Gotha station
| Gotha station | |
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 Entrance building 2007
On the left you can see the 5 red, 4.20 m high “Five Steles for Gotha” created by the Aachen sculptor Ulf Hegewald. |
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 6th |
| abbreviation | UGO |
| IBNR | 8010136 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | 1847 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Gotha |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | classicism |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Gotha |
| country | Thuringia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 56 '21 " N , 10 ° 42' 50" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 307.44 m |
| Railway lines | |
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| Railway stations in Thuringia | |
The Gotha station is the main station of the Thuringian town of Gotha . It is a stop for ICs and ICEs every two hours on the Thuringian Railway . Another adjacent route is the Gotha – Leinefelde railway to the north.
history
Gotha station was established in 1847 when the railway line from Halle to Bebra in Hesse was being built. At that time Gotha was the state capital of Saxony-Gotha and already had about 15,000 inhabitants. In 1870 the second railway line was built through Gotha, it leads via Mühlhausen to Leinefelde (from there to Göttingen ). The third and last line at Gotha station was the Ohratalbahn, which was built in 1876 to Ohrdruf and in 1892 to the railway line to Würzburg to Graefenroda .
In 1894 Gotha received a tram . The station became the junction of several lines. In 1929, the Thuringian Forest Railway, an overland tram, was built from Gotha train station through the city center to Tabarz , Waltershausen and Friedrichroda .
In 2007, the station forecourt was completely redesigned and the Thuringian Forest Railway stop relocated. In 2011, scheduled passenger traffic on the Ohratal Railway was discontinued.
building
The station building was built in 1848. The eastern part of this building has been preserved. This part of the main wing is one of the oldest train station buildings in Germany.
The station was built in the classical style with an embossed plaster facade and expanded several times. In 1907 it was given a spacious entrance area in the style of historicism . The "Bahnhofswirthschaft", which was previously located in a building on the station forecourt, moved into the west wing, which was added before 1907. This inn was run by Justus Peter. The "Berlin Garden", an outdoor restaurant, directly in front of the building, also belonged to the "Bahnhofswirthschaft".
In the 1930s the entrance area was modernized and the basement of the facade from 1848 was removed.
On February 6, 1945 bombs destroyed the restaurant as well as the entire west wing and part of the main wing. The eastern part of the main building from 1848 with its extensions and the entrance area from 1907 have been preserved. Except for a few repairs, this condition has remained unchanged to this day.
The train station seen from the northwest (1858)
The station with the entrance area (after 1907)
The station as seen from the station forecourt (after 1907)
The main station with the train tracks (around 1900)
The preserved part of the building from 1848
Detail of the facade of the entrance area
Platforms
There is barrier-free access to all platforms via an elevator, and they can be reached via stairs. Platform 1a is used by the RB 53 to Bad Langensalza. Platform 1 is used for regional traffic in the form of RE1 to Göttingen or Gera / Glauchau. Platform 2 is mainly used by long-distance traffic to Frankfurt and regional traffic to Eisenach. Platform 3 is served by long-distance traffic in the direction of Leipzig / Dresden and regional traffic in the direction of Erfurt / Leipzig. Platforms 4 and 5 were still used by the Ohratalbahn until recently , currently the IC of the Central Germany connection to and from Gera stop at platform 5 to change locomotives. Track 4 is occasionally used for unscheduled overhauls by the RB20.
| track | Length in m | Height in cm |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 200 | 38 |
| 1a | 120 | 38 |
| 2 | 320 | 55 |
| 3 | 320 | 55 |
| 4th | 122 | 38 |
| 5 | 122 | 38 |
passenger traffic
Long-distance transport
Gotha station is a system stop in German long-distance passenger rail transport.
Regional traffic
Gotha is a hub in the regional traffic of Thuringia.
In the current timetable year 2018/2019, the regional train line 20 Eisenach– Leipzig runs through Gotha, which runs every hour in both directions and connects Gotha with the neighboring hubs Eisenach and Erfurt. In addition, Gotha is served every two hours by the long-running regional express line 1, which , coming from Göttingen , connects Gotha to the cities of Leinefelde , Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza . In the east this line, which changes direction in Gotha, continues via Erfurt, Weimar , Jena-Göschwitz and Gera to Glauchau (Sachs) . In addition, there is the regional train line 53 from Gotha to Bad Langensalza, which together with the regional express 1 forms an approximately hourly service between these two central centers. This line was operated by the Erfurter Bahn until 2013, and since December 2013 by the DB Regio Südost . Additional additional trains run between Eisenach and Erfurt Monday to Friday during rush hour.
Overview annual timetable 2020:
| line | Course of the journey | Cycle (min) | operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICE 11 | Munich - Stuttgart - Mannheim - Frankfurt am Main - Fulda - Eisenach - Gotha - Erfurt - Leipzig - Berlin | Individual trains | DB long-distance transport |
| ICE 50 | Dresden - Leipzig - Erfurt - Gotha - Eisenach - Fulda - Frankfurt am Main - Mainz - Wiesbaden | 120 | |
| EC 62 | Graz Hbf - Salzburg - Munich - Stuttgart - Heidelberg - Frankfurt am Main - Gotha - Erfurt Hbf | Single move,
Operates again from November 1st, 2020 |
DB , ÖBB |
| IC 51 | Düsseldorf / Cologne - Kassel - Eisenach - Gotha - Erfurt - Weimar - Jena West - Jena-Göschwitz - Gera Hbf | Two pairs of trains | DB long-distance transport |
| Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Bebra - Eisenach - Gotha - Erfurt - Weimar - Jena - Gera Hbf | A pair of trains | ||
| Leipzig - Weimar - Erfurt - Gotha - Eisenach - Fulda - Hanau - Frankfurt am Main | Single trains,
Relief traffic (Fri, Sun) |
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| Cologne / Düsseldorf - Essen - Bochum - Dortmund - Kassel - Bebra - Gotha - Erfurt - Weimar - Leipzig | |||
| FLX 10 | Stuttgart - Heidelberg - Frankfurt am Main - Fulda - Eisenach - Gotha - Erfurt - Halle (Saale) - Berlin | Discontinued until further notice | Leo Express for Flixtrain |
| RE 1 | Göttingen - Leinefelde - Gotha - Erfurt - Jena-Göschwitz - Gera - Gößnitz - Glauchau (Sachs) | 120 | DB Regio Southeast |
| RB 20 | Eisenach - Gotha - Erfurt - Weimar - Apolda - Naumburg (Saale ) - Weißenfels - Leipzig main station | 60 | Abellio |
| RB 53 | Gotha - Gotha East - Bufleben - Ballstädt - Eckardtsleben - Bad Langensalza | 120 | DB Regio Southeast |
literature
- Matthias Wenzel: Alt-Gotha in color, Sutton Verlag, Erfurt, 2013, ISBN 978-3-95400-229-0
- Matthias Wenzel: Mohren, Riese and Prophet Alt-Gothaer Gastlichkeit, Sutton Verlag, Erfurt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86680-696-2
Web links
- Location, tracks, signals and permissible speeds of the station on the OpenRailwayMap
Individual proof
- ↑ a b Gotha. (No longer available online.) DB Station & Service, archived from the original on October 22, 2018 ; accessed on October 22, 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.
