Misplaced Pages

Glauchau (Sachs)
Through station
The entrance building of Glauchau station
General information
Location	Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 3, Glauchau, Saxony Germany
Coordinates	50°49′44″N 12°32′56″E / 50.828947°N 12.548757°E / 50.828947; 12.548757
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Dresden–Werdau railway (km 112.14) former Glauchau–Wurzen railway (km 0.00)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	2142
DS100 code	DGL
IBNR	8010129
Category	3
Fare zone	VMS: 58
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1858
Electrified	1963
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station Meeranetowards Göttingen RE 1 Terminus Preceding station Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn Following station Zwickau Hbftowards Hof Hbf RE 3 Hohenstein-Ernstthaltowards Dresden Hbf Glauchau-Schönbörnchentowards Zwickau Hbf RB 30 Sankt Egidientowards Dresden Hbf Preceding station City-Bahn Chemnitz Following station Glauchau-Schönbörnchentowards Gößnitz RB 37 Terminus Terminus RB 92 Sankt Egidientowards Stollberg (Sachs)
Location Glauchau (Sachs)Location within SaxonyShow map of SaxonyGlauchau (Sachs)Location within GermanyShow map of GermanyGlauchau (Sachs)Location within EuropeShow map of Europe

Glauchau station is the main station of Glauchau in southwest of the German state of Saxony on the Dresden–Werdau line. Glauchau also has another station at Glauchau-Schönbörnchen.

History

On 15 November 1858, the Chemnitz-Zwickau section of the Dresden–Werdau line was opened together with Glauchau station. The line was built the support of the Saxon government and eventually became part of the Royal Saxon State Railways. The station originally had seven 680 m-long station tracks with a total of 35 sets of points. With the opening of the Glauchau–Wurzen railway to Wurzen on 10 May 1875, the station was slightly expanded.

From 1908, planning began on expansion of the station, which was no longer big enough for to handle traffic demands. In 1913, actual construction work started, however, it was interrupted by the First World War and could not resume until 1923. The new works included new freight facilities, four signal boxes, a maintenance depot and two bridges over the Lungwitzbach stream. The tracks and platforms were altered and expanded. On 30 April 1926, the new Glauchau station went into operation.

During the Second World War bombs were dropped on the station area on several occasions. On 11 April 1945, 55 people, including 54 members of the Wehrmacht died in a carriage.

During the 2002 European floods the Glauchau–Wurzen railway was damaged. As a result, the last passenger train ran on the line on 13 August 2002. Freight traffic had already been terminated on 1 July 2000.

Regional services

Glauchau is served by the following services:

Notes

1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Tarifzonenplan und Ortsverzeichnis" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen. 1 January 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
4. Stadt Glauchau – Geschichte der Stadt Glauchau
5. Erinnerungen an den Frühling 1945, p 48., ISBN 3-9806774-2-7
6. Timetables for Glauchau (Sachs) station (in German)

External links

• www.dampflok-glauchau.de
• www.sachsenschiene.de

• Railway stations in Saxony
• Railway stations in Germany opened in 1858
• Buildings and structures in Zwickau (district)