Berga-Kelbra station

Berga-Kelbra station is a station in the municipality of Berga and near Kelbra, which are both in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Berga-Kelbra
Keilbahnhof
2013
LocationBahnhofstr. 19, Berga, Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Coordinates51°27′08″N 11°00′56″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
  • Halle–Kassel
  • former Berga-Kelbra–Stolberg (Harz) railway
  • former Berga-Kelbra–Artern railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station code497[1]
DS100 codeUBK[2]
IBNR8010032
Category6[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1877
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland   Following station
toward Leinefelde
RE 8
via Sangerhausen
Görsbach
toward Kassel Hbf
RE 9
via Lutherstadt Eisleben - Nordhausen - Leinefelde
Roßla
Görsbach
toward Nordhausen
RB 75
via Teutschenthal
Roßla
Location
Berga-Kelbra
Location within Saxony-Anhalt
Berga-Kelbra
Location within Europe
Berga-Kelbra
Berga-Kelbra (Europe)

History

The station is located on the territory of the municipality of Berga. It lies on the Halle–Hann. Münden railway, which was opened by the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company (Magdeburg-Leipziger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) in 1866. However, the station was not opened until 1877.

From 1890 to 2011, it was the starting point for a branch line to Stolberg (Harz) and from 1916 to 1966 also for the Kyffhäuser Light Railway via Kelbra, Sittendorf, Tilleda and Hackpfüffel to Artern.

A fully occupied D-Zug (express train) on the line between Berga-Kelbra and Aumühle was attacked by American fighter-bombers on 21 February 1945. After they had blown up the locomotive’s steam boiler, they fired into the carriages. 40 people were killed immediately.[3]

It is planned to renew the platforms and to build new platform accesses by 2018 at an estimated cost of €700,000.[4]

Rail services

In the 2017 timetable, Berga-Kelbra station is served by the following services:[5][6]

LineRouteInterval (min)Operator
RE 9 Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe 120 Abellio
RE 8 (Dessau –) Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen – Leinefelde 120 Abellio
RB 75 Eilenburg – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Sangerhausen – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen Individual services Abellio

Buses run on state bus route 450 operated by Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz from the station forecourt to Stolberg (Harz) via Rottleberode at two-hourly intervals. This bus route was established after the closure of passenger services on the Berga-Kelbra–Stolberg (Harz) railway.

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. Peter Kuhlbrodt (1995). Schicksalsjahr 1945. Inferno Nordhausen (in German). Nordhausen. ISBN 3-929767-09-0.
  4. "Berga-Kelbra" (in German). Bahnhofsprogramm Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. "590: Kassel–Nordhausen–Sangerhausen–Halle" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. "590: Halle–Sangerhausen–Nordhausen–Kassel" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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