Bebra station

Bebra station is a railway station on the German passenger and freight rail network in the northern Hesse town of Bebra. It is a railway junction as well as an intercity stop on the Dortmund–Berlin–Stralsund route. The station was opened in 1846 and quickly became a major transport hub. Bebra then developed into a classic railway town.

Bebra
Junction station
Location	Bahnhofstraße 10, Bebra, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°58′09″N 9°47′52″E
Line(s)	Bebra–Fulda railway (km 166.6) Halle (Saale)–Bebra (km 210.4) Bebra–Göttingen (km 166.6) Bebra–Kassel (km 210.4)
Platforms	5 (3,5,8–10)
Other information
Station code	226[1]
DS100 code	FB[2]
IBNR	8000029
Category	3[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	28 August 1848
Services
Preceding station   Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft   Following station Lispenhausen toward Kassel Hbf RB 5 Bebra–Fulda railway Frederick William Northern Railway Ludwigsau-Friedlos toward Fulda Terminus RB 6 via Gerstungen Ronshausen toward Eisenach Sontra toward Göttingen RB 7 Bebra–Fulda railway Frederick William Northern Railway Ludwigsau-Friedlos toward Fulda Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station Bad Hersfeld toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 50 Kinzig Valley Railway selected trains only Terminus
Location
Bebra Location within Hesse

History

Bebra station in 1993

Bebra became part of the German railway network on 29 August 1848, with commissioning of the first section of the Frederick William Northern Railway to Guxhagen. On 25 September, the line was extended to Gerstungen. On the same day the Thuringian line to Halle was also extended to Bebra. In 1866 this was followed by the first section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway to Bad Hersfeld and in 1875 by the line to Göttingen.

The present station building was built in 1869 on an island surrounded by rail tracks.

It experienced a small decline in importance with the opening of the Berlin curve in 1914, connecting between the Frankfurt–Bebra line and the Thuringian line and avoiding the reversal previously required in Bebra.

After World War II traffic in the area Bebra shifted more in north-south direction as traffic heading east was disrupted by the nearby Inner German border. Bebra was, however, a border station for interzone trains to East Germany and transit trains and military trains of the Western powers to West Berlin. In Bebra, West German and East German railways locomotives were exchanged. From the summer 1973 timetable this was done in Gerstungen. The "Berlin curve" was not used while Germany was divided.

The electrification of the railways serving the station started in 1963. In 1990, the Berlin curve was rebuilt and put back into operation.

Bebra is now served by an Intercity line and several regional lines. The marshalling yard is also one of Deutsche Bahn’s 13 cargo centres.

Rail services

The following services serve Bebra station:

Line	Route	Operator
IC 50	(Cologne Hbf –) Düsseldorf Hbf – Dortmund Hbf – Paderborn Hbf – Kassel-Willhelmshöhe – Bebra – Eisenach – Erfurt Hbf – Weimar – Leipzig Hbf – Dresden Hbf	DB Fernverkehr
IC 50	Bebra – Bad Hersfeld – Fulda – Hanau Hbf – Offenbach (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf	DB Fernverkehr
RE 50	(Bebra – Bad Hersfeld – Hünfeld –) Fulda – Schlüchtern – Wächtersbach – Hanau Hbf – Offenbach (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf	DB Regio
RB 5	Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Melsungen – Bebra – Bad Hersfeld – Hünfeld – Fulda	cantus
RB 6	Bebra – Gerstungen – Eisenach	cantus
RB 7	Göttingen – Eichenberg – Eschwege – Bebra (– Bad Hersfeld – Hünfeld – Fulda)	cantus

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.

A view from Easter 1972; locomotive roundhouse on right