Finsterwalde railway station (Niederlausitz)

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Finsterwalde (Lower Lusatia)
Reception building and platform (2015)
Reception building and platform (2015)
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation BFW
IBNR 8011542
Price range 5
opening December 1, 1871
Architectural data
Architectural style Late classicism
location
City / municipality Finsterwalde
country Brandenburg
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 38 '13 "  N , 13 ° 42' 38"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 38 '13 "  N , 13 ° 42' 38"  E
Height ( SO ) 109  m
Railway lines
Railway stations in Brandenburg
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The station after the renovation (April 2018)

The Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz) Station is a place of business of the Halle-Cottbus railway on the territory of the town Finsterwalde in the Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg . It is the only train station in the city.

history

The train station on a postcard from 1901

The station was opened in 1871 when the first section of the Halle – Cottbus line went into operation. The Finsterwalde – Schipkau railway was added in 1887, followed by the Finsterwalde – Luckau railway as a further branching line in 1911 . The station building is a listed building.

In 2016, both platforms were renovated and a pedestrian bridge was built to replace the existing level crossing. The station is currently assigned to station category 5.

Investments

Platforms and tracks

One-man bunker at the Finsterwalde depot (2012)

The station has four tracks and two platforms . The main track on platform 1 can be reached directly via the reception building , the central platform ( platform 2) can be reached via a bridge from platform 1. Both platforms have a system height of 55 centimeters above the top of the rails and a length of 170 meters each.

In addition to the platform tracks, Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz) station has two more continuous tracks, and there are also several sidings northeast of the station . Behind the station, the decommissioned Finsterwalde – Schipkau railway branched off earlier .

Reception building

The late classical reception building is a massive brick building. It has nine axes and has two floors. There are two corner towers on the street side.

Platform roofing

The platform roofing consists of a stretched roof with iron supports, similar to the Berlin S-Bahn stations .

Signal boxes

There is a signal box on both sides of the reception building, which are designed as counterparts. The two-storey brick buildings were built in 1870/71 and have a flat roof .

Water tower

On the opposite side of the track from the station there is a water tower that dates from 1870/75. The massive brick building is octagonal, has two floors and has a tent roof .

Transport links

The station is on the Halle – Cottbus line . It is served hourly by a regional express line of the DB Regio Nordost and a regional train line of the DB Regio Nordost in the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association.

From Finsterwalder train station there are buses to Trebbus (lines 544 and 546), Herzberg (Elster) (line 550), Wormlage (line 558) and Bad Liebenwerda (lines 560 and 570). There is also a bus line (552) from Finsterwalde via Massen-Niederlausitz back to Finsterwalde.

line course Cycle (min) EVU
RE 10 Cottbus - Calau (Niederlausitz) - Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz) - Doberlug-Kirchhain - Falkenberg (Elster) - Beilrode - Torgau - Mockrehna - Doberschütz - Eilenburg-Ost - Eilenburg - Taucha (near Leipzig) - Leipzig 60 DB Regio Nordost
RB 43 Cottbus - Kolkwitz Süd - Calau (Niederlausitz) - Gollmitz (Niederlausitz) - Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz) - Doberlug-Kirchhain - Schönborn (b Doberlug) - Beutersitz - Uebigau - Falkenberg (Elster) - Herzberg (Elster) 60 DB Regio Nordost

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Finsterwalde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Finsterwalde station. In: ns.gis-bldam-brandenburg.de. Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum , accessed on April 5, 2018 .
  2. Gabriela Böttcher: Finsterwalder Bahnhof is investing in comfort. Lausitzer Rundschau , July 23, 2016, accessed on April 6, 2018 .
  3. Regional transport network. (PDF; 325 KB) (No longer available online.) Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg, December 10, 2017, archived from the original on January 2, 2018 ; accessed on April 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / images.vbb.de