Görlitz railway station

Görlitz
Through station
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)	Berlin–Görlitz (KBS 220) Görlitz–Dresden (KBS 230) Görlitz–Weißenberg/OL. (closed) Węgliniec–Zgorzelec–Görlitz Görlitz–Jelenia Góra Görlitz–Zawidów
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 Löbau (Sachs) toward Dresden Hbf RE 1 Trilex Zgorzelec toward Görlitz or Wrocław Główny Görlitz-Rauschwalde toward Dresden Hbf RB 60 Trilex Terminus Preceding station   Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn   Following station Görlitz-Rauschwalde toward Bischofswerda OE 60 V Terminus Kodersdorf toward Hoyerswerda OE 64 Terminus Kodersdorf toward Cottbus OE 65 Görlitz-Weinhübel 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.