Stendal railway station
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Stendal railway station
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| Location | Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, |
| Coordinates | 52°35′40″N 11°51′16″E / 52.59444°N 11.85444°ECoordinates: 52°35′40″N 11°51′16″E / 52.59444°N 11.85444°E |
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Berlin-Lehrte railway Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway Stendal–Uelzen railway Stendal-Tangermünde railway Stendal–Niedergörne railway |
| Platforms | 8 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1871 |
Stendal (German: Bahnhof Stendal) is a railway station in the town of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The station lies on the Berlin-Lehrte railway, Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway, Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway, Stendal–Uelzen railway, Stendal-Tangermünde railway and Stendal–Niedergörne railway. It is an important railway hub for regional trains and is also used by Intercity and Intercity-Express (ICE) trains regularly. Until the winter 2012 timetable Stendal station was only by Deutsche Bahn trains. Since December 2012, the station has also been served by some services operated by Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.
On 7 July 1849, Stendal received its first railway connection with the opening of the Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway by the Magdeburg-Wittenberge Company (Magdeburg-Wittenbergeschen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). This ran on the eastern outskirts of the town and there was a station at Stendal—later called Stendal Ost (east)—from its opening.
During the course of construction of the Stendal–Uelzen railway and the Berlin–Lehrte railway in 1870, the station was moved to the southern edge of the town to allow passengers to change between the three lines. The Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway was also relocated to be connected to the new station and has run around the town to its west since then. The current station building was also built between 1869 and 1871.
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