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Doberlug-Kirchhain station

Coordinates: 51°37′14″N 13°33′51″E / 51.62056°N 13.56417°E / 51.62056; 13.56417
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Doberlug-Kirchhain
Deutsche Bahn
Junction station
The station in 2012 after the upgrade
General information
LocationDoberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg
Germany
Coordinates51°37′14″N 13°33′51″E / 51.62056°N 13.56417°E / 51.62056; 13.56417
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks4
Other information
Station code1240[1]
DS100 code
BDKO (upper)

BDKU (lower)[2]

Category4[1]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): 7558[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened17 June 1875
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
BER Airport
towards Warnemünde
IC 17 Elsterwerda
towards Chemnitz Hbf
Berlin Ostkreuz ICE 27 Elsterwerda
towards Graz Hbf
Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station
Walddrehna
towards Berlin Hbf
RE 8 Rückersdorf
towards Elsterwerda
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Falkenberg (Elster)
towards Leipzig Hbf
RE 10 Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz)
Schönborn bei Doberlug RB 43
Map
Location
Doberlug-Kirchhain is located in Brandenburg
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Location within Brandenburg
Doberlug-Kirchhain is located in Germany
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Location within Germany
Doberlug-Kirchhain is located in Europe
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Location within Europe

Doberlug-Kirchhain (German: Bahnhof Doberlug-Kirchhain) is a bi-level railway station in the town of Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg, Germany. The station lies of the Berlin–Dresden railway and Halle–Cottbus railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

History

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The Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway Company (Halle-Sorau-Gubener Eisenbahn, HSGE) opened the CottbusFalkenberg/Elster section of the Halle–Cottbus railway on 1 December 1871. The town's original station building in the town, which was called Dobrilugk-Kirchhain, is now called the Alter Bahnhof (old station). It was used until the late 20th century as a residential building and Bahnmeisterei[4] (the premises of the supervisor of track maintenance).

On 17 June 1875, the Berlin–Dresden railway was opened together with the two-level interchange station (Turmbahnhof or “tower station”) at the intersection with the line from Leipzig and Falkenberg to Cottbus. The two lines were doubled in 1890 and 1909 and they and were both electrified between 1980 and 1989. A decentralised rail traction current converter plant built on the railway bridge on the line towards Frankena supplied electricity to sections of both lines. It was closed after 27 years of operation in July 2008 and replaced by a modern substation. In the 1980s, it was planned to upgrade the station as a node with multiple tracks on each line; this is shown by a widened abutment to the bridge at the railway junction. After the reunification of Germany, this plan was not implemented.

Doberlug-Kirchhain station is classifies as a Category 4 station. It was rebuilt to enable use by the disabled in 2007.

Train services

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The station is served by the following services:[5]

Line Route Frequency (min)
IC 17 (ChemnitzFreiberg (Sachs) –) DresdenDresden-Neustadt – Elsterwerda – Doberlug-KirchhainBER AirportBerlin HbfBerlin GesundbrunnenOranienburgNeustrelitzRostockWarnemünde 120
ICE 27

Railjet

Berlin-Charlottenburg ← Berlin – ElsterwerdaDoberlug-KirchhainDresdenBad SchandauPraha hl.n.BrnoWienWiener NeustadtGraz One train pair
RE 8 Elsterwerda – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Luckau-Uckro – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf 120
RE 10 Leipzig – Torgau – Doberlug-Kirchhain – FinsterwaldeCottbus – Jänschwalde – EisenhüttenstadtFrankfurt 60
RB 43 Falkenberg – Doberlug-Kirchhain – FinsterwaldeCottbus – Jänschwalde – EisenhüttenstadtFrankfurt 120

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Alle Zielorte" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ Doberlug-Kirchhain - Bilder erzählen (in German) (1 ed.). Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag. 1994. ISBN 3-89264-901-4.
  5. ^ Timetables for Doberlug-Kirchhain station (in German)