Schladern (Sieg) is a station on the Sieg Railway in Windeck-Schladern in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station building was built in 1859 and has monument protection. It was built on a section of the Sieg Railway that was opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (, CME) between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861. It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.
Use
The station building, which was no longer occupied by the railway, was purchased in 2002 by the Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Windeck (Windeck business development and development company), resold and rented out after renovation. In addition to offices, it currently houses a café and a municipal tourist office. There is also a pedelec charging station and an ATM at the station. The stop is used by 15,000 passengers annually.
Services
The station is served by S-Bahn S 12 services between Köln-Ehrenfeld and Au (Sieg) and from Monday to Saturday until early evening by S19 services from Düren and Au (Sieg). Both services operate hourly.
Heritage-listing
The brick building built in the Wilhelmine style and is listed as item A 169 in the list of monuments in Windeck.
Others
The station was designated in 2014 as a Wanderbahnhof NRW ("hiking station" of NRW). Nearby are the Sieg fall, Mauel Castle and Windeck Castle.
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