Geithain railway station (german: Bahnhof Geithain) is a

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Geithain Geithain is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography Geithain is northwest of Chemnitz and southeast of Leipzig. It lies in hilly country by the wooded area Wickershain and the river Eula. History The first documented men ...

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. The station is located on the Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz and Leipzig–Geithain lines. It is operated by

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Services

Railway services

Train services are currently operated by

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and

Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn Transdev Germany is the largest private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. It is a subsidiary of Transdev. History In 1997, Aktiengesellschaft für Industrie und Verkehrswesen was purchased by a Veolia Transport, CGEA Group (60% ...

, a subsidiary of

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. As of 10 December 2017, the following services call at the station: RE 6 and S6 operate hourly and usually connect to each other as S6 and both directions of RE 6 arrive and depart approximately at the same time. RB113 operates during peak hours hourly as well, all other times every 2 hours. RB113 arrives and departs about 30 minutes later than RE 6, which allows northbound connections from Geithain towards

Bad Lausick Bad Lausick () is a town in the Leipzig (district), Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km southwest of Grimma, and 29 km southeast of Leipzig. History Middle Ages to 18th century In 1096 Bad Lausick was mention ...

and Leipzig every 30 minutes.

Local transport

Many regional bus lines frequently stop at this station.Map of regional bus services in Geithain area, part of Leipzig district
by

Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund The Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV) is a transport association in the German Leipzig-Halle (Saale) area. The company is based in Halle (Saale), but its head office is in Leipzig. The MDV is a so-called mixed transport association (''Mischv ...

The bus station is located near the railway station.

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* {{Commonscat-inline, Bahnhof Geithain, Geithain railway station Railway stations in Saxony