plaue , Thuringia
Germany
Coordinates50°46′42″N 10°54′31″E
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code4954[1]
DS100 codeUPL[2]
IBNR8010274
Category5[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1879
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station
toward Erfurt Hbf
RE 7
Mainfranken-Thüringen-Express
via Ebenhausen (Unterfr)
Zella-Mehlis
Preceding station   Süd-Thüringen-Bahn   Following station
Gräfenroda
toward Meiningen
STx 50
Arnstadt Süd
toward Erfurt Hbf
Gräfenroda
toward Meiningen
STB 44
Arnstadt Süd
toward Erfurt Hbf
Martinroda
toward Ilmenau
STB 46
Arnstadt Süd
toward Erfurt Hbf
Location
Plaue (Thür)
Location within Thuringia
Plaue (Thür)
Location within Germany
Plaue (Thür)
Location within Europe

It lies at the junction of the Erfurt–Würzburg and Erfurt–Ilmenau(–Themar) railways. The line is double-track towards Erfurt, but the lines towards Würzburg and Ilmenau are single-track.

Originally the section in the Brandleite Tunnel between the stations of Gehlberg and Oberhof line to Würzburg was double-track. After the Second World War, the second track of the section of the Neudietendorf–Meiningen on the line in the Brandleite Tunnel between the stations of Gehlberg and Oberhofon was dismantled for reparations to the Soviet Union. At the beginning of the 1980s, the heavily used Neudietendorf–Plaue railway was redoubled and electrification was extended to Arnstadt, but the overhead wire was dismantled after the reunification of Germany. The planned further electrification failed because the GDR was not able to build a power station to supply the railway.

Freight operations at Plaue station ended in the 1970s. The siding to Dosdorf brickyard was also closed and dismantled during this time. Shunting operations were discontinued in the 1980s and the tracks to the freight shed were dismantled. However, it was still possible to consign even bulky goods on DR. These were loaded into wagons attached to passenger trains. From the 1990s onwards, the railway tracks were rebuilt several times. Of the original ten tracks in the station, only three now exist.

Station water tower

The station is located in the east of the town centre between Plaue and Kleinbreitenbach. It has three platforms: platform 1 is used by trains to Würzburg, platform 2 is used by trains to Erfurt and platform 3 is used by trains to Ilmenau, Würzburg and Erfurt. Platforms 2 and 3 are accessible via an underpass.

The following services serve Plaue station:

The EIB 3 and STB 4 services run from Erfurt to Plaue are coupled and are separated at the station. The STB and EIB services are operated with Stadler Regio-Shuttle diesel railcar and the RE service is operated with Bombardier RegioSwinger diesel multiple units.

The station was built in 1879 when the railway line from Arnstadt to Ilmenau was built. The Würzburg line was added in 1884. The station was restored in 2005 during the development of the Erfurt–Würzburg railway for 140 km/h and tilting technology. The station building was privatised in 2012 and has been reused as a student residence with 20 apartments.

Platforms
Platform Length in m[3] Height in cm[3]
1 160 55
2 160 55
3 190 55
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References
  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. "Platform information for Plaue (Thür) station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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