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
LocationAm Bahnhof 2, Jena, Thuringia
Germany
Coordinates50°53′12″N 11°35′33″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
  • Großheringen–Saalfeld (Saale) (KBS 560)
  • Weimar–Gera (KBS 565)
Platforms1 island platform
4 side platforms
Tracks8
Connections
  • RE 1RE 3RE 18
  • EB 21RB 25EB 28
Other information
Station code2201[1]
DS100 codeUGW[2]
IBNR8010133
Category3[1]
Fare zoneVMT
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 July 1876 (1876-07-01)
Electrified1941-1946[3]
28 May 1995 (1995-05-28)
Previous names1876-1953 Göschwitz
1953-2010 Göschwitz/Saale
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland   Following station
Rothenstein (Saale)
RB 25
via Naumburg (Saale) - Jena
Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station
toward Göttingen
RE 1
via Mühlhausen - Erfurt - Jena - Gera
Stadtroda
toward Erfurt Hbf
RE 3
via Jena - Gera
Stadtroda
toward Altenburg or Greiz
RE 18
Saale-Express
via Naumburg (Saale)		Terminus
Preceding station   Erfurter Bahn   Following station
toward Erfurt Hbf
EB 21
Elster Saale Bahn
Neue Schenke
toward Gera Hbf
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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