Stendal Hauptbahnhof

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General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 34, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt Germany
Coordinates	52°35′40″N 11°51′16″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Berlin-Lehrte railway Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway Stendal–Uelzen railway Stendal-Tangermünde railway Stendal–Niedergörne railway
Platforms	8
Connections	IRE 1 RE 20 RB 32 RB 33 RB 34 RB 35 S 1
Other information
Station code	6010
DS100 code	LS
IBNR	8010334
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1871
Services
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Location Stendal Location within Saxony-Anhalt

Stendal (German: Bahnhof Stendal) is a railway station in the town of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The station lies on the Berlin-Lehrte railway, Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway, Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway, Stendal–Uelzen railway, Stendal-Tangermünde railway and Stendal–Niedergörne railway. It is an important railway hub for regional trains and is also used by Intercity and Intercity-Express (ICE) trains regularly. Until the winter 2012 timetable Stendal station was only by Deutsche Bahn trains. Since December 2012, the station has also been served by some services operated by Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.

History

On 7 July 1849, Stendal received its first railway connection with the opening of the Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway by the Magdeburg-Wittenberge Company (Magdeburg-Wittenbergeschen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). This ran on the eastern outskirts of the town and there was a station at Stendal—later called Stendal Ost (east)—from its opening.

During the course of construction of the Stendal–Uelzen railway and the Berlin–Lehrte railway in 1870, the station was moved to the southern edge of the town to allow passengers to change between the three lines. The Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway was also relocated to be connected to the new station and has run around the town to its west since then. The current station building was also built between 1869 and 1871.

In April 1886, the Stendal-Tangermünde railway was connected to station.

In June 1892, a horse tramway was opened between the station forecourt and the Uenglinger Tor (Uenglingen gate); in October 1909, another horse tramway was added, but this ran between Stendal Ost station on the original Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway and the Uenglinger Tor. Both tramways were closed in October 1926 and replaced by a bus route.

In the autumn of 1908, the station was connected with the Stendal–Arendsee light railway and, in May 1914, with the Stendal–Arneburg railway after this had been converted from metre gauge to standard gauge. The line to Arendsee was closed gradually from 1978 to 1995. All operations on the line to Arneburg ended in October 1972.

The Stendal–Niedergörne railway was connected to the station in January 1977 to provide a connection to the Stendal Nuclear Power Plant, which was never completed. Since the end of passenger traffic in late 1995, the line has been used only by freight trains.

Stendal was connected to the electrical railway network in 1984 with the electrification of the line to Magdeburg.

Between 1994 and 1998, the Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway was built parallel to the Berlin-Lehrte railway. A southern bypass of Stendal was built against the wishes of the town; this is now used by most long-distance trains running on the line. Nevertheless, the first ICE train stopped at Stendal station on 27 September 1998.

State

The station has five through platform tracks and three bay platforms. Track 1 is located next to the station building and tracks 2–5 are on two island platforms. Bay platforms 6 and 7 are located east and west of the entrance building and are accessible via platform 1. The third bay platform is track 8, which is at the eastern end of the island platform that is faced by tracks 2 and 3. West of the station there is a large parking area.

Buses on several bus routes operated by Stendalbus stop outside the station. There is also a taxi stand.

Train services

Stendal is served by Intercity, Regional Express and Regional Bahn services:

Line	Train Type	Route	Operator	Frequency
IC 56	Intercity	Leipzig Hbf – Leipzig/Halle Airport – Halle (Saale) Hbf – Magdeburg Hbf – Stendal – Wittenberge – Schwerin Hbf – Rostock Hbf – Warnemünde	DB Fernverkehr	1x day (summer only)
IC 77	Intercity	Amsterdam Centraal - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück Hbf - Hannover Hbf - Stendal - Berlin Hbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof	DB Fernverkehr	Every 2 hours
IRE 1	Interregio-Express	Hamburg Hbf - Uelzen - Stendal - Berlin Hbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof	DB Regio Nordost	2x per day
RE 20	Regional-Express	Uelzen - Salzwedel - Stendal - Magdeburg Hbf	DB Regio Südost	7x per day
RB 32	Regionalbahn	Stendal - Salzwedel	DB Regio Südost	11x per day
RB 33	Regionalbahn	Stendal - Tangermünde	Hanseatische Eisenbahn	1x per hour
RB 34	Regionalbahn	Stendal - Rathenow	Hanseatische Eisenbahn	Every 2 hours
RB 35	Regionalbahn	Wolfsburg Hbf - Oebisfelde - Stendal	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland	Every 2 hours
S 1	S-Bahn	Wittenberge - Stendal - Magdeburg Hbf - Schönebeck (Elbe) - Schönebeck-Salzelmen	S-Bahn Mittelelbe	1x per hour

External links

• Media related to Stendal Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons
• Network map