Merseburg Hauptbahnhof

Merseburg Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the town of Merseburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is located on the Halle–Bebra railway (Thuringian Railway) and Deutsche Bahn assigns it to category 4. Merseburg is located in the tariff area of the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (central Germany transport association).

Merseburg
Junction station
Entrance building
LocationBahnhofsplatz 1, Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Coordinates51°21′25″N 11°59′26″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code4067[1]
DS100 codeLMG[2]
IBNR8010232
Category4[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1846
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland   Following station
toward Erfurt Hbf
RE 16
via Naumburg (Saale) - Weimar
Terminus
Leuna Werke Nord
RB 25
via Naumburg (Saale) - Jena
Schkopau
Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station
RE 18
Saale-Express
via Naumburg (Saale)
Terminus
Merseburg Bergmannsring
toward Querfurt
RB 78Terminus
Location
Merseburg
Location in Saxony-Anhalt
Merseburg
Location in Germany
Merseburg
Location in Europe

History

Merseburg station was opened on 20 June 1846 when Merseburg was connected to the Halle (Saale) – Weißenfels railway. This was the first section opened of the route which later ran via Weimar, Erfurt and Eisenach to Bebra.

The Merseburg–Mücheln section of the Merseburg–Querfurt railway was opened in December 1886.

The line to Schafstädt was opened on 1 November 1896. Due to declining passenger numbers, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt (local transport service of Saxony-Anhalt), ended all services of the Merseburg–Schafstädt railway from 14 December 2014.[3] The rail service was replaced by state bus route 728 operated by Personennahverkehrsgesellschaft Merseburg-Querfurt.[4]

The section of the Merseburg–Leipzig-Leutzsch railway from Merseburg to Zöschen was opened in 1910. After being interrupted by the First World War, traffic on the line resumed in 1928 and it was finally extended to Leipzig-Leutzsch on 7 July 1931, which gave the station a direct connection to Leipzig. Due to declining passenger numbers services ended in 1998, so Merseburg lost its direct connection to Leipzig and passengers now have to change in Halle (Saale) or Großkorbetha.

Merseburg finally got a new station building in 1956, because the former had been destroyed by air raids in the Second World War. The Merseburg–Halle-Nietleben railway was opened in 1967; it was mainly used by a shuttle service to Buna-Werke.

There was also a Frankfurt–Berlin InterRegio service at two-hour intervals until 1999. It continued to further destinations such as Stralsund or Konstanz.

The station was given the suffix "Hauptbahnhof" ("main station") at the timetable changed on 15 December 2019.

Rolling stock

Bombardier Talent 2 electric multiple units have been operated on Regionalbahn line 20 by Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland since 13 December 2015. DB Regio operated the service until 12 December 2015 with class 182 locomotives and Halberstädter Mitteleinstiegswagen (Halberstädt central-entry carriages) as well as occasional double-deck carriages. The RB 78 service is operated by Burgenlandbahn (a brand of DB Regio) with class 672 diesel multiple units and the Regional-Express 30 service to Magdeburg is operated with class 146 locomotives with double-deck carriages.

Services
Line Route Interval Operator
RE 16 Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Bad Kösen – Apolda – Weimar – Erfurt 120 Abellio
RE 18 Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz 120 DB Regio Südost
RB 25 Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Camburg – Jena Paradies – Orlamünde – Saalfeld 060 Abellio
RB 78 Merseburg – Frankleben – Braunsbedra – Mücheln (Geiseltal) – Querfurt 060 min (Merseburg–Mücheln)
120 mins (Mücheln–Querfurt)		 DB Regio Südost
Merseburg station after its reconstruction in 2013
DB Regio train on line RB 20
Merseburg freight yard, 1971

Signal box

Merseburg station was extensively modernised between 2011 and 2013. An electronic interlocking was also installed. Since then Merseburg station has been controlled from the Leipzig control centre.[5]

Freight yard

Merseburg used to have a large freight yard south of the passenger station. This was important for the transport of lignite to the Leuna works. It is now administered as part of the station.

References

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. "Nahverkehr: Auf drei Strecken fährt künftig Bus statt Zug" (in German). 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  4. "Bus 728 verbindet als Landeslinie künftig Merseburg mit Bad Lauchstädt und Schafstädt" (in German). 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  5. "Fahrdienstleiter gibt aus Leipzig die "Bahn frei!"". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

Sources
  • Britta Schulze-Thulin (2013). Leipzig, Halle und Umgebung: Wanderführer für Mitteldeutschland 4 (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89812-979-4.
  • Hans Otto Gericke (2012). Die Elektrizitätsversorgung in Sachsen-Anhalt (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89812-861-2.
  • Joachim Krause (1997). Bahnknoten Merseburg (in German). Herdam Fotoverlag. ISBN 3-9804798-4-6.
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