Erfurt Central Station

Erfurt Hauptbahnhof
Entrance hall
Operations
Category	2
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	10
Daily entry/exit	34,000
DS100 code	UE
Station code	1634
Construction and location
Opened	1846
Style of architecture	Historicism (old parts), modern glass architecture (new parts)
Architect	Gössler Kinz Kreienbaum Architekten BDA (new parts)
Location	Erfurt
State	Thuringia
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
50°58′22″N 11°2′16″E
Route information
Current: Erfurt–Halle (KBS 580) Erfurt–Bebra (KBS 605) Erfurt–Sangerhausen (KBS 595) Erfurt–Nordhausen (KBS 601) Future: Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle (from 2015) Erfurt–Nuremberg (from 2017)
List of railway stations in Thuringia

Erfurt Central Station (German: Erfurt Hauptbahnhof) is the central railway station of Erfurt in Germany. It is an important junctions of the German railways and is served by numerous local and long-distance rail services. Immediately north of the station, is Erfurt's city center. It had approximately 12.5 million passengers in 2006, that is an average of about 34,000 per day. The station lies on the Thüringer Bahn, which connects Halle to Bebra.

Overview

In order for future ICE services between Munich and Berlin to connect with the ICE services between Frankfurt/Main and Dresden changes are being to the station's tracks and platforms, the station's building are being redeveloped and a new platform bridge is being constructed. The building of the third Erfurt Hauptbahnhof began in 2002 and was originally intended to be completed in 2007. Three island platforms and nine rail tracks as well as four dock platforms are planned. The double-span roof consists of a 20 metre-wide side span and a 65 metre-wide main span with a length of 157 metres and a maximum height of 25 metres. It will cost approximately € 260 million. The new station is being built by DB-Projekts as part of the new high speed line between Berlin and München via the Nuremberg-Erfurt high-speed line and Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed lines.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• intercity-express service (ICE 50) Wiesbaden/Saarbrücken - Frankfurt (Main) - Erfurt - Leipzig - Dresden
• intercity-express service (ICE 50) Düsseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel - Erfurt - Leipzig - Dresden
• intercity service (IC 50) Frankfurt (Main) - Erfurt - Halle - Berlin - Eberswalde - Stralsund - Binz
• regional express (RE 1) Göttingen - Erfurt - Jena - Gera - Zwickau

Service	Train Type	Route	Material	Frequency
RE	DB Regional Express	Neudietendorf - Erfurt Hbf - Weimar - Jena West - Gera Hbf - Altenburg		Every 2 hours
RE7 Mainfranken-Thüringen-Express	DB Regional Express	Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Suhl - Bad Neustadt - Schweinfurt Hbf - Würzburg Hbf	Class 612	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
RB23	DB	Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Stadtilm - Rottenbach - Bad Blankenburg - Saalfeld (Saale)		Every 2 hours
RB (STB4)	Süd-Thüringer-Bahn	Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Plaue (Thür) - Oberhof (Thür) - Zella-Mehlis - Suhl - Grimmenthal - Meiningen	Class 450	Every 2 hours
RB (EB3)	Erfurter Bahn	Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Plaue (Thür) - Geraberg - Ilmenau	Class 450	1x per hour

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Gotha toward Wiesbaden or Saarbrücken		ICE 50		Weimar toward Dresden Hbf
Gotha toward Düsseldorf Hbf		ICE 50		Weimar toward Dresden Hbf
Gotha toward Frankfurt Flughafen		IC 50		Weimar toward Ostseebad Binz or Dresden Hbf
Neudietendorf toward Göttingen		RE 1		Weimar toward Zwickau Hbf
Neudietendorf Terminus		RE		Weimar toward Altenburg
Neudietendorf toward Würzburg Hbf		RE		Terminus
Erfurt-Bischleben toward Eisenach		RB 20		Vieselbach toward Halle (Saale) Hbf
Neudietendorf toward Saalfeld		RB		Terminus
Erfurt-Bischleben toward Meiningen		RB		Terminus
Erfurt-Bischleben toward Ilmenau		RB		Terminus

Photogallery

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  Station at night, 2009

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  Platform layout since 2007

External links

• Homepage of Hauptbahnhof Erfurt (German)
• pdf: Transport situation of the station (German)
• Photographs of the stations