Dresden Mitte railway station
- Decin -Dresden -Neustadt ( 64.688 km )
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The Dresden Mitte station is a regional railway station in the center of Dresden. The station opened in 1897 as Wettinerstraße station is located at the junction line between Dresden Hauptbahnhof and Dresden-Neustadt station. In his story, he was several times as the new central train station of Dresden in the discussion.
Location
The Dresden Mitte station is located approximately 500 meters west of the Dresden Zwinger on the border between the districts of Wilsdruffer suburb and Frederick town near the old town of Dresden. In the immediate vicinity are the Congress Centre Dresden, the former cigarette factory Yenidze, the University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in Wettin school and the Ostragehege with the fair and various sports. Near the railway station is also the planned new venue of the Dresden State Operetta is located on the site of the former central power plant.
History
History and construction
The original railway installations in Dresden followed no master plan. Rather, each had its own private railway station built as the end point of its long-haul, so that there were four different insufficiently linked railway stations in Dresden from 1875. In addition, many intersections between rail and road presented a major traffic problem dar. After the late 1880s, all Dresden tangent railway installations were in state hands, it was decided to a fundamental restructuring of the railway junction Dresden under the direction of Otto Baurat burdock. It should be a new central station, but on its site for a long time has been reached no consensus. After the Elbe flood in March 1845 Survey Inspector Karl Pressler had proposed to divert the river bed of the Weißeritz by Cotta and to use the former river bed for a Dresden Central Station. This plan was taken up and used the former river bed for a connection path between the Dresden railway stations, instead of a central station, a simple station for suburban services on height Wettinerstraße has now been established, however. New Central Station was the former Bohemian railway station, on the one hand due to its close proximity to the Prager Straße, which developed into the most important shopping street of Dresden in the last quarter of the 19th century, on the other hand, because it already represented the busiest train station in Dresden.
From 1891 to September 1893, the Weißeritz was moved and today's Mitte station was opened temporarily for the passage of traffic on August 1, 1896. The inauguration as stop Wettinerstraße place on 1 October 1897. Based on the model of many Berlin S-Bahn stations this station received a 100 meter long and 36 meter wide concourse that spanned all six tracks. The tracks 1 and 4 were suburban services and the tracks 2 and 3 by the moving distance transport reserved. The tracks 5 and 6 finally served the freight transport, which could be passed in a southerly direction both to Dresden -Friedrichstadt and towards the main station. The station hall was flanked by four pillars decorated with turrets, the laminated bearing the hall. Large arched windows adorned the long sides of the platform hall. Among situated in high altitude tracks inputs, ticket counters, baggage handling, waiting rooms and restaurants were located at street level, similar to the Dresden -Neustadt railway station. These extensive for a light rail station facilities are an indication of its great importance for the professional and business.
Remodeling plans and demolition of the platform hall
Also in the following years a rebuilding the railway station to Dresden Central Station was monitored several times. In the late 1930s, the Nazis were planning a redesign of Dresden, which provided for a new central train station instead of the station Wettinerstraße. The scope and need for representation of the Third Reich demanded enormous dimensions, the new central train station should be extended to 300 meters long and 200 meters wide, as well as an oversized front yard and spacious streets were provided in order to create space for rallies and marches. Nearby should be between Freiberger Straße and Ehrlich Road, known as the National Railroad bow, just as the spirit of the times corresponding power demonstrating development arise. With the outbreak of the Second World War, however, these plans were quickly obsolete. During the air raids on Dresden in 1945 the hall structure was strongly affected. However, the damage was not so severe that they would have justified the complete in the 1953 demolition of the platform hall including three cornerstones. Only one of the four pillars remained, as it included the flue of the heating station.
Previously, a remodeling of the station had been considered in a central station again. The large-scale destruction of Dresden would have made a far-reaching reorganization of the railways possible and as 1946 and 1947 several designs were created to a new generously-sized main train station instead of the station Wettinerstraße over the years. This should occur with 17 passage and head three tracks on 400 meters long and 186.5 meters wide, parallel to Könneritzstraße. The laterally arranged reception building was provided on downtown side. As a result, designs the dimensions were slightly reduced by the object of the baggage train platforms, but the design is essentially retained. A major goal of this planned transformation of the railway junction was to carry trains of East-West relations Chemnitz- Görlitz without changing direction over Dresden. Why are these plans were ultimately not performed, can not be said with certainty, however, financial problems, material shortages, labor shortages and general planning uncertainty in the socio-political changes are cited as possible reasons.
The previous name of the station referred to the princely family of Wettin and was therefore not within the meaning of the socialist system. Therefore, the railway station on 20 July 1946, renamed in Dresden -Mitte. In the following 40 years, changed little. Since there were now no more platform roofing and the track works and buildings, however, were designed for a covered station, rainwater pioneered in the episode the way through the inadequately sealed bottom and caused a gradual decline.
Reconstruction after the turn
After the turn, there were initially plans to build a glass concourse with two floors, shops and offices designed by the architectural firm Ingenhoven. For cost reasons, this design was not realized. In 1997, minor renovations took place and as of November 2001, the German Bahn AG redeveloped in the course of reconstruction of Leipzig -Dresden railway station from scratch. Trams run since mid- 2002 under the tracks and stop in front of the station platform access in the Jahn road. The new platforms 1 and 2 were in January 2003 and the platforms 3 and 4 completed in October 2004. At the northern end of the platform is also an initially unplanned additional pedestrian tunnel was built, which improves the way relationships in the northern Friedrichstadt. As a first step of interior Established in March 2005, a DB Service Store. With the further expansion is not expected before 2014.
Situated between the railway station and the center Weißeritzstraße station square was redesigned in 2011 for about 850,000 euros. On the square, a 23 meter long ribbon of granite boulders and bright red stone replicas made of fiberglass, which is a reminder of the former course of the Weißeritz arose.
Construction
The Dresden Mitte station is a through station with four platform edges. S- Bahn trains stop only at the tracks 1 and 2 tracks 3 and 4 are provided as a stopping point for regional trains and for the passage of traffic. Two other tracks on the east side of the railway station serving the freight. In the southern advance of the train station, the route of the Berlin railway branches off to the train yard Dresden- Friedrichstadt. North of the station are the Marie bridge over the Elbe.
Vehicular importance
Due to its central location within Dresden and the many interchanges the station center is of great importance for local and regional traffic. All regional trains as well as the two commuter rail lines operating on the Dresden railway connection, stop here. There is a connection to four tram lines (1, 2, 6, 10 ) and a bus (94).