Altenburg station
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.jpg) Station building, 2009
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| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | LA |
| IBNR | 8010003 |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | 1878 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Altenburg |
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| City / municipality | Altenburg |
| country | Thuringia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 59 '51 " N , 12 ° 26' 37" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 180 m |
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| Railway stations in Thuringia | |
The Altenburg station is located at the Leipzig-Hof railway . South of Altenburg , near Lehndorf , the line to Gera branches off to the west . There is also a junction to Zeitz in the Rasephas district. However, this is only used for freight traffic. The railway line from Altenburg to Langenleuba-Oberhain was shut down in 1999 and then dismantled. With the railway stations Altenburg Nord and Altenburg-Rasephas, Altenburg had two more stops until the end of passenger traffic on the line to Zeitz in 2002.
history
Station names
Altenburg station had the following names:
- until 1936: Altenburg
- until 1942: Altenburg (Thür)
- until 1953: Altenburg (Thür) Hbf
- since 1953: Altenburg
Terminus
The original Altenburg station was at a different location in what is now Fabrikstrasse. It was officially opened on September 19, 1842, making it the first train station on Ernestine territory. The Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg wanted the train station to be as close as possible to its royal seat, so that it was not possible to continue building the route south due to the topographical conditions and the train station thus became the terminus . The route in the direction of Hof initially ran a short distance to the north and then made a 180-degree turn into the valley of the Pleiße east of the city.
Through station
With the increasing traffic, the terminus station became a traffic problem over time. In 1876, the renovation work began, in which the new station was moved a little further to the east and the new, south-facing route through a 375 m long tunnel. On September 25, 1878, "the first use of the new rail system using the tunnel" took place. Structural remnants of the former terminal station are still in Altenburger Fabrikstrasse today. The Altenburg tunnel was dismantled between 1957 and 1959 before the line was electrified.
Immediately to the northwest of the passenger station there was a marshalling yard on the line to Zeitz . This is now rented to Waggonbau Altenburg GmbH as a parking station.
The official name was from September 20, 1942 Altenburg (Thür) Hbf .
The station building was completely renovated in the 1990s. Among other things, the wooden doors of the portico were restored, which had been replaced by aluminum doors in GDR times.
In 2010 and 2011, further modernization measures were carried out at the station, for example platforms 1 to 3 were renewed as part of the economic stimulus programs of the Federal Republic of Germany and with funds from the Thuringian public transport company, and a passenger elevator was installed to platform 2/3 . The platform roofs and the pedestrian tunnel were renovated and the lighting of the platforms and the forecourt was renewed.
In 2013 the former railway post office building was demolished and a park & ride facility with motorcycle and roofed bicycle parking spaces was built. In the course of this, the stairs and the elevator of the overpass over the tracks to Leipziger Strasse were renovated. This was inaugurated in 1993 after the bridge built in 1898 was demolished in 1991.
With the commissioning of the Leipzig City Tunnel on December 15, 2013, the network of S-Bahn Central Germany was extensively redesigned. Since then, the S5 and S5X lines have operated from Halle (Saale) , Leipzig / Halle Airport and Leipzig via Altenburg to Zwickau .
In December 2017, Deutsche Bahn sold the reception building to a real estate company from Frankfurt (Main).
In May 2020, Deutsche Bahn tendered a renovation of the station, including a new electronic signal box .
Track side 1904
Front side 2006
Track side 2012
Platform tracks
The platforms are barrier-free, access to the pedestrian tunnel is via a ramp and access to platform 2/3 via an elevator.
| track | Length in m | Height in cm |
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| 1 | 170 | 55 |
| 2 | 170 | 55 |
| 3 | 170 | 55 |
Transport links
Electric multiple units of the type Bombardier Talent 2 are used on the two S-Bahn lines ; these overlap each other between Altenburg and Halle main station at 30-minute intervals. Class 612 diesel multiple units are used on the regional express line in the direction of Gera . The station is located on the course book routes 501.5, 503 and 540, on which the following DB Regio Südost lines will operate in the 2019 timetable :
| line | Line course | Cycle (min) |
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| RE 3 | Altenburg - Ronneburg (Thür) - Gera - Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz - Jena-Göschwitz - Weimar - Erfurt | 120 |
| S 5 | Zwickau (Sachs) - Crimmitschau - Gößnitz - Altenburg - Markkleeberg - Leipzig - Leipzig / Halle Airport - Halle (Saale) | 120 (Zwickau – Altenburg) 60 (Altenburg – Halle) |
| S 5X | Zwickau (Sachs) - Crimmitschau - Gößnitz - Altenburg - Markkleeberg - Leipzig - Leipzig / Halle Airport - Halle (Saale) | 60 |
Others
The station is decorated with two sculptures, one is Green Wenceslas, the jack of spades playing skat in the reception hall, and the other is a portrait of an Altenburg farmer , also called Malcher , with a hat, pipe and travel bag on platforms two and three. This is to symbolize that the wealthy farmers of the Altenburger Land could afford a trip rather than cottagers, farmhands and day laborers. The two meter high and 700 kilogram heavy Malcher was created in 1935 by the Altenburg sculptor Johannes Dietze (* 1903).
See also
Web links
- Data and pictures about the train station on sachsenschiene.net
- Files and plans for Altenburg station in the holdings of the Reich Railway Directorate in Halle in the State Archives of Saxony-Anhalt, Dessau department
Individual evidence
- ↑ Economic stimulus program, selected highlights, Altenburg, planned measures. (No longer available online.) In: www.bahnhof.de. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 2, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Thomas Haegeler: Frankfurt company buys Altenburg train station. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. February 17, 2018, accessed April 4, 2018 .
- ^ Germany-Frankfurt am Main: construction work for railway lines. Document 2020 / S 087-208720. In: Tenders Electronic Daily . May 5, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b platform information on Altenburg train station on deutschebahn.com