Brandenburg Central Station
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Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof
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Station building from the street
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| Location |
Brandenburg, Brandenburg Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°24′3″N 12°33′59″E / 52.40083°N 12.56639°ECoordinates: 52°24′3″N 12°33′59″E / 52.40083°N 12.56639°E |
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| Platforms | 6 |
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| Station code | LB (DS-100); 823 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1846 |
Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the town of Brandenburg an der Havel in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies on the Berlin–Magdeburg railway at the junction with the Brandenburg Towns Railway. It has largely lost its former major role for long-distance passenger services and freight traffic, but it continues to serve regional traffic. A water tower on the site of the former freight yard and a plaque commemorating French forced labourers at the station buildings are heritage-listed. The station was renamed Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof at the end of World War II, previously it had been called Brandenburg Rb (Rb for Deutsche Reichsbahn) station. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.
The station is located at the kilometre 61.3 point of the Berlin–Magdeburg railway (calculated from the former Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof), which runs in an approximately east-west direction. The route of the Brandenburg Towns Railway (German: Brandenburgischen Städtebahn) crossed the main line west of the station and was connected by a curve to the station. The station is located south of central Brandenburg.
Brandenburg was opened in 1846 with the opening of the Berlin–Potsdam–Magdeburg railway on 7 August 1846. The Brandenburg Towns Railway from Treuenbrietzen via Brandenburg to Neustadt (Dosse) went into operation in 1904. Today, only the section between Brandenburg and Rathenow is still in use. The Brandenburg Towns Railway had its own station called Brandenburg Neustadt (Brandenburg new town) next to the main station and it later became part of the main station. The West Havelland District Railway (Westhavelländische Kreisbahnen) line (opened in1901 and closed in the 1960s) did not reach the main station. The terminus of the route in the city of Brandenburg was at the Krakauer Tor (Cracow Gate) station in the north-east of the town, a branch line ran to Brandenburg-Altstadt (Brandenburg old town) station on the Brandenburg Towns Railway.
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