Glauchau (Sachs) station

Glauchau station is the main railway station in Glauchau, located in the southwestern part of the German state of Saxony. It lies on the Dresden–Werdau line and serves as a key transportation hub for the region. The city also has another station, Glauchau-Schönbörnchen.

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
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
Construction
Accessible	Yes (except platforms 4/5)
Other information
Station code	2142[1]
DS100 code	DGL[2]
IBNR	8010129
Category	3[1]
Fare zone	VMS: 58[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1858
Electrified	1963
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station Meerane towards Göttingen RE 1 Terminus Preceding station Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn Following station Zwickau Hbf towards Hof Hbf RE 3 Hohenstein-Ernstthal towards Dresden Hbf Glauchau-Schönbörnchen towards Zwickau Hbf RB 30 Sankt Egidien towards Dresden Hbf Preceding station City-Bahn Chemnitz Following station Glauchau-Schönbörnchen towards Gößnitz RB 37 Terminus Terminus RB 92 Sankt Egidien towards Stollberg (Sachs)
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History

On 15 November 1858, the Chemnitz–Zwickau section of the Dresden–Werdau line was inaugurated, including the opening of Glauchau Station. Constructed with the support of the Saxon government, the railway later became part of the Royal Saxon State Railways. The original station featured seven tracks, each 680 meters long, 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 to accommodate the additional traffic.

By 1908, plans were underway to expand the station further, as it was struggling to meet growing traffic demands. Construction began in 1913 but was interrupted by First World War and did not resume until 1923. The expansion included new freight facilities, four signal boxes, a maintenance depot, and two bridges over the Lungwitzbach stream. Tracks and platforms were also modified and extended. On 30 April 1926, the newly expanded Glauchau Station officially opened.^[4]

During the Second World War the station was bombed several times. On 11 April 1945, a particularly devastating attack resulted in the deaths of 55 people, including 54 Wehrmacht soldiers, who perished inside a railway carriage.^[5]

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 was served by the following services in 2025:^[6]

Line	Route	Frequency (min)
RE 1	Glauchau – Gößnitz – Gera – Jena-Göschwitz – Weimar – Erfurt – Gotha – Leinefelde – Göttingen	120
RE 3	Dresden – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz – Glauchau – Zwickau (Sachs) – Plauen (Vogtl) – Hof	060
RB 30	Dresden – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz – Glauchau – Zwickau (Sachs)	060 (peak: 30 Chemnitz–Zwickau)
RB 37	Glauchau – Glauchau-Schönbörnchen – Meerane – Gößnitz	120
RB 92	Glauchau – St. Egidien – Lichtenstein (Sachs) – Oelsnitz (Erzgeb) – Stollberg (Sachs)	060 (Mon–Fri)

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" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2025.

External links

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