Döbeln Hauptbahnhof

Döbeln Hauptbahnhof is the largest station in Döbeln in the German state of Saxony. Now an unstaffed halt, it was built as a Keilbahnhof ("wedge-shaped station"). The station is listed by the rail authorities with the abbreviation of DDE.

Döbeln Hauptbahnhof
Through station
The outside of the station building, built 1868
Location	Bahnhofstr. 25, Döbeln, Saxony Germany
Coordinates	51°07′37″N 13°05′44″E
Line(s)	Riesa–Chemnitz (KBS 520) Borsdorf–Coswig (KBS 506) Oschatz–Döbeln (narrow gauge; closed)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	1236[1]
DS100 code	DDE[2]
IBNR	8010080
Category	5[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	2 June 1868
Services
Preceding station   Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn   Following station Zschaitz toward Elsterwerda RB 45 Limmritz toward Chemnitz Hbf Westewitz-Hochweitzschen toward Leipzig Hbf RB 110 Terminus
Location
Döbeln Hauptbahnhof Location within Saxony

The diesel-worked Borsdorf–Coswig and electrified Riesa–Chemnitz lines cross in Döbeln Hbf. From 1884 to 1964 Döbeln Hbf was also the terminus of the 750 mm gauge railway from Oschatz.

History

Although Döbeln had already been connected to the Riesa-Chemnitz route since 1847 with the nearby Großbauchlitz station, this station was opened with the opening of the Döbeln–Leisnig section of the Borsdorf–Coswig railway 2 June 1868 as Station Döbeln,[3] which "interimistically" had only a "passenger entrance shed". On 25 October 1868, the Döbeln Ost (east) station came into operation on the route to Meißen, and Döbeln station received the designation of Hauptbahnhof (main or central station). Two years later, on 1 January 1870, the wedge-shaped station was completed under the direction of the departmental engineer Bassenge with the present entrance building, which resembles the then station building of Zwickau station. The simple, functional building contained rooms for a post office, police and railway staff with baggage handling and three waiting rooms for first, second and third class. From 1 November 1884, the Oschatz–Mügeln–Döbeln narrow gauge railway also connected Döbeln station with the Wilsdruff network (Wilsdruffer Netz) by means of a branch from Gärtitz. The station received platform canopies in 1886.

Between 1892 and 1926 the Döbeln horse tramway (Döbelner Straßenbahn) connected the station and central Döbeln. Major changes to the station track layout resulted from extensions for locomotive and goods sheds in 1896. During the reconstruction in 1925 to plans by Mirus, the ground plan was only slightly modified. Passenger traffic on the narrow-gauge-line stopped on 15 December 1964.[4]

Long distance and regional transport

Döbeln Hauptbahnhof is currently served by the following lines:[5]

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Bau des heutigen Hauptbahnhofs" (in German). Döbeln.net. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
4. Manfred Berger (1991). Historische Bahnhofsbauten (in German). 1 (3 ed.). Berlin: transpress. pp. 85ff.
5. Timetables for Döbeln Hauptbahnhof (in German)

Sources

• Berger, Manfred (1991). "Die Chemnitz-Riesaer Eisenbahn". Historische Bahnhofsbauten I (in German) (3rd ed.). Berlin: transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.

External links

• "Station tracks". OpenRailwayMap. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
• "Photographs of the station". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
• "Track plan for Döbeln Hauptbahnhof" (PDF) (in German). DB Netze. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2015.