Bebra station

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Bebra station is a railway station on the German passenger and freight rail network in the northern Hesse town of Bebra. It is a railway junction as well as an intercity stop on the DortmundBerlinStralsund route. The station was opened in 1846 and quickly became a major transport hub. Bebra then developed into a classic railway town.

Bebra
Deutsche Bahn
Junction station
General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 10, Bebra, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°58′09″N 9°47′52″E / 50.9692°N 09.7979°E / 50.9692; 09.7979
Line(s)
Platforms5 (3,5,8–10)
Other information
Station code226[1]
DS100 codeFB[2]
IBNR8000029
Category3[1]
Fare zone
  • NVV: 2030[3]
  • Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 8810 (NVV transitional tariff)[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened28 August 1848
Services
Preceding station Cantus Following station
Rotenburg an der Fulda
towards Kassel Hbf
RE 5 Bad Hersfeld
Terminus
Lispenhausen
towards Kassel Hbf
RB 5 Ludwigsau-Friedlos
towards Fulda
Terminus RB 6 Ronshausen
towards Eisenach
Sontra
towards Göttingen
RB 87 Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Bad Hersfeld RE 50
selected trains only
Terminus
Location
Bebra is located in Hesse
Bebra
Bebra
Location within Hesse

History

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Bebra station in 1993

Bebra became part of the German railway network on 29 August 1848, with commissioning of the first section of the Frederick William Northern Railway to Guxhagen. On 25 September, the line was extended to Gerstungen. On the same day the Thuringian line to Halle was also extended to Bebra. In 1866 this was followed by the first section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway to Bad Hersfeld and in 1875 by the line to Göttingen.

The present station building was built in 1869 on an island surrounded by rail tracks.

It experienced a small decline in importance with the opening of the Berlin curve in 1914, connecting between the Frankfurt–Bebra line and the Thuringian line and avoiding the reversal previously required in Bebra.

After World War II traffic in the area Bebra shifted more in a north-south direction as traffic heading east was disrupted by the nearby Inner German border. Bebra was, however, a border station for interzone trains to East Germany and transit trains and military trains of the Western powers to West Berlin. In Bebra, locomotives of the West German and East German railways were exchanged. From the summer 1973 timetable this was done in Gerstungen. The "Berlin curve" was not used while Germany was divided.

 
A view from Easter 1972; locomotive roundhouse on right

The electrification of the railways serving the station started in 1963. In 1990, the Berlin curve was rebuilt and put back into operation.

Bebra is now served by several regional lines. The marshalling yard is also one of Deutsche Bahn’s 13 cargo centres.

Rail services

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The following services serve Bebra station:

Line Route Operator Frequency
RE 5 (NVV) Kassel – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Melsungen – Rotenburg an der Fulda – BebraBad Hersfeld cantus 60 min (weekdays)
120 min (weekend)
RE 5 (RMV) Frankfurt HbfFrankfurt SüdHanauBad Soden-SalmünsterSchlüchternFulda – Hünfeld – Bad HersfeldBebra DB Regio Mitte Some trains
RE 50 Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt Süd - Offenbach – Hanau – Langenselbold – GelnhausenWächtersbach – Bad Soden-Salmünster – Steinau (Straße) – Schlüchtern – Flieden – Neuhof (Kr Fulda) – Fulda – Hünfeld – Bad Hersfeld – Bebra DB Regio Mitte Some trains
RB 5 Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Melsungen – Bebra – Bad Hersfeld – Hünfeld – Fulda cantus 60 mins
RB 6 BebraGerstungen – Eisenach cantus 60 min (weekdays)
120 min (weekend)
RB 87 GöttingenEichenberg – Eschwege – Bebra cantus 60 mins

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Tarifzonenkarte Nordhessen" (PDF). Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.