Arnsberg station

The Arnsberg station is a station on the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in Arnsberg with the construction of the line in 1870/71. The station building was built in 1869 in the Renaissance Revival style. The station building is still used for passenger traffic. Some of the space in the building is used by various social groups and institutions.In addition to the existing passenger facilities at Arnsberg station there used to be a major workshop, a depot, a railway telegraph office and a customs office.HistoryThe construction of the station was preceded by considerable debate between the city and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company about its location. Some called for the construction at today's Jäger bridge near the old town. This was rejected by the Company for cost reasons. The station was erected at the exit of the Schlossberg tunnel and below the Lüsenberg (hill). Arnsberg station was at that time far outside the built up area. On 1 May 1908, the station was renamed Arnsberg (Westphalia).PassengersThe station consists of a central main building and an attached annex building with two floors and an annex with one floor. The main building was built in the Renaissance Revival style to a design by the architect Rauh of Elberfeld. Hardly anything of the original facade has been preserved. The original plaster surfaces were designed to look like ashlar and the corners were vividly highlighted.On 12 March 1945, the station badly damaged in an air raid, but then rebuilt.