Mühlhausen (Thür) station

Mühlhausen (Thür) station is a passenger station in the Unstrut-Hainich district and the only station in Mühlhausen in the German state of Thuringia. It is located east of the centre of Mühlhausen in the valley of the Unstrut.

Mühlhausen (Thür)
Through station
Entrance building (street side)
LocationMühlhausen, Thuringia
Germany
Coordinates51°12′32″N 10°28′26″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
  • former Ebeleben–Mühlhausen (25.60 km)
  • Gotha–Leinefelde (39.9 km)
  • former Mühlhausen–Treffurt (0.0 km)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code4207
DS100 codeUMH
Category4
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1870
Passengers
ca. 1500
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station
toward Göttingen
RE 1
via Mühlhausen - Erfurt - Jena - Gera
Dachrieden
RE 2
via Eichenberg - Leinefelde - Mühlhausen
toward Erfurt Hbf
Ammern
toward Leinefelde
RB 52
via Mühlhausen - Döllstädt
Seebach (Mühlhausen)
toward Erfurt Hbf
Location
Mühlhausen (Thür)
Location within Thuringia
Mühlhausen (Thür)
Location within Germany
Mühlhausen (Thür)
Location within Europe

History

Mühlhausen was connected to a railway the first time in 1870 with the opening of the Gotha–Leinefelde line of the Thuringian Railway Company (German: Thüringische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). A junction station was added to the existing through station in 1897 for the opening of the light railway to Ebeleben by the Mühlhausen-Ebeleben Railway Company (Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Mühlhausen-Ebeleben, MEE). The Mühlhausen Tramway opened its first line from the station forecourt in 1898. The station was rebuilt with the opening of the line to Treffurt in 1911 and the MEE station was integrated with the former Thuringian Railway Company station, by then part of the Prussian state railways.

In 1969 the tramway was shut down and in the same year freight transport also ended on the last remaining remnant of the line to Treffurt, which was partly closed after the Second World War due to the establishment of the Inner German border Treffurt. Freight services to Ebeleben were closed in 1994 and passenger services ended on 31 May 1997 so that Mühlhausen’s period as a junction station came to an end after 100 years.

Since 2000, the station has had no major freight traffic and many of the former freight tracks have been removed.

Operations

In the 2016 timetable Mühlhausen (Thür) station was served by the following lines:

  • RE 1: Göttingen – Leinefelde – Mühlhausen – Gotha – Erfurt – Gera – Glauchau (Sachs) (every 120 minutes)
  • RE 2: Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Leinefelde – Mühlhausen – Erfurt (every 120 minutes)
  • RB 52: Leinefelde – Mühlhausen – Bad Langensalza – Erfurt (every 120 minutes)
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