Blankenburg (Harz) station

Coordinates: 51°47′43″N 10°57′44″E / 51.79528°N 10.96222°E / 51.79528; 10.96222
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Blankenburg (Harz)
Deutsche Bahn
Terminal station
2013
General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 4
38889 Blankenburg (Harz)
Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)Halberstadt–Blankenburg (KBS 328)
Connections
  • RE 31
  • Bus interchange 230 232 250 257 261 263 431
Other information
Station codeLBK
Category5
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened31 March 1873
Services
Preceding station
Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland
 Following station
Terminus RE 31 Börnecke (Harz)
towards Magdeburg Hbf
Map
Location
Blankenburg (Harz) is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Blankenburg (Harz)
Blankenburg (Harz)
Location within Saxony-Anhalt
Blankenburg (Harz) is located in Germany
Blankenburg (Harz)
Blankenburg (Harz)
Location within Germany
Blankenburg (Harz) is located in Europe
Blankenburg (Harz)
Blankenburg (Harz)
Location within Europe

Blankenburg (Harz) station is the most important station in

Harz
in central Germany.

Location

The station lies in the north of the town. Whilst this simplified its accessibility from

Harz Mountains
very costly.

History

Share of the Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, issued 1. May 1870

Blankenburg station was opened on 31 March 1873 by the

smelting works
to the railway network.

On 3 July 1875 a 3.5 kilometre long line from Blankenburg station to the smelting works in the west of the town was completed. It was known as the

industrial siding in the Harz. But it was closed again in 1885 because, from 1880, the Blankenburg–Tanne line
, also built by the HBE, provided a better link to the factory. For topographical reasons the line had to leave Blankenburg station in a northwesterly direction, thus resulting in a
railway terminus. This line became the Harz Railway (Harzbahn) and since 1950 has been called the Rübeland Railway
(Rübelandbahn).

From 1960 to 1965 the Rübeland Railway was electrified. Its

electrification system is different from the normal systems. Because this line is isolated from the rest of the electrified railway network, a variation optimised for the railway was able to be chosen. For a long time, however, this required the employment of special locomotives of Class E 251, later the Class 171, that were maintained at the depot
near the station in Blankenburg.

After the sections of the Rübeland Railway to

Elbingerode
were ceased.

As well as Blankenburg station, that is mainly used for passenger services, Blankenburg also has a goods station and the North station, both responsible for marshalling trains for the Rübeland Railway.

Operation

Blankenburg station sihouetted

Passenger services continue to be operated on the

Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt
.

Line Route Frequency
RE 31 Magdeburg – Halberstadt – Blankenburg Hourly

Both lines are worked by goods trains. These trains use a bypass curve north of the station, so that no change of direction is needed.

Sources

  • Werner Steinke: Die Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn. Berlin 1982,
    ISBN 3-87094-200-2
    .
  • Gerhard Zieglgänsberger, Hans Röper, Werner Steinke: Eisenbahnreviere Harz. transpress 1992,
    ISBN 3-344-70738-8
    .

External links

51°47′43″N 10°57′44″E / 51.79528°N 10.96222°E / 51.79528; 10.96222

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