Köthen station

Köthen (Anhalt)
Bf
Köthen railway station
General information
Location	Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt Germany
Coordinates	51.4507°N 11.5922°E / 51.4507; 11.5922
Line(s)	Magdeburg-Leipzig railway Dessau–Köthen railway Köthen–Aschersleben railway Köthen–Aken railway
Platforms	5
Construction
Parking	yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Accessible	no
Other information
Station code	3382
DS100 code	LK[1]
IBNR	8010195
Category	3[2]
Fare zone	MDV: 268 (rail only)[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	9 June 1840; 184 years ago (1840-06-09)
Electrified	1934-1946[4] 27 July 1955; 69 years ago (1955-07-27)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Magdeburg Hbf towards Stuttgart Hbf IC 55 Halle (Saale) Hbf towards Dresden Hbf Magdeburg Hbf towards Norddeich Mole IC 56 Halle (Saale) Hbf towards Leipzig Hbf Magdeburg Hbf towards Rostock Hbf or Warnemünde IC 57 Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station Wulfen towards Magdeburg Hbf RE 30 Arensdorf towards Halle (Saale) Hbf Preceding station Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Following station Frenz towards Aschersleben RB 50 Elsnigk (Anh) towards Dessau Hbf
Location Köthen Location within Saxony-Anhalt Show map of Saxony-Anhalt Köthen Location within Germany Show map of Germany Köthen Location within Europe Show map of Europe

Köthen (German: Bahnhof Köthen) is a railway station located in Köthen, Germany. The station is located on the Magdeburg-Leipzig railway, Dessau–Köthen railway and Köthen–Aschersleben railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn. The train services on the Köthen–Aken railway finished in December 2007, due to too few passengers.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:[5]

• IC 55: (Tübingen –) Stuttgart – Heidelberg – Mainz – Mannheim – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Wuppertal – Dortmund – Hamm – Hannover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg – Köthen – Halle – Leipzig – Dresden
• IC 56: Norddeich Mole – Emden – Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg – Köthen – Halle – Leipzig
• IC 57: Warnemünde – Rostock – Magdeburg – Köthen – Halle – Leipzig
• RE 30: Magdeburg – Köthen – Halle
• RB 50: Aschersleben – Köthen – Dessau

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2017 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
3. "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
4. Since 1946 catenaries and overhead line masts were dismantled as Soviet war reparations.
5. Timetables for Köthen station (in German)