Weimar station

Railway station in Weimar, Germany

Weimar

General information
Location| Schopenhauerstr. 2, Weimar, Thuringia
Germany
Coordinates| 50°59′30″N 11°19′37″E﻿ / ﻿50.99167°N 11.32694°E﻿ / 50.99167; 11.32694
Owned by| Deutsche Bahn
Operated by| DB Station&Service
Line(s)|

* Thuringian Railway
* Weimar–Gera railway
* Ilm Valley Railway

Platforms| 5
Construction
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| 6617[1]
DS100 code| UWM[2]
IBNR| 8010366
Category| 3[1]
Website| www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened| 19 December 1846; 178 years ago (1846-12-19)
Electrified| 22 September 1967; 57 years ago (1967-09-22)
Services
| Preceding station  |  DB Fernverkehr | Following station

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Erfurt Hbf

One-way operation

|  | ICE 11 |  | Naumburg (Saale) Hbf

towards Berlin Hbf

Erfurt Hbf

towards Köln Hbf

|  | IC 51 |  | Jena West

towards Gera Hbf

Preceding station  |  Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland | Following station
Erfurt Hbf

Terminus

|  | RE 16 |  | Apolda

towards Halle (Saale) Hbf

| RE 17 |  | Apolda

towards Leipzig Hbf

Hopfgarten (Weimar)

towards Eisenach

|  | RB 20 |  | Oßmannstedt

towards Leipzig Hbf

Preceding station  |  DB Regio Südost | Following station
Erfurt Hbf

towards Göttingen

|  | RE 1 |  | Jena West

towards Glauchau (Sachs)

Erfurt Hbf

Terminus

|  | RE 3 |  | Jena West

towards Altenburg or Greiz

Preceding station  |  | Following station
Vieselbach

towards Erfurt Hbf

|  | RB 21 |  | Oberweimar

towards Gera Hbf

Terminus |  | RB 26 |  | Weimar West

towards Kranichfeld

Location

Weimar

Location within Thuringia

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Weimar

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Weimar station is the main station in the city of Weimar in the German state of Thuringia, located on the Thuringian Railway. It is an Intercity-Express stop on the line between Frankfurt am Main and Dresden. Weimar station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It is officially designated as a KulturBahnhof ("culture station”), as the station's panels are noted. It is about one kilometre north of central Weimar at the end of the street of Carl-August-Allee.

## History

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The station was built in 1846 as a terminus of the Thuringian Railway from Halle. In 1847 the line was continued west to Erfurt, and to Bebra in 1849. In 1876 this was followed by a second line to Jena and Gera. In 1887, a third line opened to Bad Berka, Kranichfeld and Blankenhain (the Ilm Valley Railway). In the same year, a fourth line was connected to the station, the metre gauge Weimar-Rastenberg Railway line to Großrudestedt in Sömmerda. It was closed in 1946.

During the period of the Weimar Republic, Weimar was the state capital of Thuringia. Therefore, a new, prestigious reception building was built at that time in the neo-classical style. Under Nazism the station played a special role as the beginning a line for the transport of prisoners to Buchenwald concentration camp.

During the existence of East Germany the line from Naumburg to Erfurt was electrified. Weimar station had 116 regular arrivals and departures of long-distance trains in the summer timetable of 1989, making it the fifth place station in the network of the East German railways.[3]

## Rail services

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The station has five platforms. The following services call at the station:

Line  | Route  | Frequency (min)  | Operator

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IC 51 | Düsseldorf/Köln – Dortmund – Kassel – Eisenach – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera  | 2 train pairs  | DB Fernverkehr
(also runs as RE 51 between Erfurt and Gera)
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Bebra – Eisenach – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera  | 1 train pair
Leipzig – Weimar – Erfurt – Gotha – Eisenach – Fulda – Hanau – Frankfurt (Main) – Karlsruhe  | Some trains,

relief trains (Fri, Sun)

| DB Fernverkehr
(also runs as RE 51 between Erfurt and Weimar)
Köln/Düsseldorf – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund – Kassel – Bebra – Eisenach – Erfurt – Weimar – Leipzig
RE 1 | Göttingen – Leinefelde – Gotha – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera – Gößnitz – Glauchau | 120  | DB Regio Südost
RE 3 | Erfurt – Weimar – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera –  | Altenburg | 120
Greiz – Elsterberg
Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz | 120
RE 16 | Erfurt – Weimar – Apolda – Großheringen – Bad Kösen – Naumburg (Saale) – Halle (Saale)  | 120 (alternierend)  | Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland
RE 17 | Erfurt – Weimar – Apolda – Bad Sulza – Bad Kösen – Naumburg (Saale)
RB 20 | Eisenach – Gotha – Erfurt – Weimar – Apolda – Naumburg (Saale) – Weißenfels – Großkorbetha – Leipzig  | 060
RB 21 | Erfurt – Weimar – Oberweimar – Jena-Göschwitz – Stadtroda – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Gera  | 060 (Mon–Fri)
120 (Sat/Sun) | Erfurter Bahn
RB 26 | Weimar – Weimar Berkaer – Holzdorf – Bad Berka – Kranichfeld  | 060

## See also

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* Rail transport in Germany
* Railway stations in Germany

## Notes

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1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB InfraGO. 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. ^ Ralph Seidel: Der Einfluss veränderter Raumbedingungen auf Netzgestalt und Frequenz im Schienenpersonenfernverkehr Deutschlands, Dissertation of the University of Leipzig, 2005, p. 48

Authority control databases

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*[IBNR]: Internationale Bahnhofsnummer