Magdeburg – Thale railway line

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Magdeburg Hbf - Thale Hbf
Quedlinburg train station with transfer options to HSB
Route number (DB) :	6404 (Magdeburg – Halberstadt) 6344 (Halberstadt – Wegeleben) 6405 (Wegeleben – Thale)
Course book section (DB) :	315
Route length:	86.8 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	Magdeburg – Magdeburg-Buckau Üst Hadmersleben – Oschersleben Üst Hordorf – Üst Groß Quenstedt Halberstadt – Wegeleben
Legend from Berlin and from Stendal 0.0 Magdeburg Central Station to Braunschweig from Biederitz 2.5 Magdeburg-Buckau Railway Schönebeck – Glindenberg 3.8 Magdeburg SKET industrial park to Leipzig 6.7 Abzw Wolfsfelde former route 8.3 Beyendorf 10.2 Dodendorf Industrial track Euroglas GmbH 12.7 Osterweddingen 15.8 Langenweddingen (formerly Bf) from Eilsleben (today siding) 21.1 Blumenberg (until 2018 passenger traffic) to Schönebeck (Elbe) to Staßfurt 31.1 Hadmersleben (formerly Bf) 31.1 Hadmersleben Üst Bundesstrasse 246 36.7 Oschersleben Üst 38.2 Oschersleben (Bode) 85  m to Schöningen south to Wolfenbüttel 42.8 Hordorf (until 2012) 42.8 Hordorf Üst 45.7 Krottorf (until 2012) from Dedeleben 48.5 Nienhagen (b Halberstadt) (formerly Bf) after Schneidlingen 53.3 Groß Quenstedt Üst 53.3 Groß Quenstedt (formerly Bf, until 2012) from Wernigerode 58.5 (88.9) Halberstadt to Blankenburg (87.7) Halberstadt Rbf Connection curve from Blankenburg (86.6) Halberstadt East (Abzw) (81.7) 65.8 Way life to Halle (Saale) Hbf 70.4 Ditfurt (formerly Bf) 73.7 Bode 76.9 Quedlinburg 122 m to Thale-Bodetal to Gernrode (today narrow gauge ) 82.8 Neinstedt (formerly Bf) 85.5 Thale Musestieg (since 2001) 85.5 to the freight yard 86.8 Thale Hbf 173  m

The Magdeburg – Thale railway is a predominantly single-track, non- electrified main line in Saxony-Anhalt . It begins in Magdeburg and leads via Oschersleben , Halberstadt and Quedlinburg to Thale am Unterharz . The northern section between Magdeburg and Halberstadt was opened in 1843, making it one of the oldest routes in the history of the railways in Germany .

history

The Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft started the first section Magdeburg - Oschersleben - Halberstadt on July 15, 1843. The Halberstadt – Thale route was opened in 1862. The end point in Magdeburg was the Schleinufer station (Elbbahnhof), which had already been built by the Magdeburg-Leipziger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , as Magdeburg's “Centralbahnhof” (name until 1895, today's main station ) could not be built until the 1870s.

The Magdeburg – Oschersleben section was also used for long-distance transport until the division of Germany . An express train -pair relation Frankfurt - Kreiensen - Berlin and one of the relation Aachen -Berlin sailed 1929/30 this section. During the same period, a pair of FD trains on the Basel – Berlin line used the route.

The Langenweddingen railway accident occurred on the line in 1967 , the worst in the history of the GDR , with 94 fatalities officially.

In the 1970s, the Magdeburg – Halberstadt section was part of the course book route 700, Berlin – Halberstadt. In 1975, four pairs of express trains ran between the two cities, some of which led through coaches to Thale. On October 29, 1988, the last scheduled trains pulled by steam locomotives ran between Thale and Halberstadt on the standard gauge network of the Deutsche Reichsbahn .

In 1992 the offer was clocked. Every two hours, D-trains from Halberstadt to Berlin to Frankfurt (Oder) and passenger trains from Magdeburg to Thale stopped at all stations, plus some amplifier services. In 1993 some of the D trains were offered as express trains; With the temporary closure of the Berlin Stadtbahn in 1995, long-distance traffic between Magdeburg and Halberstadt was completely discontinued and the D trains were completely replaced by regional express trains. In return, a one-hour clock service was introduced.

From December 11, 2005 to December 8, 2018, Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (formerly Veolia Mitteldeutschland) operated the route with LINT 41 and LINT 27 under the brand name Harz-Elbe-Express and introduced the Harz-Berlin-Express weekend train .

On January 29, 2011, another serious incident occurred on this route with the train accident in Hordorf , with ten dead.

The operation of the Hordorf , Krottorf and Groß Quenstedt stops in regional traffic was discontinued with the timetable change on December 9, 2012. The Blumenberg station followed the timetable change on December 9, 2018.

Route description

The route is not electrified. The area between Magdeburg Central Station and Magdeburg-Buckau is an exception . There are also two-track sections between Hadmersleben and Oschersleben and between Hordorf and Groß Quenstedt.

The section between Halberstadt and Wegeleben also has two tracks and is part of the Halle – Halberstadt railway line for tilting technology . The rest of the route is single-track.

In the urban area of ​​Oschersleben, a railway bridge has been replacing three level crossings on the double-track line east of the train station since November 2017, and the underpass is on the B246 .

Operating points

Magdeburg main station

→ Main article : Magdeburg Central Station

Magdeburg Central Station was opened in 1873 and currently belongs to station category  2.

Beyendorf

At the Beyendorf stop, the new 55 centimeter high and 140 meter long platform made of precast concrete elements was completed on May 15, 2018.

Blumenberg

→ Main article : Blumenberg train station

Blumenberg station went into operation in 1843 when the line opened. Since no more passenger trains have stopped in Blumenberg since December 2018, the platforms are to be dismantled as part of the route expansion.

Hadmersleben

The Hadmersleben stop received a new, 55 centimeter high and 140 meter long platform made of precast concrete elements in 2016.

Oschersleben

→ Main article : Oschersleben (Bode) train station

After Halberstadt, the most important stopover is the Oschersleben line, from where the Duke of Brunswick State Railroad built a branching main line to Oschersleben at the same time . The Jerxheim – Börßum line, which was only opened in 1868, then enabled a further connection with Braunschweig and - via the Braunschweigische Südbahn  - with Kreiensen . From there, the Ruhr area could be reached via the route to Altenbeken .

The southern side of the Oschersleben wedge station serves the traffic to Halberstadt, on the northern side the trains in the direction of Jerxheim / Börßum / Braunschweig as well as the railway line Oschersleben – Schöningen , whose associated goods handling was called Oschersleben Nord . In the station building located between the tracks, there were passport and customs control facilities between the Duchy of Braunschweig and the Kingdom of Prussia in the years after the station was built . With the division of Germany after 1945, the line to Jerxheim and thus the northern side of the station largely lost its importance. Until 1991, several passenger trains commuted daily from there to the town of Gunsleben near the border , in the following years some trains from Magdeburg ended on the north side of the station. The tracks have now been removed. The large reception building has been renovated since 2019.

Both outer platforms are 55 centimeters high and 140 meters long.

Nienhagen (b Halberstadt)

On July 12, 2015, the two new, 55 centimeter high and 140 meter long outer platforms made of precast concrete elements went into operation in Nienhagen.

Halberstadt

→ Main article : Halberstadt train station

The Halberstadt train station is the central transfer point in the northern Harz. From here you can change trains to Halle, Magdeburg, Hanover, Thale, Hildesheim, Goslar and Blankenburg. The Halberstadt train station is connected to the local tram and bus network . The track systems in Halberstadt train station have been modernized in recent years.

In 2008 the number of passengers was 4,000 people per day.

The Halberstadt station was awarded the title Station of the Year in the category small town station by the Pro Schiene Alliance in 2011 .

Way life

Wegeleben train station used to have a lobby and a restaurant. After the fall of the Berlin Wall , the station hall was initially closed due to the drop in passenger numbers. Since the modernization in 2007, the station has a 76 centimeter high and 140 meter long central platform. Today it has two tracks and a bypass track as well as new signal systems.

Ditfurt

The stop on the western outskirts of Ditfurt has a 38 centimeter high and 85 meter long platform.

Quedlinburg

→ Main article : Quedlinburg train station

The Quedlinburger Bahnhof was built in 1863 as a through station. On the Frose – Quedlinburg railway line, which was closed in 2004, the extension of the meter-gauge Selketalbahn was completed in 2006 (extension of the network from Gernrode to Quedlinburg). This means that you can change to the narrow-gauge railway in the direction of Gernrode and Eisfelder Talmühle . From 1908 to 1969 the so - called Quäke ran from track 1 west to Blankenburg (Harz) via Thale Bodetal . From 2020, the house platform is to be renovated and extended to a useful length of 180 meters.

Neinstedt

Nowadays there is only one stopping point from the Neinstedt train station with the second platform track and the freight tracks. The former station building with catering was demolished in spring 2009. The area of ​​the former freight station is used for part of the inner-city bypass that was released on December 4, 2009 - with the opening of the bypass, only the direct passage in four level crossings (Thalenser Chaussee, Bahnhofsstraße, crossing to Marienhof and Quedlinburger Straße) remains the village center (Bahnhofsstraße) and a pedestrian crossing (in the direction of the Marienhof of the Neinstedter Anstalten). Both transitions are secured with EBÜT systems. The bypass crosses the track in the direction of Quedlinburg about 200 meters behind the station on a road bridge. Efforts to close the breakpoint completely were rejected, especially with regard to the residents of the Neinstedter institutes , the students of the free all-day school and because of the tourist use. In the area change agreement, it is stipulated that the stopping point will continue to bear the name “Neinstedt” (without the addition “Thale”) on January 1, 2009, despite the incorporation into Thale. Between June and September 2010 a weather protection hall was built, the station lighting was renewed and the platform was converted and refurbished to be handicapped accessible. Since then it has had a height of 55 centimeters and a length of 140 meters.

Around 350 passengers use the station every day.

Thale Musestieg

The Thale Musestieg stop was commissioned by Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt (NASA) in 2001 and opened on December 18 of the same year. The platform is 55 centimeters high and 120 meters long and has a bike-and-ride and a kiss-and-ride area.

Thale Central Station

Entrance to Thale Central Station (1995)

→ Main article : Thale Hauptbahnhof

The terminus station , located directly on the edge of the Harz, was given the addition of Hauptbahnhof in 1907 to distinguish it from Thale Bodetal station . There was once a connection from Thale main station through the Thale ironworks to the neighboring railway line to Blankenburg. From the Thale Bodetal train station, about 200 meters away, there was a connection to Quedlinburg and Blankenburg (Harz) with the Quäke .

A turntable with a diameter of 20 meters was available at the end of the line to turn locomotives . It was replaced in 1922 by an articulated turntable with a diameter of 23 meters. This turntable was a listed building, but was demolished in 2003. Of the three platforms, only platform 1 is used today for daily line traffic. Due to the short station area, it was necessary that the level crossings Steinbachstrasse and Margaretenstrasse had to be secured in order to move the locomotives.

The main platform is 55 centimeters high and 120 meters long, the central platform is 38 centimeters high and 145 meters long.

Current usage

The route has been operated by Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland since December 9, 2018 . Are used LINT 41 . The trains run in the Magdeburg-Halberstadt area in double traction and are winged in Halberstadt . While one part drives on to Thale, the other part drives either to Blankenburg or to Goslar . The stops on the way between Magdeburg and Oschersleben are served every hour during rush hour, otherwise every two hours (journey time 38 or 39 minutes), the express trains to Halberstadt only stop in Oschersleben and Nienhagen (b Halberstadt) (journey time 44–50 minutes).

At the weekend there is a direct connection between the Harz and the federal capital with the Harz-Berlin-Express (HBX) . At the weekend (Friday to Sunday) the trains leave Thale in the late afternoon and are connected in Halberstadt with a part of the train from Vienenburg. The journeys from Berlin Ostbahnhof in the direction of Harz start on Saturday and Sunday in the morning and on Sunday in the evening.

Expansion of Magdeburg – Halberstadt from 2015

The Magdeburg – Halberstadt section is to be continuously expanded for a speed of 120 km / h. The trains from Magdeburg to Halberstadt will then only take 40 minutes. The Halberstadt – Wegeleben section has already been developed for tilting technology and for these speeds. Up to Quedlinburg 100 km / h have already been achieved. A line of the Magdeburg Regio-S-Bahn is to be set up between Magdeburg and Langenweddingen and a new stop is to be built in the Osterweddingen Ost industrial park. The less frequented stop in Blumenberg was abandoned.

The expansion began in 2015. The construction section 2.1 Oschersleben – Halberstadt was put into operation in 2016, the construction section 2.2 Blumenberg – Oschersleben presumably according to plan on March 27, 2017. The new bridge over the B 246 east of the Oschersleben station (Bode) has been accessible since March 2017, the underpass was released as scheduled on November 16, 2017. Construction phase 1 Magdeburg – Blumenberg, excluding the platforms, was commissioned in 2018. The Magdeburg – Halberstadt expansion is expected to cost 55 million euros in total.

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  Magdeburg Central Station

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  Krottorf stop (1996)

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  Thale Hbf (restoration, 2011)

literature

• The railways from Magdeburg to Braunschweig and Halberstadt and from Braunschweig to Harzburg . In: Illustrirte Zeitung . No. 13 . J. J. Weber, Leipzig September 23, 1843, p. 196–197 ( books.google.de ).
• Dirk Endisch: The main line from Halberstadt to Thale . Verlag Dirk Endisch, Korntal-Münchingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-936893-34-2 .
• Dirk Endisch: The Magdeburg – Halberstadt main line . Verlag Dirk Endisch, Stendal 2014, ISBN 978-3-936893-58-8 .

Web links

Commons : Magdeburg – Thale railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sections Magdeburg – Hadmersleben ( memento from March 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Hadmersleben – Halberstadt ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) and Thale – Halberstadt ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) staehlernestrassen.de
• Information Thale – Halberstadt
• Course book from 1944 on the line
• Tradition on the Magdeburg – Thale railway line in the holdings of the Magdeburg Railway Directorate in the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives, Dessau Department

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
2. ↑ Blurb to Dirk Endisch: The main route Halberstadt – Thale
3. ↑ Wasn't the driver sitting in the driver's cab? In: t-online.de. January 31, 2011, accessed November 13, 2012 .  
4. ^ André Plaul: That brings the train timetable 2019 Saxony-Anhalt. In: MDR Saxony-Anhalt. October 16, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 . 
5. ^ Oschersleben railway overpass construction project. BauInfoPortal of Deutsche Bahn, accessed on July 14, 2017 .  
6. ↑ ^{a b} Free travel in Oschersleben. In: radio SAW. November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} construction project Magdeburg - Halberstadt. In: BauInfoPortal of Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved on October 30, 2018 (see media gallery captions). 
8. ^ Project: ABS Magdeburg-Halberstadt, PFA 2.6. (PDF; 1.0 MB) Federal Railway Authority , December 17, 2018, archived from the original on December 21, 2018 ; accessed on December 21, 2018 . 
9. ^ Hadmersleben. DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Oschersleben (Bode). DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
11. ^ Nienhagen (near Halberstadt). DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, DB Netz AG, DB Station & Service AG and DB Energie GmbH (ed.): Joint report by DB Netz AG, DB Station & Service AG, DB Energie GmbH and the federal government on reducing the contaminated investment in the new federal states including Berlin . August 2010, p. 53 f .
13. ↑ Leipzig and Halberstadt are the 2011 winners. Allianz pro Schiene, August 29, 2011, accessed on August 29, 2011 .  
14. ↑ Way life. DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
15. ^ Ditfurt. DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Investments in the rail infrastructure 2020 in the Southeast. (PDF; 4.5 MB) January 29, 2020, accessed on February 6, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Holger Hadinga: The traffic can roll. (No longer available online.) In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . December 4, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 21, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
18. ^ Bahnhof Neinstedt - improvements still 2010. (No longer available online.) In: gruene-buerger.de. GREEN Citizens' Group, Thale City Council, March 3, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 3, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
19. ↑ ^{a b} New train stop put into operation. Neinstedter Anstalten, October 1, 2010, archived from the original on September 5, 2012 ; accessed on January 17, 2016 .  
20. ↑ Neinstedt. DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
21. ↑ News from 09/26/2001 - 10/20/2001: NASA: Thale (Harz) gets a new train station on suedharzlinie.de
22. ↑ News - Archive 2001 (October-December): December 17, 2001 - Thale: new train station ( Memento from July 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on pro-bahn.de
23. ↑ Thale Musestieg. DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
24. ↑ Dirk Endisch: The main line Halberstadt – Thale . Dirk Endisch, Korntal-Münchingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-936893-34-2
25. ^ Thale Hbf. DB Station & Service AG, accessed on October 30, 2018 . 
26. ↑ Volksstimme, February 20, 2008, see also here
27. ^ Extension of the line Magdeburg - Halberstadt. PRO BAHN, January 20, 2008, archived from the original on October 27, 2008 ; Retrieved August 17, 2012 .  
28. ↑ Investments in the rail infrastructure in 2017 in Saxony-Anhalt. (PDF) Construction press conference Saxony-Anhalt. DB Netze, March 7, 2017, archived from the original on August 10, 2017 ; accessed on August 9, 2017 .  
29. ^ Construction project Magdeburg - Halberstadt. BauInfoPortal of Deutsche Bahn. In: bauprojekte.deutschebahn.com. Deutsche Bahn, accessed on January 24, 2020 .  
30. ^ Mario Köhne: Railway line Magdeburg - Halberstadt: One million euros per kilometer. In: MDR Saxony-Anhalt. October 12, 2017, archived from the original on October 13, 2017 ; Retrieved October 19, 2017 .