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Görlitz railway station

Görlitz
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Bahnhof Görlitz.jpg
Station building and forecourt
Location Bahnhofstr. 76, Görlitz, Saxony
Germany
Coordinates 51°8′50″N 14°58′45″E / 51.14722°N 14.97917°E / 51.14722; 14.97917Coordinates: 51°8′50″N 14°58′45″E / 51.14722°N 14.97917°E / 51.14722; 14.97917
Line(s)
Platforms 6
Construction
Architect Gustav Kießler
Architectural style Jugendstil
Other information
Station code 2194
DS100 code DG
IBNR 8010131
Category 3
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1 September 1847; 169 years ago (1847-09-01)
Electrified 1923-1945
Services
Preceding station   Vogtlandbahn   Following station
toward Dresden Hbf
RE 1
Trilex
toward Dresden Hbf
RB 60
Trilex
Terminus
Preceding station   Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn   Following station
OE 60 V Terminus
toward Hoyerswerda
OE 64 Terminus
toward Cottbus
OE 65
toward Zittau

Görlitz station is the central station of the city of Görlitz in the German state of Saxony. Of the original twelve station tracks only six are still in operation. Görlitz is also served by stations in Rauschwalde, Weinhübel and Hagenwerder.

In 1845, the city began, along with the Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway (German: Niederschlesisch-Märkische Eisenbahn), the construction of a station building, which opened in 1847 and began the development of modern Görlitz. Hotels, apartments and businesses were later built around the station. Previously, it had been surrounded only by fields. The station was built by the master mason, Gustav Kießler, who also built the Neisse Viaduct.

On 15 October 1846 Görlitz was connected to the railway network in Prussian Silesia, of which Görlitz formed part at that time. The Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway had begun to build its line from Berlin to Breslau in 1843. A branch () of this line ran from Kohlfurt (after 1945 renamed as Węgliniec) to Görlitz. The South-North German Connecting Railway (Süd-Norddeutsche Verbindungsbahn) was already planning a connection between Berlin and Vienna via Görlitz and Seidenberg (renamed after 1945 as Zawidów).

The station of Görlitz, which Prussia had seized from Saxony in 1815, was jointly operated by the Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway and the Saxon-Silesian Railway, railway companies based in the two mentioned nations. The Saxon-Silesian Railway operated the line to Dresden. The city created Bahnhofsstraße as a street access to the station. The first station building was built on island platforms, so that the two railway companies could have separate entrances.

Two slender towers were built at the main entrance, which was protected from the weather by a veranda. From the entrance hall a passage connected to the ticket and luggage offices. This hall was connected by passages to the waiting rooms and trains. A similar building was built by Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway in Kohlfurt.


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