Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof

Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof
Through station
The front of the station building
General information
Location	Bahnhofsplatz 1, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt NW from center
Coordinates	51°28′41″N 11°59′12″E
Owned by	Deutsche bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Halle–Eilenburg (KBS 219) Berlin–Halle (KBS 250) Halle–Halberstadt (KBS 330) Magdeburg–Leipzig (KBS 340) Halle–Erfurt (KBS 581) Halle–Kassel (KBS 590)
Platforms	12 + 1
Connections	2 4 5 7 9 10 12
Other information
Station code	2498
DS100 code	LH
Category	2
Fare zone	MDV: 210
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	8 October 1890 (1890-10-08)
Electrified	1922-1946 1 September 1955 (1955-09-01)
Services
Preceding station S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland Following station Halle Steintorbrücke towards Halle-Nietleben S 3 Halle Messe towards Wurzen or Oschatz Terminus S 5 Leipzig/Halle Airport towards Zwickau Hbf S 5x Halle Rosengarten towards Lutherstadt Eisleben or Sangerhausen S 7 Terminus Terminus S 8 Hohenthurm towards Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf S 9 Peißen towards Eilenburg
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Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city of Halle (Saale) in southern part of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The station is situated east of the city centre and is a category 2 station.

Importance

The station is one of the most important transport hubs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a stop for long-distance and regional services. In addition, it is part of the Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn network and is served by the trams and buses that are part of the city's public transport.

History

Museum locos at BW Halle Hbf on 15.6.1988

In mid-1840 the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway – initiated by city councillor, Matthäus Ludwig Wucherer, who supported the building of a railway from Magdeburg to Leipzig via Halle – built the first station in Halle, which was subsequently (1845 to 1847) rebuilt again to form a junction with the Thuringian Railway. The unusual feature of the route between Magdeburg and Leipzig was that it was the first cross-border railway link (from Prussia through Anhalt-Köthen to Saxony).

As further routes were added the station soon became too small, but could not be expanded because the various railway companies could not agree an overall concept. Not until 8 October 1890, after the nationalisation of one company and a five-year construction period could the new passenger station be opened. The station hall was largely destroyed during the Second World War and the wooden platform roofing replaced after the war with steel coverings.

In 1967 the S-Bahn was opened and hence a new platform added on the western side. In 1967/68 the station hall was clad by corrugated aluminium sheeting which matched the architecture and ideology of the time, and gave the station a typical modern, socialist appearance. As early as 1984 this covering was removed again however and the dilapidated domed roof was renovated. In 2002 the station, like many others in German cities, was comprehensively refurbished, rebuilt and provided with a range of shops.

In about 2016 the station will be linked to the planned, new Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway. By 2008 the southern approach had been rebuilt over a length of 5 kilometres and now runs under the new Saale-Elster viaduct (to which a connection is being built) towards Erfurt.

Layout

Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof

Halle is an 'island station', i.e. it is located between the main sets of tracks. It has 13 platforms, of which 10 are covered by the station hall. The actual station building is located in the middle between tracks 6 and 7. In the station halls are small shops and restaurants/cafes.

Rail services

Long-distance services

The station is on the intersection of railway links from Berlin to Erfurt and Dresden to Magdeburg. InterCity (IC) and Intercity-Express (ICE) trains stop at the station.

Line	Route	Interval (min)	Stock	Remarks
ICE 11	Berlin – Bitterfeld – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt (– Mannheim – Stuttgart – Munich)	One train pair	ICE T, ICE 4
ICE 15	Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt (– Darmstadt – Mannheim – Saarbrücken)	120	ICE T, ICE 3
ICE 18	(Kiel–) Hamburg – Berlin – Bitterfeld – Halle – Erfurt – Bamberg – Nuremberg – Munich	120	ICE 1, ICE 4
ICE 29	Munich – Nuremberg – Erfurt – Halle – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf (low level) (– Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona)	120	ICE 3
ICE 91	Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Coburg – Nuremberg – Passau – Linz – St. Pölten – Vienna	1 train pair	ICE T
IC 17	Vienna – Passau – Nuremberg – Jena Paradies – Halle – Leipzig – Berlin – Neustrelitz – Warnemünde	1 train pair	IC 2 (Stadler KISS)
IC 55	Dresden – Riesa – Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Cologne – Bonn – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart (– Offenburg)	120	IC2, ICE-T
IC 56	Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bremen – Oldenburg – Leer – Emden (– Norddeich Mole)	120	IC2 (IC)
Flixtrain FLX 10	Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Gotha – Eisenach – Fulda – Frankfurt South – Darmstadt – Weinheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart	2 train pairs

Local services

Halle is linked to the surrounding area with local services on the RB, RE and S-Bahn lines as well as other cities such as Kassel or Eisenach.

Line	Route		Interval (min)	Operator
RE 3	Halle – Bitterfeld – Wittenberg – Jüterbog – Berlin – Eberswalde – Greifswald – Stralsund		Individual services	DB Regio Nordost
RE 4	Halle – Könnern – Aschersleben – Halberstadt – Wernigerode – Vienenburg – Goslar		120	Abellio
RE 8	Halle – Eisleben – Sangerhausen – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen;– Leinefelde		120
RE 9	Halle – Eisleben – Sangerhausen – Nordhausen – Leinefelde – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe		120
RE 16	Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Apolda – Weimar – Erfurt		120
RE 18	Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz		120	DB Regio Südost
RE 24	Halle – Könnern – Sandersleben – Aschersleben – Gatersleben – Halberstadt		120	Abellio
RE 30	Halle – Köthen – Calbe – Schönebeck – Magdeburg-Buckau – Magdeburg		060	DB Regio Südost
RB 25	Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Jena Paradies – Orlamünde – Saalfeld		060	Abellio
RB 47	Halle – Halle-Trotha – Könnern – Baalberge – Bernburg – Calbe – Schönebeck – Magdeburg (Sat-Sun only: Halle-Calbe every 120 min)		060 (Halle–Könnern) 120 (Könnern–Magdeburg)
S 3	Halle-Trotha – Halle – Schkeuditz – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz		060 (Trotha–Halle) 030 (Halle–Leipzig) Individual services (Leipzig–Gaschwitz)	DB Regio Südost
S 5	Halle – Leipzig/Halle Airport – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Altenburg – Zwickau		060
S 5X	Halle – Leipzig/Halle Airport – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Altenburg – Zwickau		060
S 7	Halle – Halle-Silberhöhe – Halle Neustadt – Halle-Nietleben		030
S 8	Halle – Landsberg – Bitterfeld –	Wolfen – Dessau	030 (Halle–Bitterfeld Mon–Fri) 060 (Halle–Bitterfeld Sat–Sun) 120 (Bitterfeld–Dessau) 120 (Bitterfeld–Wittenberg)
		Gräfenhainichen – Wittenberg (– Jüterbog)
S 9	Halle – Delitzsch – Eilenburg		060 (Mo–Fr) 120 (Sat–Sun)

Internal city transport links

The station is accessible from several major roads. A fast road (An der Magistrale) links the Hauptbahnhof to the west of the city (Neustadt, Nietleben and Dölau districts) and the B 80 links it to the western outskirts of Halle (Halleschen Vorland (West)).

The public transport system is provided by HAVAG. Tram routes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12 and bus routes 30 and 44 all stop at the station, as do OBS buses.

Goods traffic

The Halle (Saale) marshalling yard on both sides of the tracks to the east next to the passenger station was formerly important, but is largely closed today. A modern marshalling yard is planned to be built on the same site however.