Falkenberg (Elster) station

Falkenberg (Elster)
View from the upper level to the lower level of the station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 8, Falkenberg/Elster, Brandenburg
Germany
Coordinates51°35′00″N 13°14′51″E / 51.58330°N 13.24758°E / 51.58330; 13.24758
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms6, formerly 8
Construction
AccessiblePartially
Other information
Station code1752
DS100 codeLF
IBNR8010103
Category3
Fare zone
  • : 7753
  • MDV: 298
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opening1871 (1871)
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Herzberg (Elster)
towards Schwedt
RE 3
Limited service
Terminus
Herzberg (Elster)
towards Stendal
RE 4
Beilrode
towards Leipzig Hbf
RE 10 Doberlug-Kirchhain
RE 11 Bad Liebenwerda
towards Hoyerswerda
Terminus RB 43 Uebigau
RB 49 Bad Liebenwerda
towards Cottbus Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station
Fermerswalde
towards Dessau Hbf
RE 14
Limited service
Terminus
RB 51
Preceding station Mitteldeutschland S-Bahn Following station
Rehfeld S 4 Terminus
Location

Falkenberg (Elster) station is one of the biggest stations in the German state of Brandenburg. It is located in the town of Falkenberg/Elster in the south of the state. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. Railways run in seven directions from the station. It is a two-level interchange station (German: Turmbahnhof, literally a “tower station”), built where several routes interconnect. There is a large marshalling yard connecting to both the upper and the lower parts of the station. At times Falkenberg was the fifth largest marshalling yard in East Germany (GDR). Only part of these tracks have been in use since the 1990s.

A large station building, which had been built in 1882, was destroyed in the Second World War. A restaurant complex built in GDR times was substantially rebuilt after 2010 and now serves as the entrance building. A number of buildings of the station and its surrounds are heritage-listed.