{{Short description|Railway station in Thale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany}} {{Infobox station | style = Deutsche Bahn | name = Thale Hbf | native_name = | native_name_lang = de | symbol = rail | symbol2 = | symbol_location = de | type = | image = Thale asv2018-10 img28 railway station.jpg | alt = | caption = | other_name = | address = Bahnhofstraße 6<br />06502 [[Thale]] | borough = | country = [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]] | coordinates = {{coord|51.745881|N|11.031217|E|region:DE-ST_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{convert|173|m|abbr=on}} | owned = [[Deutsche Bahn]] | operator = [[DB Station&Service]] | line = {{Plainlist|1= *[[Magdeburg–Thale railway|Magdeburg–Thale]] <small>({{Kursbuchlink|Region=300-399|Nummer=315}})</small> }} | platforms = 3 | tracks = | accessible = Yes | train_operators = [[Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland]] | connections = | code = {{Deutsche Bahn station codes|code=6184|ds100=LTL<ref name=Eisenbahnatlas>{{cite book|title=Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)|edition=2009/2010|publisher=Schweers + Wall|year=2009|isbn=978-3-89494-139-0}}</ref>|ibnr=8013112|category=5<ref name=categories>{{DBCatsURL}}</ref>}} | architect = | architectural_style = | opened = {{Start date and age|1862|df=y}} | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | passengers = | pass_year = | website = [https://www.bahnhof.de/en/Thale-Hbf www.bahnhof.de] | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail-underground|marker-colour=#009D58}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland |line1=HBX|right1=Thale Musestieg |line2=RE 11|right2=Thale Musestieg}} }}
'''Thale Hauptbahnhof''' is a station on the [[Magdeburg–Thale railway]] in the town of [[Thale]] in the German state of [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. The station is classified by [[Deutsche Bahn]] as a [[German railway station categories|category 5 station]].<ref name =categories/> The only other station in Thale is the stop at ''[[Thale Musestieg station|Thale Musestieg]]'', although there used to be three stations in Thale on a branch of the [[Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway]], which was opened in 1908 and was closed in the 1960s.
==History== The station was opened in 1862. At first it was called Thale station, but in 1907 it was renamed ''Thale Hauptbahnhof'' to distinguish it from the nearby ''Thale Bodethal'' station on the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway.
Until 2003 there was a [[Railway turntable|turntable]] at the end of the station.<ref>{{cite book| last = Endisch| first = Dirk| title = Die Hauptbahn Halberstadt–Thale| year = 2006| publisher = Dirk Endisch| location = Korntal-Münchingen| language = German| isbn = 978-3936893342 }}</ref> Thale originally had three platforms. Today only one platform is used. Formerly, when locomotives were repositioned from one end of the train to the other, it was necessary to close the two crossings near the station. Today, however, the line is only operated with diesel multiple units.
<gallery> BahnhofThale.jpg|Tracks of Thale station Thale asv2018-10 img02 railway station.jpg|Station building Thale asv2018-10 img26 railway station.jpg|[[Timber framing|Timber-framed]] signal box </gallery>
==Rolling stock== The [[Harz-Elbe-Express]] runs with [[Alstom Coradia LINT]] diesel multiple units (LINT 27 and LINT 41 classes). The line is not electrified.
==Rail services== The station is served hourly by the ''Harz-Elbe-Express''. On weekends the [[Harz-Berlin-Express]] runs without a change of trains to/from [[Berlin Ostbahnhof]], operating on Fridays to Sundays from Thale to Berlin once a day and from Berlin to Thale once on Saturdays and twice on Sundays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harz-berlin-express.de/fahrplaene-strecken/streckenplan/index.html |title=Streckennetz Harz-Berlin-Express |publisher=Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH |accessdate= 17 June 2012 |language=German}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Line ! Route ! Frequency |- | {{ric|Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland|RE 11}} | [[Magdeburg Central Station|Magdeburg Hbf]] – [[Halberstadt]] – [[Quedlinburg]] – '''Thale Hbf''' | 60 min |- | {{ric|Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland|HBX}} | [[Berlin Ostbahnhof]] – [[Burg (bei Magdeburg)|Burg (b Magdeburg)]] – Magdeburg Hbf – Halberstadt – Quedlinburg – '''Thale Hbf''' | Some services,<br/>Fri–Sun |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.diebahnstreckethale-halberstadt.de.tl/ Informationen Thale–Halberstadt]
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