Au (Sieg) station

Au (Sieg)
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Branch off station
Location Bahnhofstr. 24, Au (Sieg), North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 50°46′24″N 7°39′24″E / 50.773323°N 7.656781°E / 50.773323; 7.656781Coordinates: 50°46′24″N 7°39′24″E / 50.773323°N 7.656781°E / 50.773323; 7.656781
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 204
DS100 codeKAU
IBNR8000012
Category3[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1860
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 9
Rhein-Sieg-Express
Wissen
toward Siegen
TerminusRB 95
Sieg-Dill-Bahn
Etzbach
toward Dillenburg
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station
Geilhausen
RB 90
Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn
Wissen
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Düren
S 12Terminus

Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au (Sieg) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (German: Oberwesterwaldbahn).

The section of the Sieg Railway between Eitorf and Wissen through Au was opened on 1 August 1860.[2] On 1 May 1887, the branch was opened to Altenkirchen,[3] connecting with the Upper Westerwald Railway to Limburg and additional tracks was added at Au. In 1885 Au consisted of only four houses and 16 inhabitants.[4]

Au is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) on the AachenCologne–Siegen route, the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S12 service on the Düren–Cologne–Au route and two Regionalbahn services, the Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn (RB 90), to and from Limburg an der Lahn and the Sieg-Dill-Bahn (RB 95) to and from Dillenburg.[5]

References

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. "Line 3032: Engers - Au (Sieg)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. Community lexicon for the Kingdom of Prussia of 1885
  5. "Au (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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