Seesen station is the largest station in the town of Seesen in the German state of Lower Saxony. Münchehof (Harz) station also still serves the municipality.

Seesen
Deutsche Bahn
Junction station
Entrance building
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 8, Seesen, Lower Saxony
Germany
Coordinates51°53′15″N 10°10′26″E / 51.88750°N 10.17389°E / 51.88750; 10.17389
Line(s)
Platforms3
Construction
ArchitectConrad Wilhelm Hase
Other information
Station code5797[1]
DS100 codeHSSN[2]
IBNR8000043
Category5[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station
Münchehof (Harz) RB 46 Salzgitter-Ringelheim
Bad Gandersheim
towards Göttingen
RB 82 Langelsheim
towards Bad Harzburg
Location
Seesen is located in Lower Saxony
Seesen
Seesen
Location within Lower Saxony

It has three platform edges with a length of 140 metres each and a height of 55 centimetres.[5] The station was made barrier-free under the project Niedersachsen ist am Zug II ("Lower Saxony is on the train II") for about €2.6 million: lifts were installed on platform 1 and on the island platform with tracks 2 and 4.[6] Each platform has a dynamic train indicator that informs about delays and other deviations from the timetable. The old freight yard in Seesen is no longer used and has been abandoned. The tracks that were no longer needed for freight transport were removed by 2013. Track 3 of the passenger station had already been dismantled.

Station building

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The station building is only used to a limited extent and is now privately owned. In addition to the waiting room, a DB travel agency is also housed in the station building. The Lebenshilfe (a self-help association, which assists the disabled) has leased premises to supply help with housework.

Railway lines

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The station is located on the Herzberg–Seesen railway and the Brunswick Southern Railway and thus functions as a junction station. The Seesen–Derneburg railway was decommissioned on 1 January 1996 and partially dismantled. In 2013, plans were made to reactivate the line, but the plans were quickly rejected, as the reactivation would have become uneconomic due to the fact that large parts of the roadbed have been developed as cycle paths.

Rail services

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The station is served by the following services:

Line Route Interval Operator
RB 82 GöttingenNortheimKreiensenSeesenLangelsheimGoslarBad Harzburg Every two hours DB Regio Nord
RB 82 Kreiensen – Seesen – Langelsheim – Goslar – Bad Harzburg Every two hours (Mon–Fri) DB Regio Nord
RB 46 Herzberg (Harz)Münchehof (Harz)SeesenSalzgitter-RingelheimSalzgitter-BadBrunswick Hbf Hourly DB Regio Nord

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. ^ "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Region Braunschweig. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ^ "VSN Tarifpunktinfo". Verkehrsverbund Süd-Niedersachsen. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Platform information for Seesen station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Seesener Bahnhof wird barrierefrei". Seesener Beobachter (in German). Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2018.