Jena-Göschwitz station

Jena-Göschwitz station (called Göschwitz (Saale) until December 2010) is a railway station in city of Jena in the German state of Thuringia. It is 152.21 metres above sea level and is located 32.22 km from Großheringen on the Saal Railway and 27.50 from Weimar station on the Weimar–Gera railway. It was opened on 1 July 1876. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

Jena-Göschwitz
Keilbahnhof
Entrance building
Location	Am Bahnhof 2, Jena, Thuringia Germany
Coordinates	50°53′12″N 11°35′33″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Großheringen–Saalfeld (Saale) (KBS 560) Weimar–Gera (KBS 565)
Platforms	1 island platform 4 side platforms
Tracks	8
Connections	RE 1RE 3RE 18 EB 21RB 25EB 28
Other information
Station code	2201[1]
DS100 code	UGW[2]
IBNR	8010133
Category	3[1]
Fare zone	VMT
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 July 1876
Electrified	1941-1946[3] 28 May 1995
Previous names	1876-1953 Göschwitz 1953-2010 Göschwitz/Saale
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland   Following station Rothenstein (Saale) toward Saalfeld (Saale) RB 25 via Naumburg (Saale) - Jena Jena Paradies toward Halle (Saale) Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station Jena West toward Göttingen RE 1 via Mühlhausen - Erfurt - Jena - Gera Stadtroda toward Glauchau (Sachs) Jena West toward Erfurt Hbf RE 3 via Jena - Gera Stadtroda toward Altenburg or Greiz Jena Paradies toward Halle (Saale) Hbf RE 18 Saale-Express via Naumburg (Saale) Terminus Preceding station   Erfurter Bahn   Following station Jena West toward Erfurt Hbf EB 21 Elster Saale Bahn Neue Schenke toward Gera Hbf Jena Paradies toward Jena Saalbf EB 28 Elster Saale Bahn Orlabahn Rothenstein (Saale) toward Pößneck unt Bf
Location
Jena-Göschwitz Location within Thuringia Jena-Göschwitz Location within Germany Jena-Göschwitz Location within Europe

History

The station was originally a modest establishment with three tracks. In 1879, the Saal Railway Company (German: Saal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) opened the current platform 2.

During World War II, the facilities of the station was not very badly damaged, in contrast to stations such as Jena Saale or Saalfeld. Between 1965 and 1973, the tracks were thoroughly refurbished by the East German Railways and the duplication of the adjacent sections of the line were restored (one track and the original electrification equipment had been removed after the war for reparations to the Soviet Union).

The entrance building of the Weimar-Gera Railway Company (Weimar-Geraer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) was shared with the Saal Railway Company. It was rebuilt in 1959.

Between 1994 and 1996, Göschwitz station was rebuilt when the Saal Railway was electrified and overhead line equipment was installed for the second time.

Station name

Location of the station in the urban area

In 1923, the city of Jena requested that the station be renamed from "Göschwitz" to "Jena Süd" (Jena South), but this was rejected. In 1953, East German Railways rejected a proposal by the mayor of Göschwitz to change the name to "Göschwitz/Saale" or "Jena Süd". The first option was preferred, because there was no proposal to re-incorporate Göschwitz in the city of Jena. Since 1969 Göschwitz has been incorporated in Jena, but the name of the station remained unchanged, so the city of Jena often submitted proposals for a name change to "Jena-Göschwitz”. In December 2010, Deutsche Bahn announced the station would be renamed "Jena-Göschwitz".[4]

Notes

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. Since 1946 catenaries and overhead line masts were dismantled as Soviet war reparations.
4. "Umbenennung des Bahnhofs "Göschwitz" in "Jena-Göschwitz"" (in German). Jenapolis.de. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

References

• Drescher, Werner (2004). Die Saalbahn – Die Geschichte der Eisenbahn zwischen Großheringen, Jena und Saalfeld (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-586-6.
• Drescher, Werner (2001). Die Weimar-Geraer Bahn – Von der Privatbahn zum Teil der Mitte-Deutschland-Verbindung (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-451-7.
• Fromm, Günter. Eisenbahnen in Thüringen – Daten und Fakten (in German). Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl. ISBN 3-929000-24-5.
• Fromm, Günter. Thüringer Eisenbahnstreckenlexikon 1846–1992 – Die Königliche Eisenbahn-Direktion und die Reichsbahndirektion Erfurt 1882–1992 & Eisenbahnen in Thüringen – Daten und Fakten 1846–1992 (in German). Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl. ISBN 3-929000-33-4.

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