Freiberg (Sachs) station

Freiberg (Sachs) station is a station on the Dresden–Werdau railway and the Nossen–Moldava railway in Freiberg in the German state of Saxony. Until 1995 it was also the start of the disused Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway.

Freiberg (Sachs)
S
Junction station
Entrance building from the street (2008)
LocationFreiberg, Saxony, Germany
Coordinates50°54′32″N 13°20′40″E
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks4
Construction
ArchitectEduard Heuchler
Architectural styleGothic revival
Other information
Station code1891[1]
DS100 codeDFR[2]
IBNR8010115
Category4[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened11 August 1862
Services
Preceding station   Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn   Following station
toward Hof Hbf
RE 3
toward Dresden Hbf
Kleinschirma
toward Zwickau Hbf
RB 30
Muldenhütten
toward Dresden Hbf
Preceding station   Dresden S-Bahn   Following station
TerminusS 3
Muldenhütten
toward Dresden Hbf
Location
Freiberg (Sachs)
Location within Saxony
Freiberg (Sachs)
Location within Germany
Freiberg (Sachs)
Location within Europe

History

Freiberg (Sachs) station was opened with the opening of the extension of the Dresden–Tharandt railway to Freiberg on 11 August 1862. The station building, which was generous at the time, was designed by Freiberg architect Eduard Heuchler and included Gothic Revival elements. There is not much to see of these since reconstruction in the 20th century, but in its basic structure the station is still the building of 1862. Nearly seven years after its opening, the extension of the line to Chemnitz was opened on 1 March 1869 and Freiberg station became a through station. In the following decade, the Nossen–Moldava railway, which ran via Freiberg, was opened and, in 1890, operations began on the Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway, which had particular significance for freight transport. The sharp increase in passenger and freight traffic required the reconstruction of the station's rail facilities in 1900. The station's track layout was extended to the south, the low platforms between the tracks (which had access to only one track and were reached by passengers across the tracks from the central island platform, as was once common) were replaced with platforms connected by passenger tunnels and the level crossings over streets were replaced by underpasses.[3]

According to the official timetable of 1944-45, three long-distance services stopped at Freiberg station.[4] [5]

LineRoute
2 Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Nuremberg−Regensburg−Munich
36 Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Nürnberg−Stuttgart
37 Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Würzburg−Mannheim−Saarbrücken

In 2011, the Freiburger IF Group acquired the station building and part of the station precinct from Deutsche Bahn for a six-figure purchase price.[6] The intended renovation will include more retail space on the ground floor and office space upstairs.

Rail services

Freiberg station used to be a stop for the Franken-Sachsen-Express from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Nuremberg, this service was cancelled in December 2014. Today the station is served by regional and suburban services of Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn, DB Regio and the Freiberger Eisenbahn service to Holzhau. All services run every hour. The Regional-Express services meet on the half-hour and each connect to and from the FEG trains to and from Holzhau.

Since 9 December 2007, Freiberg has been connected by the Dresden S-Bahn to Dresden. The S-Bahn line S 3 runs only from Monday to Friday in the peak hour. Together with RB 30, it creates a 30-minute interval service between Freiberg and Dresden.

LineRouteFrequency (min)Operator
RE3 Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf – Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf – Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf – Hof Hbf 60 Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
RB30 Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf – Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf 60 Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
S3 Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) Individual services DB Regio Südost
FEG Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau 60 Freiberger Eisenbahn

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. Manfred Berger (1986). "Bahnhof Freiberg (Sachs)". Historische Bahnhofsbauten (in German). 1. Sachsen, Preußen, Mecklenburg und Thüringen. Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen. pp. 91 f. ISBN 3-344-00066-7.
  4. Official timetable 1944/45: Table 2
  5. Official timetable 1944/45: Tables 36 and 37
  6. "Freiberg: Trostloser Anblick bleibt noch". Freie Presse (in German). 14 December 2011.
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