Treysa station

Geschichte

Treysa station is a train station in Schwalmstadt, Hesse, on the Main–Weser Railway. It was formerly a railway junction, connecting to the Leinefelde–Treysa section of the Cannons Railway .The station is frequented by 2,500 passengers daily. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.HistoryA small railway station was built in Treysa during the construction of the Main–Weser Railway in 1850. It was located about one kilometre northeast of the present station. It was built as a neoclassical brick building in 1847/48 according to the plans of the Kassel architect Julius Eugen Ruhl. This station was expanded during the construction of the Leinefelde–Treysa railway, which was opened in 1876 as a section of the strategic railway between Berlin and Metz, called the Cannons Railway .This station was too small to allow the connection of the Bad Hersfeld–Treysa railway, which was completed in 1907. So a new station was built south of the former station. It was opened on 1 October 1908. The new station was served by express trains and there were connections to Bad Hersfeld and to Eschwege. Platform tracks 1 and 2 were used by the Main–Weser Railway, track 3 was used by overtaking trains, track 4 was used for services to and from Eschwege and track 5 for services to and from Bad Hersfeld. A freight yard with a roundhouse and a turntable was built south of the passenger station.