Senftenberg station

Senftenberg
Junction station
Station building seen from the west
General information
Location	Senftenberg, Brandenburg Germany
Coordinates	51°31′36″N 14°0′13″E / 51.52667°N 14.00361°E / 51.52667; 14.00361
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Lübbenau–Kamenz (Sachs) (KBS 209.14) Großenhain–Cottbus (KBS 208) Schipkau–Finsterwalde (closed)
Platforms	4
Connections	599 613 617 618 620 621 622 641 642 643
Other information
Station code	5823 [1]
DS100 code	BSN[2]
IBNR	8010327
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VBB: 7765[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1869
Passengers
< 2,500
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station Terminus RE 7 Sedlitz Ost towards Dessau Hbf Ruhland towards Elsterwerda RE 13 Sedlitz Ost towards Cottbus Hbf Ruhland towards Dresden Hbf RE 18 Schwarzheide Ost towards Falkenberg (Elster) RB 49
Location Senftenberg Location within Brandenburg Show map of Brandenburg Senftenberg Location within Europe Show map of Germany Senftenberg Senftenberg (Europe) Show map of Europe

Senftenberg station is a railway station in Senftenberg in the German state of Brandenburg. It is a through station at the railway junction of the Lübbenau-Kamenz, the Großenhain–Cottbus and the Schipkau–Senftenberg railways. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

The first station building was built in 1869 along with the line from Cottbus via Senftenberg and Großenhain to Dresden. In 1874, a second line, the Lübbenau–Kamenz railway was opened by the Berlin-Görlitz Railway Company. A second station building was built at that time.

As a result of extensions to handle the transport of lignite from the nearby lignite mining areas and the duplication of the line, the station building was rebuilt several times and expanded, most recently in 1927 during the raising of the tracks. The first tracks at Senftenberg were electrified in November 1987; all tracks exiting from Senftenberg have been operated electrically since 1990. The entrance building and the bus station in front of it were renovated and expanded after 1990.

After that the station lost its services one by one. Ticketing and services were closed or replaced by machines. The last shop was a hairdresser.

The entrance building still has a mural representing the town of Senftenberg. It is based on a view of the town in the 1970s.

Today, the following services stop at the station: .

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Senftenberg station.

• Werner Forkert. Senftenberger Rückblicke (in German). Senftenberg: Buchhandlung „Glück Auf“.