Dillingen (Saar) station


Dillingen station is on the Saar Railway between Saarbrücken and Trier in the town of Dillingen in the German state of the Saarland. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. A bus station is connected to the 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 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.
Dillingen Station is the terminus of the Nied Valley Railway 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 Saarländische Verkehrsverbund and it is in fare zone 411. It is served by the following lines :
LineRouteFrequency
Südwest-ExpressKoblenz Hbf – Cochem – Wittlich HbfTrier Hbf – Saarburg – Merzig – Dillingen Saarlouis HbfVölklingenSaarbrücken Hbf – Homburg Hbf – LandstuhlKaiserslautern Hbf – Neustadt Hbf – Ludwigshafen Mitte – Mannheim Hbf
Saartal-BahnMerzig – Beckingen – Dillingen – Saarlouis – Bous – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg Hbf – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern Hbf
Saartal-BahnTrier Hbf – Saarburg – Merzig – Beckingen – Dillingen – Saarlouis – Bous – Völklingen – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Homburg Hbf
Nied-BahnDillingen – Siersburg – Hemmersdorf – Niedaltdorf