# Haiger station

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**Haiger station** serves the town of [Haiger](/source/Haiger) in the [Lahn-Dill-Kreis](/source/Lahn-Dill-Kreis) of the [German state](/source/German_state) of [Hesse](/source/Hesse). The first station at this point was opened 1862 when the [Cologne-Minden Railway Company](/source/Cologne-Minden_Railway_Company) built the [Deutz–Gießen railway](/source/Deutz%E2%80%93Gie%C3%9Fen_railway), connecting [Cologne-Deutz](/source/K%C3%B6ln_Messe/Deutz_station) with [Gießen](/source/Gie%C3%9Fen_station). The station became more important when the direct connection was opened to [Siegen](/source/Siegen_station) (now considered part of the [Dill line](/source/Dill_Railway)) in 1915.

## Reception building

Between 1911 and 1913 a new station building was built as a “wedge station” ([Keilbahnhof](/source/Keilbahnhof)) between the old line (now the [Heller Valley Railway](/source/Heller_Valley_Railway)) and the new line to Siegen. The architect was perhaps Ludwig Hoffmann. The station is located between the two converging railways, which are elevated, allowing the platform subways to be accessed from street level. The facade and much of the buildings themselves are designed around a central axis of symmetry. The façade is dominated by a central projection of yellow sandstone. The ensemble is composed of a mixture of classical elements and [Art Nouveau](/source/Art_Nouveau). The station is situated at an altitude of 270 m above sea level. The reception building currently appears neglected and its sidings give the impression of a [brownfield](/source/Brownfield_land).

## Lines

Haiger station is on the Siegen–Gießen main line ([Dill line](/source/Dill_Railway)) and the [Heller Valley Railway](/source/Heller_Valley_Railway) from Haiger to [Betzdorf](/source/Betzdorf,_Germany), now classified as a single track main line, which was originally part of the Deutz–Giessen line. A third line, the [Haiger–Breitscheid line](/source/Haiger%E2%80%93Breitscheid_railway), is closed.

## Notes

1. ["Tarifinformationen 2021"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202010/https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf). [Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund](/source/Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund). 1 January 2021. p. 138. Archived from [the original](https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

1. ["Fahrtauskunft"](https://www.westfalenfahrplan.de/std3/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?). *Westfalentarif*. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

## References

- Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (State Conservation Hesse) (ed.) (2005). *Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Railways in Hesse. Cultural sites in Hesse. Monumental topography of the Federal Republic of Germany)* (in German). Vol. 2, no. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 1,016. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
- *Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)*. 2007/2008 ed. Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.

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