Wabern (Bz Kassel) station

Wabern station building

Wabern station platforms

Wabern (Bz Kassel) is a railway station in the municipality of Wabern, in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Main to Weser railway from Frankfurt to Kassel. The station is a stop for ICE trains with connections towards Hamburg and Karlsruhe. It was once an important railway junction, as the Wabern to Brilon Wald railway branched off here with a connection to the Ruhr area. Today this branch line ends in Bad Wildungen.[1][2][3]

The station opened in December 1849, at the same time as the railway line from Kassel. The extension to Treysa opened a few days later. The station has a main building designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl [de].[4][5]

In 2018 the station was modernized to be barrier-free, involving the construction of a new underpass, three elevators and raised platforms. The work cost €15 million.[2]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. Laumann, Anke (2018-12-01). "Umbau für 15 Millionen: Bahnhof Wabern ist jetzt barrierefrei". HNA (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
3. "Wabern (Bz Kassel)". DB InfraGO AG. Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
4. Lohr, Siegfried (1982). Planungen und Bauten des Kasseler Baumeisters Julius Eugen Ruhl 1796–1871. Ein Beitrag zur Baugeschichte Kassels und Kurhessens im 19. Jahrhundert (in German). Darmstadt: Masch. Diss. p. 347.
5. Rödel, Volker; Schomann, Heinz (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Eisenbahnbauten und -strecken 1839–1939. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 142. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.

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