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56-507: The Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company received a concession on 14 January 1842 from the Prussian government to build the 58 km long railway line from Magdeburg–Oschersleben–Halberstadt line , which opened on 15 July 1843. Under a treaty between Prussia and the Kingdom of Hanover , it had already secured the right to continue the line to Brunswick and Hanover . The MHE was one of

112-561: A double set on the Magdeburg−Halberstadt section. While one portion continues to Thale, the second portion continues either to Blankenburg or Vienenburg . The intervening stations between Magdeburg and Oschersleben are served during the peak hour and every two hours during the non-peak with a travel time of about 40 minutes. The express trains to Halberstadt stop only in Oschersleben and Nienhagen (b. Halberstadt) , with

168-663: A high supplement. They were therefore only within the reach of a small group of customers. Within Germany, apart from the DB the Cologne-Bonn Railways ran Schnellzüge on its network until 1975. These trains achieved journey times between Cologne and Bonn that were comparable to those of the DB. A D-Zug supplement was payable on these trains. The DB still occasionally runs D-Züge in night services, especially to Germany's eastern European neighbours ( D-Nacht ). Some of

224-429: A higher fare for the first time in order to compensate for the higher crew costs of night-time through trains. Up to 1889 fast train services were given the letter S for Schnellzug (express train, plural: Schnellzüge ) or K for Kurierzug (courier train). From 1889 all such services in Germany were given the standard letter S . From 1892 a new train category with especially comfortable express coaches appeared:

280-519: A large children's play area. The Allgäu between Dortmund and Oberstdorf and the Berchtesgadener Land between Dortmund and Berchtesgaden also incorporated such coaches later on. The demise of FD-Züge came in the early 1990s as more and more IR, IC and ICE trains served the holiday regions. FD-Züge in summer 1983: FD-Züge in summer 1988: The East German Deutsche Reichsbahn has had the train category Ex ( Expresszüge ) since

336-540: A restaurant, was demolished in spring 2009. Thale Musestieg station was opened on 18 December 2001. The Thale station is a terminus built directly on the edge of the Harz. In 1907 an additional station was opened at Thale-Bodetal. From the Thale station there was once a connection through the Thale steel works to the adjacent line to Blankenburg. Of its three platforms only one is now used for scheduled services. Services on

392-765: A summer camp in the Harz mountains. In the 1970s, four pairs of trains per day ran on the Magdeburg–Halberstadt section to or from Berlin , with some coaches to or from Thale. On 29 October 1988, the last scheduled steam-hauled train operated by East Germany railways ran between Thale and Halberstadt. In 1992, trains operated every two hours between Halberstadt, Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder) with trains stopping at all stations between Magdeburg and Thale; some additional services operated in busy periods. In 1995 long-distance services between Magdeburg and Halberstadt were stopped completely and were replaced by Regional-Express services, operating hourly. A collision between

448-592: A travel time of about 43 to 48 minutes. On weekends, the Harz-Berlin-Express (HBX) provides a direct connection between the Harz and Berlin. During the weekend (Fridays to Sundays), the train from Thale leave in the late afternoon and is coupled in Halberstadt with a train portion that comes from Vienenburg. The journeys from Berlin Ostbahnhof to the Harz start on Saturdays and Sundays in

504-436: Is also connected to the local tram and bus networks. The railway tracks in Halberstadt station were modernized in recent years. Wegeleben station used to have a lobby and a restaurant. After the change passenger numbers decreased and these facilities were closed. Further modifications were made, and in 2007 the station was modernized. It now has two platforms, a bypass track and new signalling systems. Quedlinburg station

560-571: Is also duplicated, as part of the upgrading of the Halle–Halberstadt railway for tilting train operations. The rest of the line is single track. Magdeburg's main railway station was opened in 1873. Oschersleben station is the most important station on the line to Halberstadt. It was built together with the construction of the line to Brunswick . The southern side of the V-shaped station (German: Keilbahnhof ) serves trains to Halberstadt and

616-526: Is an express train in German-speaking countries. The term is used both generically and also as a specific train type . In Germany and Austria it is also referred to colloquially as a D-Zug , a short form of Durchgangszug ("through train"), and express train services were often given numbers preceded by the letter D . The similar term, snälltåg , was used in Sweden until January 1980. On

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672-478: The Durchgangszug or D-Zug (plural: D-Züge ). Originally these were trains in which one could walk right through from end to end by means of bellows-type corridor connectors between coaches and side corridors or centre aisles within coaches, unlike the hitherto usual compartment coaches with doors on each side of the compartment, but no access to the next coach. The first D-Züge ran on 1 May 1892 on

728-644: The Rheinpfeil ( Dortmund to Munich ) were both initially classed as F-Zug services between 1962 and 1965, before they were upgraded to the TEE category. The City-D-Zug ( DC ) was introduced by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in its 1973 summer timetable. These trains were supposed to connect three times a day to the economic centres linked by the IC network, as feeder trains to that railway system. However

784-543: The Deutsche Bundesbahn procured D-Zug coaches of the later UIC type X . Coaches of similar design were ordered by the ÖBB in 1957 and the SBB in 1969. On 1 January 1968 the Deutsche Bundesbahn abolished the supplementary fare for D-Zug services for journeys over 80 kilometres and, from 1979, for journeys over 50 kilometres. The demand for D-Zug links steadily reduced from 1979. In the 1982 summer timetable

840-629: The Eurofima project with its standard, high-comfort coaches ( Eurofima-Wagen ) for six European countries. In 1978 the DB axed this train category. Many trains continued to run on as normal D-Züge , several of them being integrated into the Interregio network 10–15 years later (e.g. the Emden–Münster–Hagen–Gießen–Frankfurt/Main service). The FernExpress was a train type with 1st and 2nd class passenger classes and

896-669: The Frankfurt – Kreiensen – Berlin route and an Aachen –Berlin service ran on the section in 1929/30. In the same period a pair of long-distance trains used Fernschnellzug on the Basel – Berlin used the line. In 1967, the Langenweddingen rail disaster occurred on the line, the worst in the history of East Germany . The accident involved a bi-level train hitting a tanker truck at a level crossing, resulting in an explosion that killed 94 people, many of them children on their way to

952-586: The Harz-Elbe Express and a freight train on the line on 29 January 2011 killed 10 people and injured 23. The halts of Hordorf, Krottorf and Groß Quenstedt have not been served since the timetable change on 9 December 2012. The track is not electrified, except for the short section between Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof and Magdeburg-Buckau . It has duplicated sections from Hadmersleben to shortly before Oschersleben and between Krottorf and Groß Quenstedt . The section between Halberstadt and Wegeleben

1008-783: The ICE , the Intercity and the Interregio trains (whose original designation during the planning phase was XD ), the latter having been replaced meanwhile in Germany by Intercity services. The first luxury express train was the Orient Express which ran for the first time on 5 June 1883 from Paris to Vienna. It was followed on 9 May 1896 by the Nord Express from Paris to Saint Petersburg . These expresses only had first class accommodation, and could only be used on payment of

1064-500: The Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company was acquired by the Prussian state after shareholders had approved the takeover bid with the necessary two-thirds majority (13,140 to 6,441 votes). Magdeburg%E2%80%93Thale railway The Magdeburg–Thale railway is a predominantly single-track, non-electrified main line railway that connects Thale , in the northern Harz , with Magdeburg ,

1120-794: The Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company acquired 55-hectares of land for the construction of Magdeburg station . The western entrance building built by the Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg Railway was shared by the MHE. In 1873, the MHE opened the Uelzen–Stendal section of the America Line , and assumed responsibility for the management of the whole line. The MHE acquired of the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company on 17 March 1876. In December 1879

1176-706: The SBB RABDe 500 class. Until its demise on 9 June 2007 the Diretto in Italy was one of the most important categories, filling the gap between local and long-distance traffic. The Diretto had the role of travelling directly from A to B, but served medium-sized stations (unlike the InterCity ). The Diretto can be compared to the Austrian Regionalexpress (REX) services. In former years there

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1232-650: The Second World War a new train type, the so-called Schnellzug für Fronturlauber ("military express train", literally the "express train for those on leave from the front") or SF-Zug was created. These expresses took the shortest route between the Wehrmacht 's operational theatres (including France, Greece and the Soviet Union) and the Deutsche Reich . Some SF-Zug services were open to

1288-504: The Wehrmacht reserved several coaches for its own use. On 23 January 1945 all express train services in Germany were suspended. Only international trains from Berlin to Copenhagen and Prague continued to run until April 1945. On 22 September 1945 the first express trains to run after the end of the war worked in the US zone between Frankfurt am Main and Munich . As early as 1952

1344-588: The (new) 1st class. The trains always included a dining car or coach with a buffet section that was managed by the DSG . To begin with, on the Rhine railway, some trains were combined in up to four sets and operated using pre-war VT 04 and VT 06 and the new post-war VT 08 diesel multiple units . As well as DMUs, locomotive-hauled trains of 3 to 5 pre-war coaches were also used. These were steel-bodied, standard coaches ( Einheitswagen ) of various types. The interiors of

1400-613: The 1950s. These were express trains with few stops, similar to the DB's F-Zug services, but offering both 1st and 2nd class. An Expresszug supplement was payable in addition to the Schnellzug fare. After it had disappeared during the 1960s in domestic services, it was re-introduced in the 1969/70 timetable with the arrival of the DR Class VT 18.16 express DMUs. Ex-Züge in the DR in 1972: The international trains were converted in

1456-716: The MHE access to the Westphalian line and thus to the Ruhr . With the purchase of more railways—including the highly profitable Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway —the line grew to a length of 1,024 kilometres in 1879. Thus the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway was at the time of its nationalization the largest private railway company in Germany. In 1870, the MHE together with the Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg Railway Company and

1512-529: The SBB network until the timetable change on 12 December 2004, when it was replaced by the terms RegioExpress and InterRegio which can be used in all its official languages. One year later the Rhaetian Railway ( RhB ) followed suit. This process had started a long time before, when the Schnellzug category began to be replaced initially by the InterCity type, some of which have become InterCity-Neigezug ( ICN ) or Intercity tilting trains of

1568-541: The capital of Saxony-Anhalt . Its eastern section between Magdeburg and Halberstadt was opened in 1843 and it is one of the oldest railways in Germany . The Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company ( German : Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft , MHE) opened the Magdeburg – Halberstadt line on 15 July 1843. The extension from Halberstadt to Thale was opened in 1862. Its original terminus in Magdeburg

1624-698: The coaches from the Henschel-Wegmann train . With the delivery of new coaches of the later UIC Type X, the pre-war coaches were superseded in Fernzug service. The blue F-Zug livery was adopted later as the paint scheme for the new 1st class coaches. For these very fast trains which stopped at just a few stations – as in FD times – a special Fernschnellzug supplement was payable. The Fernzüge were replaced in 1971 by Intercity trains. The famous TEE Rheingold which ran from Amsterdam to Geneva and

1680-410: The compartments and corridors of these coaches were refurbished and given new carpets. The external livery was changed from the standard bottle green to steel blue ( RAL 5011). In addition the words Deutsche Bundesbahn or, if the coaches were only used on domestic routes, the initials DB were mounted on the sides in silver letters. In all at least 76 coaches were converted for this role. They included

1736-460: The concept was not a success because they were timetabled to meet the two-hourly IC trains that only had 1st class services, leaving 2nd class passengers hanging around for their connexions. In addition, the coaching stock of DC-Züge was no better than the general standard for normal express trains. An initiative to develop special luxury coaches specifically for the DC-Zug was dropped in favour of

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1792-620: The delivery of centre-door ( Mitteleinstieg ) and Halberstädter express coaches were the, by now obsolete, Rekowagen cascaded to less important duties. For the 1951 summer timetable the DB introduced a new class of train: the Fernzug ("long-distance train"). These trains linked the economic centres of the German Federal Republic with one another. The trains were initially given the "old" FD designation and, on 22 May 1955, F for Fernzug and operated until 1956 with 1st and 2nd class coaches; and thereafter exclusively with

1848-487: The following routes: They comprised 1st and 2nd class coaches, dining and sleeping cars (on night trains). They were meant to be not only very comfortable but also particularly punctual. A supplement of 2 marks was payable on D-Zug services. In 1894, the first D-Zug with third class coaches ran between Berlin and East Prussia . By 1917 almost all Schnellzüge in Germany had been gradually reclassified as D-Züge or converted to supplement-free fast-stopping trains,

1904-453: The general public. This category was the SFR-Zug ( Schnellzug für Fronturlauber mit Reisezugteil or "military express with passenger section"). Because there were not enough SF-Zug services to meet the Wehrmacht's transportation requirements, numerous express trains were modified into DmW-Züge or Schnellzüge mit Wehrmachtsteil (express trains with military sections), in which

1960-613: The historic abbreviation FD , which was introduced by the DB for its 1983 summer timetable. These trains, which had individual names, mainly linked the Hamburg area or the Ruhrgebiet with holiday resorts in southern Germany. Some also travelled abroad. The 2nd class coaches in these trains all comprised former non-airconditioned IC compartment coaches of the Bm type , that became available when they were replaced in Intercity services by

2016-456: The journey in 16 hours. Three months later, on 1 August 1851, the first night train ran from Berlin to Bromberg . The Prussian state demanded a country-wide network of night trains; consequently the various railway companies started up fast courier trains in the years that followed (1852 to 1854), from Berlin to Breslau , Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg and Cologne. Passengers on the night-time courier trains between Berlin and Frankfurt had to pay

2072-537: The line have been operated since 11 December 2005 for an initial twelve years by Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt as part of the Nordharznetz (north Harz network). LINT  41 and LINT 27 sets have been used. The services run under the name of HEX ( Harz-Elbe-Express ) hourly in each direction, including on the weekend. Trains cross in Blumenberg, Halberstadt and Quedlinburg. The express train operates as

2128-516: The line to Quedlinburg. The line between Magdeburg and Langenweddingen would be upgraded to be used by a service of the S-Bahn Mittelelbe (Central Elbe S-Bahn) and a new halt would be built at Gewerbegebiet Osterweddingen. In return, it is planned to drop the stop in Blumenberg. The upgrade started in 2015. Construction section 2.1 Oschersleben–Halberstadt was put into operation in 2016 and construction section 2.2 Blumenberg–Oschersleben

2184-498: The majority of D-Züge at that time ran with 1st, 2nd and 3rd class coaches. FD services were withdrawn on 22 August 1939. From 1933, FD trains were joined by express railcars of the Flying Hamburger type. These trains were classed as FDt or Fernschnellzug mit Triebwagen ("long-distance express train with railcar") and usually offered 2nd class accommodation only. These services ceased on 22 August 1939. During

2240-402: The morning and on Sundays in the evening. The Magdeburg–Halberstadt section is being raised to a consistent for a speed of 120 km/h. The time for trains running from Magdeburg to Halberstadt would be reduced to only 40 minutes. The Halberstadt–Wegeleben section is already upgraded for use by tilt trains and for operation at the higher speeds. 100 km/h can already be achieved on

2296-503: The most profitable German private railways, and two-digit dividends were the rule in the 1860s; it even paid dividends to its shareholders of over 20 percent at times. The expansion phase of the railway began in 1863 when—at first as a defence against growing competition—it acquired the adjacent lines of the Magdeburg-Wittenberge Railway ( Magdeburg-Wittenbergesche Eisenbahn ). Critical to the competitiveness of

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2352-440: The new air-conditioned open coaches . The all 1st class coaches were also taken from the IC fleet, the restaurant cars comprised QuickPick buffet cars, later also the half-buffet cars, type ARmz . They were joined in most cases by second class through coaches to other holiday destinations. The FD train, Königssee , between Hamburg and Berchtesgaden also included a so-called Kinderland-Wagen ("children's world coach") that had

2408-535: The northern side formerly served trains to Jerxheim and Brunswick and the trains of the Oschersleben–Schöningen railway . The station building is located between the tracks and originally contained the customs and passport control facilities for travelling between the Duchy of Brunswick and the Kingdom of Prussia . After the division of Germany after 1945, the route to Jerxheim was closed and in consequence

2464-543: The northern side of the station lost most of its purpose. Until 1991, a few daily passenger trains shuttled from there to the border town of Gunsleben. In recent years a few trains from Magdeburg terminated on the north side of the station. Meanwhile, the tracks and the large reception hall on the north side are virtually unused. Halberstadt station is a major transfer point to the northern Harz rail network. There are interchanges to Halle , Magdeburg, Hanover , Thale, Hildesheim , Goslar and Blankenburg . Halberstadt station

2520-604: The railway companies shied away from their higher running costs. In 1861 the first express train ran from Vienna to Budapest , in 1862 express services began on the Vienna to Dresden line via Prague and in 1868 the first express ran from Vienna via Krakau and Lemberg to Bucharest . In 1887 3rd class coaches appeared in express trains for the first time, whilst the Hungarian expresses were made up exclusively of 1st and 2nd class accommodation until 1912. Later, in addition to

2576-883: The railway networks operated by the Deutsche Bahn (DB), the Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) today, express trains are divided into categories such as Eurocity , Intercity , Interregio etc. The DB still occasionally runs D-Zug services in night trains ( D-Nacht ), especially those to its eastern European neighbours, and as relief trains. Museum services running on DB routes are also given D-Zug numbers. ÖBB runs D-Züge on main routes from/to Vienna on weekends and during rush hours. The first German express train ran on 1 May 1851 between Berlin and Deutz am Rhein (today part of Cologne ) and completed

2632-765: The railway within Prussia was the connection from Berlin to Hamburg and Bremen . In 1867, it obtained the concession for the construction of a line from Berlin via Stendal to Lehrte , known as the Lehrter Bahn (Lehrte Railway). It completed the line on 1 December 1871, including the Lehrter Bahnhof (station) in Berlin. Acquisition of the Hanover-Altenbeken Railway Company ( Hannover-Altenbekener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ) gave

2688-658: The so-called Eilzüge . The only standard fare trains which did not stop at all stations were the beschleunigte Personenzüge ( BP ) or "fast passenger trains". A few Schnellzüge remained in Bavaria where they attracted supplementary fares on the Munich - Mittenwald - Innsbruck line; these did not become D-Züge until 1929. From 1923 very fast trains were grouped into a new Fernschnellzug ( FD-Zug ) or "long-distance express train" category and only offered 1st and 2nd class accommodation (e. g. FD Rheingold ), whilst

2744-866: The supplement was abolished on most of the DB's D-Zug routes. Within the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany , the Schnellzug remained the primary long-distance service. A two-tier supplementary fare (Zone I up to 300 kilometres - 3 marks, Zone II over 300 - 5 marks) was retained until the inception of the 1991 summer timetable. Until the 1980s, the majority of express trains on domestic routes in East Germany comprised eight-wheeled Rekowagen ("reconstructed coaches"), reinforced by 1st class Modernisierungswagen ("modernised coaches"). Modernisierungswagen and Y coaches were mainly employed in high-grade and international services. Not until

2800-562: The supposed D-Nacht-Züge comprise only a few through coaches, which are coupled to other night trains . This train category does however have the advantage that they are not bound by the fare regulations of night trains, but are treated as normal long-distance services. As a result, they are used inter alia in southern Germany as a substitute for late IC connexions that are operated by DB Autozug rather than DB Fernverkehr . Many night trains run as D-Nacht services into Germany's eastern European neighbours. One provider of night express trains

2856-458: The usual Schnellzug , the Expresszug ( Ex ) category was introduced along with ÖBB Class 4010 express multiple units ( Triebwagenschnellzug or TS ). These have been replaced in recent years by the new Eurocity and Intercity train types. In night services, most Schnellzüge have become EuroNight trains. In Switzerland the Schnellzug train category was not entirely dropped from

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2912-497: The years that followed to normal D-Züge again. The most famous representatives of the Expresszug category were the Städteexpress trains introduced in 1976. In 1987 the new category Interexpress ( IEx ) emerged for international service, to which normal D-Zug fares applied. The first Austrian express train ( Schnellzug ) ran in 1857 from Vienna to Trieste . In Austria they emerged later than in Germany, because

2968-503: Was also the Rapido long-distance, supplementary fare service, which only stopped at important stations. This type of train was later replaced by the Intercity . Occasionally the D-Zug category is still used today for day trips with special trains. In the bulk of railway services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland it only exists as a successor to the Schnellzug in the form of trains like

3024-438: Was at the Elbbahnhof (Elbe station) on the Schleinufer, which had been built by the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company ( Magdeburg-Leipziger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ). The Magdeburg Centralbahnhof (central station, called the Hauptbahnhof since 1895) was not built until the 1870s. The Magdeburg–Oschersleben section also served long-distance traffic until the division of Germany . A pair of express trains ( Durchgangszug ) on

3080-551: Was built in 1863 as a through station. In 2004 the Frose–Quedlinburg line closed. In 2006 the extension of the metre gauge Selke Valley Railway was opened from Gernrode by adapting the abandoned standard gauge line. Thus, it is possible to change to narrow gauge trains to Gernrode and Eisfelder Talmühle . Platform 1 west from 1908 to 1969 served the line to Thale Bodetal and Blankenburg . Neinstedt station formerly had two platform tracks and freight tracks, but now has only one track. The former station building, which included

3136-419: Was planned to be completed on 27 March 2017. The new bridge over the B 246 to the east of the Oschersleben (Bode) station has been usable since March 2017 and the road under it to be opened in November 2017. The opening of construction section 1 Magdeburg–Blumenberg was scheduled for 2018. Overall, the Magdeburg–Halberstadt upgrade is estimated to cost €55 million. Durchgangszug A Schnellzug

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