Coswig (b Dresden) station

Coswig (b Dresden) station is a railway station in Coswig in the German state of Saxony. The station, which opened on 1 December 1860, is at the junction of the Borsdorf–Coswig railway, which terminates here, the Leipzig–Dresden railway, the Pirna–Coswig railway and a connecting curve from the Berlin–Dresden railway. In passenger transport it is served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services and by the Dresden S-Bahn. The station is classified as a cultural monument.

Coswig (b Dresden) Coswig (Bz Dresden) S
Separation station
Entrance building
Location	Coswig, Saxony Germany
Coordinates	51°07′23″N 13°34′47″E
Line(s)	Leipzig Hbf–Dresden-Neustadt (km 101.926) Borsdorf (Sachs)–Coswig (km 104.171) Radebeul junction-Naundorf–Coswig (km 1.95) Pirna–Coswig (b Dresden) (S-Bahn) (km 35.09)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	1076[1]
DS100 code	DCW[2]
IBNR	8010072
Category	3[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 December 1860
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station Weinböhla toward Hoyerswerda RE 15 Dresden-Neustadt toward Dresden Hbf Weinböhla toward Cottbus Hbf RE 18 Dresden-Neustadt toward Dresden Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio Südost   Following station Weinböhla toward Elsterwerda-Biehla RB 31 Radebeul-Naundorf toward Dresden Hbf Weinböhla toward Leipzig Hbf RE 50 Radebeul Ost toward Dresden Hbf Preceding station   Dresden S-Bahn   Following station Neusörnewitz toward Meißen Triebischtal S 1 Radebeul-Zitzschewig toward Schöna
Location
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History

At the opening of the section of the Leipzig–Dresden railway that passes through Coswig on 16 September 1838, the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company had not built a station in Coswig. Nearly two years later, on 10 June 1840, the Coswig "stopping point" (Anhaltepunkt) was opened, which was about 900 metres from the location of the present station towards Leipzig.[3] The first formal Coswig station was built with the opening of the branch line from Coswig to Meißen (now part of the Borsdorf–Coswig railway). Both were opened on 1 December 1860.[4] This station was located between kilometer points 101.60 and 101.75 of the Leipzig–Dresden railway.

When connected to the railway network, Coswig developed into an important industrial community. This growth and technical progress meant that the construction of a new station building was required 30 years later. The new station building was built between 11 September 1893 and 4 June 1894. This building is still used as the entrance building. In addition, the railway tracks were rebuilt at a higher level and an island platform was built, which was connected by a pedestrian subway.

Due to its function as a junction station, some long-distance services stopped at the station for a long time, most recently in the mid-1990s, when occasional InterRegio services stopped at the ends of the day. Since then, passenger operations have been limited to commuter services. The long-distance services have generally run over the newly built Weißig–Böhla railway since 2010 and thus bypass Coswig Station to the east.

New passenger platforms with a height of 55 centimetres above the top of the rails were built between 2012 and 2015.

Station name

Station sign at "Coswig (b Dresden)" station

During its existence, the station has borne the following names:

• from 1 December 1860: Coswig[5]
• from 1 July 1911: Coswig (Sa) [5]
• from 4 October 1925: Coswig (Bez Dresden) [5]
• from 31 March 1934: Coswig (Bz Dresden) [5]
• from 14 December 2014: Coswig (b Dresden).[6]

The current name means "Coswig near Dresden".

Rail services

The station is on served by passenger services RE 15: Hoyerswerda–Dresden, RE 18: Cottbus–Dresden, RE 50: Leipzig–Dresden and RB 31: Elsterwerda-Biehla–Dresden and by Dresden S-Bahn line S1: Meissen-Triebischtal–Schöna (as of September 2014).

Line	Route	Frequency (min)	Operator
RE15	Dresden Hbf – Dresden Mitte – Dresden-Neustadt – Coswig (b Dresden) – Großenhain Cottb Bf – Ruhland – Hoyerswerda	120	DB Regio Nordost
RE18	Dresden Hbf – Dresden Mitte – Dresden-Neustadt – Coswig (b Dresden) – Großenhain Cottb Bf – Ruhland – Cottbus	120	DB Regio Nordost
RE50	Dresden Hbf – Dresden Mitte – Dresden-Neustadt – Coswig (b Dresden) – Riesa – Leipzig Hbf	60	DB Regio Südost
S1	Meißen-Triebischtal – Coswig (b Dresden) – Dresden-Neustadt − Dresden Hbf – Pirna – Bad Schandau – Schöna	30	DB Regio Südost
RB31	Dresden Hbf – Dresden-Friedrichstadt – Coswig (b Dresden) – Großenhain Cottb Bf – Elsterwerda – Elsterwerda-Biehla	60	DB Regio Nordost

Description of infrastructure

The first station building in 1860

Station building of 1860

The station building of 1860 is built in the typical style of Saxon railway buildings as a plain stucco building with an avant-corps-like central section. It is built in ashlar with its facade decorated with plaster.[3] It has been remodeled for residential purposes since the construction of the new station building and it is used as a residence. It still exists today.

Station building from 1894

The station building from 1894 is a brick building with Renaissance Revival and eclectic elements with stone-accented corners, cornices and window surrounds and it has some Art Nouveau elements.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. Norbert Kempke (1989). "Drei Epochen Verkehrsgeschichte in Coswig". In 220 Minuten von Leipzig nach Dresden (in German). Dresden: Verband der Journalisten des Bezirkes Dresden anläßlich der Solidaritätsaktion 1989. p. 51.
4. F. Borchert, ed. (1989). Die Leipzig–Dresdner Eisenbahn, Anfänge und Gegenwart einer 150-jährigen (in German). Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen. pp. 106f.
5. "Verkehrsstationen: C - D" (in German). Sachsenschiene.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
6. Stredax viewer of DB Netz, accessed on 2 January 2015

External links

• "Location, railway tracks, signals and permissible speeds". OpenRailwayMap. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
• "Coswig station" (in German). Sachsenschiene.de. Retrieved 10 July 2015.