Jena_Saale_station
Jena Saale station (Saalbahnhof) is a station in the Jena suburb of Jena-Nord in the German state of Thuringia. It lies at line-kilometre 25.50 of the Großheringen–Saalfeld railway.
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| Location | Spitzweidenweg 28, Jena, Thuringia Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°56′13″N 11°35′37″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Großheringen–Saalfeld (KBS 560) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 3044[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | UJS[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8011058 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 6[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VMT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 April 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station, which is 144.32 metres above sea level, was opened on 30 April 1874 with the opening of the Saale Railway (Saalbahn) between Großheringen and Saalfeld. The station on the Saale Railway, known as the Saalbahnhof, was soon called Jena Hauptbahnhof (main station) and, from 1909 until the commissioning of the provisional Jena Paradies station on 26 September 1999,[3] was the city's main station for long-distance traffic that ran north–south. All the services on the Berlin–Munich route stopped here during that period.
The station, which was classified by Deutsche Reichsbahn as class II, is now designated as category 6. Between May 2006 and March 2007, Saal station was adapted to modern requirements and all facilities, which were no longer considered absolutely necessary, were demolished, including the canopy on platform 2/3, which was replaced by a sheltered waiting area. Saal station is now served by Regionalbahn services to and from Großheringen/Naumburg, Saalfeld and Pößneck.
Following changes in the use and ownership of the building, the Kulturbahnhof Jena (Culture station Jena) was created out of the entrance building and its annexes. This building is a heritage-listed monument.[4]
Platforms
Signal boxes
The station has been controlled by an electronic interlocking at Jena-Göschwitz and built by Siemens since 27 November 2011. One day before, the dispatchers signal box, "Jm", was taken out of operation. The guard signal box, "Js", was also closed. Until September 2006, there was another signal box, "Jn". All were mechanical signal boxes of the Jüdel type.[6]
Regional services
In the 2022 timetable the following services stopped in Jena Saal station:
| Line | Route | Interval (min) | Operator |
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| RE 15 | Leipzig – Naumburg (Saale) – Camburg (Saale) – Jena Saalbf – Orlamünde – Saalfeld (Saale) | 120 | Abellio |
| RB 25 | Halle – Weißenfels – Naumburg (Saale) – Camburg (Saale) – Jena Saalbf – Orlamünde – Saalfeld (Saale) | 60 | Abellio |
| RB 28 | Jena Saalbf – Jena Paradies – Orlamünde – Pößneck | 120 | Erfurter Bahn |
Public transport services
(as of December 2019)
The Spittelplatz tram stop is served by tram lines 1 and 4. This stop is located west of the station on the B 88. It is accessible via Spitzweidenweg and only a few minutes' walk from the station.
The Saalbahnhof bus stop of bus route 15 is next to the railway station on Spitzweidenweg. Bus route 15 runs between Rautal – Stadtzentrum and Jena West station (Westbahnhof).
- "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- Werner Drescher (2004). Die Saalbahn – Die Geschichte der Eisenbahn zwischen Großheringen, Jena und Saalfeld (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. p. 141. ISBN 3-88255-586-6.
- Dr. Zippel (14 July 2011). "Denkmalkarte Jena" (PDF) (in German). City of Jena, FB Stadtumbau, Team Geoinformationen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "Platform information for Saalbahnhof Jena" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "List of German signal boxes" (in German). stellwerke.de. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "Location, course and permissible speeds". OpenRailwayMap. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "Information on Jena local transport" (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2017.