List of Deutsche Bahn station abbreviations

The operating Jobs Directory - formerly known as railway operation Official Jobs Directory - lists all operating points of a railway infrastructure company. Each entry contains the abbreviation, the name and the type of operating agency.

Germany

German Reichsbahn to 1949

At Deutsche Reichsbahn, the operating points in the subsequent " service rules " (DV) were held:

  • DV 733 - official station list of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and German private railway tracks with freight and small.
  • DV 907 - List of Machinery offices, depots, rail car operation works, locomotive railway stations, train station Fitters and auxiliary traits.

( DV 100: Personnel Regulations Part I Civil Service Law )

German Federal Railroad

This directory was published by the German Federal Railroad in 1951 in the so-called " publications" (DS).

The operating Jobs Directory consisted of the following publications:

German Bahn AG

At Deutsche Bahn, the operating points of the DB Netz AG are held in the rule set 100. This framework consists of the following " guidelines " ( Ril ):

Construction

The operating points provide the following information for all operating points:

  • Abbreviation
  • Name
  • Type

Abbreviation

The abbreviation is usually formed from the position of the operating point, the location and type of operating agency.

In the first place a code letter describes the regional location of the operating agency. This is derived for German operating points from the early Railway Board (BD ) or Reichsbahndirektion ( Rbd ). This is usually the first letter of the former Directorate seat. For example: H for Hannover, F for Frankfurt, M for Munich. For double occupancy food / Erfurt, Saarbrücken / Stuttgart / Schwerin and Cologne / Karlsruhe An unused letter was chosen as the shortcut key for the latter.

The operation point is encrypted with a unique abbreviation. This ranges from a letter as MA Regional Directorate Munich - Augsburg to four letters at about EMSTP regional area food - Münster (Westfalen) passenger station.

Operating agencies of foreign countries are listed under the symbols X and Z. Second, a country code is specified. For example XDKH stands for foreign area X - Denmark - Koebenhavn H.

Route changes are referred to in the first place with a Y.

An X at the end of the shortcut on the other hand features a maintenance facility (AW ), eg LDX (AW Dessau ), KKROX (AW Krefeld- Oppum ). These shortcuts can be seen for example in the so-called revision grid of locomotives and cars. These specify which repair work is assigned to the respective rail car and when it was last examined at all.

  • A - Hamburg (A = Altona)
  • B - Berlin
  • D - Dresden
  • E - Eating
  • F - Frankfurt
  • H - Hannover
  • K - Cologne
  • L - Halle
  • M - Munich
  • N - Nuremberg
  • R - Karlsruhe
  • S - Saarbrücken
  • T - Stuttgart
  • U - Erfurt
  • W - Schwerin
  • X / Z - Abroad (formerly subdivision " X = West / Z = East " no longer exists)
  • Y - distance exchange

Name

Under Name, the operating point is specified.

Eg " Hannover HBF short turnaround facility "

Type

Under type an abbreviation for the type of operation is specified here:

  • Abzw = branching point
  • Anst = junction
  • Awanst = dodge junction
  • Bf = Station
  • Bft = station Part
  • Bus = bus stop
  • Est = insert point for train crews
  • Gp = Limit
  • Museum
  • SLST = ship landing site
  • About Üst = control center

Examples

The operating point is the train station in Bad Godesberg.

First, the regional area in which the station is selected. Bonn-Bad Godesberg is part of the regional area of ​​Cologne, so K. It follows the abbreviation for Bonn-Bad Godesberg: BBG -of-operation therefore has the abbreviation KBBG.

The directory can be found under the symbol KBBG the name of the operating agency, Bonn Bad Godesberg and the type of operating agency, Bf = station.

Abbreviation: Name: Type: AA Hamburg -Altona Bf AA 2 Hamburg -Altona (EST ) Est AA K Hamburg -Altona Gbf (Ak) Bft AA N Hamburg -Altona (An) Bft AA P Hamburg -Altona (Ap) Bft AA W Hamburg -Altona Kai Bft AAS Hamburg -Altona (S -Bahn ) Bf AH Hamburg HBF Bf EPD Paderborn Bf HC Celle Bf HH Hannover HBF Bf HHAS Haste Bf FM Hameln Bf HM Minden Bf KBBGG Bonn- Bad Godesberg Gbf Bf KZU Euskirchen sugar factory Hp NHO Hof Hbf Bf Austria

Like the DB in Germany and the ÖBB in Austria have a list of abbreviations for their operating units. This " directory of the operating center codes " is also known by its abbreviation DB 640 ( " Dienstbehelf 640 ").

Switzerland

In Switzerland, the Federal Office of Transport for each stop of public transport, ie for railways, trams, buses, boats, cable cars, etc. assigns unique names. These are published in the services documentation, short Didok. This also abbreviations of the individual railway services are included, which are used by the railway companies in Switzerland.

USA

The American railway company Amtrak used as a code for its stations. This so-called " network code " consists of three letters, but is not to be confused with the IATA code for airports and railway stations.

Deutsche Bundesbahn Railway divisions in Germany IATA-Code List of airports by IATA code
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