Bebra train station
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 Bebra train station with island building
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| Location in the network | Crossing station |
| Design | Island station |
| Platform tracks | 5 (3, 5, 8-10) |
| abbreviation | FB |
| IBNR | 8000029 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | August 29, 1848 |
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| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 '9 " N , 9 ° 47' 52" E |
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| Railway stations in Hessen | |
The Bebra station is a hub in the German passenger and freight network in the north Hessian city of Bebra . It is the junction of several railway lines and a stop for individual intercity trains on the Central Germany connection between Düsseldorf and Leipzig / Dresden . The station is located in the North Hessian Transport Association (NVV). It opened in 1848 and quickly assumed a key role as an important transportation hub. As a result, Bebra developed into a classic railway town .
history
Beginnings and time until 1939
On August 29, 1848, when the first section of the Bebra – Baunatal – Guntershausen to Guxhagen railway line went into operation, Bebra was connected to the German railway network. On September 25th, the line was extended to Gerstungen . On the same day, the Halle – Bebra line was extended from Halle (Saale) to Bebra, making the city the hub of both lines.
In 1866 the first section of the Bebra – Fulda line ( Frankfurt-Bebraer Eisenbahn ) in the direction of Bad Hersfeld followed , and in 1875 the Göttingen – Bebra line .
In 1869 the station received its current station building in an island location . Due to its importance as a hub, the site was expanded several times by the turn of the century. A marshalling yard was added parallel to the passenger station by 1906 .
In 1914 the Berlin curve was built as a connection between the Bebra – Fulda railway (Frankfurt-Bebraer Bahn) and the Halle – Bebra (Thuringian Railway) railway. This meant that the previously necessary change of direction in Bebra was no longer necessary . In 1924 the station was expanded to include the Bebra U station .
Wartime
During the Second World War there was an air raid on the Bebra marshalling yard on December 4, 1944 . The train station was hardly hit, but the city was bombed numerous times and 64 people were killed.
post war period
After the Second World War, traffic in the Bebra area shifted more in a north-south direction, as traffic to the east was largely interrupted by the nearby inner-German border . However, Bebra became a border station for interzonal trains to the GDR , transit trains and military trains of the Western powers to West Berlin . In Bebra, the trains were handed over from the Deutsche Bundesbahn to the Deutsche Reichsbahn with locomotive changes. Up to and from Bebra, the DR trains were usually hauled by steam locomotives of the DR class 01.5 . From the 1973 summer timetable, the steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in front of the interzonal trains and the locomotive change relocated to Gerstungen. The “Berlin curve” was not used during the time of the German division, but remained operational.
On the north-south route , many high-quality passenger trains stopped in Bebra until the inauguration of the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg and the commissioning of the ICE , such as the TEE “Blauer Enzian” and every IC to and from Hamburg . Bebra thus served as a transfer station for Kassel, which was not served by the IC network until the high-speed line went into operation .
The historically significant government special trains from Willy Brandt to Erfurt and Willi Stoph to Kassel in 1970 were dispatched at Bebra station.
The Bebra station was equipped with overhead lines for electric train operations in 1963.
Reunification and the turn of the millennium
By 1995, the “ Berlin curve ” in connection with the electrification of the Neudietendorf - Bebra line was fundamentally renovated and put back into operation. Since then, long-distance trains on the Dresden - Frankfurt am Main route no longer reach Bebra station, but pass through the city to the southeast.
Today (as of 2019) Bebra is the stop of an intercity line and several regional transport lines . The marshalling yard is also one of 13 freight centers operated by Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) .
South of Bebra is the largest potash mining area in the world . The block train traffic to the ports and the delivery of empty wagons are handled via Bebra station. In addition, the locomotive crew is changed on most of the freight trains passing through Bebra. Even if there are no more locomotives in Bebra today, there are still a number of jobs at the railroad in Bebra.
present
The station was completely rebuilt and modernized from early summer 2012. The platforms of tracks 3, 5 and 8 were completely renewed and rebuilt so that they are barrier-free . The platform of tracks 1 and 2 will be abandoned because it is no longer necessary after the modernization of the Bebra train station.
Due to the lack of dispatchers in Bebra, the Federal Network Agency threatened a fine of 100,000 euros.
Bebra depot
By 1890, the Bebra P depot was built on the east side of the track and the Bebra G depot on the west side, each with two locomotive sheds and turntables .
Bw Bebra was the railroad depot of the German Federal Railroad in the 50s, where the express steam locomotives of the 01.10 series had the highest mileage. Bebra locomotives drove to Hamburg-Altona or Bremen in the north and Treuchtlingen and, at times, Munich in the south. 01 1056, based in Bebra, drove 28,889 kilometers in July 1956, the highest documented monthly mileage of a steam locomotive in Germany. The new steam locomotives of the DB class 10 were also initially based in Bebra after delivery by the Krupp company .
After the start of electrical operation for the summer timetable in May 1963, many steam locomotives were relocated. As early as the autumn of 1962, Bebra delivered the two class 10 locomotives, various 01.10 and some oil-fired class 44 locomotives to Kassel . At the beginning of 1968 the last three 44s were withdrawn. Until 1973, however, the depot was still approached and used by the DR steam locomotives used in front of interzonal trains, usually express locomotives of the 01.5 series.
Locomotives based in Bebra
| model series | 07/01/1959 | December 31, 1962 | December 31, 1963 | December 31, 1966 |
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| 01.10 | 20th | 18th | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 35 | 47 | 15th | 8th |
| 50 | 14th | 18th | 12 | 0 |
| 55 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 89 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| total | 93 | 95 | 34 | 8th |
In 1968 the Bebra G depot was closed in favor of an expansion of the marshalling yard. Locomotive shed 1 including the recently modernized turntable is still in operation. The association “Die Dampfmacher Bebra eV” is committed to maintaining the locomotive shed 2, which was closed in 1995, with the segment turntable.
The association - now insolvent - has supported large steam locomotive meetings in Bebra several times in recent years, which brought the past to life again. Special attractions were always parallel journeys on the north-south route towards Göttingen.
Locomotive shed 2 was first statically and structurally secured in 2015 and received, among other things, a new roof. With the help of various funding programs (urban redevelopment in Hesse, national monuments of urban development, etc.), both the island building, engine shed 2 and the former boiler house with chimney are to be renovated and revitalized by 2019, engine shed 2 has served as an event location since July 2019. All buildings are now owned by the city of Bebra or the subsidiary Stadtentwicklung Bebra GmbH.
Picture gallery
Bebra at the end of the 19th century
Photo from 1915
View of the train station before the renovation
View from Gilfershäuser Strasse before the conversion to the parking lot
View of the parking lot during the renovation
View towards the water tower
View towards Gilfershäuser Strasse
Photo from 1993
View over the track system shortly before the renovation
Customs building demolished in the meantime during the renovation in 2013
View from Gilfershäuser Strasse during the renovation in 2013
Bus station on the west side
View from the west of the island building at Bebra train station. The light shaft visible in front of the station used to be the entrance to platform 1/2.
East access to Bebra station with the rest of engine shed 2 and turntable
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traffic
| line | course | operator |
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| IC 51 | Cologne - Essen - Bochum - Dortmund - Kassel - Bebra - Eisenach - Erfurt - Weimar - Leipzig | DB long-distance transport |
| Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Bebra - Eisenach - Erfurt - Weimar - Jena West - Jena-Göschwitz - Gera Hbf | ||
| RE 50 | ( Bebra - Bad Hersfeld - Hünfeld -) Fulda - Schlüchtern - Wächtersbach - Hanau - Offenbach - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf | DB Regio AG center |
| RB 5 | Kassel Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Melsungen - Bebra - Bad Hersfeld - Hünfeld - Fulda | Cantus |
| RB 6 | Eisenach - Eisenach West - Hörschel - Herleshausen - Gerstungen - Wildeck - Ronshausen - Bebra | |
| RB 7 | Göttingen - Eichenberg - Eschwege - Bebra (- Bad Hersfeld - Hünfeld - Fulda) |
See also
Web links
- Track layout and permissible speeds of the station on the OpenRailwayMap
- Bebra and the railroad
- Tracks in service facilities (FB) , DB Netz AG (PDF; track plan)
- Homepage of the Bebra engine shed
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Preuss: Braked Progress - Electrification of the North-South Line, Geramond Verlag , Lokmagazin 3/2011.
- ↑ Hessian Ministry of Economics: RuFV for Bf BEebra ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn cannot afford such a disaster . In: Der Tagesspiegel . No. 21797 , September 2, 2013, p. 13 ( similar version ).
- ↑ Jürgen-Ulrich Ebel: The series 01.10 - Volume 1, EK-Verlag Freiburg , 2010.
- ↑ Dr. Lutz Münzer: The steam locomotives of Bw Bebra, Verlag Geramond , Lokmagazin 7/2010.
- ↑ The steam maker Bebra eV: preservation of the engine shed .
