Thale Hauptbahnhof

Thale Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Terminal station
2011
Location Bahnhofstraße 6
06502 Thale
Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Coordinates 51°44′45″N 11°01′52″E / 51.745881°N 11.031217°E / 51.745881; 11.031217Coordinates: 51°44′45″N 11°01′52″E / 51.745881°N 11.031217°E / 51.745881; 11.031217
Elevation 173 m (568 ft)
Owned by DB Netz
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks 3
Train operators HarzElbeExpress
Other information
Station code 6184
DS100 codeLTL[1]
IBNR8013112
Category5[2]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1862 (1862)
Location
Thale Hauptbahnhof
Location within Saxony-Anhalt

Thale Hauptbahnhof is a station on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in the town of Thale in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[2] The only other station in Thale is the halt at Thale Musestieg, although there used to be three stations in Thale on a branch of the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway, which was opened in 1908 and was closed in the 1960s.

History

Entrance to Thale station
Station building

The station was opened in 1862. At first it was called Thale station, but in 1907 it was renamed Thale Hauptbahnhof to distinguish it from the nearby Thale Bodethal station on the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway.

Until 2003 there was a turntable at the end of the station.[3] Thale originally had three platforms. Today only one platform is used. Formerly, when locomotives were repositioned from one end of the train to the other, it was necessary to close the two crossings near the station. Today, however, the line is only operated with diesel multiple units.

Rolling stock

The Harz-Elbe-Express runs with Alstom Coradia LINT diesel multiple units (LINT 27 and LINT 41 classes). The line is not electrified.

Rail services

The station is served hourly by the Harz-Elbe-Express. On weekends the Harz-Berlin-Express runs without a change of trains to/from Berlin Ostbahnhof, operating on Fridays to Sundays from Thale to Berlin once a day and from Berlin to Thale once on Saturdays and twice on Sundays.[4]

Line Route Frequency
HEX Magdeburg Hbf – Halberstadt – Quedlinburg – Thale Hbf 60 min
HBX / HEX Berlin Ostbahnhof – Burg (b Magdeburg) – Magdeburg Hbf – Halberstadt – Quedlinburg – Thale Hbf Weekends (Thale – Berlin Fr to Su and Berlin – Thale Sa and Su)

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Endisch, Dirk (2006). Die Hauptbahn Halberstadt–Thale (in German). Korntal-Münchingen: Dirk Endisch. ISBN 978-3936893342.
  4. ↑ "Streckennetz Harz-Berlin-Express" (in German). Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
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