Schladern (Sieg) station
Railway station in Windeck, Germany
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Schladern (Sieg) is a station on the Sieg Railway in Windeck-Schladern in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station building was built in 1859 and has monument protection. It was built on a section of the Sieg Railway that was opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861.[5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
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| Location | Waldbröler Str. 3, Schladern (Sieg), Windeck, NRW Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°48′26″N 7°35′33″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Cologne–Siegen (KBS 460, KBS 450.12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5580[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KSLA[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8005356 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRS: 2597[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1859[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Use
The station building, which was no longer occupied by the railway, was purchased in 2002 by the Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Windeck (Windeck business development and development company), resold and rented out after renovation. In addition to offices, it currently houses a café and a municipal tourist office. There is also a pedelec charging station and an ATM at the station. The stop is used by 15,000 passengers annually.[6]
Services
The station is served by S-Bahn S 12 services between Köln-Ehrenfeld and Au (Sieg) and from Monday to Saturday until early evening by S19 services from Düren and Au (Sieg). Both services operate hourly.[7]
Heritage-listing
The brick building built in the Wilhelmine style and is listed as item A 169 in the list of monuments in Windeck.
Others
The station was designated in 2014 as a Wanderbahnhof NRW ("hiking station" of NRW). Nearby are the Sieg fall, Mauel Castle and Windeck Castle.