Crimmitschau station

Crimmitschau station is a station on the Leipzig–Hof railway in the German state of Saxony. It is the only station in the town of Crimmitschau.HistoryWork started on the Leipzig–Hof railway in 1841 and Crimmitschau already had a simple station with the opening of the 28.73 km-long Altenburg–Crimmitschau section on 15 March 1844. The Leipzig–Hof line was completed in 1851. A new station building was opened in 1873, which is characterised by its impressive architectural style. It is still used for housing railway workers and part of the building is used as a restaurant.The first passenger subway, which was an underpass to the second platform, was built in 1888. A 5.35 metre wide and 3.7 metre high subway with concrete floors was built in 1979.By the end of the nineteenth century, it was becoming increasingly apparent that the station had reached the limit of its capacity. Since the location did not allow for a third track, the construction of a freight yard in the district of Wahl with a connection to Crimmitschau station was considered. The cost for the freight yard, including track with a length of 2.35 km, was estimated at 750,000 marks. On 4 April 1898, the proposal was discussed in the Second Chamber of the Sächsischer Landtag (Saxon parliament) and it was approved. Construction work on the new freight yard began in September of that year. However, the planned construction of the freight station was downgraded to that of a loading point. Instead, the four kilometre long Crimmitschau–Schweinsburg railway was built. The new industrial railway was opened on 1 July 1908.