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121_123	town’s coat of arms includes a winged wheel as a symbol of the railway.
121_124	Description
121_125	Shortly after the completion of the line, a small entrance building was built in Falkenberg on the
121_126	west side of the tracks of the Anhalt Railway. After the completion of the other two main lines, a
121_127	large entrance building was built in the angle between the east–west and north–south lines. The
121_128	building was destroyed during the Second World War. Thereafter, the original station building was
121_129	again used as the entrance building. In 1985, the building was substantially rebuilt with
121_130	significant changes to its outer shape. It later served to house station services. This building
121_131	was empty when it was sold at auction in December 2013.
121_132	In the 1970s, a new building was built south of the entrance building as a Mitropa restaurant.
121_133	After 1990, the restaurant building was closed temporarily and then used from 2000 as a kiosk
121_134	before being completely reconstructed in 2010. The restored building was inaugurated in 2011 and
121_135	now includes a restaurant and the office of the local bus operator, Lehmann-Reisen. There is also a
121_136	sales point for integrated tickets and Deutsche Bahn tickets. Before the reconstruction, a small
121_137	building used for the sale of tickets had been located north of it on a platform.
121_138	Platforms
121_139	The lower level station has five station platform tracks with track 1 next to the station building
121_140	and the others on two island platforms (track 2 and 3 on one and 4 and 5 on another). The eastern
121_141	track 5, which was previously mainly used by the trains of the Lower Lusatian Railway, is no longer
121_142	used. At the southern end of the platforms stairs lead to the upper platforms. The lower platforms
121_143	were previously connected via a pedestrian tunnel. In the summer of 2012, the tunnel was closed and
121_144	filled so that travellers now have to take the path on the upper platforms to cross between the
121_145	various lower platforms.
121_146	In the upper part there are two outside station platforms, numbered 6 and 7. Until the
121_147	reconstruction of the upper platforms carried out from 2000, there were three platform tracks;
121_148	platform 6 was about at its current location, while tracks 7 and 8 were next to an island platform.
121_149	Track network
121_150	Three electrified main lines cross in the area of the railway station: Jüterbog–Röderau and
121_151	(Węgliniec–) Horka border–Roßlau (both through the lower station) and Halle–Cottbus–Guben (upper
121_152	station). The Lower Lusatian Railway Railway, a branch line to the northeast, which is no longer
121_153	operated regularly, begins in the station.
121_154	Several connecting curves in the northeastern and southeastern parts of the station enable trains
121_155	to run between the two levels. The line from Röderau is not directly linked to the upper tracks.
121_156	The line from Wittenberg crossed the line from Jüterbog about two kilometres north of the passenger
121_157	station. The lower marshalling yard is between the two lines. The upper marshalling yard is located
121_158	east of the passenger station on the line towards Cottbus. The lower yard is designed with one
121_159	entrance/exit, while the upper yard has two ends.
121_160	Heritage
121_161	A number of buildings of the station are listed as Turmbahnhof Falkenberg ("tower station
121_162	Falkenberg") in the list of heritage buildings of the municipality of Falkenberg/Elster.
121_163	At the lower station the following objects are heritage-listed: "the water station building, signal
121_164	box ‘B 20’ including its technology, the platform canopy on platforms 1 and 3/2, the roofing of the
121_165	staircases and exits from platform 1 and 4/5, the barriers of the staircases and exits from
121_166	platforms 2/3, the kiosk on platforms 3/2 and level crossing barrier post 4a.”
121_167	The listed kiosk was acquired in 1989 by a private owner. Later, the owner took part of the former
121_168	Mitropa building as a kiosk. With the beginning of the reconstruction work, the snack bar closed on
121_169	31 August 2010 after the owner could not agree on its future use with the town.
121_170	The stairways from the platforms to the pedestrian tunnels have become unusable since the closure
121_171	of the platform tunnels. Hopes that the town of Falkenberg would be able to preserve the tunnel
121_172	were not fulfilled because the heritage listing includes only the platform equipment. The level
121_173	crossing barrier post 4a on Uebigauer Straße north of the platforms had already lost its original
121_174	function at the end of the 19th century with the construction of the overpass.
121_175	At the upper station the following objects are heritage-listed: "the water tower and water crane,
121_176	signal box ‘B 3' including its technology and the transformer tower opposite ". These objects are
121_177	located in the marshalling yard, about 1½ km east of the passenger station. The engine shed III of
121_178	the upper rail depot has been used by a private collection of locomotives since 2001.
121_179	Some other buildings in the station area are also protected as monuments. This includes the
121_180	heritage-listed "railway settlement” (Eisenbahnersiedlung) in Falkenberg, the former Bahnmeisterei
121_181	(track master’s building, now a house) north of the entrance building, as well as a "class 52 steam
121_182	locomotive and two water cranes on the north side of the railway premises". The Falkenberg/Elster
121_183	Railway Museum is also in this area.
121_184	The former signal box W 12 at Übigau station is on the list of historic monuments of the town of
121_185	Uebigau-Wahrenbrück. It is located directly next to the platforms of Uebigau station, the entrance
121_186	building of which is also a listed building.
121_187	Passenger services
121_188	Falkenberg was a stop for long-distance traffic for a long time from the time it became a railway
121_189	junction. In the north–south direction, the Berlin–Dresden railway, after its completion in 1875,
121_190	competed with the Anhalt line via Falkenberg for traffic from Berlin towards Dresden and Chemnitz.
121_191	This competition continued until the late 1960s despite the nationalisation of both companies.
121_192	Often the trains ran on the Anhalt line to Röderau station near Riesa, where it divided with one
121_193	part of the train continuing to Chemnitz and the other to Dresden, where part of it continued to
121_194	Prague. Almost all of these trains stopped in Falkenberg.
121_195	In 1930, 211,000 passengers were counted departing from Falkenberg. At that time, eight express,
121_196	six semi-fast and 42 stopping trains ran daily in different directions.
121_197	Since the late 1960s, scheduled traffic from Berlin towards Dresden and Riesa has almost
121_198	exclusively been carried on the Berlin–Dresden railway. But even after 2000, diverted trains often
121_199	ran between Berlin and Dresden via Falkenberg, but without stopping at the station.
121_200	In the east–west direction, some express and semi-fast passenger trains ran in the 1930s via
121_201	Falkenberg, such as a pair of express trains between Kassel and Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland).
121_202	Until the 1990s, a series of express trains ran in the east–west direction via Falkenberg,
121_203	including an inter-zone train between Frankfurt (Oder) and Frankfurt (Main). In the first half of
121_204	the 1990s, the rail services were harmonised in an integrated regular-interval timetable. In the
121_205	1995–96 timetable the following services operated from Falkenberg (Elster), each every two hours:
121_206	InterRegio: Leipzig–Falkenberg–Doberlug-Kirchhain–Cottbus (portions from Leipzig coming originally
121_207	from other stations)
121_208	Regional-Express: Schwedt–Berlin–Falkenberg–Ruhland–Cottbus
121_209	Regionalbahn: Leipzig–Falkenberg (with extra trains in the peak)
121_210	Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Riesa (gap in the regular interval pattern in the morning)
121_211	Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Herzberg Stadt Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Ruhland
121_212	Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Doberlug-Kirchhain–Cottbus
121_213	Regionalbahn: Lutherstadt Wittenberg–Falkenberg (with extra trains in the peak)
121_214	There were three Regional-Express trains a day from Wittenberg (with part of the train originating
121_215	in Aschersleben) to Görlitz.
121_216	The regional services beyond Herzberg Stadt (town) were discontinued as early as 1995. In April
121_217	1998, passenger services also ended between Falkenberg and Herzberg Stadt. In May 2001, the
121_218	Deutsche Bahn InterRegio service between Leipzig, Falkenberg and Cottbus was replaced by a
121_219	Regional-Express service. Passenger services between Falkenberg and Riesa ended at the timetable
121_220	change in December 2004. Over the years there have been several more service changes, including the
121_221	introduction of a Regional-Express service from Leipzig via Falkenberg to Ruhland and Hoyerswerda.
121_222	This service was introduced in December 2013 as the S 4 service of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.

121_123

town’s coat of arms includes a winged wheel as a symbol of the railway.

121_124

Description

121_125

Shortly after the completion of the line, a small entrance building was built in Falkenberg on the

121_126

west side of the tracks of the Anhalt Railway. After the completion of the other two main lines, a

121_127

large entrance building was built in the angle between the east–west and north–south lines. The

121_128

building was destroyed during the Second World War. Thereafter, the original station building was

121_129

again used as the entrance building. In 1985, the building was substantially rebuilt with

121_130

significant changes to its outer shape. It later served to house station services. This building

121_131

was empty when it was sold at auction in December 2013.

121_132

In the 1970s, a new building was built south of the entrance building as a Mitropa restaurant.

121_133

After 1990, the restaurant building was closed temporarily and then used from 2000 as a kiosk

121_134

before being completely reconstructed in 2010. The restored building was inaugurated in 2011 and

121_135

now includes a restaurant and the office of the local bus operator, Lehmann-Reisen. There is also a

121_136

sales point for integrated tickets and Deutsche Bahn tickets. Before the reconstruction, a small

121_137

building used for the sale of tickets had been located north of it on a platform.

121_138

Platforms

121_139

The lower level station has five station platform tracks with track 1 next to the station building

121_140

and the others on two island platforms (track 2 and 3 on one and 4 and 5 on another). The eastern

121_141

track 5, which was previously mainly used by the trains of the Lower Lusatian Railway, is no longer

121_142

used. At the southern end of the platforms stairs lead to the upper platforms. The lower platforms

121_143

were previously connected via a pedestrian tunnel. In the summer of 2012, the tunnel was closed and

121_144

filled so that travellers now have to take the path on the upper platforms to cross between the

121_145

various lower platforms.

121_146

In the upper part there are two outside station platforms, numbered 6 and 7. Until the

121_147

reconstruction of the upper platforms carried out from 2000, there were three platform tracks;

121_148

platform 6 was about at its current location, while tracks 7 and 8 were next to an island platform.

121_149

Track network

121_150

Three electrified main lines cross in the area of the railway station: Jüterbog–Röderau and

121_151

(Węgliniec–) Horka border–Roßlau (both through the lower station) and Halle–Cottbus–Guben (upper

121_152

station). The Lower Lusatian Railway Railway, a branch line to the northeast, which is no longer

121_153

operated regularly, begins in the station.

121_154

Several connecting curves in the northeastern and southeastern parts of the station enable trains

121_155

to run between the two levels. The line from Röderau is not directly linked to the upper tracks.

121_156

The line from Wittenberg crossed the line from Jüterbog about two kilometres north of the passenger

121_157

station. The lower marshalling yard is between the two lines. The upper marshalling yard is located

121_158

east of the passenger station on the line towards Cottbus. The lower yard is designed with one

121_159

entrance/exit, while the upper yard has two ends.

121_160

Heritage

121_161

A number of buildings of the station are listed as Turmbahnhof Falkenberg ("tower station

121_162

Falkenberg") in the list of heritage buildings of the municipality of Falkenberg/Elster.

121_163

At the lower station the following objects are heritage-listed: "the water station building, signal

121_164

box ‘B 20’ including its technology, the platform canopy on platforms 1 and 3/2, the roofing of the

121_165

staircases and exits from platform 1 and 4/5, the barriers of the staircases and exits from

121_166

platforms 2/3, the kiosk on platforms 3/2 and level crossing barrier post 4a.”

121_167

The listed kiosk was acquired in 1989 by a private owner. Later, the owner took part of the former

121_168

Mitropa building as a kiosk. With the beginning of the reconstruction work, the snack bar closed on

121_169

31 August 2010 after the owner could not agree on its future use with the town.

121_170

The stairways from the platforms to the pedestrian tunnels have become unusable since the closure

121_171

of the platform tunnels. Hopes that the town of Falkenberg would be able to preserve the tunnel

121_172

were not fulfilled because the heritage listing includes only the platform equipment. The level

121_173

crossing barrier post 4a on Uebigauer Straße north of the platforms had already lost its original

121_174

function at the end of the 19th century with the construction of the overpass.

121_175

At the upper station the following objects are heritage-listed: "the water tower and water crane,

121_176

signal box ‘B 3' including its technology and the transformer tower opposite ". These objects are

121_177

located in the marshalling yard, about 1½ km east of the passenger station. The engine shed III of

121_178

the upper rail depot has been used by a private collection of locomotives since 2001.

121_179

Some other buildings in the station area are also protected as monuments. This includes the

121_180

heritage-listed "railway settlement” (Eisenbahnersiedlung) in Falkenberg, the former Bahnmeisterei

121_181

(track master’s building, now a house) north of the entrance building, as well as a "class 52 steam

121_182

locomotive and two water cranes on the north side of the railway premises". The Falkenberg/Elster

121_183

Railway Museum is also in this area.

121_184

The former signal box W 12 at Übigau station is on the list of historic monuments of the town of

121_185

Uebigau-Wahrenbrück. It is located directly next to the platforms of Uebigau station, the entrance

121_186

building of which is also a listed building.

121_187

Passenger services

121_188

Falkenberg was a stop for long-distance traffic for a long time from the time it became a railway

121_189

junction. In the north–south direction, the Berlin–Dresden railway, after its completion in 1875,

121_190

competed with the Anhalt line via Falkenberg for traffic from Berlin towards Dresden and Chemnitz.

121_191

This competition continued until the late 1960s despite the nationalisation of both companies.

121_192

Often the trains ran on the Anhalt line to Röderau station near Riesa, where it divided with one

121_193

part of the train continuing to Chemnitz and the other to Dresden, where part of it continued to

121_194

Prague. Almost all of these trains stopped in Falkenberg.

121_195

In 1930, 211,000 passengers were counted departing from Falkenberg. At that time, eight express,

121_196

six semi-fast and 42 stopping trains ran daily in different directions.

121_197

Since the late 1960s, scheduled traffic from Berlin towards Dresden and Riesa has almost

121_198

exclusively been carried on the Berlin–Dresden railway. But even after 2000, diverted trains often

121_199

ran between Berlin and Dresden via Falkenberg, but without stopping at the station.

121_200

In the east–west direction, some express and semi-fast passenger trains ran in the 1930s via

121_201

Falkenberg, such as a pair of express trains between Kassel and Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland).

121_202

Until the 1990s, a series of express trains ran in the east–west direction via Falkenberg,

121_203

including an inter-zone train between Frankfurt (Oder) and Frankfurt (Main). In the first half of

121_204

the 1990s, the rail services were harmonised in an integrated regular-interval timetable. In the

121_205

1995–96 timetable the following services operated from Falkenberg (Elster), each every two hours:

121_206

InterRegio: Leipzig–Falkenberg–Doberlug-Kirchhain–Cottbus (portions from Leipzig coming originally

121_207

from other stations)

121_208

Regional-Express: Schwedt–Berlin–Falkenberg–Ruhland–Cottbus

121_209

Regionalbahn: Leipzig–Falkenberg (with extra trains in the peak)

121_210

Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Riesa (gap in the regular interval pattern in the morning)

121_211

Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Herzberg Stadt Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Ruhland

121_212

Regionalbahn: Falkenberg–Doberlug-Kirchhain–Cottbus

121_213

Regionalbahn: Lutherstadt Wittenberg–Falkenberg (with extra trains in the peak)

121_214

There were three Regional-Express trains a day from Wittenberg (with part of the train originating

121_215

in Aschersleben) to Görlitz.

121_216

The regional services beyond Herzberg Stadt (town) were discontinued as early as 1995. In April

121_217

1998, passenger services also ended between Falkenberg and Herzberg Stadt. In May 2001, the

121_218

Deutsche Bahn InterRegio service between Leipzig, Falkenberg and Cottbus was replaced by a

121_219

Regional-Express service. Passenger services between Falkenberg and Riesa ended at the timetable

121_220

change in December 2004. Over the years there have been several more service changes, including the

121_221

introduction of a Regional-Express service from Leipzig via Falkenberg to Ruhland and Hoyerswerda.

121_222

This service was introduced in December 2013 as the S 4 service of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.