- Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof
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Chemnitz Hbf Karl-Marx-Stadt Hbf (1953-1990) 
Trains in the track hall Operations Category 3 Type Bf DS100 code DC Station code 1040 Construction and location Opened 1852 Location Chemnitz State Saxony Country Germany Route information - Dresden–Werdau
- Riesa–Chemnitz
- Würschnitz Valley Railway
- Chemnitz–Aue
- Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz
List of railway stations in Saxony Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Chemnitz Central Station, short form: Chemnitz Hbf) is the Hauptbahnhof of Chemnitz in Germany.
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Station building
Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof in 2008
The station has a combination of terminating and through platforms. Platform tracks 1 to 9 terminate and tracks 10 to14 continue to the west of Chemnitz towards Zwickau, Nuremberg and Göttingen. Tracks 11 to 14 are reached by a passenger subway. The subway also passes under tracks 15 and 16, which have no platforms. The platforms are also accessible by lift. Since 15 December 2002,[1] "Chemnitz model" tram-trains of the City-Bahn Chemnitz have run from platform 102 (a tram track) in the station forecourt.
Bus lines 23 (Heinersdorf–Neefepark) and 32 (Dresdner Str–Rabenstein, Tierpark), tram lines 4 (Hauptbahnhof–Hutholz) and 6 (Hauptbahnhof–Altchemnitz) and the City-Bahn line to Stollberg connect the Hauptbahnhof to the central tram station in central Chemnitz. Near the Hauptbahnhof is the bus station. From here buses connect the city to its outskirts. Some of these lines also stop at the Hauptbahnhof
History
The original Chemnitz station in 1854
Entrance foyer in 1873
Platforms in 1976
Entrance foyer in 2008
Platforms in 2008In 1836, the Erzgebirge Railway Company (Erzgebirgische Eisenbahngesellschaft ) was founded in Chemnitz to build a railway line from Riesa to Zwickau, but the line was not completed to Chemnitz until 1852. The Riesa–Chemnitz line was opened on 1 September 1852 by King Friedrich August II. This linked Chemnitz to the first German long distance railway between Leipzig and Dresden.
An ever growing rail network allows the station to grow
On 15 November 1858 with the opening of the extension of the line was to Zwickau, the Nikolaibahnhof ("Nikolai station", now Chemnitz-Mitte station) was opened as the second station in Chemnitz and the original station was renamed Central Station (Centralbahnhof). The line extension made necessary the first extension of the station’s facilities.
Between 1858 and 1866 the first freight facilities were developed. After further lines were opened (in 1866 to Annaberg, in 1869 to Dresden and to Hainichen and in 1872 to Leipzig and to Limbach), the station had to be extended again. In 1869 construction of increased capacity for passenger services began. The main hall of the station was completed by the architect Engelhardt in 1872. More lines opened, to Aue in 1875, to Marienberg and Reitzenhain in 1875, to Stollberg in 1895 and to Wechselburg and Rochlitz in 1902.
In 1880 the coal and freight yard was opened at Kappel and in 1908 another station in the city was added as Chemnitz Süd. In 1910 construction began on a concourse, although the station building remained unchanged outwardly from the 1872 station. Chemnitz station had about 80,000 passengers a day in 1930, almost as many as Leipzig.
After the Second World War
During the bombardment of the city on 5 March 1945 the station hall was severely damaged and was later demolished. In addition, waiting rooms and offices were burned after a plane was shot down and fell on the building. From 1974 VEB Stahlbau Dessau began construction of the existing platform hall, which was completed in 1975. The Dresden–Chemnitz–Zwickau main line ran on the western side of the station’s through tracks, as it had before the Second World War. In the winter 1974/1975 timetable nearly 300 daily passenger trains arrived or departed at the station.
Between 1976 and 1993, the station (then called Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof) was part of the Stadt- und Vorortbahnverkehr ("urban and suburban rail transport system"), an S-Bahn-like system for the urban agglomeration, running on the line between Flöha and Hohenstein-Ernstthal.
Development to the regional train station
Chemnitz has had at times national connections, in addition to its significance as a regional transport hub. A Städteexpress ("city express") ran to Berlin during the Communist period. After the fall, Interregio services ran via Berlin to Rostock (some ran to Magdeburg, Stralsund, Binz or Barth), to Oberstdorf (via Nuremberg and Munich), to Karlsruhe (via Stuttgart) and to Aachen (via Düsseldorf). An Intercity-Express service ran to Cologne using ICE TD diesel tilting trains. Most recently Intercity (IC) services ran on the Dresden–Chemnitz–Nuremberg route. Sections of off-peak IC trains ran to and from Cologne and Hamburg, continuing to Flensburg.
Since 2006, Chemnitz has not been served by Deutsche Bahn long-distance trains, only by regional trains. The metropolitan area of Chemnitz-Zwickau (1.2 million inhabitants) is now the largest region in Germany with no Deutsche Bahn long-distance train services.
Vogtlandbahn has operated the Vogtland-Express since 2005 (except between15 February 2009 and 8 April 2009) between Plauen and Berlin.
Recent developments
With the formation of the Middle Saxony Transport Association (Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen) with Chemnitz as its central hub, Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof has taken on new functions. Work at the station from 2003 to 2005 improved the interface between trams and buses the station. Further construction is under way to adapt the station for tram-trains.
Services
The station is connected to the following lines:
- Dresden–Werdau line (KBS 510)
- Riesa–Chemnitz line (–Elsterwerda) (KBS 520)
- Würschnitz Valley Railway (KBS 522)
- Chemnitz–Aue line (KBS 524)
- Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz line (KBS 525)
Long distance
Line Line name Route Frequency Vehicles Operator VX Vogtland-Express Adorf – Plauen – Reichenbach – Zwickau – Glauchau - Chemnitz – Mittweida – Döbeln – Riesa – Elsterwerda – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Berlin (several stations) 1 pair of trains daily[2] Class 642 Vogtlandbahn Regional services
Line Line name Route Frequency Vehicles Operator IRE 1 Franken-Sachsen-Express Dresden – Freiberg – Flöha – Chemnitz – Hohenstein-Ernstthal (only to Nuremberg) – Zwickau – Reichenbach – Plauen – Hof – Bayreuth – Nuremberg every 2 hours,
every hour with RE 3Class 612 (DB Regio) RE 1 Mitte-Deutschland-Express Chemnitz – Glauchau – Gößnitz – Ronneburg – Gera – Jena – Weimar – Erfurt – Gotha – Mühlhausen (Thür) – Leinefelde – Göttingen every 2 hours,
Mo-Fr: substituted by SEV to GlauchauClass 612 DB Regio RE 3 Franken-Sachsen-Express Dresden – Tharandt – Freiberg – Flöha – Chemnitz – Hohenstein-Ernstthal – Glauchau – Zwickau – Reichenbach – Plauen – Hof (− Marktredwitz – Nuremberg) every 2 hours,
every hour with IRE 1Class 612 DB Regio RE 6 CLEX – Chemnitz-Leipzig-Express Chemnitz – Burgstädt – Narsdorf – Geithain – Bad Lausick – Leipzig 60 min BR 612 DB Regio RE 28 Fichtelberg-Express Leipzig – Bad Lausick – Geithain – Narsdorf – Burgstädt – Chemnitz – Flöha – Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg – Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl – Vejprty daily Class 642 DB Regio; Erzgebirgsbahn RB 30 Dresden – Tharandt – Edle Krone – Freiberg – Oederan – Flöha – Niederwiesa – Chemnitz – Wüstenbrand – Hohenstein-Ernstthal – Glauchau – Zwickau 60 min Class 143 with double-decker carriages DB Regio RB 45 Chemnitz – Mittweida – Waldheim – Döbeln – Riesa (– Elsterwerda) 60 min Class 143 with double-decker carriages DB Regio RB 80 Zschopau Valley Railway Chemnitz – Flöha – Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg – Hennersdorf – Wolkenstein – Annaberg-Buchholz – Cranzahl – Bärenstein – Vejprty 60 min BR 642 Erzgebirgsbahn RB 81 Flöha Valley Railway Chemnitz – Flöha – Falkenau – Pockau-Lengefeld – Olbernhau/Marienberg due to construction work:
every 2 hoursClass 642 Erzgebirgsbahn RB 89 Zwönitz Valley Railway Chemnitz – Thalheim – Zwönitz – Aue 60 min Class 642 Erzgebirgsbahn CB 516 Striegis Valley Railway Chemnitz – Niederwiesa – Frankenberg – Hainichen 60 min BR 650 City-Bahn Chemnitz CB 522 Würschnitz Valley Railway Chemnitz – Chemnitz Zentralhaltestelle – Neukirchen-Klaffenbach – Stollberg 30 min Variotram City-Bahn Chemnitz CB 525 Chemnitz – Burgstädt 60 min Class 650 City-Bahn Chemnitz Notes
- ^ "Chronology" (in German). City-Bahn.de. http://www.city-bahn.de//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=26&limit=1&limitstart=1. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Vogtlanbahn.de". 4 April 2009. http://www.vogtlandbahn.de/SITEFORUM?t=/contentManager/onStory&e=UTF-8&i=1234363502582&l=1&active=no&ParentID=1232119835478&StoryID=1238680869699.
See also
- List of railway stations in Saxony
External links
- Der Hauptbahnhof
- Die Königlichen Staatseisenbahnen in Chemnitz
- Der Chemnitzer Hauptbahnhof
- Photographs of the Hauptbahnhofes
- Verkehrsmittelvergleich - Bahnhof Chemnitz Hbf
Coordinates: 50°50′25″N 12°55′50″E / 50.840156°N 12.930594°E
Categories:- Chemnitz
- Railway stations in Saxony
- Hauptbahnhof
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