Grävenwiesbach station
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Germany
- Solmsbach Valley Railway (km 28.84) (closed)
- Taunus Railway (km 28.8) (KBS 637)
- Weil Valley Railway (km 22.1) (closed)
Grävenwiesbach | |||||
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| Through station | |||||
 Entrance building and platforms | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Grävenwiesbach, Hesse Germany | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°22′56″N 8°27′30″E / 50.38233°N 8.45837°E | ||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Architect | Eduard Goepfert | ||||
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| Station code | n/a | ||||
| DS100 code | FGR[1] | ||||
| IBNR | 8000132 | ||||
| Fare zone |  : 5216[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 October 1895 | ||||
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Grävenwiesbach station is the station of Grävenwiesbach on the edge of the Hochtaunuskreis in the German state of Hesse. It is located on the southern outskirts of the town centre. Previously, the station was a junction station that served trains running on the Weil Valley Railway to Weilburg via Weilmünster, on the Taunus Railway to Bad Homburg and on the Solms Valley Railway to Wetzlar.
Grävenwiesbach station was opened on 1 June 1909 with the opening of the extension of the Usingen Railway from Usingen to Weilmünster, which connected with the Weil Valley Railway. Due to the typography of the line, it was built as a dead-end station with trains reversing to continue their journeys.[3]
The Prussian state railways (Preußische Staatseisenbahnen) began planning a branch line through the Solmsbach valley to Wetzlar. The Solmsbach Valley Railway could not be opened between Grävenwiesbach and Albshausen (on the Lahn Valley Railway) until 1 November 1912, because several substantial structures had to be built first. Thus Grävenwiesbach became a junction station and the line to Weilmünster became part of the Weil Valley Railway.
Due to insufficient passenger volumes, the operation of passenger and freight traffic on the Weil Valley Railway was discontinued on 27 September 1969. There was still a 100 m long piece of the former line to Weilburg, which served as a headshunt, until the 1980s.
Passenger traffic ended on the Solmsbach Valley Railway on 31 May 1985 and freight traffic ended on 28 May 1988.
On 15 November 1999, the Grävenwiesbach–Brandoberndorf section of the Solmsbach Valley Railway was reactivated for passenger traffic and the section became part of the Taunus Railway.
Station entrance building and freight hall
The entrance building was built from 1909 to 1912 to designs by Eduard Goepfert. It is heritage-listed along with the attached goods hall. The station entrance building is built in the style of a country house in various materials. The building has a visible framework and is covered with slate.
