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Bahnhof Riesa

Bahnhof Riesa (Riesa railway station) is a passenger station of the town of Riesa in the German state of Saxony. The Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie (Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company) opened Riesa station as part of the Oschatz–Riesa section of the Leipzig–Dresden railway in November 1838. The first station building was added in 1844. The Riesa–Chemnitz railway, which branched off to the south from the existing line, was opened in 1847. At the same time a second station was built in Riesa with a separate entrance building.The current railway station building was constructed as part of this work. The passenger station is located between the freight yard to the west and the bridge over the Elbe to the east. It has five through platform tracks (1–5) and five terminal platform tracks The station was connected to the nearby Riesa–Elsterwerda and the Riesa–Nossen railway lines in 1875 and 1877. The latter was officially closed in 2007, although passenger services had already been discontinued in 1998. From 1889 to 1924, the station forecourt was the starting point of a metre-gauge horse-drawn tram that ran to the Rathausplatz (Town Hall Square). Due to the hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, it was shut down and replaced by a bus service in 1923. In May 1970, Riesa station was connected to the electric railway network with the electrification of the Leipzig–Dresden line. In 1995 it was decided to establish a platform for long-distance services in Riesa. The development of the station forms part of the third stage of Verkehrsprojektes Deutsche Einheit (The German Unity Transport Project) no. 9.  Now Riesa is a regular stop for Intercity and Intercity-Express services.


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