Berga-Kelbra station

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.

Berga-Kelbra
Keilbahnhof
2013
Location	Bahnhofstr. 19, Berga, Saxony-Anhalt Germany
Coordinates	51°27′08″N 11°00′56″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Halle–Kassel former Berga-Kelbra–Stolberg (Harz) railway former Berga-Kelbra–Artern railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	497[1]
DS100 code	UBK[2]
IBNR	8010032
Category	6[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1877
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland   Following station Nordhausen toward Leinefelde RE 8 via Sangerhausen Sangerhausen toward Halle (Saale) Hbf Görsbach toward Kassel Hbf RE 9 via Lutherstadt Eisleben - Nordhausen - Leinefelde Roßla toward Halle (Saale) Hbf Görsbach toward Nordhausen RB 75 via Teutschenthal Roßla toward Halle (Saale) Hbf
Location
Berga-Kelbra Location within Saxony-Anhalt Berga-Kelbra Location within Europe Berga-Kelbra Berga-Kelbra (Europe)

History

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

In the 2017 timetable, Berga-Kelbra station is served by the following services:[5][6]

Line	Route	Interval (min)	Operator
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
RB 75	Eilenburg – Halle (Saale) – Lutherstadt Eisleben – Sangerhausen – Berga-Kelbra – Nordhausen	Individual services	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

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. Peter Kuhlbrodt (1995). Schicksalsjahr 1945. Inferno Nordhausen (in German). Nordhausen. ISBN 3-929767-09-0.
4. "Berga-Kelbra" (in German). Bahnhofsprogramm Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
5. "590: Kassel–Nordhausen–Sangerhausen–Halle" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
6. "590: Halle–Sangerhausen–Nordhausen–Kassel" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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