Dessau Hauptbahnhof

Dessau Hauptbahnhof
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
Line(s)
Platforms 6 + 1 side platform (DWE)
Construction
Architectural style Bauhaus
Other information
Station code 1173
DS100 codeLD
Category4[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

1945 (above), 1959 (below)

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.

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 OldenburgBremenHannoverMagdeburgDessau – Bitterfeld – Leipzig One train pair DB Fernverkehr
RE 7 Dessau Hbf – Belzig – Berlin HbfBerlin-Schönefeld Flughafen – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt Hourly (Mon-Fri)
Every two hours (Sat-Sun)
DB Regio Nordost
RE 13 Magdeburg Hbf – Dessau HbfLeipzig Hbf Every two hours DB Regio Südost
RE 15 Magdeburg Hbf – Dessau HbfLutherstadt Wittenberg Once a day DB Regio Südost
RB 42 Dessau Hbf – Zerbst – Magdeburg Hbf Every two hours DB Regio Südost
RB 50 Dessau HbfKöthen – 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
Roßlau
toward Magdeburg Hbf
RE 13
Wolfen
toward Leipzig Hbf
TerminusRB 54
Dessau Süd
toward Leipzig Hbf

Notes

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. 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

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