Freiberg (Sachs) station is a station on the
Dresden–Werdau railway
The Dresden–Werdau railway is an electrified, double-track main line in the German state of Saxony. It runs from Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German s ...
and the
Nossen–Moldava railway in
Freiberg
Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called ''Große Kreisstadt'' (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district.
Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage c ...
in the German state of
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
. Until 1995 it was also the start of the disused
Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway.
History
Freiberg (Sachs) station was opened with the opening of the extension of the
Dresden–Tharandt railway to Freiberg on 11 August 1862. The station building, which was generous at the time, was designed by Freiberg architect Eduard Heuchler and included
Gothic Revival
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elements. There is not much to see of these since reconstruction in the 20th century, but in its basic structure the station is still the building of 1862. Nearly seven years after its opening, the extension of the line to Chemnitz was opened on 1 March 1869 and Freiberg station became a through station. In the following decade, the Nossen–Moldava railway, which ran via Freiberg, was opened and, in 1890, operations began on the Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway, which had particular significance for freight transport. The sharp increase in passenger and freight traffic required the reconstruction of the station's rail facilities in 1900. The station's track layout was extended to the south, the low platforms between the tracks (which had access to only one track and were reached by passengers across the tracks from the central island platform, as was once common) were replaced with platforms connected by passenger tunnels and the level crossings over streets were replaced by underpasses.
According to the official timetable of 1944-45, three long-distance services stopped at Freiberg station.
In 2011, the Freiburger IF Group acquired the station building and part of the station precinct from Deutsche Bahn for a six-figure purchase price.
The intended renovation will include more retail space on the ground floor and office space upstairs.
Rail services
Freiberg station used to be a stop for the
Franken-Sachsen-Express from
Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Dresden Hauptbahnhof ("main station", abbreviated Dresden Hbf) is the largest passenger station in the Saxon capital of Dresden. In 1898, it replaced the ''Böhmischen Bahnhof'' ("Bohemian station") of the former Saxon-Bohemian State Railway ('' ...
to
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, this service was cancelled in December 2014. Today the station is served by regional and suburban services of
Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
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History
In 1997, Aktiengesellschaft für Industrie und Verkehrswesen was purchased by a Veolia Transport, CGEA Group (60% ...
,
DB Regio
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and the ''Freiberger Eisenbahn'' service to Holzhau. All services run every hour. The
Regional-Express
In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at f ...
services meet on the half-hour and each connect to and from the FEG trains to and from Holzhau.
Since 9 December 2007, Freiberg has been connected by the
Dresden S-Bahn
The Dresden S-Bahn is a network of S-Bahn-type commuter train services in Dresden and the surrounding area. It is commissioned by Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) from DB Regio ''Verkehrsbetrieb Südostsachsen'' and currently consists of three servi ...
to Dresden. The S-Bahn line S 3 runs only from Monday to Friday in the peak hour. Together with RB 30, it creates a 30-minute interval service between Freiberg and Dresden.
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Railway stations in Saxony
Dresden S-Bahn stations
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1862
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