Gera main station
| Gera main station | |
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 Reception building (2017)
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| Data | |
| Operating point type | Junction station |
| Platform tracks | 6th |
| abbreviation | Basement |
| IBNR | 8010125 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | March 19, 1859 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Gera_Hbf |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Gera |
| country | Thuringia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 52 '59 " N , 12 ° 4' 38" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 192 m |
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| Railway stations in Thuringia | |
The Gera Central Station is the main station of the Thuringian city of Gera . Gera is currently one of the largest cities in Germany without an electrified rail network. As a hub in regional traffic with marginal long-distance traffic, the station nevertheless has a certain importance and is classified in station category 3.
history
The railway reached Gera in 1859 from Halle (Saale) via Weißenfels and Zeitz . At that time, a first train station, the Prussian train station (in contrast to the Saxon train station, today's Südbahnhof), was built on the site of today's main train station. In the period that followed, further railway lines were built to Gera that converged at the main station: 1865 to the Leipzig – Hof line to Gößnitz in the east, 1871 to Saalfeld in the southwest, 1873 to Leipzig in the north, 1875 to Plauen in the south, 1876 to Erfurt in the west and to Zwickau in the southeast, 1880 to Eisenberg in the northwest and 1883 to Zeulenroda-Triebes or Hof in the south. The passenger station was connected to a combined marshalling and freight yard to the north of it, as well as a depot , both of which have since been closed. In 1892, shortly after the tram started operating, the freight yard received a tram connection, where freight wagons were placed on roller stands and then transported to the Gera factories. Train travelers were given more direct access to the city in 1893 with the opening of a new tram line from the station forecourt.
In 1881 the reception building was built by the architects from Hude & Hennicke . During the renovation in 1958/63, various facade decorations were removed.
The station experienced its heyday between the two world wars, after the glass station hall was completed in 1911. At that time, part of the Berlin – Leipzig – Munich traffic ran through Gera and the routes to Saalfeld, Erfurt and Leipzig were double-tracked.
The second track was removed after the Second World War as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union , and the Gera railway junction lost its importance due to the division of Germany. The important north-south traffic from Berlin to Bavaria through the main train station ran via the Saalbahn via Probstzella.
After German reunification, some branch lines (to Zwickau via Wünschendorf and to Eisenberg) were closed, but new structures were also discussed at the same time. The connection between Central and Germany , which runs through Gera in an east-west direction, is particularly controversial .
In the 1990s there were still long-distance trains via Gera, but traffic in the north-south direction shifted to the electrified and double-track Saalbahn through Jena and east-west traffic to the electrified and double-track route via Leipzig, so meanwhile only regional traffic takes place in the main station. There was an interlude in private long-distance transport between 2002 and 2006 with the InterConnex to Berlin and on to Rostock, which has been operated electrically since 2006 for cost reasons and therefore only ran from Leipzig and has been completely discontinued since the timetable change in December 2014.
Renovation 2005–2007
In the years 2005 to 2007 the station was extensively renovated and in April 2007, shortly before the opening of the Federal Garden Show 2007 , it was ceremonially handed over. The Gera tram was at the same time again a connection to the central station.
Construction board for the reconstruction of the Gera railway junction
Reception building during renovation work
Construction work for the new railway overpass over the tram line under the platform area
Still unused: the meanwhile renovated platforms in the station hall
View from the Ochsenbrücke - installation of auxiliary bridges
New building EÜ Am Fuhrpark - demolition of the eastern part
Dismantling of the last part of the EÜ Heinrichsstraße West
Track construction in the main train station
First new points in front of the main train station
View towards the main train station
Track apron north
Construction of the first tracks on the embankment between the south and the main train station
traffic
The following lines of DB Regio , Erfurter Bahn and Vogtlandbahn as well as DB Fernverkehr stop in Gera Hbf (timetable December 2018):
| line | Line course | Tact | vehicles | Remarks |
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| IC 51 | Gera - Weimar - Erfurt - Gotha - Eisenach - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Paderborn - Hamm - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Cologne (east of Erfurt subject to local public transport) | 6 h | 245 series | |
| RE 1 | Göttingen - Erfurt - Jena-Göschwitz - Gera - Gößnitz - Glauchau (Sachs) | 120 min | Series 612 | 1 |
| RE 3 | Erfurt - Weimar - Gera - Ronneburg (Thür) - Altenburg / Greiz | 120 min | Series 612 | 1, 2 |
| EBx 12 | Leipzig - Zeitz - Gera - Weida - Pößneck ob Bf - Saalfeld (Saale) | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | 3 |
| EBx 13 | Gera - Weida - Zeulenroda and Bf - Mehltheuer - Hof | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | 4th |
| EB 21 | Gera - Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz - Jena-Göschwitz - Weimar | 60 min 120 min |
Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | 5 |
| EB 22 | Leipzig - Zeitz - Gera - Weida - Pößneck ob Bf - Saalfeld (Saale) | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | 3 |
| RB 4 | Gera - Berga (Elster) - Greiz - Plauen (Vogtland) middle - Weischlitz | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | 6th |
In addition, a regional express runs continuously in the morning via Erfurt and Suhl to Würzburg and a regional train runs continuously via Saalfeld to Blankenstein.
Remarks:
1) Line overlay of RE1 and RE3 results in hourly intervals between Erfurt and Gera.
2) The RE3 is connected to the RE7 (Erfurt – Würzburg) so that after a stop in Erfurt you can pass through to Würzburg without having to change trains. On weekday mornings, an additional RE runs from Gera with a short stay in Erfurt directly to Würzburg.
3) Line overlay of EBx12 and EB22 results in hourly intervals between Leipzig and Saalfeld. During the day, the EBx12 changes to the EB32 in Saalfeld and continues to Blankenstein .
4) Individual trains temporarily strengthen the line to Zeulenroda on an hourly basis. Except in the morning, the trains to and from Hof in the Weida – Gera – Leipzig section run as a part of the train together with the EBx12 trains and strengthen the traction.
5) The hourly service is only run on weekdays and only between Jena-Göschwitz and Weimar, from which some trains run to Gera in the morning and in the afternoon.
6) The line overlapping of VL4 and RE3 results in hourly intervals between Gera and Greiz.
Tracks
The station has several tracks, but only six of them have a platform.
The platforms can be reached via stairs from the station concourse and from the tram stop, and the platforms can also be reached barrier-free from the tram stop via elevators.
| track | Length in m | Height in cm |
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| 1 | 164 | 55 |
| 2 | 164 | 55 |
| 3 | 395 | 55 |
| 4th | 395 | 55 |
| 5 | 355 | 55 |
| 6th | 355 | 55 |
Local public transport
The Gera bus station is in front of the main train station. This is where the regional bus routes of Regionalverkehr Gera / Land GmbH (RVG), Personen- und Reiseverkehrs GmbH (PRG), Omnibusbetrieb Piehler, ThüSac Personennahverkehrsgesellschaft mbH and KomBus Verkehr GmbH begin / end . Since November 2006, the then newly opened tram line 1 of the Gera tram has stopped in a railway underpass under the platforms of the main train station. On October 1, 2012, Berlin Linien Bus (BLB) began operating the long-distance bus connection from Gera to Frankfurt / Main , which has continued to Dresden since December 1 . MFB MeinFernbus has been operating daily from Gera to Berlin since April 29, 2014 and Flixbus has been operating daily from Gera to Hamburg since July 11
| line | Course of the journey |
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Untermhaus - Heinrichstrasse - Zwötzen |
| KomBus 810 | Gera - Auma - Schleiz |
| PRG 29 | Gera - Weida - Hohenölsen - Greiz / Zeulenroda |
| RVG 200 | Gera - Lindenkreuz - St. Gangloff - Reichenbach - Hermsdorf |
| RVG 202 | Gera - Münchenbernsdorf - Hopfenberg - Schwarzbach |
| RVG 203 | Gera - Caaschwitz - Crossen - Eisenberg |
| RVG 204 | Gera - Tautenhain - ( Hermsdorf ) - Eisenberg |
| RVG 205 | Gera - Mühlsdorf - Rüdersdorf - Hartmannsdorf - Gera |
| RVG 208 | Gera - Pölzig - Heuckewalde |
| Peter 212 | Gera - Friedmannsdorf |
| RVG / Piehler 213 | Gera - Werdau - Zwickau |
| RVG 219 | Gera - Wünschendorf - Linda - Wolfersdorf - Seelingstädt |
| RVG 221 | Gera - Sheep presles - Wolfsgefärth - Seifersdorf |
| RVG 222 | Gera - Kaltenborn - Kraftsdorf - Hermsdorf |
| RVG 233 | Gera - Hundhaupten - Birkhausen |
| RVG / THÜSAC 353 | Gera - Schmölln - Altenburg |
literature
- Thomas Frister: Gera transport hub . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (1999) ISBN 3-88255-268-9
Web links
- Tracks in service facilities (basement) , DB Netz AG (PDF)
- Pictures of the renovation of the Gera railway junction on bastellen-doku.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of the course book route 540 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 541 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 565 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 550 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 555 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Message from Veolia Verkehr ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ a b Platform information on Gera main station ( memento from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on deutschebahn.com
- ↑ New long-distance bus line from Gera to Berlin
- ↑ Always new long-distance buses on the way: Directly from Gera to Hamburg .