Dessau Hauptbahnhof
- Dessau–Leipzig
- Biederitz–Dessau
- Dessau–Wörlitz
- Dessau–Köthen
DB Regio Nordost
DB Regio Südost
Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn
S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland
1922-1946[Note 3]
9 June 1958; 66 years ago (1958-06-09)
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Dessau-Alten towards Aschersleben | RB 50 | Terminus | ||
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Terminus | RE 7 | Roßlau (Elbe) towards Senftenberg | ||
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
Roßlau (Elbe) towards Magdeburg Hbf | RE 13 | Wolfen towards Leipzig Hbf | ||
Terminus | RE 14 | Roßlau (Elbe) towards Falkenberg (Elster) | ||
RB 51 | Roßlau (Elbe) towards Lutherstadt Wittenberg | |||
Preceding station | Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn | Following station | ||
Terminus | Dessau–Wörlitz | Dessau-Waldersee towards Wörlitz | ||
Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station | ||
Terminus | S 2 | Dessau Süd towards Leipzig-Stötteritz | ||
Dessau Süd towards Halle (Saale) Hbf | S 8 | Terminus |
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Dessau Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Dessau-Roßlau in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Location
The station is located to the south of the Elbe and to the west of central Dessau. It is a through station, orientated from the north-east to the south-west. Located on its south-eastern frontage is a stop for trams and buses operated by the Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft, the city's public transport company.
History
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Dessau had an important role in rail transport from the early days of railways in Germany because of the crossing over the Elbe to its north. The first railway was opened on 1 September 1840 by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company. As early as 1911 the line to Bitterfeld was electrified experimentally. Because of the location of several industrial enterprises in the region, such as the Junkers aircraft factory, the railway was very important for rail freight.
In World War II, the station building was destroyed in an air raid on 7 March 1945 and was rebuilt up to 1952.
While the station was formerly a stop for InterRegio and Intercity trains, it is now almost exclusively served by regional transport as Dessau is not located on the busy Berlin–Halle and Magdeburg–Halle–Leipzig lines.
Between 2008 and 2011 a comprehensive renovation was carried out in the Roßlau/Dessau railway transport hub, including a major renovation of the track and overhead line equipment. The track plan of the station has been simplified, so that a speed of 160 km/h is now possible. On 5 December 2010, an electronic interlocking was brought into operation in Dessau.[4]
On 13 December 2015, Dessau became a station on the network of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, which connects it with Leipzig.
- 1951
- 2009
- 2010, rebuild of the station
- 2010, after rebuild
Connections
The station is used only by regional traffic. There have been no regular long-distance services since the opening of Berlin Hauptbahnhof in 2006. The Dessau-Wörlitz Railway is now a tourist railway and only operates during the summer season. The following services served the station in 2019, including IC services temporarily diverted from the Magdeburg–Halle line.
Line | Route | Interval | Operator |
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IC 55 | Dresden – Leipzig – Bitterfeld – Dessau – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund | Some trains | DB Fernverkehr |
IC 56 | Leipzig – Halle – Bitterfeld – Dessau – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bremen – Oldenburg – Emden | Some trains | |
RE 3 | Berlin – Ludwigsfelde – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Dessau – Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) | Some trains | DB Regio Nordost |
RE 7 | Dessau – Bad Belzig – Michendorf – Berlin – Rangsdorf – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Lübbenau – Senftenberg | 060 (Mon–Fri) 120 (Sat–Sun) | |
RE 13 | Magdeburg – Zerbst – Dessau – Bitterfeld – Delitzsch – Leipzig | 060 | DB Regio Südost |
RE 14 | Magdeburg – Zerbst – Dessau – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Falkenberg (Elster) | Some trains | |
RB 50 | Dessau – Köthen – Bernburg – Güsten – Aschersleben | 060 (Dessau–Güsten) 120 (Güsten–Aschersleben) | Abellio |
RB 51 | Dessau – Roßlau – Coswig – Lutherstadt Wittenberg | 060 | DB Regio Südost |
S 2 | Dessau – Bitterfeld – Delitzsch – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Leipzig-Stötteritz | 120 | |
S 8 | Dessau – Wolfen – Bitterfeld – Landsberg – Halle | 120 | |
DVE | Dessau – Oranienbaum – Wörlitz | 090 (operates March–October) | DVE |
In public transport the station is served by two tram and six bus routes. In addition all night bus routes start here.
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ DB ProjektBau GmbH (2010). Infrastrukturprojekte 2010. Bauen bei der Deutschen Bahn (in German). Hamburg: Eurailpress. pp. 68–81. ISBN 978-3-7771-0414-0.
- Bley, Peter (1990). 150 Jahre Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn (150 years of the Berlin-Anhalt railway) (in German). Düsseldorf: alba. ISBN 3-87094-340-8.