Kassel Hauptbahnhof

Kassel Hauptbahnhof
Hbf

Building of the station
Location Bahnhhofsplatz
Mitte, Kassel, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates 51°19′5″N 9°29′24″E / 51.31806°N 9.49000°ECoordinates: 51°19′5″N 9°29′24″E / 51.31806°N 9.49000°E
Line(s)
  • Kassel–Eichenberg
  • Kassel–Frankfurt
  • Kassel–Waldkappel
  • Kassel–Bebra
  • Kassel–Warburg
Platforms 13
Other information
Station code 3124
DS100 codeFK
Category2 [1]
History
Opened 1856

Kassel Hauptbahnhof is a Deutsche Bahn railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. Situated in the central borough of Mitte, it is the city's second important railway station after the opening of Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe in 1991; and so it is the only Hauptbahnhof that is not the main station of its city.

History

Early history

Construction of the station building, projected by Gottlob Engelhard, started in a period between 1851 and 1856.[2] The style of the original building, bombed during World War II, was romantic neoclassical. The reconstruction, started in 1952, was completed in 1960 by the architect Friedrich Bätjer with the style of 1950s maintaining some original elements.

Recent history

When the Deutsche Bundesbahn began constructing the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line, Kassel originally was not supposed to have a station on the line at all. When it was decided to connect the city, Kassel posed a unique problem, Kassel was a terminal station. Options were discussed, among them the remodeling of Kassel's main station and the construction of an entirely new station. On 13 November 1981 construction of the high speed rail line started on Hesse territory, and it was decided to erect the new main station in the Kassel borough of Bad Wilhelmshöhe, opened on May 29, 1991.

In 1995 [3] the station was thoroughly renovated and conceived (so far uniquely) as a Kulturbahnhof[4] (cultural station). Thus emerged – in addition to art galleries, an architecture center and restaurants – an exhibition space for comic arts, the Caricatura museum [5] and two repertory cinemas.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:[6]

Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
TerminusRE 30
Main-Weser Railway
toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Kassel-Kirchditmold
Kassel RegioTram 3
Scheidemannplatz
toward Kassel Hollandische Straße
Kassel-Kirchditmold
toward Wolfhagen
Kassel RegioTram 4
Scheidemannplatz
toward Kassel Hollandische Straße
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
toward Melsungen
Kassel RegioTram 5
Scheidemannplatz
toward Kassel Auestadion
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
toward Treysa
Kassel RegioTram 9Terminus
Preceding station   Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft   Following station
Vellmar-Niedervellmar
toward Göttingen
RB Terminus
TerminusRB
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
toward Fulda


Structure and transport

Kassel Hauptbahnhof is a terminal station with 8 tracks[7] and other 3 in the tunnel station for the RegioTram [8] (a sort of Stadtbahn). The station is served by several lines of the tramway net, RegioTram and buses.

Due to its central position in the city it is a busy station, terminal of several regional DB lines:

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ (German) History of the Hauptbahnhof on kassel.de
  3. ↑ (German) Article about the decennial of Kulturbahnhof
  4. ↑ (German) Infos about Kulturbahnhof Kassel
  5. ↑ (German) Caricatura official site
  6. ↑ Timetables for Kassel Hbf station (German)
  7. ↑ (German) Station plan of Kassel Hauptbahnhof (PDF)
  8. ↑ (German) Official site of RegioTram

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