Berga-Kelbra station
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| Location | Bahnhofstr. 19, Berga, Saxony-Anhalt Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°27′08″N 11°00′56″E / 51.452203°N 11.015636°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | DB Station&Service | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 497[1] | |||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | UBK[2] | |||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8010032 | |||||||||||||||
| Category | 6[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1877 | |||||||||||||||
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Berga-Kelbra station is a station in the municipality of Berga and near Kelbra, which are both in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
History
[edit]The station is located on the territory of the municipality of Berga. It lies on the Halle–Hann. Münden railway, which was opened by the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company (Magdeburg-Leipziger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) in 1866. However, the station was not opened until 1877.
From 1890 to 2011, it was the starting point for a branch line to Stolberg (Harz) and from 1916 to 1966 also for the Kyffhäuser Light Railway via Kelbra, Sittendorf, Tilleda and Hackpfüffel to Artern.
A fully occupied D-Zug (express train) on the line between Berga-Kelbra and Aumühle was attacked by American fighter-bombers on 21 February 1945. After they had blown up the locomotive’s steam boiler, they fired into the carriages. 40 people were killed immediately.[3]
It is planned to renew the platforms and to build new platform accesses by 2018 at an estimated cost of €700,000.[4]
Rail services
[edit]In the 2017 timetable, Berga-Kelbra station is served by the following services:[5][6]
| Line | Route | Interval (min) | Operator |
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| RE 9 | Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe | 120 | Abellio |
| RE 8 | (Dessau –) Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen – Leinefelde | 120 | Abellio |
Buses run on state bus route 450 operated by Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz from the station forecourt to Stolberg (Harz) via Rottleberode at two-hourly intervals. This bus route was established after the closure of passenger services on the Berga-Kelbra–Stolberg (Harz) railway.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ Peter Kuhlbrodt (1995). Schicksalsjahr 1945. Inferno Nordhausen (in German). Nordhausen. ISBN 3-929767-09-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Berga-Kelbra" (in German). Bahnhofsprogramm Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "590: Kassel–Nordhausen–Sangerhausen–Halle" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "590: Halle–Sangerhausen–Nordhausen–Kassel" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
