Doberlug-Kirchhain station

Doberlug-Kirchhain (German: Bahnhof Doberlug-Kirchhain) is a bi-level railway station in the town of Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg, Germany. The station lies of the Berlin–Dresden railway and Halle–Cottbus railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Doberlug-Kirchhain
Junction station
The station in 2012 after the upgrade
LocationDoberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg
Germany
Coordinates51°37′14″N 13°33′51″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks4
Other information
Station code1240[1]
DS100 code
BDKO (upper)

BDKU (lower)[2]

Category4[1]
Fare zoneVBB: 7558[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened17 June 1875
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
Berlin Südkreuz
towards Warnemünde
IC 17
via Berlin
Elsterwerda
towards Dresden
Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station
toward Rostock or Stralsund
RE 5
via Berlin
toward Elsterwerda
Falkenberg (Elster)
toward Leipzig Hbf
RE 10
Finsterwalde
toward Cottbus Hbf
Schönborn bei Doberlug
RB 43
via Doberlug-Kirchhain
Finsterwalde
toward Cottbus Hbf
Location
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Location within Brandenburg
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Location within Germany
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Location within Europe

History

The Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway Company (Halle-Sorau-Gubener Eisenbahn, HSGE) opened the Cottbus–Falkenberg/Elster section of the Halle–Cottbus railway on 1 December 1871. The town's original station building in the town, which was called Dobrilugk-Kirchhain, is now called the Alter Bahnhof (old station). It was used until the late 20th century as a residential building and Bahnmeisterei[4] (the premises of the supervisor of track maintenance).

On 17 June 1875, the Berlin–Dresden railway was opened together with the two-level interchange station (Turmbahnhof or “tower station”) at the intersection with the line from Leipzig and Falkenberg to Cottbus. The two lines were doubled in 1890 and 1909 and they and were both electrified between 1980 and 1989. A decentralised rail traction current converter plant built on the railway bridge on the line towards Frankena supplied electricity to sections of both lines. It was closed after 27 years of operation in July 2008 and replaced by a modern substation. In the 1980s, it was planned to upgrade the station as a node with multiple tracks on each line; this is shown by a widened abutment to the bridge at the railway junction. After the reunification of Germany, this plan was not implemented.

Doberlug-Kirchhain station is classifies as a Category 4 station.[1] It was rebuilt to enable use by the disabled in 2007.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:[5]

  • Regional services RE 5 Rostock / Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Wunsdorf-Waldstadt - Elsterwerda
  • Regional services RE 10 Leipzig - Eilenburg - Falkenberg - Cottbus
  • Local services RB 43 Falkenberg - Doberlug-Kirchhain - Cottbus

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. Doberlug-Kirchhain - Bilder erzählen (in German) (1 ed.). Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag. 1994. ISBN 3-89264-901-4.
  5. Timetables for Doberlug-Kirchhain station (in German)
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