Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof is a railway station in the

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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 ...

, Saxony, Germany. It lies on the Dresden-Friedrichstadt-Elsterwerda railway line and the connecting line to Großenhain Cottb Bf, which branches off here. Since 2002 the scheduled rail traffic at the railway station has been discontinued in favour of

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 Cottb ...

, which is located closer to the city.

History

The railway station was opened on 17 June 1875 in the course of the start of operations on the main Berlin–Dresden railway line. Until 1996, it had two continuous main tracks, two main tracks and four secondary tracks, including one ramp each, a loading street and a single engine shed on the other side of the station. The secondary tracks fell victim to the following dismantling. The old engine shed was demolished on the occasion of the

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, held in

in 2002. Since the timetable change on 14 December 2002, no passenger trains stopping at ''Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof'' anymore after the responsible

Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe The Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (Upper Elbe Transport Association or VVO) is a transport association run by public transport providers in the Saxon Elbeland area of the German state of Saxony. The VVO area comprises the city of Dresden, togeth ...

(VVO) cancelled the local transport services on the section between Coswig and

on the Berlin–Dresden railway line. The local trains on the Dresden-Elsterwerda line (RB 31) have since been running via Priestewitz and

. In doing so, they used a connecting line between the two Großenhain stations, which had previously only been used for freight traffic. In the course of the removal of a

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at the

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and the construction of a new bridge for a planned bypass, the points for the overtaking tracks were also removed in 2006. Thus, only the two tracks, including the branch to

, are still in operation. RB nach Dresden

In July/August 2013, the RE 15, RE 18 and RB 31 lines were once again running via ''Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof'' due to conversion works at

. The platforms and crossings were repaired, a ticket machine installed and security personnel employed.

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Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof is a railway station in the Municipalities of Germany, municipality of Großenhain, Saxony, Germany. It lies on the Berlin–Dresden railway, Dresden-Friedrichstadt-Elsterwerda railway line and the Großenhain–Prie ...

Railway stations in Germany opened in 1875 Railway stations in Germany closed in 2002 1875 establishments in the Kingdom of Saxony 2002 disestablishments in Germany