Weimar station

Weimar
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Location Schopenhauerstr. 2, Weimar, Thuringia
Germany
Coordinates 50°59′30″N 11°19′37″E / 50.99167°N 11.32694°E / 50.99167; 11.32694Coordinates: 50°59′30″N 11°19′37″E / 50.99167°N 11.32694°E / 50.99167; 11.32694
Owned by DB Netz
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms 5
Other information
Station code 6617[1]
DS100 codeUWM[2]
IBNR8010366
Category3[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 19 December 1846 (1846-12-19)
Electrified 22 September 1967 (1967-09-22)
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
ICE 50
towards Dresden Hbf
ICE 50
towards Dresden Hbf
IC 50
Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station
toward Göttingen
RE 1
toward Erfurt Hbf
RE 3
toward Altenburg
Preceding station   Abellio Deutschland   Following station
Hopfgarten (Weimar)
toward Eisenach
RB 20
Oßmannstedt
Preceding station   Erfurter Bahn   Following station
Vieselbach
toward Erfurt Hbf
EB 21
Oberweimar
toward Gera Hbf
Location
Weimar
Location within Thuringia
Reception building

Weimar station is the main station in the city of Weimar in the German state of Thuringia, located on the Thuringian Railway. It is an Intercity-Express stop on the line between Frankfurt am Main and Dresden. Weimar station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It is officially designated as a KulturBahnhof ("culture station”), as the station’s panels are noted. It is about one kilometre north of central Weimar at the end of the street of Carl-August-Allee.

History

The station was built in 1846 as a terminus of the Thuringian Railway from Halle. In 1847 the line was continued west to Erfurt, and to Bebra in 1849. In 1876 this was followed by a second line to Jena and Gera. In 1887, a third line opened to Bad Berka, Kranichfeld and Blankenhain (the Ilm Valley Railway). In the same year, a fourth line was connected to the station, the metre gauge Weimar-Rastenberg Railway line to Großrudestedt in Sömmerda. It was closed in 1946.

During the period of the Weimar Republic, Weimar was the state capital of Thuringia. Therefore, a new, prestigious reception building was built at that time in the neo-classical style. Under Nazism the station played a special role as the beginning a line for the transport of prisoners to Buchenwald concentration camp.

During the existence of East Germany the line from Naumburg to Erfurt was electrified. Weimar station had 116 regular arrivals and departures of long-distance trains in the summer timetable of 1989, making it the fifth place station in the network of the East German railways.[3]

Train services

The station has five platforms. The following services call at the station:

The station is served by the following service(s):

Service Train Type Route Material Frequency
RE DB Regional Express Neudietendorf - Erfurt Hbf - Weimar - Jena West - Gera Hbf - Altenburg Every 2 hours
RB20 DB Eisenach - Gotha - Neudietendorf - Erfurt Hbf - Weimar - Apolda - Naumburg (Saale) Hbf - Großkorbetha - Leuna Werke Süd - Leuna Werke Nord - Halle (Saale) Hbf Class 143 1x per hour

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ Ralph Seidel: Der Einfluss veränderter Raumbedingungen auf Netzgestalt und Frequenz im Schienenpersonenfernverkehr Deutschlands, Dissertation of the University of Leipzig, 2005, p. 48
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