Abstract: Described is a coil collecting station for wire-rod mill trains with a coil collecting chamber consisting of a pre-collector, collecting pin and limiting cage, in which at least two collecting pins can be brought alternatively into a loading and/or discharging position by means of swing movements. The enveloping diameter of the collecting pin in the loading position is variable with respect to its diameter in its discharging position for a wire coil wound up thereon. For this purpose, said collecting pin consists of a plurality of pin rods, some of which being fixed and the other ones being supported radially movably with respect to said fixed pin rods.