Thale Hauptbahnhof is a station on the

Magdeburg–Thale railway The Magdeburg–Thale railway is a predominantly single-track, non-electrified main line railway that connects Thale, in the northern Harz, with Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Its eastern section between Magdeburg and Halberstadt was open ...

in the town of

Thale Thale () is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The town is situated ...

in the German state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

. The station is classified by

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...

as a category 5 station. The only other station in Thale is the stop at '' Thale Musestieg'', although there used to be three stations in Thale on a branch of the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway, which was opened in 1908 and was closed in the 1960s.

History

The station was opened in 1862. At first it was called Thale station, but in 1907 it was renamed ''Thale Hauptbahnhof'' to distinguish it from the nearby ''Thale Bodethal'' station on the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway. Until 2003 there was a

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at the end of the station. Thale originally had three platforms. Today only one platform is used. Formerly, when locomotives were repositioned from one end of the train to the other, it was necessary to close the two crossings near the station. Today, however, the line is only operated with diesel multiple units. BahnhofThale.jpg, Tracks of Thale station Thale asv2018-10 img02 railway station.jpg, Station building Thale asv2018-10 img26 railway station.jpg,

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signal box

Rolling stock

The

Harz-Elbe-Express Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt (formerly: ''Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt'') is a regional railway company, a subsidiary of Transdev Germany. It provided passenger services on the North Harz network from 2005 to 2018 under the name HEX (''HarzElbeExpress ...

runs with

Alstom Coradia LINT The Alstom Coradia LINT is an articulated railcar manufactured by Alstom since 1999, offered in diesel and hydrogen fuel models. The acronym ''LINT'' is short for the German ''"leichter innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen"'' (light innovative loca ...

diesel multiple units (LINT 27 and LINT 41 classes). The line is not electrified.

Rail services

The station is served hourly by the ''Harz-Elbe-Express''. On weekends the

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runs without a change of trains to/from

Berlin Ostbahnhof Berlin Ostbahnhof (German for Berlin East railway station) is a main line railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the Friedrichshain quarter, now part of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough, and has undergone several name changes in its ...

, operating on Fridays to Sundays from Thale to Berlin once a day and from Berlin to Thale once on Saturdays and twice on Sundays.

References

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External links

Informationen Thale–Halberstadt
Railway stations in Saxony-Anhalt Thale Buildings and structures in Harz (district) Railway stations in Germany opened in 1862