|
Großenhain Cottbuser Bahnhof
Großenhain Cottbus station () was opened on 14 October 1862 by the Großenhain Branch Railway Company (''Zweig-Eisenbahngesellschaft zu Großenhain'') as the Leipzig 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 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 buses 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 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großenhain
Großenhain (; also written as Grossenhain; , ) is a Große Kreisstadt (German for major district town) in the district of Meissen, Saxony, Germany. It was originally known as Hayne. The current name simply means "big Hayne". History Großenhain was originally a Sorbs, Sorbian settlement, and remains an area where this language is spoken. It was first mentioned in 1205. It was for a time occupied by the Bohemians, by whom it was strongly fortified. It afterwards came into the possession of the margraves of Meissen, from whom it was taken in 1312 by the margraves of Brandenburg. In the middle-ages, Großenhain was one of the most powerful towns in Saxony. It suffered considerably in all the great German wars, and in 1744 was nearly destroyed by fire. The fire destroyed the church which was then replaced by the current Marienkirche, which echoes internally echoes the Frauenkirche, Dresden, Frauenkirche in nearby Dresden. On May 16, 1813, a battle took place here between the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the List of German states by area, tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the List of German states by population, sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony (other), Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of communist East Germany and was abolished by the government in 1952. Following German reunificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großenhain–Priestewitz Railway
The Großenhain–Priestewitz railway is a single-track electrified main line in the German state of Saxony, which was originally built by the Großenhain Branch Railway Company (''Zweig-Eisenbahngesellschaft zu Großenhain''). It runs from Großenhain Cottbuser station, Großenhain to Priestewitz station, Priestewitz and is part of the long-distance line from Cottbus to Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Dresden. The railway is also called the Celery Railway (''Selleriebahn''). History Großenhain desired a railway connection early on. Therefore, some citizens of Großenhain established a joint stock company for the construction of a branch line from Priestewitz station on the Leipzig–Dresden railway in 1861. The five kilometre-long line was opened on 14 October 1862. The management was taken over by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company (''Leipzig-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', LDE) on behalf of its owner. The neighbouring Kingdom of Prussia issued a concession to the Cottbus-Große ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großenhain–Cottbus Railway
The Großenhain–Cottbus railway is an electrified main railway in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. It is double track between Cottbus station, Cottbus and Ruhland station, Ruhland and elsewhere single-track. It runs from Großenhain via Ruhland and Senftenberg station, Senftenberg to Cottbus. History The Großenhain–Cottbus line was built by the Cottbus-Großenhain Railway Company (). The Großenhain–Cottbus line was opened on 20 April 1870. With the subsequent opening of the Berlin–Dresden railway, Großenhain had two railway stations. The existing station on the line to Cottbus was renamed Großenhain Cottbuser station, Großenhain Cottbuser Bahnhof and the new station was named Großenhain Berlin station, Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof. The end of the runway of the Großenhain military airfield used to be shortly east of Großenhain station towards Lampertswalde. Therefore, in the period between the electrification of the line in 1992 and the withdrawal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin–Dresden Railway
The Berlin–Dresden railway is a double track, electrified main line railway in the States of Germany, German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the ''Berlin-Dresden Railway Company'' (''Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). It runs from Berlin through the southern Teltow countryside and then between Lower Lusatia and Fläming Heath through Elsterwerda and the Großenhainer Pflege countryside to Dresden. Upgrades completed in December 2017 enabled maximum speeds of . Work is under way to reopen the traditional route through the southern suburbs of Berlin for long-distance trains and to allow speeds of on parts of the line. History Up to 1945 In 1848 the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company opened the Jüterbog–Röderau railway, Jüterbog–Röderau line, connecting with the Leipzig–Dresden railway, Leipzig–Dresden line and creating the first direct rail link between Berlin and Dresden. In 1872 the ''Berlin-Dresden Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottbus Station
Cottbus Hauptbahnhof (German) or Chóśebuz głowne dwórnišćo (Lower Sorbian) is one of the main railway stations of the German state of Brandenburg. It was called ''Cottbus station'' until 9 December 2018. It is located just south of central Cottbus. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a Category 2 station. History Cottbus station entered into operation on 13 September 1866 with the opening of the railway line from Berlin. In 1867, this line was extended to Görlitz. In 1870, the station building was inaugurated, located between the tracks as an "island station" (). In the following years, other railway lines were built in the region. The ''Großenhainer Bahnhof'' (the station serving trains to Großenhain) was opened on the Großenhain–Cottbus railway in 1873, north of the ''Berliner Bahnhof'' (the station serving trains to Berlin). In 1880, this station was closed and the trains were diverted to the Berlin station. The building of the ''Großenhainer Bahnhof'' still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Roundhouse
A railway roundhouse is a building with a circular or semicircular shape used by rail transport, railways for servicing and storing locomotives. Traditionally, though not always the case today, these buildings contained or were adjacent to a Railway turntable, turntable. Overview Early steam locomotives normally traveled forwards only. Although reverse operations capabilities were soon built into locomotive mechanisms, the controls were normally optimized for forward travel, and the locomotives often could not operate as well in reverse. Some Passenger car (rail), passenger cars, such as observation cars, were also designed as late as the 1960s for operations in a particular direction. Turntables allowed locomotives or other rolling stock to be turned around for the return journey, and roundhouses, designed to radiate around the turntables, were built to service and store these locomotives. Most modern diesel locomotive, diesel and electric locomotives can run equally well in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (''Sächsisch-Böhmische Staatseisenbahn''), and was designed with its formal layout as the central station of the city. The combination of a station building on an island between the tracks and a terminal station on two different levels is unique. The building is notable for its train-sheds, which are roofed with Teflon-coated glass fibre membranes. This translucent roof design, installed during the comprehensive restoration of the station at the beginning of the 21st century, allows more daylight to reach the concourses than was previously possible. The station is connected by the Dresden railway node to the tracks of the Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway and the Dresden–Werdau railway (Saxon-Franconian trunk line), allowing traffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DB Regio
DB Regio AG () is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn Group and therefore part of the DB Regio business segment, which also includes DB Regionnetz Verkehrs GmbH and other independent subsidiaries headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. The company as a mainly nationwide operational company is responsible for all regional transport activities ( rail and bus) of the DB Group in Germany. This includes traffic in neighboring countries. DB Regio serves 310 lines with 22,800 trains and 295,000 stops every day, serving about ten million customers. History Foundation and early years DB Regio AG emerged during the second stage of the rail reform on 1 January 1999, from the local transport division of Deutsche Bahn AG. Original plans were for them to be listed on the stock exchange by 2003. An IPO has not yet been implemented. The articles of association for DB Regio GmbH were conclud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senftenberg
Senftenberg ( German, ) or (Lower Sorbian, ) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. Geography Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony. Its town centre is situated north of the river Black Elster and the artificial Senftenberger Lake, part of the Lusatian Lake District chain, approximately northwest of Hoyerswerda, and southwest of Cottbus. Senftenberg station is north of the centre and a major railway freight yard is located to its north-east, with a locomotive depot. History Senftenberg was first mentioned in a 1279 deed issued by Henry III the Illustrious of Wettin, then margrave of Lusatia. In 1319, the town became part of the Duchy of Jawor, the southwesternmost duchy of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In 1346 it passed to the Bohemia, then in 1350 to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. With Lower Lusatia, the settlement was re-acquired by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsterwerda Station
Elsterwerda station is in the town of Elsterwerda in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies on the Berlin–Dresden railway. The station is known for a train crash in 1997, when a freight train with 22 petrol tankers derailed and exploded on the station premises. Infrastructure The station has had three platform edges since its reconstruction in the 1990s: *the main platform next to the station building, which is 300 m long and 55 cm high, *an island platform, which is 300 m long and 38 cm high. An underpass that is reached by stairs connects the island platform with the main platform. History Friedrich Jage, a master mason and later an honorary citizen of Elsterwerda, built the then three-storey station building according to the specifications of the Berlin-Dresden Railway Company (''Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') in "American"-style timber construction. The station was opened with the Berlin-Dresden railway on 17 June 1875 without a public openin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
