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central station to replace the
Wettiner StraĂe station. This would have had 17 through platform tracks and three terminal platforms and have been 400 metres-long and 186.5 metres-wide and oriented parallel with KönneritzstraĂe. An entrance building would have been built on the eastern side towards the centre of the old town. In successive drafts the dimensions were reduced somewhat by reducing the platform space for luggage, but the original draft was substantially maintained. A main objective of the planned restructuring of the railway node was to allow trains to run on the eastâwest route between
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crossings created major traffic problems. By the late 1880s, all railways to
Dresden had been nationalised and it was decided to fundamentally restructure the Dresden railway node. Under the leadership of building manager Otto Klette, it was agreed that this would involve the creation of a new central train station, but for a long time a consensus could not be reached on the site. After the Elbe flood in March 1845, the inspector of surveys Karl Pressler had suggested the relocation of the
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Its central location within
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Previously, reconstruction of the station as a central station had been discussed again. The large-scale destruction of
Dresden would have allowed a far-reaching reorganisation of the railway systems and so in 1946 and 1947 several plans were drawn up over a few years for a new generously dimensioned
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the structure of the train shed was greatly affected. However, the damage was not so severe that it would have justified the demolition of the train shed, including three corner pylons, that was completed in 1953. Just one of four pylons was preserved, because it contained the flue for the station's
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have run since mid-2002 under the train tracks and now stop in front of the platform at the entrance in
JahnstraĂe (street). The new platforms 1 and 2 were completed in January 2003 and platforms 3 and 4 in October 2004. An additional pedestrian tunnel, which had not initially been planned, was also
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Hauptbahnhof. The station hall was flanked by four turrets ornamented with pillars, which supported the train shed. Large arched windows adorned the long sides of the train shed. Located at the entrance to the elevated tracks at street level were ticket counters, baggage handling facilities,
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and therefore was not considered to be consistent with the socialist system. Therefore, the station was renamed
Dresden-Mitte on 20 July 1946. Little changed in the following 40 years. No platform canopies remained, but the tracks and the buildings were designed for a covered station and rainwater
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S-Bahn stations, this station received a 100-metre-long and 36 metre-wide concourse that spanned all six tracks. Tracks 1 and 4 were reserved for suburban traffic and tracks 2 and 3 for long-distance through traffic. Tracks 5 and 6 were reserved for freight; trains running to the south could reach
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near Cotta so that the former riverbed could be used for a
Dresden central station. This plan was taken up and the former riverbed was used for a connection line between the Dresden railway stations, but instead of a central station, a simple station for suburban services was built in the area of
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Dresden Mitte station is a through station with four platform edges. S-Bahn trains stop only on tracks 1 and 2. Tracks 3 and 4 are used as a stop for regional trains and for through traffic. Two other tracks on the eastern side of the station serve freight traffic. On the southern approach to the
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planned the reconstruction of
Dresden, which would have included a new central station in place of Wettiner StraĂe station. The proposed station would have had enormous dimensions, the new station would have been 300 metres long and 200 metres wide with an oversized courtyard and spacious streets
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Dresden followed no master plan. Rather, each private railway company built its own station as a terminus of its long-distance operations, so that there were four different poorly-linked long-distance stations in Dresden in 1875. In addition, the many level
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without reversing in Dresden. Why these plans were not ultimately carried out, cannot be answered with certainty, however, financial problems, material shortages, labour shortages and general planning uncertainty during socio-political change are cited as possible reasons.
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waiting rooms and restaurants, as are found at Dresden-Neustadt station. The fact that a local railway station had such extensive facilities is an indication of its importance for professional and commercial activity.
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on the border between the districts of Wilsdruffer Vorstadt and Friedrichstadt. In the immediate vicinity are the Internationales Congress Center Dresden, the former cigarette factory
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From 1891 to September 1893, the WeiĂeritz was relocated and the current Mitte station was opened provisionally for through traffic on 1 August 1896. The inauguration of
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intended for rallies and marches. Nearby between Freiberger StraĂe and EhrlichstraĂe there would have been another area for rallies called the
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branches through the Dresden-Friedrichstadt freight yard. North of the station is the Marien bridge over the
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651:(Dresden State Operetta) is also located near the station on the site of the former central power plant.
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Peter Hilbert (24 December 2011). "Rotes Steinwunder".
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Northern track field with the exit to the Marien bridge
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1049:(in German). Stadtmuseum Dresden. p. 126.
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939:: Flughafen â Dresden â Pirna
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346:Dresden Hbf
324:Dresden Hbf
298:Cottbus Hbf
276:Hoyerswerda
254:Dresden Hbf
134:(km 19.262)
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80:Coordinates
1276:Categories
1235:References
164:DS100 code
92:13°43âČ27âłE
89:51°03âČ23âłN
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667:WeiĂeritz
389:Zgorzelec
142:Platforms
1160:5 August
1103:4 August
1097:Die Welt
739:Chemnitz
627:Location
562:towards
545:Terminus
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184:Category
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655:History
637:Yenidze
601:Dresden
433:Görlitz
411:Liberec
203:History
193:Website
178:8013444
117:Line(s)
75:Germany
68:Dresden
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687:Berlin
639:, the
619:, and
481:Schöna
455:Zittau
357:Trilex
208:Opened
72:Saxony
978:(PDF)
957:Notes
909:RB 61
898:RB 60
887:RE 50
876:RE 18
865:RE 15
784:Trams
721:Nazis
690:both
514:Pirna
443:RB 61
421:RB 60
334:RE 50
286:RE 18
264:RE 15
1259:ISBN
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1162:2015
1105:2015
1008:ISBN
990:2023
854:RE 2
843:RE 1
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741:and
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399:RE 2
377:RE 1
174:IBNR
158:1345
948:S 8
935:S 2
922:S 1
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522:S 2
489:S 1
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