Seesen station explained

Seesen
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:de
Type:Junction station
Address:Bahnhofstr. 8, Seesen, Lower Saxony
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.8875°N 10.1739°W
Line:
Platform:3
Architect:Conrad Wilhelm Hase
Website:www.bahnhof.de
Zone:
  • VRB

    84[1]

  • VSN

    84 (VRB transitional tariff)[2]

Map Type:Lower Saxony

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. It has three platform edges with a length of 140 metres each and a height of 55 centimetres.[3] 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.[4] 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

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

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

The station is served by the following services:

LineRouteIntervalOperator
RB 82GöttingenNortheimKreiensenSeesen – Langelsheim – GoslarBad HarzburgEvery two hoursDB Regio Nord
RB 82Kreiensen – Seesen – Langelsheim – Goslar – Bad HarzburgEvery two hours (Mon–Fri)DB Regio Nord
RB 46Herzberg (Harz) – Münchehof (Harz) –SeesenSalzgitter-Ringelheim – Salzgitter-Bad – Brunswick HbfHourlyDB Regio Nord

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tarifzonenplan . . 8 February 2021.
  2. Web site: VSN Tarifpunktinfo . . 16 September 2021 . 1 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Platform information for Seesen station. https://web.archive.org/web/20160404172404/http://www.deutschebahn.com/de/geschaefte/infrastruktur/bahnhof/bahnsteige_uebersicht/2235752/bahnsteige_details.html?start=0&rid=5797&c2235748=Seesen&itemsPerPage=20&x=1. 4 April 2016. Deutsche Bahn. de. 17 March 2018.
  4. News: Seesener Bahnhof wird barrierefrei. https://web.archive.org/web/20130813092401/http://www.beobachter-online.de/seesen/lokales/seesener-bahnhof-wird-barrierefrei-d19753.html . 13 August 2013. Seesener Beobachter. de. 17 March 2018.