Brügge (Westfalen) station

Brügge (Westf)
Separation station

Brügge signal box
Location Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°12′30″N 7°34′16″E / 51.208255°N 7.571163°E / 51.208255; 7.571163Coordinates: 51°12′30″N 7°34′16″E / 51.208255°N 7.571163°E / 51.208255; 7.571163
Line(s)
Platforms 1
Other information
Station code 915
DS100 codeEBRU[1]
Category7[2]
History
Opened 6 September 1874 [3]
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Dortmund Hbf
RB 52
Volmetalbahn
Terminus

Brügge (Westfalen) station is on the Hagen–Dieringhausen railway from Hagen Hauptbahnhof to Dieringhausen station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 7 station.[2] Because of the branch line to Lüdenscheid, it is classified as a separation station. The station is located on the edge of the Lüdenscheid hamlet of Brügge. The only platform connects with the bus stop and is at ground level. The station is known nationally for its elevated signalbox.

History

The Hagen–Dieringhausen railway (also called the Volmetalbahn: “Volme Valley Railway”) from Hagen was opened to Dieringhausen in stages between 1871 and 1893. Numerous apartments for the railwaymen were built around the station area because Brügge was a busy station and many residents were employed in the station’s operation. During this period the signalbox, a roundhouse with a turntable and a water tower were built on the site. Until 1986, there was a direct passenger service to Cologne, which is expected to be reopened between Marienheide and Meinerzhagen in 2013 and later to Brügge (by December 2016). In 2009, the former art nouveau style station building was demolished because it was in danger of collapse as there had been no restoration to the old building in recent years.[4]

The platform area of Brügge station still partly exists, but parts have been dismantled. Previously, the platforms for the line to Dieringhausen and Cologne were connected via an underground passage to the station forecourt. The freight operations in Brügge is limited to the line from Krummenerl, which is used by freight trains from the local quarry, which continue on the Volme Valley Railway through Brügge to the north. According to the Lüdenscheid city council and mayor Dieter Dzewas, it is planned to build an island platform with two platform tracks in Brügge, which would be at ground level. However, this plan will only be implemented when services on the Volme Valley Railway have been extended from Marienheide to Meinerzhagen and Brügge.[5]

The facade and roof of the old signal box at Brügge station, which dates back to 1927, are currently being renovated.[6]

Rail services

RB 52 service in Brügge

The station is currently served by one Regionalbahn line:[7]

Line Route Frequency
RB 52 Volmetal-Bahn Lüdenscheid – Brügge (Westf) – Schalksmühle – Hagen – Dortmund Hourly

The trains reverse at the station.

Bus services

Bus services are operated by Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft (Märkische Transport Company, MVG) and Busverkehr Ruhr-Sieg (Ruhr-Sieg Bus Transport, BRS) over the following seven bus lines:[7]

Line Route Frequency (mins)

(Mon–Fri)

 Frequency (mins)

(Sat)

 Frequency (mins)

(Sun)

47 Lüdenscheid, Eichholz – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Bahnhof –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Ostendorf Schule

 30 / 60 30 / 60 60
55 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Sparkasse central bus station – Wipperfürth bus station

 Irregular No service No service
56 Lüdenscheid, Ahelle – Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Ostendorf school –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge school – Lüdenscheid, Wehberg Wendestelle

 Irregular No service No service
57 Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Schalksmühle, Strücken – Schalksmühle, Rathausplatz –

Schalksmühle, Mitte – Schalksmühle, Dahlerbrück – Hagen, Rummenohl Mitte

 Irregular No service No service
58 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Kierspe central bus station– Meinerzhagen station / central bus station

 60 60 60
59 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid, Talstraße –

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Kierspe central bus station – Kierspe, Feuerwehrgerätehaus

 60 No service No service
134 Lüdenscheid, Kulturhaus – Lüdenscheid, Sauerfeld central bus station – Lüdenscheid station–

Lüdenscheid, Brügge station – Halver, Sparkasse central bus station – Radevormwald bus station

 30 / 60 60 60

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Brügge (Westf) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wir sind Brügge i.W." (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Not known". Lüdenscheider Nachrichten (in German). 7 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "In Brügge - Reiterstellwerk ohne Schutz". Westfälischen Rundschau (in German). 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Brügge (Westf) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

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