Cottbus railway station
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Cottbus station
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| Junction station | |
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Old station building, from the east
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| Location |
Cottbus, Brandenburg Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°45′3″N 14°19′35″E / 51.75083°N 14.32639°ECoordinates: 51°45′3″N 14°19′35″E / 51.75083°N 14.32639°E |
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| Platforms | 10 (formerly 12) |
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| Station code | 1077 |
| DS100 code | BCS |
| IBNR | 8010073 |
| Category | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 13 September 1866 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | < 50,000/day |
Cottbus station is one of the main railway stations of the German state of Brandenburg. It is located just south of central Cottbus. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.
Cottbus station entered into operation on 13 September 1866 with the opening of the railway line from Berlin. In 1867, this line was extended to Görlitz. In 1870, the station building was inaugurated, located between the tracks as an “island station” (German: Inselbahnhof). In the following years, other railway lines were built in the region. The Großenhainer Bahnhof (the station serving trains to Großenhain) was opened on the Großenhain–Cottbus railway in 1873, north of the Berliner Bahnhof (the station serving trains to Berlin). In 1880, this station was closed and the trains were diverted to the Berlin station. The building of the Großenhainer Bahnhof still exists and serves the railway administration.
In 1886, the station's new owners, the Prussian state railways, built a tunnel to connect the platforms. To the north of the station there were originally freight facilities.
In 1899, the Spreewald Railway was opened with its terminus on the edge of the track field north of the state station.
By 1927 there were plans to build a new building on the southern side of the tracks because of the lack of space in the station building, which was confined on its island. However, these were not realised because of the Great Depression.
In February 1945, the station building and other parts of the station were destroyed in an air raid. After the war, a barracks-like building was built for passengers to replace the destroyed building. This provisional building remained for a long time and proved to be more and more inadequate. In the late 1960s, there were plans to build a new station building on the south side of the line. In 1970, the first preparations were made for its construction. As Cottbus was an important railway junction, especially for freight, because of the extensive lignite mining in the region, extensive preparations had to be made before the main construction could begin. These included the duplication of several lines in the Cottbus area, in order to relieve the junction. An additional platform was built. In 1974, work began on the new platform tunnel. Finally, after four years of construction, on 5 October 1978, the new station building went into operation.
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