Kassel Hauptbahnhof

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Kassel Hauptbahnhof is a Deutsche Bahn railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. Situated in the central borough of Mitte, it is the city's second important railway station after the opening of Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe in 1991; and so it is the only Hauptbahnhof that is not the main station of its city.

Kassel Hauptbahnhof (Central station)
Deutsche Bahn
Hbf
Building of the station
General information
LocationBahnhhofsplatz
Mitte, Kassel, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates51°19′5″N 9°29′24″E / 51.31806°N 9.49000°E / 51.31806; 9.49000
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms13
Other information
Station code3124
DS100 codeFK
Category2 [1]
Fare zoneNVV: 3000[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1856
Services
Preceding station Cantus Following station
Terminus RE 5 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
towards Bad Hersfeld
RB 5 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
towards Fulda
RB 83 Vellmar-Niedervellmar
towards Göttingen
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Terminus RE 30 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station
Terminus RE 98 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Preceding station Kurhessenbahn Following station
Terminus RB 39 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Preceding station Kassel RegioTram Following station
Kassel-Kirchditmold 1 Scheidemannplatz
Kassel-Kirchditmold
towards Wolfhagen
4
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
towards Melsungen
5 Scheidemannplatz
Map
Location
Kassel Hauptbahnhof (Central station) is located in Hesse
Kassel Hauptbahnhof (Central station)
Kassel Hauptbahnhof (Central station)
Location within Hesse

History

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Early history

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Construction of the station building, projected by Gottlob Engelhard, started in a period between 1851 and 1856.[3] The style of the original building, bombed during World War II, was romantic neoclassical. The reconstruction, started in 1952, was completed in 1960 by the architect Friedrich Bätjer with the style of 1950s maintaining some original elements.

Recent history

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When the Deutsche Bundesbahn began constructing the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway, Kassel originally was not supposed to have a station on the line at all. When it was decided to connect the city, Kassel posed a unique problem, Kassel was a terminal station. Options were discussed, among them the remodeling of Kassel's main station and the construction of an entirely new station. On 13 November 1981 construction of the high speed rail line started on Hesse territory, and it was decided to erect the new main station in the Kassel borough of Bad Wilhelmshöhe, opened on May 29, 1991.

In 1995 [4] the station was thoroughly renovated and conceived (so far uniquely) as a Kulturbahnhof[5] (cultural station). Thus emerged – in addition to art galleries, an architecture center and restaurants – an exhibition space for comic arts, the Caricatura museum [6] and two repertory cinemas.

Train services

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The following services currently call at the station:[7]

  • Regional service RE 5 Kassel - Melsungen - Bebra - Bad Hersfeld
  • Regional service RE 30 Kassel - Wabern - Treysa - Marburg - Gießen - Frankfurt
  • Regional service RE 98 Kassel - Wabern - Treysa - Marburg - Gießen - Frankfurt
  • Local service RB 5 Kassel - Melsungen - Bebra - Fulda
  • Local service RB 39 Kassel - Wabern - Bad Wildungen
  • Local service RB 83 Kassel - Eichenberg - Göttingen
  • Tram-train service RT1 Hofgeismar-Hümme - Kassel - City Centre - Hollandische Straße
  • Tram-train service RT4 Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Kassel - City Centre - Hollandische Straße
  • Tram-train service RT5 Melsungen - Kassel - City Centre - Auestadion

Structure and transport

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Kassel Hauptbahnhof is a terminal station with 8 tracks[8] and other 3 in the tunnel station for the RegioTram[9] (a sort of Stadtbahn). The station is served by several lines of the tramway network, RegioTram and buses.

Due to its central position in the city it is a busy station, terminal of several regional DB lines:

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Tarifzonenkarte Nordhessen" (PDF). Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund. 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ (in German) History of the Hauptbahnhof on kassel.de Archived 2010-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in German) Article about the decennial of Kulturbahnhof
  5. ^ (in German) Infos about Kulturbahnhof Kassel
  6. ^ (in German) Caricatura official site
  7. ^ Timetables for Kassel Hbf station (in German)
  8. ^ (in German) Station plan of Kassel Hauptbahnhof (PDF)
  9. ^ (in German) Official site of RegioTram
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