Dessau Hauptbahnhof

Dessau Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Entrance hall of station (2010)
General information
Location	Fritz-Hesse-Str. 47, Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt Germany
Coordinates	51°50′24″N 12°14′6″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Dessau–Leipzig Biederitz–Dessau Dessau–Wörlitz Dessau–Köthen
Platforms	6 + 1 side platform (DWE)
Train operators	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland DB Regio Nordost DB Regio Südost Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland
Construction
Architectural style	Bauhaus
Other information
Station code	1173
DS100 code	LD
IBNR	8010077
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 September 1840 (1840-09-01)
Electrified	1911-1914 1922-1946 9 June 1958 (1958-06-09)
Services
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Location Dessau Hauptbahnhof Location within Saxony-Anhalt Dessau Hauptbahnhof Location within Germany Dessau Hauptbahnhof Location within Europe

Dessau Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Dessau-Roßlau in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Location

The station is located to the south of the Elbe and to the west of central Dessau. It is a through station, orientated from the north-east to the south-west. Located on its south-eastern frontage is a stop for Dessau trams and buses operated by Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft, the city’s public transport operator.

History

1945 (above), 1959 (below)

Dessau had an important role in rail transport from the early days of railways in Germany because of the crossing over the Elbe to its north. The first railway was opened on 1 September 1840 by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company. As early as 1911 the line to Bitterfeld was electrified experimentally. Because of the location of several industrial enterprises in the region, such as the Junkers aircraft factory, the railway was very important for rail freight.

In World War II, the station building was destroyed in an air raid on 7 March 1945 and was rebuilt up to 1952.

While the station was formerly a stop for InterRegio and Intercity trains, it is now almost exclusively served by regional transport as Dessau is not located on the busy Berlin–Halle and Magdeburg–Halle–Leipzig lines.

Between 2008 and 2011 a comprehensive renovation was carried out in the Roßlau/Dessau railway transport hub, including a major renovation of the track and overhead line equipment. The track plan of the station has been simplified, so that a speed of 160 km/h is now possible. On 5 December 2010, an electronic interlocking was brought into operation in Dessau.

On 13 December 2015, Dessau became a station on the network of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, which connects it with Leipzig.

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  1951
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  2009
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  2010, rebuild of the station
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  2010, after rebuild

Connections

The station is used only by regional traffic. There have been no regular long-distance services since the opening of Berlin Hauptbahnhof in 2006. The Dessau-Wörlitz Railway is now a tourist railway and only operates during the summer season. The following services served the station in 2019, including IC services temporarily diverted from the Magdeburg–Halle line.

Line	Route	Interval	Operator
IC 55	Dresden – Leipzig – Bitterfeld – Dessau – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Cologne	120	DB Fernverkehr
IC 56	Leipzig – Halle – Bitterfeld – Dessau – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bremen – Oldenburg – Norddeich Mole	120	DB Fernverkehr
RE 7	Dessau – Bad Belzig – Michendorf – Berlin – Rangsdorf – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt	060 (Mo–Fr) 120 (Sa–Su)	DB Regio Nordost
RE 13	Magdeburg – Zerbst – Dessau – Bitterfeld – Delitzsch – Leipzig	120	DB Regio Südost
RE 14	Magdeburg – Zerbst – Dessau – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Falkenberg (Elster)	Individual services	DB Regio Südost
RB 42	Dessau – Roßlau – Zerbst – Gommern – Königsborn – Biederitz – Magdeburg	Individual services	DB Regio Südost
RB 50	Dessau – Köthen	030	Abellio
RB 51	Dessau – Roßlau – Coswig – Lutherstadt Wittenberg (– Zahna / Annaburg – Falkenberg (Elster))	060	DB Regio Südost
S 2	Dessau – Bitterfeld – Delitzsch – Leipzig – Leipzig-Connewitz – Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz	060 (Dessau–Connewitz) individual services (Connewitz–Gaschwitz)	DB Regio Südost
DVE	Dessau – Oranienbaum – Wörlitz	120 (operates March–October)	DVE

In public transport the station is served by three tram and six bus routes. In addition all night bus routes start here.

References

• Bley, Peter (1990). 150 Jahre Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn (150 years of the Berlin-Anhalt railway) (in German). Düsseldorf: alba. ISBN 3-87094-340-8.