Thale Hauptbahnhof

Railway station in Thale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Magdeburg–Thale railway (KBS 315)

Platforms1 island platform
1 side platformTracks3Train operatorsAbellio Rail MitteldeutschlandOther informationStation code6184DS100 codeLTL^[1]IBNR8013112Category5^[2]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened1862; 162 years ago (1862)Services

Preceding station	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland			Following station
Terminus		RE 11		Thale Musestieg towards Magdeburg Hbf

Location
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Thale Hauptbahnhof is a station on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in the town of Thale in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[2] The only other station in Thale is the stop at Thale Musestieg, although there used to be three stations in Thale on a branch of the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway, which was opened in 1908 and was closed in the 1960s.

History

The station was opened in 1862. At first it was called Thale station, but in 1907 it was renamed Thale Hauptbahnhof to distinguish it from the nearby Thale Bodethal station on the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway.

Until 2003 there was a turntable at the end of the station.^[3] Thale originally had three platforms. Today only one platform is used. Formerly, when locomotives were repositioned from one end of the train to the other, it was necessary to close the two crossings near the station. Today, however, the line is only operated with diesel multiple units.

Tracks of Thale station
Station building
Timber-framed signal box

Rolling stock

The Harz-Elbe-Express runs with Alstom Coradia LINT diesel multiple units (LINT 27 and LINT 41 classes). The line is not electrified.

Rail services

The station is served hourly by the Harz-Elbe-Express. On weekends the Harz-Berlin-Express runs without a change of trains to/from Berlin Ostbahnhof, operating on Fridays to Sundays from Thale to Berlin once a day and from Berlin to Thale once on Saturdays and twice on Sundays.^[4]

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 11	Magdeburg Hbf – Halberstadt – Quedlinburg – Thale Hbf	60 min
HBX	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Burg (b Magdeburg) – Magdeburg Hbf – Halberstadt – Quedlinburg – Thale Hbf	Fri–Sun

References

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ ^a ^b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ Endisch, Dirk (2006). Die Hauptbahn Halberstadt–Thale (in German). Korntal-Münchingen: Dirk Endisch. ISBN 978-3936893342.
^ "Streckennetz Harz-Berlin-Express" (in German). Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH. Retrieved 17 June 2012.