Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof
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| Chemnitz Hbf | |
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| Karl-Marx-Stadt Hbf (1953-1990) | |
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| Architectural information | |
| Opened | 1852 |
| Location | Chemnitz |
| State | Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Operations | |
| DS100 code | DC |
| Station code | 1040 |
| Type | Bf |
| Category | 3 |
| Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany | |
Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Chemnitz Central Station, short form: Chemnitz Hbf) is the Hauptbahnhof of Chemnitz in Germany.
In 1836, the Erzgebirgische Eisenbahngesellschaft was founded in Chemnitz with the goal of building a railway line from Riesa to Zwickau. The line was built up to Chemnitz in 1852, and on September 1, 1852 Frederick Augustus II of Saxony inaugurated the new Chemnitz-Riesaer Eisenbahn with the new station. In November 1858, a second station opened in Chemnitz (Nikolaibahnhof, today named Chemnitz-Mitte) and the old station was renamed to Centralbahnhof.
New lines opened to Annaberg (1866), Dresden (1869) and Leipzig (1872). The station therefore needed to be expanded, and a new station hall was built in 1872 after plans by Baurat Engelhardt. Lines to Aue (1875), Marienberg (1875), Stollberg (1895) and Wechselburg (1902) were added after the expansion of the station. A track hall was built in 1902.
The track hall was destroyed in World War II and subsequently demolished. With the renaming of Chemnitz to Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1953, the station became known as Karl-Marx-Stadt Hauptbahnhof. A new steel girder track hall was built in 1974 by VEB Stahlbau Dessau. The station was renamed to Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof in 1990 due to the German reunification. It was renovated from 2003 to 2005 and it is planned to let trams run into the station on tracks 1 to 4 from 2007 onwards.
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