Jena-Göschwitz station

Jena-Göschwitz
Keilbahnhof
Entrance building
General information
Location	Am Bahnhof 2, Jena, Thuringia Germany
Coordinates	50°53′12″N 11°35′33″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Großheringen–Saalfeld (Saale) (KBS 560) Weimar–Gera (KBS 565)
Platforms	1 island platform 4 side platforms
Tracks	8
Other information
Station code	2201[1]
DS100 code	UGW[2]
IBNR	8010133
Category	3[1]
Fare zone	VMT
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 July 1876; 148 years ago (1876-07-01)
Electrified	1941-1946[3] 28 May 1995; 29 years ago (1995-05-28)
Previous names	1876-1953 Göschwitz 1953-2010 Göschwitz/Saale
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Jena Paradies towards Rostock Hbf IC 17 Saalfeld towards Wien Hbf Jena West towards Düsseldorf Hbf or Köln Hbf IC 51 Stadtroda towards Gera Hbf Jena Paradies towards Leipzig Hbf IC 61 Saalfeld towards Karlsruhe Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station Jena Paradies towards Leipzig Hbf RE 42 Rothenstein (Saale) towards Nürnberg Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station Jena West towards Göttingen RE 1 Stadtroda towards Glauchau (Sachs) Jena West towards Erfurt Hbf RE 3 Stadtroda towards Altenburg or Greiz Jena Paradies towards Halle (Saale) Hbf RE 18 Terminus Preceding station Erfurter Bahn Following station Jena West towards Erfurt Hbf RB 21 Neue Schenke towards Gera Hbf Jena Paradies towards Jena Saale RB 28 Rothenstein (Saale) towards Pößneck unt Bf Preceding station Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Following station Jena Paradies towards Jena Saal RE 15 Kahla (Thür) towards Saalfeld (Saale) Jena Paradies towards Halle (Saale) Hbf RB 25 Rothenstein (Saale) towards Saalfeld (Saale)
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Jena-Göschwitz station (called Göschwitz (Saale) until December 2010) is a railway station in city of Jena in the German state of Thuringia. It is located 152.21 metres above sea level, 32.22 km from Großheringen on the Saal Railway and 27.50 from Weimar station on the Weimar–Gera railway. It opened on 1 July 1876 and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

History

The station was originally a modest establishment with three tracks. In 1879, the Saal Railway Company (German: Saal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) opened the current platform 2.

During World War II, the facilities were not badly damaged, in contrast to stations such as Jena Saale or Saalfeld. Between 1965 and 1973, the tracks were thoroughly refurbished by the East German Railways and the duplication of the adjacent sections of the line were restored (one track and the original electrification equipment had been removed after the war for reparations to the Soviet Union).

The entrance building of the Weimar-Gera Railway Company (Weimar-Geraer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) was shared with the Saal Railway Company. It was rebuilt in 1959.

Between 1994 and 1996, Göschwitz station was rebuilt when the Saal Railway was electrified and overhead line equipment was installed for the second time.

Name

Location of the station in the urban area

In 1923, the city of Jena requested that the station be renamed from "Göschwitz" to "Jena Süd" (Jena South), but this was rejected. In 1953, East German Railways rejected a proposal by the mayor of Göschwitz to change the name to "Göschwitz/Saale" or "Jena Süd". The first option was preferred, because there was no proposal to re-incorporate Göschwitz in the city of Jena. Since 1969 Göschwitz has been incorporated in Jena, but the name of the station remained unchanged, so the city of Jena often submitted proposals for a name change to "Jena-Göschwitz”. In December 2010, Deutsche Bahn announced the station would be renamed "Jena-Göschwitz".[4]

Services

Line	Route	Frequency	Operator
IC 17	(Warnemünde –) Rostock – Neustrelitz – Berlin – Leipzig – Halle – Jena-Göschwitz – Nürnberg – Vienna	One train pair	DB Fernverkehr, ÖBB
IC 51	Düsseldorf/Köln – Dortmund – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Eisenach – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera Hbf	Two train pairs	DB Fernverkehr (also as RE 51 between Erfurt and Gera)
	Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Bebra – Eisenach – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera Hbf	One train pair
IC 61	Leipzig – Naumburg (Saale) – Jena-Göschwitz – Saalfeld (Saale) – Bamberg – Nuremberg – Aalen – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe	120	DB Fernverkehr
RE 1	Göttingen – Leinefelde – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera – Glauchau (Sachs)	120	DB Regio Südost
RE 3	Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Gera – Altenburg / Greiz	120
	Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz	120
RE 15	Saalfeld (Saale) – Rudolstadt – Kahla – Jena-Göschwitz – Jena Paradies – Jena Saalbahnhof	120	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland
RE 18	Jena-Göschwitz – Jena Paradies – Bad Kösen – Naumburg (Saale) – Weißenfels – Merseburg – Halle (Saale)	120	DB Regio Südost
RE 42	Leipzig – Naumburg (Saale) – Jena-Göschwitz – Saalfeld (Saale) – Kronach – Lichtenfels – Bamberg – Nuremberg	120	DB Regio Bayern
RB 21	Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Gera	060 (Mon–Fri) 120 (Sat–Sun)	Erfurter Bahn
RB 25	Saalfeld (Saale) – Rudolstadt – Kahla – Jena-Göschwitz – Bad Kösen – Naumburg (Saale) – Weißenfels – Merseburg – Halle (Saale)	60	Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland
RB 28	Jena Saalbahnhof – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz – Kahla (Thür) – Orlamünde – Pößneck	60	Erfurter Bahn

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. Since 1946 catenaries and overhead line masts were dismantled as Soviet war reparations.
4. "Umbenennung des Bahnhofs "Göschwitz" in "Jena-Göschwitz"" (in German). Jenapolis.de. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

References

• Drescher, Werner (2004). Die Saalbahn – Die Geschichte der Eisenbahn zwischen Großheringen, Jena und Saalfeld (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-586-6.
• Drescher, Werner (2001). Die Weimar-Geraer Bahn – Von der Privatbahn zum Teil der Mitte-Deutschland-Verbindung (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-451-7.
• Fromm, Günter. Eisenbahnen in Thüringen – Daten und Fakten (in German). Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl. ISBN 3-929000-24-5.
• Fromm, Günter. Thüringer Eisenbahnstreckenlexikon 1846–1992 – Die Königliche Eisenbahn-Direktion und die Reichsbahndirektion Erfurt 1882–1992 & Eisenbahnen in Thüringen – Daten und Fakten 1846–1992 (in German). Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl. ISBN 3-929000-33-4.

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