Alzey station

Geschichte

Alzey station is, along with the stations Alzey Süd and Alzey West, one of three stations in the urban area of the Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) town of Alzey in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.HistoryThe station was built in 1871 during the construction of the Alzey–Mainz railway and the Rheinhessen Railway by the Hessian Ludwig Railway (Hessische Ludwigsbahn, HLB). Three years later, the Donnersberg Railway was opened to Kirchheimbolanden. Most recently, the Bodenheim–Alzey railway was officially opened on 28 September 1896, but it was closed after almost 100 years.The station building and the nearby freight yard were built from Flonheim sandstone. The station, as restored in the 1920s, had a waiting room for first and second class passengers and another for the third and fourth class. At noon on 19 October 1944, the station building was destroyed by an air raid. Until the late 1950s, a shed was used as a substitute before the new building was opened in 1960. Until then, passengers were allowed through the ticket gate only with a valid ticket or visitors with a platform ticket.