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10-418: Ruhland station is a major railway junction, for freight and for passenger services. The hourly 4-way connection between locomotive-hauled passenger services converging from Hoyerswerda, Cottbus, Leipzig and Dresden is a most impressive sight. It was first mentioned in 1317. The town was at various times ruled by Bohemian, Hungarian, Saxon and Polish monarchs, before it was annexed by Prussia in 1815. In 1705,

20-761: Is a type of local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany . It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (R) train categories in neighboring Austria and Switzerland , respectively. Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks - these may only call at selected stations. Thus, they rank below the Regional-Express train, which regularly stops only at selected stations on its route. RB trains are subject to franchising by

30-808: The Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany . This Brandenburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ruhland station Ruhland station is located in the town of Ruhland in northwestern Upper Lusatia in the south of the German state of Brandenburg on the Großenhain–Cottbus railway and the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway . The station is a heritage-listed building. The Cottbus-Großenhain Railway Company ( Cottbus-Großenhainer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft )

40-580: The Province of Lower Silesia , the Duchy of Anhalt and the Kingdom of Saxony , is only a stop for regional traffic. On 31 January 2016, reconstruction work began on the tracks and platforms. The dilapidated bridges on Elsterbogen-Bernsdorfer Straße were to be replaced and the L 57 would be lowered, allowing increase use by road transport. Ruhland station has a significant role in handling traffic to and from

50-570: The federal states of Germany; whilst many RB trains are still operated by DB Regio , the local traffic division of the former monopolist Deutsche Bahn , franchises often go to other companies, like Abellio Deutschland , Eurobahn or Transdev Germany . There is no obligation to use the term Regionalbahn for basic local services; some private rail operators therefore use their own names to denote their trains. RB services make use of vastly different types of rolling stock; on electrified lines, double-deck cars or EMUs may be used, DMUs like

60-642: The Kohlfurt (now Węgliniec )–Horka–Ruhland railway line on 1 June 1874. Ruhland became an important hub in the Prussian railway network. On 1 September 1883 the company and Ruhland station were taken over by the Prussian state. It operated direct trains to Magdeburg , Breslau (now Wrocław ) in Lower Silesia , Dresden , Prague and Cottbus . Today, the station, which was once a hub of services between

70-788: The premises of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH , which is about three kilometres away in the neighbouring town of Schwarzheide . Currently about 60,000 freight movements are handled annually at the station. In 1875, the Upper Lusatian Railway Company opened a branch line from Ruhland to the Lauchhammer iron works that later connected to the Zschipkau-Finsterwalde Railway ( Schipkau-Finsterwalder Eisenbahn , ZFE). Passenger services closed in 1962. The section from Ruhland to Lauchhammer Ost still serves as an industrial siding, mainly for handling

80-516: The town was visited twice by Augustus II the Strong . From 1815 to 1825, Ruhland was part of the Province of Brandenburg , from 1825 to 1919 of the Province of Silesia , from 1919 to 1938 of the Province of Lower Silesia , again from 1938 to 1941 of the Province of Silesia and again from 1941 to 1945 of the Province of Lower Silesia. From 1945 to 1952 it was part of Saxony and from 1952 to 1990 of

90-752: The traffic from BASF Schwarzheide to and from BASF’s factories in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . The following services stop at Ruhland station (as of 25 June 2024): A pair of Regionalbahn RB 49 services from Cottbus to Falkenberg (Elster) is extended daily to/from Stralsund via Berlin as Regional-Express RE 5. The station is also connected by several bus services: routes 601 (Senftenberg–Lauchammer), 610 (Ruhland–Großräschen), 611 (Schwarzheide–Ruhland–Guteborn–Hosena/Jannowitz) and 609 (Schwarzheide–Buckersdorf/Großmehlen/Ortrand). Regionalbahn The Regionalbahn ( German: [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlˌbaːn] ; lit. Regional train; abbreviated RB )

100-549: Was founded at the end of the 19th century by the railway financier Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal . Ruhland station began operations with the opening of the Großenhain–Cottbus railway on 20 April 1870. It became the administrative seat of the Upper Lusatian Railway Company ( Oberlausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ), when it was established on 11 October 1871. The Upper Lusatian Railway opened

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