Doberlug-Kirchhain station

Doberlug-Kirchhain
Junction station
The station in 2012 after the upgrade
General information
Location	Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg Germany
Coordinates	51°37′14″N 13°33′51″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Berlin–Dresden railway Halle–Cottbus railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	1240
DS100 code	BDKO (upper) BDKU (lower)
Category	4
Fare zone	: 7558
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	17 June 1875
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station BER Airport towards Warnemünde IC 17 Elsterwerda towards Chemnitz Hbf Berlin Ostkreuz towards Berlin-Charlottenburg ICE 27 Railjet Elsterwerda towards Graz Hbf Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station Walddrehna towards Berlin Hbf RE 8 Rückersdorf towards Elsterwerda Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station Falkenberg (Elster) towards Leipzig Hbf RE 10 Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz) towards Frankfurt (Oder) Schönborn bei Doberlug towards Herzberg (Elster) RB 43
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Doberlug-Kirchhain (German: Bahnhof Doberlug-Kirchhain) is a bi-level railway station in the town of Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg, Germany. The station lies of the Berlin–Dresden railway and Halle–Cottbus railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

History

The Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway Company (Halle-Sorau-Gubener Eisenbahn, HSGE) opened the Cottbus–Falkenberg/Elster section of the Halle–Cottbus railway on 1 December 1871. The town's original station building in the town, which was called Dobrilugk-Kirchhain, is now called the Alter Bahnhof (old station). It was used until the late 20th century as a residential building and Bahnmeisterei (the premises of the supervisor of track maintenance).

On 17 June 1875, the Berlin–Dresden railway was opened together with the two-level interchange station (Turmbahnhof or “tower station”) at the intersection with the line from Leipzig and Falkenberg to Cottbus. The two lines were doubled in 1890 and 1909 and they and were both electrified between 1980 and 1989. A decentralised rail traction current converter plant built on the railway bridge on the line towards Frankena supplied electricity to sections of both lines. It was closed after 27 years of operation in July 2008 and replaced by a modern substation. In the 1980s, it was planned to upgrade the station as a node with multiple tracks on each line; this is shown by a widened abutment to the bridge at the railway junction. After the reunification of Germany, this plan was not implemented.

Doberlug-Kirchhain station is classifies as a Category 4 station. It was rebuilt to enable use by the disabled in 2007.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Line	Route	Frequency (min)
IC 17	(Chemnitz – Freiberg (Sachs) –) Dresden – Dresden-Neustadt – Elsterwerda – Doberlug-Kirchhain – BER Airport – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Oranienburg – Neustrelitz – Rostock – Warnemünde	120
ICE 27 Railjet	Berlin-Charlottenburg ← Berlin – Elsterwerda – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Dresden – Bad Schandau – Praha hl.n. – Brno – Wien – Wiener Neustadt – Graz	One train pair
RE 8	Elsterwerda – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Luckau-Uckro – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf	120
RE 10	Leipzig – Torgau – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Finsterwalde – Cottbus – Jänschwalde – Eisenhüttenstadt –Frankfurt	60
RB 43	Falkenberg – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Finsterwalde – Cottbus – Jänschwalde – Eisenhüttenstadt – Frankfurt	120