Dessau Hauptbahnhof
Dessau Hauptbahnhof | |
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| Through station | |
 Entrance hall of station (2010) | |
| Location |
Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°50′24″N 12°14′6″E / 51.84000°N 12.23500°ECoordinates: 51°50′24″N 12°14′6″E / 51.84000°N 12.23500°E |
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| Platforms | 6 + 1 side platform (DWE) |
| Construction | |
| Architectural style | Bauhaus |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 1173 |
| DS100 code | LD |
| Category | 4[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 September 1840 |
Dessau Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Dessau-Roßlau in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Location
The station is located to the south of the Elbe and to the west of central Dessau. It is a through station, orientated from the north-east to the south-west. Located on its south-eastern frontage is a stop for Dessau trams and buses operated by Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft, the city’s public transport operator.
History
Dessau had an important role in rail transport from the early days of railways in Germany because of the crossing over the Elbe to its north. The first railway was opened on 1 September 1840 by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company. As early as 1911 the line to Bitterfeld was electrified experimentally. Because of the location of several industrial enterprises in the region, such as the Junkers aircraft factory, the railway was very important for rail freight.
In World War II, the station building was destroyed in an air raid on 7 March 1945 and was rebuilt up to 1952.
While the station was formerly a stop for InterRegio and Intercity trains, it is now almost exclusively served by regional transport as Dessau is not located on the busy Berlin–Halle and Magdeburg–Halle–Leipzig lines.
Between 2008 and 2011 a comprehensive renovation was carried out in the Roßlau/Dessau railway transport hub, including a major renovation of the track and overhead line equipment. The track plan of the station has been simplified, so that a speed of 160 km/h is now possible. On 5 December 2010, an electronic interlocking was brought into operation in Dessau.[2]
As part of the development of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland network, it is planned to introduce a service between Dessau and Halle in 2015.
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1951
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2009
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2010, rehabilitation of the station
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2010, after rehabilitation
Connections
The station is used only by regional traffic. There have been no long-distance services since the opening of Berlin Hauptbahnhof in 2006. The Dessau-Wörlitz Railway is now a tourist railway and only operates during the summer season.
In public transport the station is served by three tram and six bus routes. In addition all night bus routes start here.
| Line | Route | Frequency | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC | Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Magdeburg – Dessau – Bitterfeld – Leipzig | One train pair | DB Fernverkehr |
| RE 7 | Dessau Hbf – Belzig – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt | Hourly (Mon-Fri) Every two hours (Sat-Sun) |
DB Regio Nordost |
| RE 13 | Magdeburg Hbf – Dessau Hbf – Leipzig Hbf | Every two hours | DB Regio Südost |
| RE 15 | Magdeburg Hbf – Dessau Hbf – Lutherstadt Wittenberg | Once a day | DB Regio Südost |
| RB 42 | Dessau Hbf – Zerbst – Magdeburg Hbf | Every two hours | DB Regio Südost |
| RB 50 | Dessau Hbf – Köthen – Bernburg – Güsten – Aschersleben | Hourly | DB Regio Südost |
| RB 51 | Dessau Hbf – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Falkenberg (Elster) | Hourly Dessau-Lutherstadt Wittenberg Every two hours Lutherstadt Wittenberg-Falkenberg (Elster) |
DB Regio Südost |
| RB 54 | Dessau Hbf – Bitterfeld – Leipzig Hbf | Every two hours | DB Regio Südost |
| RB 86 | Dessau Hbf – Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) Hbf | Every two hours | DB Regio Südost |
| DVE | Dessau Hbf – Oranienbaum – Wörlitz (operates March-October) | Every two hours | Dessauer Verkehrs- und Eisenbahngesellschaf |
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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Roßlau toward Magdeburg Hbf | RE 13 | Wolfen toward Leipzig Hbf |
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| Terminus | RB 54 | Dessau Süd toward Leipzig Hbf |
Notes
- ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ DB ProjektBau GmbH (2010). Infrastrukturprojekte 2010. Bauen bei der Deutschen Bahn (in German). Hamburg: Eurailpress. pp. 68–81. ISBN 978-3-7771-0414-0.
References
- Bley, Peter (1990). 150 Jahre Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn (150 years of the Berlin-Anhalt railway) (in German). Düsseldorf: alba. ISBN 3-87094-340-8.
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