Freiberg (Sachs) station

Freiberg (Sachs) station is a station on the Dresden–Werdau railway and the Nossen–Moldava railway in Freiberg in the German state of Saxony. Until 1995 it was also the start of the disused Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway.

Freiberg (Sachs)
Junction station
Entrance building from the street (2008)
General information
Location	Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	50°54′32″N 13°20′40″E
Line(s)	Dresden–Werdau railway (km 40.005) Nossen–Moldava (km 23.967) former Freiberg (Sachs)–Halsbrücke (km 0.000)
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Architect	Eduard Heuchler
Architectural style	Gothic revival
Other information
Station code	1891[1]
DS100 code	DFR[2]
IBNR	8010115
Category	4[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	11 August 1862
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Chemnitz Hbf Terminus IC 17 Dresden Hbf towards Warnemünde Preceding station Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn Following station Flöha towards Hof Hbf RE 3 Tharandt towards Dresden Hbf Kleinschirma towards Zwickau Hbf RB 30 Muldenhütten towards Dresden Hbf Preceding station Dresden S-Bahn Following station Terminus S 3 Muldenhütten towards Dresden Hbf
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History

Freiberg (Sachs) station was opened with the opening of the extension of the Dresden–Tharandt railway to Freiberg on 11 August 1862. The station building, which was generous at the time, was designed by Freiberg architect Eduard Heuchler and included Gothic Revival elements. There is not much to see of these since reconstruction in the 20th century, but in its basic structure the station is still the building of 1862. Nearly seven years after its opening, the extension of the line to Chemnitz was opened on 1 March 1869 and Freiberg station became a through station. In the following decade, the Nossen–Moldava railway, which ran via Freiberg, was opened and, in 1890, operations began on the Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway, which had particular significance for freight transport. The sharp increase in passenger and freight traffic required the reconstruction of the station's rail facilities in 1900. The station's track layout was extended to the south, the low platforms between the tracks (which had access to only one track and were reached by passengers across the tracks from the central island platform, as was once common) were replaced with platforms connected by passenger tunnels and the level crossings over streets were replaced by underpasses.^[3]

According to the official timetable of 1944-45, three long-distance services stopped at Freiberg station.^{[4] [5]}

Line	Route
2	Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Nuremberg−Regensburg−Munich
36	Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Nürnberg−Stuttgart
37	Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Würzburg−Mannheim−Saarbrücken

In 2011, the Freiburger IF Group acquired the station building and part of the station precinct from Deutsche Bahn for a six-figure purchase price.^[6] The intended renovation will include more retail space on the ground floor and office space upstairs.

Rail services

Freiberg station used to be a stop for the Franken-Sachsen-Express from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Nuremberg, this service was cancelled in December 2014. Today the station is served by regional and suburban services of Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn, DB Regio and the Freiberger Eisenbahn service to Holzhau. All services run every hour. The Regional-Express services meet on the half-hour and each connect to and from the FEG trains to and from Holzhau.

Since 9 December 2007, Freiberg has been connected by the Dresden S-Bahn to Dresden. The S-Bahn line S 3 runs only from Monday to Friday in the peak hour. Together with RB 30, it creates a 30-minute interval service between Freiberg and Dresden.

Line	Route	Frequency (min)	Operator
IC 17	Warnemünde – Rostock Hbf – Berlin Hbf tief – BER Airport – Terminal 1-2 – Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf		DB Fernverkehr
RE 3	Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf – Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf – Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf – Hof Hbf	60	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
RB 30	Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf – Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf	60	Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn
RB 83	Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau	60	Freiberger Eisenbahn
S 3	Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs)	Individual services	DB Regio Südost

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. Manfred Berger (1986). "Bahnhof Freiberg (Sachs)". Historische Bahnhofsbauten (in German). Vol. 1. Sachsen, Preußen, Mecklenburg und Thüringen. Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen. pp. 91 f. ISBN 3-344-00066-7.
4. Official timetable 1944/45: Table 2
5. Official timetable 1944/45: Tables 36 and 37
6. "Freiberg: Trostloser Anblick bleibt noch". Freie Presse (in German). 14 December 2011.

External links

• Media related to Freiberg (Sachs) station at Wikimedia Commons