Sömmerda station

Sömmerda
Junction station
Entrance building
General information
Location	Am Bahnhof 1, Sömmerda, Thuringia Germany
Coordinates	51°09′56″N 11°07′41″E
Line(s)	Straußfurt–Großheringen (KBS 594) Sangerhausen–Erfurt (KBS 595)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	5895
DS100 code	USD
IBNR	8010328
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	14 August 1874
Services
Preceding station Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Following station Großrudestedt towards Erfurt Hbf RE 10 Leubingen towards Magdeburg Hbf RB 59 Leubingen towards Sangerhausen Preceding station Erfurter Bahn Following station Terminus RB 27 Kiebitzhöhe towards Buttstädt
Location Sömmerda Location within Thuringia Sömmerda Location within Germany Sömmerda Location within Europe

Sömmerda station is the station of Sömmerda in the German state of Thuringia. It is the public transport hub of the Sömmerda district and the only Turmbahnhof ("tower station"—two-level interchange station) in Thuringia.

History

The first railway reached Sömmerda on 14 August 1874. It was the Straußfurt–Großheringen railway (known as the Pfefferminzbahn—"Peppermint Railway"), which connects Straußfurt in the west via Sömmerda to Großheringen in the east. This line was built by the Nordhausen-Erfurt Railway Company (Nordhausen-Erfurter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) and owned by the Prussian state railways (Preußische Staatsbahn) from 1887. On 24 October 1881, the second and more important line, the Sangerhausen–Erfurt railway was opened through Sömmerda. In preparation for it, the station had to be developed into a two-level interchange station in order to link both lines. Since then, the higher Sangerhausen–Erfurt railway has run above the Peppermint Railway. This line served the traffic from Erfurt to the then capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, Magdeburg. It was built by the Magdeburg–Halberstadt Railway Company (Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft) and was taken over by the Prussian government in 1886. A second track was built between Erfurt and Sömmerda. The second track was dismantled in 1946 to provide reparations, but was restored after the reunification of Germany. The line was electrified by the end of the 1990s. Passenger traffic on the Straußfurt–Sömmerda section ended on 9 December 2007 and Regionalbahn services now run on the Peppermint Railway only to Großheringen.

Infrastructure

Platforms

There is barrier-free access to platform 1 via a ramp and to platform 2/3 (island platform) via a lift. Platforms 4 and 5 are partly barrier-free as platform 5 can only be reached by a pedestrian overpass.

Platform	Length in m	Height in cm
1	146	55
2	146	55
3	146	55
4	194	28
5	281	26

Regional services

In the 2017 timetable, Sömmerda is served by the following services:

• RE 10 Erfurt–Sömmerda–Sangerhausen–Güsten–Magdeburg (every two hours alternating with RB 59)
• RB 27 Sömmerda–Buttstädt–Großheringen (hourly between Sömmerda and Buttstädt, otherwise every two hours)
• RB 59 Erfurt–Sömmerda–Sangerhausen–Halle (Saale)–Bitterfeld (every two hours alternating with RE 10)

Line	Route	Interval (min)	Operator
RE 10	Magdeburg – Staßfurt – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen – Artern – Sömmerda – Erfurt	120	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland
RB 27	Sömmerda – Kölleda – Buttstädt (– Großheringen)	120	Erfurter Bahn
RB 59	(Dessau –) Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Sangerhausen – Artern – Sömmerda – Erfurt	120	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland

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  Rail crossing in the two-level station
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  Platforms 1–3 (above)
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  Platforms 4–5 (under)