Stendal Hauptbahnhof

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.[1]

Stendal
Deutsche Bahn
Bf
2018
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 34, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Coordinates52°35′40″N 11°51′16″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms8
ConnectionsS 1
Other information
Station code6010[1]
DS100 codeLS[2]
IBNR8010334
Category3[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1871[3]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Wolfsburg Hbf ICE 10 Berlin-Spandau
Wittenberge
towards Warnemünde
IC 56 Magdeburg Hbf
towards Leipzig Hbf
Wolfsburg Hbf IC 77 Berlin-Spandau
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station
Hohenwulsch
towards Uelzen
RE 20 Tangerhütte
Steinfeld (Stendal)
towards Salzwedel
RB 32 Terminus
Preceding station Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Following station
Möringen (Altm) RB 35 Terminus
Preceding station Hanseatische Eisenbahn Following station
Terminus RB 33 Stendal Vorbahnhof
towards Tangermünde
RB 34 Hämerten
towards Rathenow
Preceding station S-Bahn Mittelelbe Following station
Demker S 1 Stendal-Stadtsee
towards Wittenberge
Location
Stendal is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Stendal
Stendal
Location within Saxony-Anhalt

History

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.[3] It suffered severe bomb damage during World war II, especially on 22nd February 1945 due to Operation Clarion and on 7th April 1945.

In April 1886, the Stendal-Tangermünde railway was connected to station.

In June 1892, a horse tramway was opened between the station forecourt and the Uenglinger Tor (Uenglingen gate); in October 1909, another horse tramway was added, but this ran between Stendal Ost station on the original Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway and the Uenglinger Tor. Both tramways were closed in October 1926 and replaced by a bus route.

In the autumn of 1908, the station was connected with the Stendal–Arendsee light railway and, in May 1914, with the Stendal–Arneburg railway after this had been converted from metre gauge to standard gauge. The line to Arendsee was closed gradually from 1978 to 1995. All operations on the line to Arneburg ended in October 1972.

The Stendal–Niedergörne railway was connected to the station in January 1977 to provide a connection to the Stendal Nuclear Power Plant, which was never completed. Since the end of passenger traffic in late 1995, the line has been used only by freight trains.

Stendal was connected to the electrical railway network in 1984 with the electrification of the line to Magdeburg.[3]

Between 1994 and 1998, the Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway was built parallel to the Berlin-Lehrte railway. A southern bypass of Stendal was built against the wishes of the town; this is now used by most long-distance trains running on the line. Nevertheless, the first ICE train stopped at Stendal station on 27 September 1998.[3]

State

The station has five through platform tracks and three bay platforms. Track 1 is located next to the station building and tracks 2–5 are on two island platforms. Bay platforms 6 and 7 are located east and west of the entrance building and are accessible via platform 1. The third bay platform is track 8, which is at the eastern end of the island platform that is faced by tracks 2 and 3. West of the station there is a large parking area.

Buses on several bus routes operated by Stendalbus stop outside the station. There is also a taxi stand.

Train services

Stendal is served by Intercity, Regional Express and Regional Bahn services:[4]

Line Route Frequency
ICE 10 Berlin StendalWolfsburg Hannover Bielefeld Hamm – (Ruhr) Cologne/Düsseldorf Some trains
IC/EC 32 Cologne – DüsseldorfDortmund – Bielefeld – Hannover – Wolfsburg Stendal Berlin-Spandau – Berlin Some trains
IC 56 LeipzigLeipzig/Halle AirportHalleMagdeburgStendalWittenbergeSchwerinRostockWarnemünde Some trains
IC 77 AmsterdamAmersfoortHengeloBad BentheimRheineOsnabrückHannoverStendal – Berlin – Berlin Ostbahnhof Every 2 hours
RE 20 UelzenSalzwedelStendalMagdeburg Every 2 hours, hourly in peak
RB 32 Stendal – Salzwedel Some trains
RB 33 StendalTangermünde Hourly
RB 34 StendalRathenow Every 2 hours
RB 35 Wolfsburg – OebisfeldeStendal Hourly, every 2 hours on weekends
S 1 Wittenberge – Stendal – Magdeburg – SchönebeckSchönebeck-Salzelmen Hourly

References

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Stendal history" (in German). Stendal. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. Timetables for Stendal station (in German)
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