Merseburg train station

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Merseburg
DB StuS: Merseburg Hbf
Merseburg station, track field after the renovation (2013)
Merseburg station, track field after the renovation (2013)
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 4 (formerly 7)
abbreviation LMG
IBNR 8010232
opening June 20, 1846
Profile on Bahnhof.de Merseburg central station
location
City / municipality Merseburg
country Saxony-Anhalt
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 21 '25 "  N , 11 ° 59' 26"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '25 "  N , 11 ° 59' 26"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Saxony-Anhalt
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The Merseburg Station is a place of business of the railway line Halle-Bebra and the associated branch lines here to Querfurt , Schafstädt , Halle-Nietleben and Leipzig-Leutzsch in the urban area of Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

DB Station und Service (DB StuS) introduced the new name Merseburg Hbf for the tourist access point on December 14, 2019 , and signposted the platforms accordingly.

history

Merseburg station was opened on June 20, 1846, when Merseburg was connected to the Halle (Saale) - Weißenfels railway line. This was the first opened section of the line that later ran via Weimar, Erfurt and Eisenach to Bebra. Construction work began as early as 1845. In Merseburg, an expedition building, a goods shed , a wagon shed and two water stations were built. The station was built as a two-part system in north-south direction, consisting of a passenger and goods station. They are connected to each other via the track on the line to Leipzig-Leutzsch.

In December 1886, the Merseburg – Müchi (Geiseltal) section of the Merseburg – Querfurt railway was opened. In 1911 it was extended to Querfurt from where there were connections to Vitzenburg and Röblingen am See. The RB 78 of the Burgenland Railway runs every hour to Müchi (Geiseltal) and every two hours to Querfurt.

Reception building with station forecourt (2015)

On November 1, 1896, the line to Schafstädt was opened. Due to declining passenger numbers, the Sachsen-Anhalt local transport service decided to cancel all trains on the Merseburg – Schafstädt railway line , so that no more trains have been running there since December 14, 2014. The regional bus 728 of the Merseburg-Querfurt public transport company in the state network of Saxony-Anhalt serves as a replacement .

In 1910 the section from Merseburg to Zöschen of the Merseburg – Leipzig-Leutzsch railway was opened. After interruptions due to the First World War, traffic on the route was resumed in 1928 and was finally extended to Leipzig-Leutzsch on July 7, 1931, giving the station a direct connection to Leipzig. Due to declining passenger numbers, operations were discontinued in 1998, so that Merseburg lost its direct connection to Leipzig and now has to change trains either in Halle (Saale) or in Großkorbetha.

Platforms 6 and 7 with Burgenlandbahn railcars (2007)

During the Second World War , the station building was badly damaged by the air raids on Merseburg . It was rebuilt in 1956. In 1955, expansion and renovation work began on the entire station. The north wing was first built. A year later, a dining room was built in the train station that Mitropa used.

LVT-S of the RB 78 at the exit towards Querfurt

In 1967 the Merseburg – Halle-Nietleben railway was opened and mainly served as a feeder to the Buna works . In its current route, it was created through a generous re-routing of the "onion railway" (Merseburg–) Bad Lauchstädt – Angersdorf. On the route, passenger trains ran during rush hour from Weißenfels via Großkorbetha, Leuna-Werke, Merseburg, Buna-Werke and Halle-Neustadt to Halle-Nietleben. In the 1980s, around 9,600 chemical workers (“Pelzer”) were transported daily between Halle-Neustadt and the Buna works with these so-called “fur trains”. The transport capacity was up to 1,200 people per train. With the takeover by Dow Chemical, modern production facilities were created, old ones were shut down and demolished. Due to the associated loss of numerous jobs, the number of passengers on the line also fell significantly, so that the trains ultimately consisted of only one class 143 electric locomotive and a double-decker control car. They only ran mornings and afternoons Monday through Friday during rush hour. The journey time of the six pairs of trains between Merseburg and Halle-Nietleben was 22 minutes. With the timetable change on December 9, 2007, the passenger trains were canceled.

Since the timetable change on December 15, 2019, the access point for travel has been called Merseburg Hbf .

traffic

Regional traffic

line Line course Cycle (min) EVU
RE 16 Halle - Merseburg - Weißenfels - Naumburg - Bad Kösen - Apolda - Weimar - Erfurt 120 Abellio
RE 18 Halle - Merseburg - Weißenfels - Naumburg - Jena Paradise - Jena-Göschwitz 120 DB Regio Southeast
RB 25 Halle - Merseburg - Weißenfels - Naumburg - Camburg - Jena Paradies - Orlamünde - Saalfeld 060 Abellio
RB 78 Merseburg - Frankleben - Braunsbedra - Müelte - Querfurt 060 (Merseburg – Müuellen)
120 (Müuellen – Querfurt)
DB Regio Southeast
Train from DB Regio on line RB 20

Long-distance transport

At the time of the Interregio, Merseburg was connected to the long-distance network of Deutsche Bahn. Line 16 ran every two hours between Frankfurt (Main) and Berlin and on to Stralsund or Konstanz on Lake Constance. Since the 2001/02 timetable change, Merseburg is no longer a regular long-distance stop.

vehicles

Until December 12, 2015, DB Regio used class 182 locomotives and Halberstadt center entry cars as well as a few double-deck cars . Between December 13, 2015 and December 9, 2017, a regional express line ran from / to Magdeburg, where class 146 locomotives with double-decker cars were used. Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland uses Bombardier Talent 2 electric multiple units on regional express line 16 and regional train line 25 . Alstom Coradia A TER diesel multiple units (641 series) from Alstom LHB are used on the RB 78 line .

Investments

Signal box

The Merseburg train station was extensively modernized between 2011 and 2013. An electronic signal box was also set up. Since then, Merseburg train station has been controlled from the Leipzig operations center.

Freight depot

Merseburg Gbf, 1971

Merseburg used to have a large freight yard south of the passenger station. This was important for the Leunawerke to transport lignite . The Merseburg freight yard was of great importance due to the Leuna and Buna works and the coal production in the Geiseltal . Today it is only part of the station .

literature

  • Britta Schulze-Thulin: Leipzig, Halle and the surrounding area . Hiking guide for Central Germany 4. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89812-979-4 .
  • Hans Otto Gericke: The electricity supply in Saxony-Anhalt . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-89812-861-2 .
  • Joachim Krause: Merseburg railway junction . Herdam Fotoverlag, 1997, ISBN 3-9804798-4-6 .
  • Georg Thielmann, Roland Pabst: The Thuringian trunk line . Wachsenburgverlag, Arnstadt 2006, ISBN 3-935795-00-9 , p. 117 .

Web links

Commons : Merseburg Hauptbahnhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Local transport: buses instead of trains will travel on three routes ( Memento from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Bus 728 as a regional line will in future connect Merseburg with Bad Lauchstädt and Schafstädt ( Memento from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. That brings the 2020 rail timetable in Saxony-Anhalt. In: mdr.de. December 10, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  4. Traffic: Dispatcher releases the “train!” From Leipzig