Jena Saale station (''Saalbahnhof'') is a station in the

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...

suburb of Jena-Nord in the German state of

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

. It lies at line-kilometre 25.50 of the

Großheringen–Saalfeld railway The Großheringen–Saalfeld railway, also known as the ''Saalbahn'' ("Saale Railway"), is a 153 kilometre-long double-track main line in the German state of Thuringia. It connects the Thuringian Railway (german: Thüringer Bahn) at Großheringen ...

History

The station, which is 144.32 metres above sea level, was opened on 30 April 1874 with the opening of the Saale Railway (''Saalbahn'') between Großheringen and Saalfeld. The station on the Saale Railway, known as the ''Saalbahnhof'', was soon called ''Jena Hauptbahnhof'' (main station) and, from 1909 until the commissioning of the provisional

Jena Paradies station Jena Paradies station is the main railway station of the city of Jena in the German state of Thuringia. It is on the Saal Railway and is served by two long-distance services each day and regional trains to and from Naumburg, Saalfeld station, Saal ...

on 26 September 1999, was the city's main station for long-distance traffic that ran north–south. All the services on the Berlin–Munich route stopped here during that period. The station, which was classified by

Deutsche Reichsbahn The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ...

as class II, is now designated as category 6. Between May 2006 and March 2007, Saal station was adapted to modern requirements and all facilities, which were no longer considered absolutely necessary, were demolished, including the canopy on platform 2/3, which was replaced by a sheltered waiting area. Saal station is now served by Regionalbahn services to and from Großheringen/Naumburg, Saalfeld and Pößneck. Following changes in the use and ownership of the building, the ''Kulturbahnhof Jena'' (Culture station Jena) was created out of the entrance building and its annexes. This building is a heritage-listed monument.

Infrastructure

Platforms

Signal boxes

The station has been controlled by an

electronic interlocking In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. The signalling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively re ...

at Jena-Göschwitz and built by

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since 27 November 2011. One day before, the dispatchers signal box, "Jm", was taken out of operation. The guard signal box, "Js", was also closed. Until September 2006, there was another signal box, "Jn". All were mechanical signal boxes of the ''Jüdel'' type.

Transport services

Regional services

In the 2019 timetable the following services stopped in Jena Saal station:

Public transport services

(as of December 2019)
The ''Spittelplatz'' tram stop is served by tram lines 1 and 4. This stop is located west of the station on the B 88. It is accessible via Spitzweidenweg and only a few minutes' walk from the station. The ''Saalbahnhof'' bus stop of bus route 15 is next to the railway station on Spitzweidenweg. Bus route 15 runs between Rautal – Stadtzentrum and Jena West station (''Westbahnhof'').

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jena Saal station Railway stations in Thuringia Railway stations in Germany opened in 1874 Buildings and structures in Jena