Chemnitz Süd station

Chemnitz Süd station is a station in the city of Chemnitz in the German state of Saxony. The station used to have a greater significance in freight transport in particular.HistoryNameThe station had three different names during its existence: until 31 January 1905: Altchemnitz (old Chemnitz) from 1 February 1905: Chemnitz Süd from 1953: Karl-Marx-Stadt Süd (Chemnitz was called Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1953 to 1990) from 1990: Chemnitz SüdOperationsThe station was built with the Chemnitz–Adorf railway by the Chemnitz-Aue-Adorfer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Chemnitz–Aue–Adorf Railway Company, CAAE) and opened in 1875. The station was not built during the building of the Chemnitz–Zwickau section of the Dresden–Werdau railway, which had been opened in 1858. Since the CAAE was not allowed to build its line to Chemnitz station—from 1 May 1904 called Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof—a separate station was built in Altchemnitz. A link line was built for freight transport, but passengers had to walk about 2 km to Chemnitz station on foot. It was only after the nationalisation of the CAAE in the summer of 1876 that passenger trains were able to run to Chemnitz station.The Stollberg-Chemnitz section of the Zwönitz–Chemnitz Süd railway railway (also called the Würschnitztalbahn—Würschnitz Valley Railway), which opened on 1 October 1895, also connected with the station and the station's traffic increased significantly.Since the numerous level crossings between the Chemnitz and Kappel stations were an ever-increasing obstacle to traffic, between 1903 and 1909 the route of the line was significantly changed and parts of the line was lowered or raised. In this context, the old passenger platforms near line-kilometre 2.47 of the Chemnitz-Adorf railway were removed and new passenger infrastructure was built near line-kilometre 1.99 (from Chemnitz Hbf). Since then, passenger trains on the Dresden-Werdau railway have also stopped in Chemnitz Süd. As part of the reconstruction work, a new entrance building was also built as a Keilbahnhof ("wedge station", that is in the wedge between the branching tracks).