Dresden Hauptbahnhof

Information about Dresden Hauptbahnhof

Dresden Hbf
Location
StateSaxony
PlaceDresden
Local authorityDresden-Seevorstadt
Operations
DS100 codeDH
TypeBf
Category1
History
Key datesOpened 1851
1851Böhmischer Bahnhof
1892Rebuilding to Hauptbahnhof
1897Hauptbahnhof opened
1945Damaged in Second World War
2000-2008Reconstruction
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Dresden Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Dresden Central Station, short form: Dresden Hbf) is one of two main inter-city transit hubs in the German city of Dresden. Designed by Ernst Giese and Paul Weidner, it was built between 1892 and 1897 at the southern border of the inner city and was important in the growth and development of the city.

Construction

Dresden Hauptbahnhof has 18 tracks. Eleven carry traffic through the station whilst the remaining seven, all from the west and located in the middle of the station, are terminal tracks. This layout makes Dresden Hbf unique among German central railway stations. The station is divided into three halls, the central one of which is the biggest and covers the terminating tracks.

The arrivals hall is situated in front of the terminating tracks giving the station the character of a terminal station. The new 30,000 m² roof, covered by a canopy made from Teflon-coated fibre glass, was designed by Sir Norman Foster who is overseeing the reconstruction of the station.

History

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Exterior of Dresden Hauptbahnhof, December 2006
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The reconstructed station hall, July 2007
Dresden Hauptbahnhof is part of the railway system that provides direct connections to Berlin, Prague and Nuremberg. Opening in 1897, it replaced three stations in the south of the city.

Between 1933 and 1945 the main train station was an important hub for deportation, military industrial supply for the city, and the military supply chain in general. The station was damaged by the bombing of Dresden starting in February 1945. This was limited in extent until a specific attack in April 1945.

The station's reconstruction started after the war but is not yet complete. It became one of the important railway stations in East Germany.

Since 2000, the railway station has been undergoing a major reconstruction. The main train halls, the roof and other areas in the station are complete, with all work planned to finish in 2008.

During the floods in August 2002, the station hall was badly damaged by flooding from the river Weißeritz. The entrance hall and the lower platforms were flooded up to one metre by muddy water from the left tributary of the river Elbe coming from the Ore Mountains. Major damage to several tracks around Dresden closed the station for a month. Fortunately, the main reconstruction project was only temporarily interrupted.

In 2007, the station's reconstruction was a contenders for the £20,000 Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture in Europe.

Operational usage

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The Saxonia statue on the top of the portal
In brief
Number of tracks18 main line passenger,
(of which 7 are terminal tracks)
Trains
(daily):		600
Passengers
(daily):		50,000
The station is operated and owned by the Deutsche Bahn Group subsidiary DB Station&Service.

Regional and long distance services call at the station. The station is part of the InterCity and ICE network. Night services are provided by DB NachtZug trains. EuroCity services also call, providing connections to Prague in the Czech Republic.

The daily passenger numbers of about 50,000 are relatively low compared to other German cities of the same size. (The central station of Bremen, a city of comparable size, handles around 100,000.) This is due to the fact that Dresden has two stations at which long-distance trains call: Dresden Hauptbahnhof and Dresden-Neustadt.

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Coordinates:

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Dresden Freiberger Straße
''toward Meien Triebischtal
S1
Dresden-Strehlen
''toward Schna
Dresden Freiberger Straße
''toward Dresden Flughafen
S2
Dresden-Strehlen
''toward Pirna
Dresden-Plauen
''toward Tharandt
S3Terminus
Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland
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Freistaat Sachsen (de)
Swobodny stat Sakska (wen)  
Free State of Saxony
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Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

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Dresden

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DS-100 code, named after the original papers laying out the system, the DS 100, Abkürzungen der Betriebsstellen.

Description of the code

The code is set up as follows:
  • X YYYY Z
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Bf – Bahnhof, defined as a place where trains may start, end or change directions, and that has at least one set of points.
  • Hbf – Hauptbahnhof, the central station of a larger city.
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    • six categories, denoting the service level available at the station.

    Their assignment into the categories also influences the amount of money railway companies need to pay to DB Station&Service for using the facilities at the stations.
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    1848 1849 1850 - 1851 - 1852 1853 1854

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    Allied powers:
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     Germany
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     Italy
    ...et al.
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    Deutsche Bahn AG

    Private Company
    Founded 1 January 1994
    Headquarters Berlin, Germany

    Key people Hartmut Mehdorn, chairman of the board
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    In August of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
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    Origin Wilde Weißeritz and Rote Weißeritz
    Mouth Elbe
    Basin countries Germany
    Length 12 km (61 km incl. Wilde Weißeritz)
    Source elevation 188 m

    The Weißeritz is a river in Saxony.
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    Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge, Czech: Krušné hory) are a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic. They form the border between both countries for 150 km, extending from the western border of Saxony to the Elbe river.
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    Deutsche Bahn AG

    Private Company
    Founded 1 January 1994
    Headquarters Berlin, Germany

    Key people Hartmut Mehdorn, chairman of the board
    Industry Rail transport
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