Northeim (Han) station

Northeim (Han) railway station (German: Bahnhof Northeim (Han)) is a railway hub in the town of Northeim, Germany. It is classed as category 3 station and has six platforms. In addition to 3 daily Intercity trains, regional railway trains stop at the station.

Northeim (Han)
Northeim station. Platforms 1–3 from the south, before the rebuilding (2011)
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
2 side platforms
Tracks6
Train operatorsDB Regio Nord
Metronom
Other information
Station code4587
DS100 codeHN[1]
IBNR8000283
Category3[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened31 July 1854 (1854-07-31)
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station
Nörten-Hardenberg
toward Göttingen
RB 80
Katlenburg
toward Nordhausen
toward Bodenfelde
RB 81
Katlenburg
toward Nordhausen
Nörten-Hardenberg
toward Göttingen
RB 82
toward Bad Harzburg
Preceding station   Metronom   Following station
toward Uelzen
RE 2
Nörten-Hardenberg
toward Göttingen
Location
Northeim (Han)
Location within Lower Saxony

History

Northeim was connected to the railway network on 31 July 1854 with the opening of the line from Alfeld to Göttingen (the old North-South Line). On 1 September 1871 the South Harz Railway to Herzberg (Harz) and Nordhausen was opened. With the opening of the Solling Railway to Ottbergen on 15 January 1878, Northeim became an important railway hub. From now on, the railway had a major impact on the development of the town.

The bombed out station in April 1945

Heavy air raids in February and April 1945 fully destroyed Northeim station and its representative station hall, which had been built in 1885. After the Second World War, work on rebuilding Northeim station began.

In the late 1960s the present station building was constructed; in 1993 a travel centre was built, that replaced the traditional ticket counters.

From 1988, trains of the first InterRegio line in the Deutsche Bahn stopped at the station. These services replaced the D-Zug expresses. In December 2002 the InterRegio trains were superseded by 2-hourly Intercity trains.

On 15 November 1992 at 1.30 am there was an accident in the immediate vicinity of Northeim station that resulted in 11 deaths and 51 injuries.

In 2014 the station was upgraded and modernised at a cost of 6.4 million euros. The western platforms, 1 to 3, have since had a height of 76 cm, the eastern ones, nos. 11 to 13, a height of 55 cm.[3]

In 2016 the underpass on the western side of the station was lengthened.

Connections

Local services

Northeim lies on the line from Hanover to Frankfurt am Main and Hanover to Würzburg (the old North-South Line), on which the metronom Eisenbahngesellschafttrains have operated hourly since December 2005. In addition the South Harz Railway via Herzberg (Harz) to Nordhausen begins here, as does the Solling Railway to Ottbergen, on which trains run hourly or two-hourly.

Long distance services

Since the timetable change of 2009/2010 in December 2009 the number of Intercity trains calling at Northeim were significantly reduced. The majority of IC services run instead on the Hanoverian Southern Railway on the Hanover–Wurzburg high-speed line. Three pairs of Intercity trains remain in the Leine valley and stop, as was normal until 2009, in Alfeld, Northeim and Kreiensen.[4]

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Presseinformation der DB, retrieved 19 April 2015
  4. Pressemitteilung des Wirtschaftsministeriums auf suedharzstrecke.de, Bericht von Christian Haegele, Kommentare von Michael Reinboth retrieved 19 December 2009

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