Großenhain Cottbuser station

Großenhain Cottbuser Bahnhof
Separation station
File:Cottbuser Bahnhof Großenhain.JPG
Location	Großenhain, Saxony Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Großenhain–Priestewitz railway Großenhain–Cottbus railway Berlin–Dresden railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	2340
DS100 code	DGC
IBNR	8011749
Category	5
History
Opened	14 October 1862

Großenhain Cottbus line station (German: Großenhain Cottbuser Bahnhof) was opened on 14 October 1862 by the Großenhain Branch Railway Company (Zweig-Eisenbahngesellschaft zu Großenhain) as the Leipzig line station (Leipziger Bahnhof), located on the line from Priestewitz to Cottbus.

History

The line from Großenhain to Cottbus was opened on 20 April 1870. The 920 metre long rail link to the Berlin line station (Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof) was opened on 17 June 1875.

Since 15 December 2002, all passenger services have operated through the Cottbus line station and the Berlin line station has been closed as a stop for passenger services. In addition, a modern interchange for regional and city bus has been built by Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Riesa-Großenhain, the company in charge of the management of buses in the district.

Description

The station is equipped with two platform tracks for passenger services and two mainline tracks for freight traffic. Between the tracks a roundhouse still existed until December 2007.

There are several sidings for freight, as well as two local branch lines. One branch line was used by the Agro Service Großenhain and runs for a few meters parallel with the Berlin–Dresden railway towards Böhla.

The second branch line runs to the north of the main track towards Lampertswalde and previously connected with the airfield and the former paper mill. The siding from the paper mill was used for several years by the ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft of Dresden and served a recycling facility. Currently no freight is handled at Großenhain.

Traffic lines

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Station platforms with an RE 18 service to Cottbus

The line is now used by the following passenger services:

Line	Route	Frequency	Operator
RE 15	Dresden – Cossebaude – Großenhain – Ruhland – Hosena – Hoyerswerda	Every two hours	DB Regio
RE 18	Dresden – Großenhain – Ruhland – Senftenberg – Cottbus	Every two hours	DB Regio
RB 31	Dresden – Cossebaude – Großenhain – Elsterwerda – Elsterwerda-Biehla	Every two hours	DB Regio