Merseburg Hauptbahnhof
Merseburg Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the town of Merseburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is located on the Halle–Bebra railway and Deutsche Bahn assigns it to German [railway station categories|category 4]. Merseburg is located in the tariff area of the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund.
History
Merseburg station was opened on 20 June 1846 when Merseburg was connected to the Halle (Saale) – Weißenfels railway. This was the first section opened of the route which later ran via Weimar, Erfurt and Eisenach to Bebra.The Merseburg–Mücheln section of the Merseburg–Querfurt railway was opened in December 1886.
The line to Schafstädt was opened on 1 November 1896. Due to declining passenger numbers, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt, ended all services of the Merseburg–Schafstädt railway from 14 December 2014. The rail service was replaced by state bus route 728 operated by Personennahverkehrsgesellschaft Merseburg-Querfurt.
The section of the Merseburg–Leipzig-Leutzsch railway from Merseburg to Zöschen was opened in 1910. After being interrupted by the First World War, traffic on the line resumed in 1928 and it was finally extended to Leipzig-Leutzsch on 7 July 1931, which gave the station a direct connection to Leipzig. Due to declining passenger numbers services ended in 1998, so Merseburg lost its direct connection to Leipzig and passengers now have to change in Halle or Großkorbetha.
Merseburg finally got a new station building in 1956, because the former had been destroyed by air raids in the Second World War. The Merseburg–Halle-Nietleben railway was opened in 1967; it was mainly used by a shuttle service to Buna-Werke.
There was also a Frankfurt–Berlin InterRegio service at two-hour intervals until 1999. It continued to further destinations such as Stralsund or Konstanz.
The station was given the suffix "Hauptbahnhof" at the timetable changed on 15 December 2019.
Rolling stock
electric multiple units have been operated on Regionalbahn line 20 by Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland since 13 December 2015. DB Regio operated the service until 12 December 2015 with class 182 locomotives and Halberstädter Mitteleinstiegswagen as well as occasional double-deck carriages. The RB 78 service is operated by Burgenlandbahn with class 672 diesel multiple units and the Regional-Express 30 service to Magdeburg is operated with class 146 locomotives with double-deck carriages.Services
Currently Merseburg is served by the following regional services:| Line | Route | Interval | Operator |
| Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Bad Kösen – Apolda – Weimar – Erfurt | 60 | Abellio | |
| Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Camburg – Jena Paradies – Orlamünde – Saalfeld | 60 | Abellio | |
| Halle – Halle-Ammendorf – Schkopau – Merseburg – Frankleben – Braunsbedra – Mücheln – Querfurt | 60 | Mitteldeutschland S-Bahn |