Gößnitz railway station

Gößnitz S
Junction station
Entrance building (2010)
Location	Bahnhofstr. 1a-b, Gößnitz, Saxony Germany
Coordinates	50°53′34″N 12°25′47″E / 50.892778°N 12.429722°E / 50.892778; 12.429722Coordinates: 50°53′34″N 12°25′47″E / 50.892778°N 12.429722°E / 50.892778; 12.429722
Line(s)	Leipzig–Hof (km 53.624) Glauchau–Gößnitz (km 12.373) Gößnitz–Gera (km -0.374)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	2207
DS100 code	DGZ
IBNR	8010134
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 March 1844
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Schmölln (Thür) toward Göttingen RE 1 Meerane toward Glauchau (Sachs) Terminus RB 37 Meerane toward Glauchau (Sachs) Preceding station   S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland   Following station Lehndorf toward Halle (Saale) Hbf S 5 Ponitz toward Zwickau Hbf Altenburg toward Halle (Saale) Hbf S 5X Crimmitschau toward Zwickau Hbf

Gößnitz station is a railway station on the Leipzig–Hof railway, the Glauchau–Gößnitz railway and the Gößnitz–Gera (Mid-Germany Railway) in Gößnitz in the German state of Thuringia.

The station was opened on 15 March 1844 with the Altenburg–Crimmitschau section by the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company (Sächsisch-Baiersche Eisenbahn-Compagnie).

On 1 July 1841, work began on the construction of the Leipzig–Hof railway, the first section of which opened to Altenburg on 19 September 1842. The section to Gößnitz and Crimmitschau was opened to on 15 March 1844 and the rest of the line was opened on 15 July 1851. The first Gößnitz station building was a wooden building, which was replaced by a new building with the opening of the Glauchau–Gößnitz railway on 15 November 1858. The Gößnitz–Gera railway was opened on 28 December 1865. The construction of the third station building took place in 1893.

In Gößnitz there was a water tower with high tanks and water cranes for steam locomotives. These facilities were no longer needed after the railway line from Leipzig to Reichenbach was electrified in 1962/63.

The demolition of the water tower, the freight shed as well as the north wing of the stately heritage-listed station building in Neo-Baroque style began in 2007. Three years later demolition of the rest of the building followed. Since then, the town has been trying to find a solution because the site belongs to Deutsche Bahn and it does not see any need for further action after the demolition.

In 2013, a bus loop and some parking lots were erected in front of the railway station. Gößnitz has been integrated in the network of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland since 15 December 2013.

Gößnitz station was built with an extra long platform to allow several trains to be run from the platform in different directions simultaneously.

A sign at the station indicates that the station has the longest platform in Germany at 608 metres. It is also listed in the station register of DB Station&Service as having a construction length of 608 metres. The useful length of the platform is shown as only 435 metres.