Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof

Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city of Halle (Saale) in southern part of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The station is situated east of the city centre and is a category 2 station.[1]

Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof
S
Through station
The front of the station building
LocationBahnhofsplatz 1, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt
NW from center
Coordinates51°28′41″N 11°59′12″E
Owned byDeutsche bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms12 + 1
Other information
Station code2498
DS100 codeLH
Category2 [1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened8 October 1890 (1890-10-08)
Electrified1922-1946[2]
1 September 1955 (1955-09-01)
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
ICE 15
via Halle (Saale) - Erfurt
towards Frankfurt
ICE 18
via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Halle (Saale) - Berlin
towards Munich
ICE 29
via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Halle (Saale)
towards Munich
towards Cologne
IC 55
towards Dresden
IC 56
towards Leipzig
Preceding station   FlixTrain   Following station
towards Stuttgart
FLX 10
via Frankfurt (Main) - Erfurt
towards Berlin
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland   Following station
toward Goslar
RE 4
via Halberstadt
Terminus
toward Leinefelde
RE 8
via Sangerhausen
Terminus
toward Kassel Hbf
RE 9
via Lutherstadt Eisleben - Nordhausen - Leinefelde
Terminus
toward Erfurt Hbf
RE 16
via Naumburg (Saale) - Weimar
Terminus
toward Halberstadt
RE 24
via Könnern - Aschersleben
Terminus
Halle-Ammendorf
RB 25
via Naumburg (Saale) - Jena
Terminus
Halle Steintorbrücke
toward Bernburg Hbf
RB 47
via Könnern
Terminus
toward Nordhausen
RB 75
via Teutschenthal
Terminus
Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station
RE 18
Saale-Express
via Naumburg (Saale)
Terminus
Zöberitz
RE 30
via Calbe (Saale) Ost - Köthen
Terminus
Preceding station   S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland   Following station
Halle Steintorbrücke
toward Halle-Trotha
S 3
toward Wurzen
TerminusS 5
toward Zwickau Hbf
TerminusS 5X
toward Zwickau Hbf
toward Halle-Nietleben
S 7Terminus
TerminusS 8
TerminusS 9
toward Eilenburg
Other services
Preceding station   HAVAG   Following station
Riebeckplatz
toward Soltauer Straße
2
via Rennbahnkreuz - Marktplatz - Am Steintor - Hauptbahnhof - Vogelweide
Pfännerhöhe
toward Südstadt
Riebeckplatz
toward Kröllwitz
4
via Rennbahnkreuz - Franckeplatz
Terminus
Riebeckplatz
toward Kröllwitz
5
via Rennbahnkreuz - Marktplatz - Am Steintor - Hauptbahnhof - Ammendorf - Merseburg
Pfännerhöhe
Riebeckplatz
toward Kröllwitz
7
via Burg Giebichenstein - Reileck - Marktplatz - Franckeplatz - Hauptbahnhof
Freiimfelder Straße
toward Büschdorf
Riebeckplatz
toward Göttinger Bogen
9
via Rennbahnkreuz - Franckeplatz
Terminus
Terminus10
via Rennbahnkreuz - Marktplatz - Am Steintor
Freiimfelder Straße
toward Göttinger Bogen
Riebeckplatz
toward Trotha
12
via Zoo - Reileck
Terminus
Terminus30
Rudolf-Ernst-Weise-Straße
toward Rannischer Platz
Terminus44
Rudolf-Ernst-Weise-Straße
Location
Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof
Location within Saxony-Anhalt
Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof
Location within Europe
Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof
Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof (Europe)

Importance

The station is one of the most important transport hubs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a stop for long-distance and regional services. In addition, it is part of the Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn network and is served by the trams and buses that are part of the city's public transport.

History

Museum locos at BW Halle Hbf on 15.6.1988

In mid-1840 the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway – initiated by city councillor, Matthäus Ludwig Wucherer, who supported the building of a railway from Magdeburg to Leipzig via Halle – built the first station in Halle, which was subsequently (1845 to 1847) rebuilt again to form a junction with the Thuringian Railway. The unusual feature of the route between Magdeburg and Leipzig was that it was the first cross-border railway link (from Prussia through Anhalt-Köthen to Saxony).

As further routes were added the station soon became too small, but could not be expanded because the various railway companies could not agree an overall concept. Not until 8 October 1890, after the nationalisation of one company and a five-year construction period could the new passenger station be opened. The station hall was largely destroyed during the Second World War and the wooden platform roofing replaced after the war with steel coverings.

In 1967 the S-Bahn was opened and hence a new platform added on the western side. In 1967/68 the station hall was clad by corrugated aluminium sheeting which matched the architecture and ideology of the time, and gave the station a typical modern, socialist appearance. As early as 1984 this covering was removed again however and the dilapidated domed roof was renovated. In 2002 the station, like many others in German cities, was comprehensively refurbished, rebuilt and provided with a range of shops.

In about 2016 the station will be linked to the planned, new Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway. By 2008 the southern approach had been rebuilt over a length of 5 kilometres and now runs under the new Saale-Elster viaduct (to which a connection is being built) towards Erfurt.

Layout

Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof

Halle is an 'island station', i.e. it is located between the main sets of tracks. It has 13 platforms, of which 10 are covered by the station hall. The actual station building is located in the middle between tracks 6 and 7. In the station halls are small shops and restaurants/cafes.

Rail services

Long-distance services

The station is on the intersection of railway links from Berlin to Erfurt and Dresden to Magdeburg. InterCity (IC) and Intercity-Express (ICE) trains stop at the station.

Line Route Interval (min) Stock Remarks
ICE 11 (Munich – Augsburg – Ulm Stuttgart Frankfurt – Gotha Erfurt –) Halle Berlin Berlin Gesundbrunnen

Berlin – Bitterfeld Halle – Erfurt Frankfurt

Individual services ICE 1, ICE T Mon from Munich

Tue–Fri from Halle

ICE 15 Berlin Halle Erfurt Frankfurt (– Darmstadt – Mannheim Saarbrücken) 120 ICE T, ICE 3
ICE 18 (Kiel–) Hamburg – Berlin Bitterfeld Halle – Erfurt Bamberg Nuremberg Munich 120 ICE 1
ICE 26 Hamburg-Altona Berlin Halle – Nuremberg – München Ost (–Kufstein Schwarzach-St. Veit)

Munich – Nuremberg – Coburg – Erfurt Halle – Berlin – Wolfsburg Hannover

Individual services ICE T
ICE 29 (Warnemünde – Rostock–) Berlin Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich 5 train pairs ICE 3
ICE 91 Berlin Halle – Erfurt – Coburg – Nuremberg – Passau – Linz Vienna

Vienna – Linz – Passau – Nuremberg – Coburg – Erfurt Halle – Berlin (–Neustrelitz Rostock)

1 train pair ICE T To Rostock on Fridays only
IC 26 Basel SBB Karlsruhe – Darmstadt – Eisenach – Erfurt Halle Individual services IC Sundays
IC 55 Dresden – Riesa Leipzig Halle Magdeburg Braunschweig Hannover Bielefeld Dortmund Wuppertal Cologne 120 IC2
IC 56 Leipzig Halle – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover Bremen Oldenburg Leer Emden (– Norddeich Mole) 120 IC2 (IC)
FLX 10 Berlin Hbf Berlin Südkreuz Halle (Saale) Erfurt Gotha Eisenach Fulda Frankfurt South  Darmstadt Weinheim Heidelberg Stuttgart 1–2 train pairs Siemens Vectron BR193 + railway coaches

Local services

Halle is linked to the surrounding area with local services on the RB, RE and S-Bahn lines as well as other cities such as Kassel or Eisenach.

Line Route Interval (min) Operator
RE 3 Halle – Bitterfeld Wittenberg Jüterbog – Berlin Eberswalde Greifswald Stralsund Individual services DB Regio Nordost
RE 4 Halle Könnern – Aschersleben Halberstadt – Wernigerode Vienenburg Goslar 120 Abellio
RE 8 Halle – Eisleben – Sangerhausen Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen – Leinefelde 120 Abellio
RE 9 Halle – Eisleben Sangerhausen Nordhausen Leinefelde Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe 120 Abellio
RE 16 Halle Merseburg Weißenfels Naumburg Apolda Weimar – Erfurt 120 Abellio
RE 18 Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg Jena Paradies Jena-Göschwitz 120 DB Regio Südost
RE 24 Halle – Könnern Sandersleben – Aschersleben – Gatersleben – Halberstadt 120 Abellio
RE 30 Halle Köthen Calbe – Schönebeck – Magdeburg-Buckau – Magdeburg 060 DB Regio Südost
RB 25 Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Jena Paradies – Orlamünde Saalfeld 060 Abellio
RB 47 Halle – Halle-Trotha – Wallwitz – Könnern – Baalberge Bernburg 060 (Mon–Fri)
120 (Sat–Sun)
Abellio
RB 75 Halle – Teutschenthal – Röblingen – Eisleben (– Sangerhausen – Nordhausen) 060 (Mon–Fri)
120 (Sat–Sun)
Abellio
S 3 Halle-Trotha Halle – Schkeuditz – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz 060 (Trotha–Halle)
030 (Halle–Leipzig)
Individual services (Leipzig–Gaschwitz)
DB Regio Südost
S 5 Halle Leipzig/Halle Airport – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz Altenburg Zwickau 060 DB Regio Südost
S 5X Halle – Leipzig/Halle Airport – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Altenburg – Zwickau 060 DB Regio Südost
S 7 Halle – Halle-Silberhöhe Halle Neustadt – Halle-Nietleben 030 DB Regio Südost
S 8 Halle – Landsberg – Bitterfeld  Wolfen Dessau 030 (Halle–Bitterfeld Mon–Fri)
060 (Halle–Bitterfeld Sat–Sun)
120 (Bitterfeld–Dessau)
120 (Bitterfeld–Wittenberg)
DB Regio Südost
Gräfenhainichen – Wittenberg (– Jüterbog)
S 9 Halle Delitzsch Eilenburg 060 (Mo–Fr)
120 (Sat–Sun)
DB Regio Südost

The station is accessible from several major roads. A fast road (An der Magistrale) links the Hauptbahnhof to the west of the city (Neustadt, Nietleben and Dölau districts) and the B 80 links it to the western outskirts of Halle (Halleschen Vorland (West)).

The public transport system is provided by HAVAG. Tram routes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12 and bus routes 30 and 44 all stop at the station, as do OBS buses.

Goods traffic

The Halle (Saale) marshalling yard on both sides of the tracks to the east next to the passenger station was formerly important, but is largely closed today. A modern marshalling yard is planned to be built on the same site however.

Notes

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Since 1946 catenaries and overhead line masts were dismantled as Soviet war reparations.
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