Aerial picture of the station

Dresden Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Dresden Central Station, short form Dresden Hbf) is one of two main inter-city transit hubs in the German city of Dresden. It was built between 1892 and 1897 at the southern border of the inner city. From left to right: Brühls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ...

Construction

Dresden Hauptbahnhof consists of 18 tracks. While some of the tracks are crossing the station seven tracks are ending from west to east in the middle. The station is divided into three halls from which the biggest central hall is roofing the ending tracks.

The arrival hall is situated in front of the ending tracks giving the station a character of terminal stations. The new roof canopied by teflon-coated synthetics was designed by Sir Norman Foster who is projecting the reconstruction of the station. Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ... Hearst Tower (New York City) Expo MRT Station, Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore. ...

History

Station in 1900

Dresden Hauptbahnhof is part of a train route and station system that enables direct connection of the train routes to Berlin, Prague and Nuremberg. By its opening in 1897 it replaced three station in the south of the city. Berlin is the capital city and a state of Germany. ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...

Between 1933 and 1945 the train station has been an important hub for deportation, military supply chain and military industry supply for the city itself. The station was damaged by the Bombing of Dresden in February 1945 but until an specific attack in april limited in order. Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ... The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor says: The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality...

The station was reconstructed after the war but is still not completed yet. It became one of the important train station in the former GDR. Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ...

On 4 October 1989 special trains carrying refugees from Prague to Western Germany crossed the station. Demonstrations around the station escalated and begann to get violent. Realizing that violence was used to defame demonstrators as "asocial elements" following Monday demonstrations in GDR where held under the princip of nonviolence. Monday demonstration in Leipzig The 1989/1990 Monday demonstrations (German: Montagdemonstrationen) in the East German city of Leipzig were a series of peaceful political protests against the East German government. ...

During the floods in August 2002, the station hall was badly damaged by flooding from the river Weißeritz. The entrance hall and the lower platforms have been flooded up to one metre by the muddy water of the left confluent of the river Elbe coming from the Ore Mountains. Also due to the heavy destruction of several tracks around Dresden it was closed for month. Floods in Dresden In Auguskkkt of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damages of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. ... In the 19th century the Erzgebirge mountains were a centre for lace making. ...

Operational usage

Regional and long distance services call at the station. The daily passenger numbers of about 50,000 are relatively low compared to other German cities of the same size (for instance, the central station of Bremen, a city of comparable size, has an attendance of about 100,000); this is due to the fact that Dresden has two stations where long-distance trains call at, Dresden Hauptbahnhof and Dresden-Neustadt. The station is part of the InterCity and ICE network. Night services are provided by DB NachtZug trains. There are also a number of EuroCity services that call at Dresden Hauptbahnhof, providing connections to Prague in the Czech Republic. For the historic canal, see Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works. ... Aerial view of the station The Dresden-Neustadt railway station (german: Bahnhof Dresden-Neustadt) is the second largest train station in Dresden and one of the largest train station in Saxony. ... A Romanian InterCity train, run by Romanian Railways, at Arad station in May 2003 InterCity is a name for the inter-city rail services in Europe. ... This article is about the ICE trains. ... EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes a train service within the European inter-city rail network. ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...