Dillingen (Saar) Station
Location
Dillingen station is located on the western edge of the town centre of Dillingen, very close to the post office, the pedestrianised Stummstraße, the town hall and the Stadthalle (a venue for cultural events) and is on the bus network of the district transport company, Kreisverkehrsbetriebe Saarlouis and is served by regional buses. Parking is available in front of the entrance building for private short-term parking and bicycles.
The station has a travel centre and shopping. It has step-free access to platforms 1 and the island platform serving tracks 4 and 5.
The station is the terminus of the Nied Valley Railway (Niedtalbahn) to Niedaltdorf and until 1945 passenger services ran to Bouzonville and at times to Metz. Once a year on Good Friday, services again run over this line over the French border to Bouzonville.
Entrance building
The original station building was opened in 1858 and completely renovated between 1890 and the First World War. The precise date of construction of the new building is not known. The building is built as a rectangular building with irregular projections, but its exterior has complex shapes.
Services
Dillingen station is part of the Saarländischer Verkehrsverbund (SaarVV; Saarland Transport Association), and it is in fare zone 411 (Dillingen). It is served by the following lines (Dec 2016):
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 1 | Südwest-Express | Koblenz Hbf – Cochem – Wittlich Hbf – Trier Hbf – Saarburg (Bz Trier) – Merzig (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis Hbf – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – Homburg (Saar) Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf – Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte – Mannheim Hbf |
| RB 70 | Saartal-Bahn | Merzig (Saar) – Beckingen (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis – Bous (Saar) – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf |
| RB 71 | Saartal-Bahn | Trier Hbf – Saarburg – Merzig (Saar) – Beckingen (Saar) – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis – Bous (Saar) – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar) Hbf |
| RB 77 | Nied-Bahn | Dillingen (Saar) – Siersburg – Hemmersdorf – Niedaltdorf |
Notes
- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Saarländischer Verkehrsverbund. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Dillingen" (in German). Bahnhöfe im Saarland. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Wabenplan 2013" (PDF) (in German). Saarländischer Verkehrsverbund. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Regional services network of Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
External links
- "Track plan of Dillingen (Saar) station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2013.