Braunschweig Central Station

Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof
Braunschweig Central Station in Berliner Platz, September 2006
Operations
Category	2
Type	Crossing station
Platforms in use	8
DS100 code	HBS
Station code	835
Construction and location
Opened	1 October 1960
Architect	Erwin Dürkop
Location	Braunschweig
State	Lower Saxony
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
52°15′08″N 10°32′23″E
Route information
Brunswick–Magdeburg Brunswick–Kreiensen Brunswick–Hildesheim Brunswick–Hanover Brunswick–Bad Harzburg Brunswick–Uelzen
List of railway stations in Lower Saxony

Lobby

Local train station with bus and tram in 2006

Braunschweig Central Station (German: Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof) a railway station in the German city Braunschweig. It is about 1.5 km to the southeast the city center and was opened on October 1, 1960, replacing the old passenger station on the southern edge of the old town.

History

In the 1930s work had been carried out to reroute the main line so that the old terminal station could be replaced with a through station. Increasing traffic after World War II period made the need for a modern through main station more urgent. It was decided to build a new through station at the edge of the city at its current location next to the Viewegs Garten.

Traffic connections

The station has connections and interchanges with the following lines of transportation:

Tram

M1 Stöckheim – Hauptbahnhof (main station)– Rathaus (city hall) – Wenden

M2 Heidberg – Hauptbahnhof – Rathaus – Siegfriedviertel only in the evening and on Sundays

M5 Hauptbahnhof – Zentrum – Weststadt – Broitzem

Bus

M19 Hauptbahnhof – Ostring – Westring – Messegelände (exhibition centre) – Hauptbahnhof

M29 Hauptbahnhof – Messegelände – Westring – Ostring – Hauptbahnhof

420 Wolfenbüttel Bahnhof – Hauptbahnhof – Rathaus

431 Helmstedter Straße – Rautheim – Stöckheim – Melverode – Heidberg – Hauptbahnhof

M11 Mascherode – Bebelhof – Hauptbahnhof – Rathaus – Lehndorf – Lamme

461 Hauptbahnhof – Zentrum – Lehndorf – PTB – Völkenrode

601 620 Salzgitter-Lebenstedt – Hauptbahnhof

603 631 Salzgitter-Bad – Hauptbahnhof

730 Wilhelmstr. – Hauptbahnhof – Sickte – Evessen – Schöppenstedt

Regional traffic

Braunschweig Hbf is situated on the following course book:

Line	Route		Frequency
RE 60	Braunschweig – Peine – Lehrte – Hannover – Osnabrück – Rheine		Every two hours
RE	Braunschweig – Peine – Lehrte – Hannover – Bielefeld		Every two hours
RB	Braunschweig – Gifhorn – Wittingen – Uelzen		Every two hours
RB	Braunschweig – Wolfsburg – Oebisfelde – Stendal		Hourly Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Every two hours Wolfsburg-Stendal
RB	Braunschweig – Helmstedt – Magdeburg – Burg		Hourly
RB	Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Schöppenstedt		Hourly
RB	Braunschweig – Lengede – Hoheneggelsen – Hildesheim		Single trains
RB	Braunschweig – Salzgitter-Thiede – Salzgitter-Lebenstedt		Single trains
RB	Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Vienenburg –	Goslar	Every two hours
		Bad Harzburg
RB	Braunschweig – Salzgitter-Ringelheim – Seesen – Osterode – Herzberg		Hourly

Long distance

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 11	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Braunschweig – Göttingen – Fulda – Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Augsburg – München	Every two hours
ICE 12	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Braunschweig – Göttingen – Fulda – Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel Badischer Bahnhof – Basel SBB (– Zürich – Interlaken Ost)	Every two hours
ICE 50	Dresden – Leipzig – Halle (Saale) – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bremen – Oldenburg (Oldb)	Single trains
IC 55	Leipzig – Halle (Saale) – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Solingen – Köln	Every two hours
IC 56	Dresden – Leipzig – Halle (Saale) – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bremen – Oldenburg (Oldb)	Every two hours

Another trains:

• ICE 50: Hildesheim
• IC 55: Düsseldorf, Bonn, Koblenz, Mainz, Oberstdorf
• IC 56: Emden, Norddeich Mole, Potsdam, Cottbus

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Hildesheim Hbf toward München Hbf		ICE 11		Berlin-Spandau toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
Hannover Hbf toward Köln Hbf		IC 55		Magdeburg Hbf toward Leipzig Hbf
Vechelde toward Rheine		RE 60 Ems-Leine-Express		Terminus