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the platform in each direction reflect the original terminal stations: tracks 3 and 4 towards Hagen/Giessen and tracks 54 and 55 towards Cologne. The platform height has been 76 centimetres since 2018. The maximum platform lengths vary between 150 and 353 metres. In 2020, new entry signals among other things were installed. As a result, it is now possible, for example, for the RE9 from Cologne to run to track 54 at 60 km/h instead of 30 km/h and only then reduce speed at the platform. The same applies to trains from the Ruhr area and MĂĽnster when entering platform 4.
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received a new pedestrian overpass and lifts (in operation since the end of February 2019), which enable barrier-free access both to the platforms themselves and to Freudenberger StraĂźe. In addition, the platforms received new roofing and modern lighting and loudspeaker systems. In October 2020, the underpass was usable again after the completion of the modernisation.
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used the north-eastern part of the station with the tracks now numbered from number 1 as its terminus. After being nationalised in 1882, its facilities for the maintenance of rolling stock became a repair shop, which were later demolished and replaced by highway B54, locally called HĂĽttentalstraĂźe.
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Since the beginning of June 2015, the station's rail infrastructure has been comprehensively modernised for €11.4 million. The completion of the modernisation measures ("modernisation offensive MOF 2") can be expected by the end of 2022. So far, in addition to the renewed platforms, the station has
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The station has six platform tracks, of which number 1 (connecting track in the direction of Hagen/Giessen) and 2 are on the main platform. The other four tracks, two of which are dead-end tracks, are on the central platform, two each offset on each side of the platform, so that the two sections of
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Since 12 December 2021, IC line 34 has served Siegen with double-decker carriages. Eight pairs of trains run on the Münster – Hamm – Dortmund / Unna – Siegen – Frankfurt route, of which two pairs are accelerated between Siegen and Hamm and enable a direct connection to ICE line 10 in Hamm towards
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As a railway junction in a centre of iron production, steel production, tool manufacturing and mechanical engineering, the Siegen junction and railway infrastructure was an important strategic target of the Allied bombing raids, especially on 16 December 1944 and until March 1945, during which 90
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The entrance building from 1861 is also to be modernised after the MOF is completed. The demolition of the old station building and construction of a new building, which was repeatedly planned by an investor, is not being pursued further after public opposition. Deutsche Bahn is now planning to
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With the division of Germany in 1945, only the traffic flows in the north-south direction continued to develop, which led to the Hagen–Giessen axis, including Siegen station, being electrified in 1965, but the Sieg Railway did not follow until 1980 and the Betzdorf–Haiger railway was no longer
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was built, a journey from the Ruhr area to Frankfurt via Cologne and Mainz was just as fast as via Weidenau. In order to avoid the time-consuming reversal at Siegen station required for trains between Giessen and the Ruhr, Weidenau became the stop in Siegen for express trains and later
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had already been built. The connection to the single-track Giersberg tunnel, involved the construction of the railway embankment for the Ruhr–Sieg railway, so that both lines would pass over bridges over both Hagener Straße and Sieghütter Hauptweg, where the level crossing with the
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until 2017. Nevertheless, the term Siegen Hauptbahnhof was used at some signs at the station, on road maps and in on-train announcements. The station was officially renamed to Siegen Hauptbahnhof after the completion of the refurbishment works in December 2017.
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Between the sidings on HeeserstraĂźe and the main post office, a central "Sp Dr S600" signal box was built in the 1980s for the triangular junction and sections of track up to and including Geisweid, Brachbach and Rudersdorf stations.
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Between 1942 and 1944, during the Nazi period, people, most of whom were Jewish, were deported from Siegen station to concentration camps. A commemorative plaque on platform 4 is a reminder of this on the initiative of the
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for this are the two tunnels under Siegener Giersberg with the end points of Siegen-Weidenau and Siegen Ost, of which only the former has two tracks, because the Cologne–Giessen connection via the
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Menschen, ZĂĽge, Bahnstationen, vol. 2: Eisenbahnen im Siegerland. Die Ruhr-Sieg-Strecke mit den Eisenbahnorten Siegen, Weidenau, Kreuztal, Hilchenbach, Betzdorf, Freudenberg und Olpe im Sauerland
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percent of the city, many tracks, but not the entrance buildings, were destroyed. This became a central argument for their preservation.
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motorways created much faster long-distance connections, and the railways also upgraded their lines in such a way that even before the
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state in 1880. The freight yard opposite the depot was built over by the ECE Group with the City-Galerie at the end of the 1990s.
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In this context, no separate track was provided to the former main post office, since letter centre 57 had been relocated to the
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rebuild the building while retaining the old structure. Local interest groups are also demanding that it be heritage listed.
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considered important and in fact one track was dismantled. In 1968 and 1980, respectively, the
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The station was opened on 10 January 1861 at the same time as the branch line from Siegen to
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The Siegen station is a transport node and connects with the Siegen bus network.
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Makeshift platform with tracks 5 and 7 during the platform renovations in 2015.
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Hanover and Berlin. One of the faster pairs of trains goes beyond MĂĽnster to
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Two Intercity trains meet on the odd hour at platforms 3 and 4, autumn 2022
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Former commemorative plaque on platform 3 (now renewed)
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was opened in the same year, on 6 August 1861, so the
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Index

Siegen station
Deutsche Bahn

Siegen
North Rhine-Westphalia
50°52′32″N 8°0′58″E / 50.87556°N 8.01611°E / 50.87556; 8.01611
Dill Railway
Ruhr-Sieg railway
Sieg Railway
DS100 code
Category
Westfalentarif
www.bahnhof.de

DB Fernverkehr
Lennestadt-Altenhundem
MĂĽnster Hbf
Norddeich Mole
IC 34
Dillenburg
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Stuttgart Hbf
Siegen-Weidenau
Dortmund Hbf
MĂĽnster Hbf

DB Regio NRW
Niederschelden
Aachen Hbf
RE 9

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