Döbeln Hauptbahnhof


Döbeln Hauptbahnhof is the largest station in Döbeln in the German state of Saxony. Now an unstaffed halt, it was built as a Keilbahnhof. The station is listed by the rail authorities with the abbreviation of DDE.
The diesel-worked Borsdorf–Coswig and electrified Riesa–Chemnitz lines cross in Döbeln Hbf. From 1884 to 1964 Döbeln Hbf was also the terminus of the 750 mm gauge railway from Oschatz.

History

Although Döbeln had already been connected to the Riesa-Chemnitz route since 1847 with the nearby Großbauchlitz station, this station was opened with the opening of the Döbeln–Leisnig section of the Borsdorf–Coswig railway 2 June 1868 as Station Döbeln, which "interimistically" had only a "passenger entrance shed". On 25 October 1868, the Döbeln Ost station came into operation on the route to Meißen, and Döbeln station received the designation of Hauptbahnhof. Two years later, on 1 January 1870, the wedge-shaped station was completed under the direction of the departmental engineer Bassenge with the present entrance building, which resembles the then station building of Zwickau station. The simple, functional building contained rooms for a post office, police and railway staff with baggage handling and three waiting rooms for first, second and third class. From 1 November 1884, the Oschatz–Mügeln–Döbeln narrow gauge railway also connected Döbeln station with the Wilsdruff network by means of a branch from Gärtitz. The station received platform canopies in 1886.
Between 1892 and 1926 the Döbeln horse tramway connected the station and central Döbeln. Major changes to the station track layout resulted from extensions for locomotive and goods sheds in 1896. During the reconstruction in 1925 to plans by Mirus, the ground plan was only slightly modified. Passenger traffic on the narrow-gauge-line stopped on 15 December 1964.

Long distance and regional transport

Döbeln Hauptbahnhof is currently served by the following lines: